The Lost Ark Series Vol 1 & 2 / double 10inch vinyl – Release date – 12th September 12017.
Hidden fire from the Ra archives! A double 10” set featuring unreleased and rare Sun Ra recordings from the outer limits and the underground. Volume 1 features ‘Along Came Ra’, a previously unissued live track recorded in Paris in 1983. With June Tyson in full voice, the Arkestra announce Sun Ra’s arrival on a sleeping planet. The flip features two previously unreleased cuts from the legendary Disco 3000 concert tapes, a mind-blowing quartet session that releases the full power of Sun Ra’s Crumar Mainman synth. Volume 2 lifts three fine selections from the ultra-deep Sub-Underground series of Saturn LPs. The transcendent ballad ‘Love Is For Always’ and the driving, rootsy ‘The World of Africa’ come from 1974’s Live at Temple U; while the myth-science poetics of ‘Space is The Place/We Roam The Cosmos’ is beamed down to earth from the 1975 What’s New set.
The Lost Arkestra Series Vol 1
Side A:
1:Along Came Ra
Sun Ra – piano, keyboard, vocals.
Marshall Allen – kora, flute, alto sax, percussion.
John Gilmore – tenor sax, clarinet, timb, vocals.
Eloe Omoe – contra-alto clarinet, bass clarinet, alto sax, percussion.
Danny Ray Thompson – baritone sax,flute, percussion.
James Jacson – bassoon, Infinity-drums, flute.
Ronnie Brown – trumpet, flugelhorn.
Kwame Hadi – trumpet.
Tyrone Hill – trombone.
James Glass – electric guitar.
Rollo Radford – electric bass.
Clifford Jarvis- drums.
Marvin “Boogaloo” Smith – drums / poss. Chris Henderson – drums.
Atakatune – conga.
June Tyson – vocals.
Paris, France, 3rd November 1983.
Side B:
1: The Sky Is a Sea of Darkness When There Is No Sun To Light The Way
2: We Travel The Spaceways
Sun Ra – Piano, Organ, Synthesizer [Moog Synth] Vocals.
John Gilmore – Tenor Saxophone, Drums, Vocals.
Luqman Ali- Drums, Vocals.
Michael Ray Trumpet, Vocals.
The Lost Arkestra Series Vol 2
Side A:
1: Love is for Always
Live recordings Temple University, Philadelphia September 20th 1974. Originally released on Sub Underground El Saturn LP-92 074
2: The World of Africa
Sun Ra – piano, rocksichord, Hohner clavinet.
Marshall Allen – percussion, vocal.
John Gilmore – tenor sax, percussion, vocal.
Eloe Omoe – bass clarinet.
Danny Ray Thompson – bongos.
Thomas Hunter – drums.
Atakatune – conga.
Akh Tal Ebah – vocal.
Eddie Thomas – vocal.
Temple University, Philadelphia, probably 20 September 1974
Side B:
1: Space is the Place, We Roam the Cosmos
Declamation – Sun Ra
Bass – Ronnie Boykins
Congas – Atakatune
Drums – Unknown Artist
Trombone – Unknown Artist
Vocals – Akh Tal Ebah, Cheryl Banks, Judith Holton, June Tyson
Live recording possibly May 23rd 1975 unknown venue. Originally released on Sub Underground El Saturn LP-ES752
Compositions and Arrangements by Sun Ra.
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Produced for Art Yard by Peter Dennett, Artwork by Victoria Topping.
Mastered by Peter Beckmann at Technology Works.
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Special thanks to Sun Ra, John Gilmore, June Tyson, Charles Davis, Marshall Allen, Pat Patrick, Michael Ray, Danny Ray Thompson, Knoel Scott, Elson Nascimento and The Sun Ra Alter Destiny 21st Century Epic Myth Science Cosmic Dream Arkestra band members, Thomas Jenkins Jr (Managing Director, Sun Ra LLC), Michael D. Anderson (Sun Ra Music Archives), Irwin Chusid (administrator, Sun Ra LLC), Quinton Scott, John Corbett, Paul Griffiths, Chris Trent, Hartmut Geerken, Cornelia Mueller, Val Wilmer, Francis Gooding, Siofra McComb, Edwin Pouncey, Jill Tipping, John Sinclair and Antal Heitlager at Rush Hour.
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