Sun Ra - The Singles (1996)

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Artist: Sun Ra
Title: The Singles
Year Of Release: 1996
Label: Evidence [ECD 22164-2]
Genre: Jazz, Avant Garde, Free Jazz
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue,log,scans) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 02:26:51
Total Size: 629 MB(+3%) | 351 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

Disc 1: 1954 - 1960:

1. A Foggy Day [1:03] (Saturn 9/1954)
2. Daddy's Gonna Tell You No Lie [1:49] (Saturn 9/1954)
3. Dreaming [2:43] (Saturn SR-401/402)
4. Daddy's Gonna Tell You No Lie [3:03] (Saturn SR-401/402)
5. Bye Bye [2:49] (Saturn B222/223)
6. Somebody's in Love [1:47] (Saturn B222/223)
7. Medicine for a Nightmare [2:35] (Saturn Z222: previously unissued)
8.Saturn [3:00] (Saturn [unknown number])
9. Supersonic Jazz [2:33] (Saturn [unknown number])
10. Happy New Year to You! [1:48] (Saturn MO8W4052/MO8W4503)
11. It's Christmas Time [2:43] (Saturn MO8W4052/MO8W4503)
12. Muck Muck (Matt Matt) [2:46] (Saturn 4236/4237)
13. Hot Skillet Mama [3:12] (Saturn 4236/4237)
14. Great Balls of Fire [5:28] (Saturn JO8W0245/JO8W0246)
15. Hours After [2:45] (Saturn JO8W0245/JO8W0246)
16. Teenager's Letter of Promises [3:42] (Pink Clouds 333)
17. I'm So Glad You Love Me [3:05] (Pink Clouds 333)
18. The Sun One [2:30] (Saturn 1502)
19. The Sun Man Speaks [4:34] (Saturn 986)
20. The Sun Man Speaks [3:49](Previously unissued take)
21. October [4:40] Saturn 847)
22. Adventure in Space [1:53] (Saturn 847)
23. Message to Earthman [2:23] (Saturn 1502)
24. Message to Earthman [3:31] (previously unissued)
25. State Street [3:31] (Saturn 0114/0115)

Disc 2: 1960 - 1982:

1. The Blue Set [4:40] (Saturn SA-1001)
2. Big City Blues [3:13] (Saturn SA-1001)
3. Tell Her to Come on Home [2:07] (Saturn 144M)
4. I'm Making Believe [3:14] (Saturn 144MM)
5. The Bridge [1:57] (Saturn 3066)
6. Rocket #9 [2:23] (Saturn 3066)
7. Blues on Planet Mars [3:25] (Saturn 911-AR)
8. Saturn Moon [2:13] (Saturn 911-AR)
9. The Sky Is Crying [2:50] Repeto 436)
10. She's My Baby [2:07] )Repeto 436)
11. I'm Gonna Unmask the Batman [2:44] (Repeto K702)
12. I Want an Easy Woman [2:44] (Repeto K702)
13. I'm Gonna Unmask the Batman [2:19] (Saturn ES537B)
14. The Perfect Man [4:54] (Saturn ES537B)
15. Journey to Saturn [3:43] (Saturn ES538B)
16. Engligtenment [3:26] (Saturn ES538B)
17. Love in Outer Space [3:49] (Saturn 256)
18. Mayan Temple [4:14] (Saturn 256)
19. Disco 3000 [2:43] (Saturn 2100)
20. Sky Blues [2:34] (Saturn 2100)
21. Rough House Blues [3:35] (Saturn SR 51879)
22. Cosmo-Extensions [4:24] (Saturn SR 51879)
23. Quest [2:38] (Saturn Gemini 1982Z)
24. Outer Space Plateau [2:22] (Saturn Gemini 1982Z)

Back in the mid-'50s, bandleader Sun Ra decided to get his music to his audience through a more direct process by starting his own label, Saturn Records. Equal parts creative futuristic vision and small-time Southern R&B bandstand hustle, these 45s were pressed in unbelievably small quantities (sometimes in runs of only 50 copies), making them the holy grail of Sun Ra collectibles. The collection of singles runs a neat 30-year time-frame and features everything from Sun Ra with an embryonic form of his Arkestra doing backup duties behind doo-wop groups and R&B slopbucket singers like 'Space Age Vocalist' Yochannon to wild-ass sonic experiements from the late '70s into the early '80s that would have atmospherically fit on any of his avant-garde albums. Pieced together for this release from the contributions of private collectors around the world -- and sonically cleaned up far beyond the audio capabilities of the original vinyl they were pressed on -- these 49 three-minute opuses will alternately confuse, astound, confound, delight, and illuminate Sun Ra fans of all stratas of involvement. A major piece of puzzle that is the man, now in place.~Cub Koda

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