SUN RA
SPACE AGE IS HERE TO STAY (LUNAR BLUE VINYL) - LP
UPC: 090771417718
Label: MODERN HARMONIC (SUNDAZED)
Format: LP
Release Date: June 30, 2023
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Back in the earthly bins, on lunar blue vinyl!
Across the history of jazz, there is no wilder, more future-forward composer and performer than Herman Poole Blount, aka Sun Ra. Known as much for his wild on-stage persona as his innovative compositions, Sun Ra was the avant-garde bleeding edge of the jazz genre, introducing modal composition and electronic instrumentation before almost anyone else -- not to mention bringing the space age to life with his obsession with all things extraterrestrial. Across more than 100 LPs released in his lifetime, Sun Ra charted a course to space and far, far beyond.
Modern Harmonic proudly presents The Space Age Is Here To Stay, the very first collection of Sun Ra’s vocal tracks — two albums’ worth of mind-blowing tunes from the mind of the Man from Saturn himself. Your choice of CD or 2LPs wrapped in a gorgeous package featuring artwork by the king of space-age art himself, Chesley Bonestell. Includes extensive liner notes from Charles Blass of Sun Radio. Cue this one up and get ready to visit other worlds in Sun Ra’s jazz rocket ship!
Includes:
Along Came Ra/The Living Myth • Interplanetary Music No. 1 • Back In Your Own Back Yard • Enlightenment • ‘Round Midnight • Sometimes I’m Happy • The Antique Blacks • Moorish Nights • Walking On The Moon • This Song Is Dedicated To Nature’s God • 1984 • Space Is The Place • The Forest Of No Return • The Truth About Planet Earth • Nuclear War (Live) • Space Chant
