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Egypt 1971

Sun Ra
CD  |  Jazz  |  13 Nov 2020
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Sun Ra Egypt 1971 CD

 

 

 

Definitive document of Sun Ra’s visit to Egypt in 1971

Strut present the 4CD edition of Sun Ra’s ‘Egypt 1971’, documenting Sun Ra’s first trip to Egypt with his Arkestra in December 1971.

In the years leading up to 1971, Sun Ra wrote many compositions and poems specifically inspired by the ancient African Kingdoms and many others with associated mythological and heliocentric connotations. As such, a visit to Egypt and the opportunity for the Arkestra to play there was a matter of necessity. Ra’s first ever concerts outside of the US had occurred in late summer and autumn of 1970 with performances in France, Germany and the UK and a second European tour was arranged for late 1971. At the end of that second tour, Ra caught wind of cheap flights from Denmark to Cairo.

This release comprises recordings made by Arkestra member Thomas “Bugs” Hunter made in December 1971 in the streets around the Mena House Hotel, Giza, from a concert held at the house of Goethe Institute ex-pat Hartmut Geerken in Heliopolis, from a live Cairo TV channel broadcast and a concert at the Ballon Theatre in Cairo.

The impact and significance of these few weeks upon Sun Ra can be measured by the growth and development of his output over the next few years; the immediate post-Egypt period included new studio and live recordings on the Saturn, Blue Thumb, Atlantic and Impulse labels and the ‘Space Is The Place’ movie. Ra also edited the three LPs of the ‘Live In Egypt’ series which were subsequently released on his Saturn record label and its affiliated twin, Thoth Intergalactic: ‘Dark Myth Equation Visitation’, ‘Nidhamu’ and ‘Horizon’.

These three albums are now reissued as single LP editions in their original artwork. The 4CD set features these albums alongside previously unreleased material from the December 1971 recordings. All tracks are remastered from the original tapes and the CD set also features a 24-page booklet featuring new sleeve notes and rare photos by Hartmut Geerken and background information on the recordings by Paul Griffiths.

Title: Egypt 1971

Format: CD

Release Date: 13 Nov 2020

Artist: Sun Ra

Sku: 2605298

Catalogue No: STRUT209CD

Category: Jazz

DISC 1

Sun Ra And His Astro-inter-galactic-infinity-arkestra – Live In Egypt Vol. 1 (Nature’s God) / (Dark Myth Equation Visitation)

Discipline No. 27

Interview With Ra

Solar Ship Voyage

Interview With Ra (Concluded)

Cosmo-Darkness

The Light Thereof

Friendly Galaxy No. 2

To Nature’s God

Why Go To The Moon?

Sun Ra And His Astro-Inter-Galactic-Infinity-Arkestra – Nidhamu (Live In Egypt Vol. Ii) (Original Album)

Space Loneliness No. 2

Discipline No. 11

Discipline No. 15

Nidhamu

DISC 2

Sun Ra And His Arkestra – Horizon (Original Album)

Starwatchers / Theme Of The Stargazers

Discipline No. 2

Shadow World

Third Planet

Space Is The Place

Horizon

Discipline No. 8

We’ll Wait For You

The Satellites Are Spinning

Enlightenment

Love In Outer Space

DISC 3

Unreleased Recordings 1

Next Stop Mars

Pleiades

We’ll Wait For You

The Bridge

Nidhamu (Part 1)

Nidhamu (Part 2)

Discipline No. 27

They’ll Come Back

DISC 4

Unreleased Recordings 2

Calling Planet Earth

Imagination

Discipline

Angels And Demons At Play

We Sing This Song

Space Is The Place

Organ Interlude

Angels And Demons At Play

Egyptian Oasis

Egyptian Oasis 2

Space Is The Place

Neptune


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