SINGLES

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Label
STRUT RECORDS
Release Date
December 9, 2016
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    Featuring ⌄
    • PERFORMER
      SUN RA
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      December 09, 2016
    • UPC
      730003314827
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SUT148.2
    • LABEL
      STRUT RECORDS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      3
    • GENRE
      Jazz
    Works ⌄

    1. I Am an Instrument

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Performer: Sun Ra

    2. I Am Strange

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Performer: Sun Ra

    3. Chicago USA

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Nu Sounds

      Performer: John, Kalil, Sun Ra

    4. Spaceship Lullaby

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Nu Sounds

      Performer: John, Kalil, Sun Ra

    5. Daddy's Gonna Tell You No Lie

      Composer: Calvin Barron, Charles Orio, Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Cosmic Rays, The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Sun Ra

    6. A Damsel in Distress: A Foggy Day (in London Town)

      Composer: George Gershwin

      Ensemble: The Nu Sounds, The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: John, Kalil, Sun Ra

    7. I'm Coming Home

      Composer: Berryl Orris, Sunny Lane

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Billie Hawkins, Sun Ra

    8. Last Call for Love

      Composer: Tom Seymour

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Billie Hawkins, Sun Ra

    9. Soft Talk

      Composer: Julian Priester

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Sun Ra

    10. Super Blonde

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Sun Ra

    11. Saturn

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Sun Ra

    12. Call for All Demons

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Sun Ra

    13. Demon's Lullaby

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Sun Ra

    14. Supersonic-Jazz

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Sun Ra

    15. Medicine for a Nightmare

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Sun Ra

    16. Urnack

      Composer: Julian Priester

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Sun Ra

    17. It's Christmas Time

      Composer: Sun Ra, Alton Abraham

      Ensemble: The Qualities

    18. Happy New Year To You!

      Composer: Alton Abraham, Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Qualities

    19. M uck M uck (Matt Matt)

      Composer: Alton Abraham, Sun Ra, Yochanan

      Performer: Yochanan

    20. Hot Skillet Momma

      Composer: Alton Abraham, Sun Ra, Yochanan

      Performer: Yochanan

    21. Bye Bye

      Composer: Matt Swift

      Ensemble: The Cosmic Rays

      Performer: Sun Ra

    22. Somebody's in Love

      Composer: Lonnie Tolbert, Raymond Dancer

      Ensemble: The Cosmic Rays

      Performer: Sun Ra

    23. Hours After

      Composer: Everett Turner

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Sun Ra

    24. Great Balls of Fire

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Sun Ra

    25. October

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Sun Ra

    26. Adventure in Space

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Sun Ra

    27. Dreaming

      Composer: Calvin Barron, Charles Orio, Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Cosmic Rays, The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Sun Ra

    28. Daddy's Gonna Tell You No Lie

      Composer: Calvin Barron, Charles Orio, Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra, The Cosmic Rays

      Performer: Sun Ra

    29. 'Round Midnight

      Composer: Cootie Williams, Thelonious Monk

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Sun Ra

    30. Back in Your Own Backyard

      Composer: Dave Dreyer

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Sun Ra

    31. Saturn

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Sun Ra

    32. Velvet

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Sun Ra

    33. The Sun One

      Composer: Yochanan

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Yochanan, Sun Ra

    34. Message to Earthman

      Composer: Prentice McCarey, Sun Ra, Yochanan

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Yochanan, Sun Ra

    35. The Sun Man Speaks

      Composer: Yochanan

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Yochanan, Sun Ra

    36. Space Loneliness

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Phil Cohran, John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, Ronnie Boykins, Sun Ra, Jon Hardy

      Conductor: Sun Ra

    37. State Street

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Phil Cohran, John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, Ronnie Boykins, Sun Ra, Jon Hardy

      Conductor: Sun Ra

    38. The Blue Set

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Phil Cohran, John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, Ronnie Boykins, Sun Ra, Jon Hardy

      Conductor: Sun Ra

    39. Big City Blues

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Phil Cohran, John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, Ronnie Boykins, Sun Ra, Jon Hardy

      Conductor: Sun Ra

    40. A Blue One

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Pat Patrick, Ronnie Boykins, Sun Ra, Tommy Hunter

      Conductor: Sun Ra

    41. Orbitration in Blue

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Pat Patrick, Ronnie Boykins, Sun Ra, Tommy Hunter

      Conductor: Sun Ra

    42. Out There a Minute

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Marshall Allen, Danny Davis, John Gilmore, Pat Patrick, Ronnie Boykins, Sun Ra, Clifford Jarvis

      Conductor: Sun Ra

    43. Tell Her to Come On Home

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Mack Gordon, John Gilmore, Ronnie Boykins, Sun Ra, C. Scoby Stroman

      Conductor: Sun Ra

    44. I'm Making Believe

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Mack Gordon, John Gilmore, Ronnie Boykins, Sun Ra, C. Scoby Stroman

      Conductor: Sun Ra

    45. The Bridge

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Danny Davis, Robert Cummings, Jothan Callins, John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, Pat Patrick, Sun Ra, Clifford Jarvis

      Conductor: Sun Ra

    46. Rocket No. 9

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Danny Davis, Robert Cummings, Jothan Callins, John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, Pat Patrick, Sun Ra, Clifford Jarvis

      Conductor: Sun Ra

    47. Blues On Planet Mars

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Sun Ra, Pat Patrick, Marshall Allen, John Gilmore, Robert Barry, Clifford Jarvis, James Jacson

      Conductor: Sun Ra

    48. Saturn Moon

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Sun Ra, Pat Patrick, John Gilmore, James Jacson, Marshall Allen, Robert Barry

      Conductor: Sun Ra

    49. Journey to Saturn

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: John Gilmore, June Tyson, Danny Ray Thompson, Sun Ra, Clifford Jarvis

      Conductor: Sun Ra

    50. Enlightenment

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: John Gilmore, June Tyson, Sun Ra, Lex Humphries

      Conductor: Sun Ra

    51. I'm Gonna Unmask the Batman

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Marshall Allen, John Gilmore, Sun Ra, Danny Davis

      Conductor: Sun Ra

    52. The Perfect Man

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Marshall Allen, John Gilmore, Sun Ra, Danny Davis

      Conductor: Sun Ra

    53. Love in Outer Space

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: David Henderson, Danny Davis, Stafford James, Sun Ra, John Gilmore

      Conductor: Sun Ra

    54. Mayan Temple

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Marshall Allen, Sun Ra, Stanley Morgan, Anonymous

      Conductor: Sun Ra

    55. Sky Blues

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Performer: Michael Ray, John Gilmore, Sun Ra, Luqman Ali

    56. Disco 2021

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Performer: Sun Ra, Luqman Ali

    57. Rough House Blues

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Performer: Sun Ra, Luqman Ali

    58. Cosmo-Extensions

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Performer: Sun Ra

    59. Quest

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Sun Ra

      Conductor: Sun Ra

    60. Outer Space Plateau

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: James Jacson, Fred Adams, John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, Sun Ra

      Conductor: Sun Ra

    61. Nuclear War

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: Danny Ray Thompson, Hayes Burnett, James Jacson, John Gilmore, John Ore, June Tyson, Marshall Allen, Tyrone Hill, Vincent Chancey, Walter Miller, Sun Ra, Stanley Morgan, Samarai Celestial

      Conductor: Sun Ra

    62. Sometimes I'm Happy

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: June Tyson, James Jacson, Walter Miller, Tyrone Hill, Vincent Chancey, John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, Danny Ray Thompson, Hayes Burnett, John Ore, Sun Ra, Samarai Celestial, Stanley Morgan

      Conductor: Sun Ra

    63. On Jupiter - Cosmo Drama (Prophetika 1)

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Ensemble: The Sun Ra Arkestra

      Performer: June Tyson, Michael Ray, Eddie Gale, John Gilmore, Sun Ra, James Jacson, Leroy Taylor, Danny Ray Thompson, Marshall Allen, Richard Williams, Dale Williams, Stanley Morgan, Luqman Ali

    64. Cosmo Drama (Prophetika 2)

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Performer: Sun Ra

    65. I am the Instrument

      Composer: Sun Ra

      Performer: Sun Ra


SUN RA Singles the Definitive 45's Collection 1952 - 1991 - Strut presents a new definitive collection of Singles released by jazz maverick Sun Ra during his Earth years, spanning 1952 to 1991. Released prolifically during the 1950s and more sporadically thereafter, primarily on the Saturn label, the 45s offer one-off meteorites from Ra's prolific cosmic journey, tracing the development of his forward-thinking "Space-Bop" and his unique take on jazz and blues traditions which sounded unlike anything else from the period. As with his LPs, most 45s were only pressed in small runs and were sold at gigs and have since become extremely rare and sought after. Only a small handful of copies of "Love In Outer Space" b/w "Mayan Temple" and "The Blue One" b/w "Orbitration In Blue" have ever been seen; some have only been discovered in physical form in recent years; some were planned and penciled in but allegedly never made it to vinyl (including "Saturn" and "Velvet" from the Jazz In Silhouette LP) and some appeared as limited one-off magazine singles and posthumous releases, including "Hell #1" aka "Out There A Minute." The set is the most comprehensive collection of Ra's singles to date. Sleeve note writers Francis Gooding and Paul Griffiths brilliantly illustrate the role of the single within Ra's career and break down each release with detailed track by track notes. Working with Sun Ra LLC and Sun Raarchivist Michael D. Anderson, Strut has also assembled the best possible master sources for each track.