Sun Ra - Nuits De La Fondation Maeght (Deluxe, 6LP, Box Set) (RSD 2025)
Sun Ra - Nuits De La Fondation Maeght (Deluxe, 6LP, Box Set) (RSD 2025)
Format: Vinyl LP
UPC: 4062548102246
Release Date: 04/12/25
Condition: N
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Event: RECORD STORE DAY 2025
Release Date: 4/12/2025
Format: 6 x LP
Label: STRUT
Quantity: 800
Release type: 'RSD First' Release
Sun Ra’s Nuits de la Fondation Maeght recordings are legendary within his extensive canon. Across two nights in August 1970, these were the first concerts Ra and the Arkestra had performed outside North America and formed part of a stellar festival line-up alongside Albert Ayler, Cecil Taylor, LaMonte Young and Marian Zazeela.
Originally released across two edited volumes by Shandar in 1971, the concerts are now being reissued by Strut in a stunning expanded 6 LP vinyl box set for Record Store Day 2025. The set is housed in a hardboard box and features a reprint of the original festival programme, a 12-page over-sized booklet featuring liner notes by Daniel Caux, Jacqueline Caux and Paul Griffiths and stunning restored photos of the festival by Philippe Gras.
Tracklist
A1. SUN INTERLUDE A2. LOVE IN OUTER SPACE A3. THE SHADOW WORLD (excerpt)
B1. THE COSMIC EXPLORER B2. THE COSMIC EXPLORER B3. UNTITLED PIANO SOLO B4. FRIENDLY GALAXY No. 2
C1. WHY GO TO THE MOON? / IT’S AFTER THE END OF THE WORLD / C2. SPONTANEOUS SIMPLICITY C3. WATUSI
D1. PERCUSSION INTERLUDE D2. INTERSTELLAR LOW WAYS D3. SOMEWHERE ELSE (9.10)
E1. THEY’LL COME BACK E2. 2; TONE SCIENCE INTERLUDE E3. THE SATELLITES ARE SPINNING E4. SUN RA AND HIS BAND FROM OUTER SPACE E5. CALLING PLANET EARTH E6. IMAGINATION E7. I’LL WAIT FOR YOU E8. WE TRAVEL THE SPACEWAYS
F1. THE WORLD OF LIGHTNING F2. BLACKMYTH F3. 2A.THE SHADOWS TOOK SHAPE F4. 2b. STRANGE WORLDS F5. 2c. JOURNEY THROUGH THE OUTER DARKNESS F6. MYTH TONE POEM (UNTITLED) F7. SKY (2.02) F8. THREE CHEERS FOR RA
G1. PRELUDE G2. THEME OF THE STARGAZERS G3. THE SHADOW WORLD
H1. THE SATELLITES ARE SPINNING H2. SECOND STOP IS JUPITER H3. TONE SCIENCE H4. NEXT STOP MARS
I1. SPONTANEOUS SIMPLICITY I2. FRIENDLY GALAXY No. 2
J1. PLEASANT TWILIGHT J2. OUTER SPACEWAYS INCORPORATED / YOU BETTER GET READY
K1. ENLIGHTMENT K2. CALLING PLANET EARTH K3. SPACE BOP (UNTITLED) K4. SPACE BALLAD (UNTITLED) K5. SUN RA AND HIS BAND FROM OUTER SPACE / THEME OF THE STARGAZERS / WE’LL WAIT FOR YOU
L1. SOMEBODY ELSE’S IDEA / WALKING ON THE MOON / IT’S AFTER THE END OF THE WORLD L2. WE TRAVEL THE SPACEWAYS L3. TONE SCIENCE INTERLUDE L4. DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES L5. THE SATELLITES ARE SPINNING
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