"LANQUIDITY"  SUN RA (1978) USA PHILLY JAZZ REISSUE LP PJ 666 

Rights Society: BMI Matrix / Runout (Side A runout - etched): 3972-PJ666-1(A) S-46169 DC BQS Matrix / Runout (Side B runout - etched): 3972-PJ666-1(B) S-46170 DC BQS
"Lanquidity" is a studio album by American  musician , recorded July 17, 1978 at Blank Tapes Studios, New York City,  and originally released in 1978 by  (with a shiny silver cover) 
This clone-cover copy was reissued on the Philly Jazz Label, the date is unknown

It is quite different from his earlier recordings, drawing heavily on ,  and . "Lanquidity" is also unusual in featuring two guitarists, which were seldom used in the Arkestra. The funk influence is also considerable, especially on "That's How I Feel". That track also contains a prominent tenor sax solo by , Sun Ra's sideman from the 1950s until Sun Ra's death in 1993.

"Where Pathways Meet", "That's How I Feel", and "Twin Stars of Thence" are played in a  style

 magazine called "Lanquidity":  "a beautiful place to enter Ra's psych-jazz omniverse", while  wrote that it is "impossibly funky": "Often compared to ' heaviest , " "Lanquidity" is dense, rhythmic and curiously hypnotic". Music journalist  is a fan of the album

Track listing, personnel and credits:

Track listing: "Lanquidity" – 8:19 "Where Pathways Meet" – 6:30 "That's How I Feel" – 8:09 "Twin Stars of Thence" – 9:30 "There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You Of)" – 10:58 Personnel: : organ, synthesizer, piano, arranger, keyboards, Hammond organ, electric piano, vocals, bells, Arp, Fender Rhodes, orchestra bells, Mini Moog : tenor saxophone Danny Ray Thompson: flute, baritone saxophone : trumpet Michael Ray: trumpet, flugelhorn : flute, oboe, alto saxophone Luqman Ali: percussion Michael Anderson: percussion Artaukatune: drums, tympani Disco Kid: ( Slo Johnson ) guitar Dale Williams: guitar Atakatun Odun: congas Elo Omoe: Flute, bass clarinet Julian Pressley: baritone saxophone Richard Williams: bass James Jacson: oboe, basson, flute, voices : voices

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