Sold Date: December 14, 2015
Start Date: December 4, 2015
Final Price: $16.66 (USD)
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ARTIST: Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra
TITLE: Secrets of the Sun 
FORMAT: LP (180-gram)
LABEL: Saturn
CATALOG #: SATURN-9954H

RECORD CONDITION: NEW
JACKET CONDITION: NEW
DESCRIPTION: 

" consists of sessions recorded by drummer  in 1962 at the Choreographer's Workshop in New York City, 's regular rehearsal studio. Since they had only recently moved to New York (some decided to stay in Chicago), these are small-group  recordings. This is an interesting transitional album because you can still hear echoes of the Chicago sound in some of the pieces, but the sound is growing beyond merely "exotic," with percussion playing an increasingly larger role and the pieces starting to sound more amorphous. "The Friendly Galaxy" has the same sort of mysterious vibe as "Ancient Aetheopia," with nice trumpet and piano work as well as  on bass clarinet (which he plays on a couple cuts). "Solar Differentials" has a similar but weirder feel because the horns change to "Space Bird Sounds" and  adds some of his distinctive "Space Voice." "Space Aura" is built on a great horn riff, while both  (again on bass clarinet) and  both shine on a stripped-down version of "Love in Outer Space." Things head a bit more out for the last couple tracks, where percussion and reverb start to dominate the sound, as they would on several of the Choreographer Workshop recordings. This is an interesting album for  fans because it's such a small band and shows how new ideas were taking hold in the music, not to mention 's use of bass clarinet, which he stopped playing completely sometime in the '60s." - Sean Westergaard & allmusic.com

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