83 THE HELIOCENTRIC WORLDS OF SUNRA VOL 1 LP 27
83.THE HELIOCENTRIC WORLDS OF SUNRA VOL. I
- Sun Ra and his Solar Arkestra
ESP-DISK1014 LP
Peronel:
Sun Ra (b-marimba,e-celeste,p,tympani); Chris Capers (tp); Teddy Nance (tb); Bernard Pettaway (bass tb); Marshall Allen (picc,as,bells,spiral cymbals); Danny Davis (fl,as); John Gilmore (ts,tympani); Pat Patrick (bs, perc); Robert Cummings (bcl,woodblocks); Ronnie Boykins (b); Jimhmi Johnson (perc,tympani). New York City, 20 April 1965
TRACKS:
Heliocentric / Outer Nothingness / Other Worlds / The Cosmos / Of Heavenly Things / Nebulae / Dancing In The Sun
An ESP-DISK LP issued in 1965. The original black and white cover art is by Sun Ra.
REISSUES There are a huge number of bootleg and licensed reiissues on cassette, LP, CD and DAT. Some have altered or misleading album titles. The following list is by no means comprehensive.
1. LP reissues include: Fontana STL 5514; Phonogram (Japan) BT-5055; Base Records (Italy) 1014; Rosy Records (Germany) 1014; Happy Bird (Germany) under the title OTHER WORLDS; Tobacco Road B/2611 under the title THE COSMOS -American Jazz & Blues Hist. Vol.111 (1984/85); Magic Music LP 10011 under the title COSMIC EQUATION; Time Wind Coll. DB 500 93, record 1 under the title SHADOW WORLD, on Label: THE COSMOS; Boots 2404 (1982)
2. CD reissues include: Happy Bird (1988) under the title OTHER WORLDS; Magic Music 30011-CD under the title COSMIC EQUATION (1988); ESP 1014-2, reissue on ZYX-Music (1993)
3. The CD, HELIOCENTRIC WORLDS VOLUMES 1 & 2 - ESP-Disk 4026 - combines this with listing 85 on a single CD. Liner notes by Craig Dunbar.
4. A 3-CD issue THE HELIOCENTRIC WORLDS OF SUN RA ESP-Disk 4062 (3xCD, 2010) combines volumes 1, 2 and 3 of this series (see listings 85, 86) along with bonus photos, articles, and the documentary film "SPACEWAYS". (Edward English, 1968.)
5. SUN RA AND HIS ARKESTRA Editions Atlas, Genies du Jazz Vol VI No 10 (CD, 1991, France) - a bootleg which presents tracks from PICTURES OF INFINITY (listing 99) Spontaneous Simplicity I Outer Spaceways Incorporated I Saturn I Song Of The Sparer, along with two tracks from this album, misnamed: The Izard Of Was' [ The Cosmos] and 'Moon In The Seventh High' [ Of Heavenly Things ].