Sun Ra – Monorails & Satelites – VINYL LP

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“I have always thought orchestra. I play that way, even when playing the piano.” — Sun Ra

Monorails and Satellites were two volumes of solo piano works recorded by Sun Ra in 1966. Volume 1 was issued on his Saturn label in 1968, volume 2 the following year. They were the first commercial LPs of the artist’s solo keyboard excursions. Vol. 1 featured seven idiosyncratic Sun Ra originals and one standard delivered in Sunny’s singular manner. Vol. 2 consists entirely of original compositions. A tape of a third, unreleased volume was discovered by Michael D. Anderson of the Sun Ra Music Archive. Released here for the first time, it consists of five originals and four standards, and was recorded in stereo. […]

– I.C.

Tracklist
A1 Space Towers
A2 Cogitation
A3 Syklight
A4 The Alter Destiny
B1 Easy Street
B2 Blue Differentials
B3 Monorails And Satellites
B4 The Galaxy Way