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Warren Oates's Collection

Sun Ra   12/??/1971

Egypt/Italy Compilation, Compilation, Compilation
Source LP>CD-R
Media cdr   4 discs
Notes compilation of the 6 OOP Saturn LPs derived from
the Arkestra's 1971 performances in Egypt (Dark Myth Equation-Visitation, Nidhamu, Horizon) and Italy in 1978 (Media Dream, Disco 3000, Sound Mirror).
Tech Notes Disc 1
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from Hartmut Geerken's house in Cairo, 12/12/71
1. Friendly Galaxy No. 2 (Side B of Dark Myth)
2. To Nature's God (Side B of Dark Myth)
3. Why Go to the Moon? (Side B of Dark Myth)
from unknown location, possibly Balloon Theatre, Cairo 12/17/71
4. Discipline No. 11 (Side A of Nidhamu)
from Cairo TV broadcast, 12/16/71
5. Discipline 27 (Side A of Dark Myth)
6. Interview with Ra (Side A of Dark Myth)
7. Solar Ship Voyage (Side A of Dark Myth)
8. Interview with Ra 2 (Side A of Dark Myth)
9. Cosmo-Darkness (Side A of Dark Myth)
10. The Light Thereof (Side A of Dark Myth)

Disc 2
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from Balloon Theatre, Cairo 12/17/71 and/or Helmut's house 12/12/71
1. Space Loneliness No. 2 (Side A of Nidhamu)
2. Discipline No. 15 (Side A of Nidhamu)
3. Nidhamu (Side B of Nidhamu)
from Balloon Theatre, Cairo 12/17/71
4. Starwatchers / Theme of the Stargazers! / Discipline 2 / Shadow
World (Side A of Horizon)
5. Third Planet / Space is the Place / Horizon / Discipline 8
(Side B of Horizon)

Disc 3
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from concert in Italy, 1/78
1. Third Planet (Side B of Disco 3000)
2. Friendly Galaxy / Dance of the Cosmo-Aliens (Motherless
Child) (Side B of Disco 3000)
3. Saturn Research (Side A of Media Dream)
4. Constellation (Side A of Media Dream)
5. Yera of the Sun (Side A of Media Dream)
6. Media Dreams (Side B of Media Dream)
7. Twigs at Twilight (Side B of Media Dream)
8. An Unbeknownth Love (Side B of Media Dream)




Disc 4
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from concert in Italy, 1/78
1. Jazzisticology (Side B of Sound Mirror)
2. Of Other Tomorrows Never Known (Side B of Sound Mirror)
from concert in Philadelphia, 1978
3. The Sound Mirror (Side A of Sound Mirror)
from Italy 1/78, possibly in a hotel room
4. Disco 3000 (Side A of Disco 3000)



From Sun RA Discography:

49. Sun Ra and his Astro Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra
Live in Egypt 1
(Dark Myth Equation Visitation)
(Nature's God)
Saturn 1272
Thoth Intergalactic KH-1272 (1973)

Side A:
Discipline 27 (Ra)
Interview with Ra
Solar Ship Voyage (Ra)
Interview with Ra (concluded)
Cosmo-Darkness (Ra)
The Light Thereof (Ra)

Side B:
Friendly Galaxy No. 2 (Ra)
To Nature's God (Ra)
Why Go to the Moon? (Ra)
Ra-Tiger org, Mini-Moog syn, upright p; Kwame Hadi-tp, cga; Marshall Allen-as,
fl, ob, perc; Danny Davis-as, fl; Larry Northington-as, cga; John Gilmore-ts,
perc, d; Pat Patrick-bs, eb; Danny Thompson-bs, fl; Eloe Omoe-bcl; Hakim
Rahim-as, fl; Clifford Jarvis-d; Tommy Hunter-d; Lex Humphries-d; June
Tyson-voc.

Side A: TV broadcast, Cairo, 12/16/1971;
Side B: House of Hartmut Geerken, Heliopolis, Cairo, 12/12/71. [Info from
Geerken and Stahl]

The first trip to Egypt immediately followed the second European tour of
10-12/71. Discipline 27 hasn't gone through mitosis yet; it opens with the
riffs later called Discipline 27-II then moves on to what is now called
Discipline 27. Friendly Galaxy No. 2 is a completely different piece from the
original Friendly Galaxy, though it retains the modal exoticism. To Nature's
God is a space ditty unrelated to the performance on MBWI [rlc; thanks to Mark
Webber for a tape]

50. Sun Ra and his Arkestra
Horizon
(Starwatchers)
Saturn 1217718
Saturn LP 849 (matrix 12-17-71)

Side A:
Starwatchers/Theme of the Stargazers/ (Ra)
Discipline 2 (Ra)
Shadow World (Ra)

Side B:
Third Planet (Ra)
Space is the Place (Ra)
Horizon (Ra)
Discipline 8 (Ra)
Ra-Tiger org, Mini-Moog syn, upright p; Kwame Hadi-tp, cga; Marshall Allen-as,
fl, ob, perc; Danny Davis-as, fl; Larry Northington-as, cga; John Gilmore-ts,
perc, d; Pat Patrick-eb; Danny Thompson-bs, fl; Eloe Omoe-bcl; Hakim Rahim-as,
fl; Clifford Jarvis-d; Tommy Hunter-d; Lex Humphries-d; June Tyson-voc. Ballon
Theatre, Cairo, 12/17/1971.

[Info from Geerken and Stahl]

One of the first Saturns with a Philadelphia serial number. Release date is
unclear but should be 1974 or later. [rlc, thanks to Mark Webber for a tape]

This concert was sponsored by the Egyptian Ministry of Culture. (I've left the
light show by Richard Wilkinson out of the credits.) Additional music was
preserved on a private tape (see tapeography T71.12.17) [Trent]

51. Sun Ra and his Astro Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra
Nidhamu
Saturn 7771
Saturn 77771
Thoth Intergalactic 7771

Side A:
Space Loneliness No. 2 (Ra)
Discipline No. 11 (Ra)
Discipline No. 15 (Ra)

Side B:
Nidhamu (Ra)
Ra-Tiger org, Mini-Moog syn, Rocksichord; Kwame Hadi-tp, cga; Marshall
Allen-as, fl, picc, ob, perc; Danny Davis-as, fl; Larry Northington-as, cga;
John Gilmore-ts, perc, d; Pat Patrick-eb; Danny Thompson-bs, fl; Eloe Omoe-bcl;
Hakim Rahim-as, fl; Clifford Jarvis-d; Tommy Hunter-d; Lex Humphries-d.

Side A: Ballon Theater, Cairo, 12/17/1971;
Side B: House of Hartmut Geerken, Heliopolis, Cairo, 12/12/1971.

Mislabeled on some Saturn jackets as live in Holland, 1971! [Info from Geerken
and Stahl; thanks to John Szwed for the tape]

77. Sun Ra and his Arkestra
Media Dream
(Saturn Research)
Saturn 1978; 19783 (matrix CMP 1978 C-A/D-B)

Side A:
Saturn Research (Ra)
Constellation (Ra)
Yera [sic] of the Sun (Ra)

Side B:
Media Dreams (Ra)
Twigs at Twilight (Ra)
An Unbeknowneth Love (Ra)

Sun Ra-org, p; Crumar Mainman-drum box, etc; Michael Ray-tp; John Gilmore-ts;
Luqman Ali-d. Live in Italy, January 1978 (maybe 1/9/78). [Stahl

78. Sun Ra and his Arkestra
Disco 3000
Saturn CMIJ 78
Saturn Gemini CMIJ 78

Side A:
Disco 3000 (incl. Space is the Place) (Ra)

Side B:
Third Planet (Ra)
Friendly Galaxy (Ra)
Dance of the Cosmo-Aliens (Ra)

Ra-p, org; Crumar Mainman-drum box, etc; Michael Ray-tp, voc; John Gilmore-ts,
voc; Luqman Ali-d, voc. Italy, 1/78. Side B live. [Stahl and rlc]

81. Sun Ra and his Arkestra
Sound Mirror
(Live in Philadelphia '78)
Saturn 19782

Side A:
The Sound Mirror (The Mayan Temples) (Ra)

Sun Ra-voc; Marshall Allen-fl; John Gilmore-perc; Danny Ray Thompson0-bs; Ben
Henderson (Jaribu Shahid)-b; Luqman Ali-d; James Jacson-Ancient Egyptian
Infinity Drum. Ensemble vocal. Philadelphia, 1978.

Side B:
Jazzisticology (Ra)
Of Other Tomorrows Never Known (Ra)

Ra-p, syn, keyb; Michael Ray-tp; John Gilmore-ts; Luqman Ali-d. Italy, January 1978. [Personnel from Stahl, corrected by rlc; locations from Buzelin; thanks
to Dan Plonsey for tape
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Owned by Warren Oates · Last Updated May 23, 2023