Sun Ra – Nuits de la Fondation Maeght

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Sun Ra – Nuits de la Fondation Maeght

Tracklist

A1. SUN INTERLUDE

A2. LOVE IN OUTER SPACE

A3. THE SHADOW WORLD (excerpt)
B1. THE COSMIC EXPLORER

B2. THE COSMIC EXPLORER

B3. UNTITLED PIANO SOLO

B4. FRIENDLY GALAXY

C1. WHY GO TO THE MOON? / IT’S AFTER THE END OF THE WORLD

C2. SPONTANEOUS SIMPLICITY

C3. WATUSI

D1. PERCUSSION INTERLUDE

D2. INTERSTELLAR LOW WAYS

D3. SOMEWHERE ELSE (9.10)
E1. THEY’LL COME BACK

E2. 2; TONE SCIENCE INTERLUDE

E3. THE SATELLITES ARE SPINNING

E4. SUN RA AND HIS BAND FROM OUTER SPACE

E5. CALLING PLANET EARTH

E6. IMAGINATION

E7. I’LL WAIT FOR YOU

E8. WE TRAVEL THE SPACEWAYS

F1. THE WORLD OF LIGHTNING

F2. BLACKMYTH

F3. 2A.THE SHADOWS TOOK SHAPE

F4. 2b. STRANGE WORLDS

F5. 2c. JOURNEY THROUGH THE OUTER DARKNESS

F6. MYTH TONE POEM (UNTITLED)

F7. SKY (2.02)

F8. THREE CHEERS FOR RA

G1. PRELUDE

G2. THEME OF THE STARGAZERS

G3. THE SHADOW WORLD

H1. THE SATELLITES ARE SPINNING

H2. SECOND STOP IS JUPITER

H3. TONE SCIENCE

H4. NEXT STOP MARS

I1. SPONTANEOUS SIMPLICITY

I2. FRIENDLY GALAXY No. 2

J1. PLEASANT TWILIGHT

J2. OUTER SPACEWAYS INCORPORATED / YOU BETTER GET READY

K1. ENLIGHTMENT

K2. CALLING PLANET EARTH

K3. SPACE BOP (UNTITLED)

K4. SPACE BALLAD (UNTITLED)

K5. SUN RA AND HIS BAND FROM OUTER SPACE / THEME OF THE STARGAZERS / WE’LL WAIT FOR YOU

L1. SOMEBODY ELSE’S IDEA / WALKING ON THE MOON / IT’S AFTER THE END OF THE WORLD

L2. WE TRAVEL THE SPACEWAYS

L3. TONE SCIENCE INTERLUDE

L4. DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES

L5. THE SATELLITES ARE SPINNING

Sun Ra’s Nuits de la Fondation Maeght recordings are legendary within his extensive canon. Across two nights in August 1970, these were the first concerts Ra and the Arkestra had performed outside North America and formed part of a stellar festival line-up alongside Albert Ayler, Cecil Taylor, LaMonte Young and Marian Zazeela.
Originally released across two edited volumes by Shandar in 1971, the concerts are now being reissued by Strut in a stunning expanded 6 LP vinyl box set for Record Store Day 2025. The set is housed in a hardboard box and features a reprint of the original festival programme, a 12-page over-sized booklet featuring liner notes by Daniel Caux, Jacqueline Caux and Paul Griffiths and stunning restored photos of the festival by Philippe Gras.