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Sun Ra - Space Is The Place LP (Verve By Request Series)
Impulse!, 1973
“Space Is The Place” is the perfect entry point into Sun Ra’s vast catalogue, and a firm favourite for committed fans too. Its centrepiece is the 21-minute title track: with its chugging sax riff and repeated vocal refrain, it’s both Ra’s signature tune and a manifesto of his space-age escapist philosophy. Across the album, there’s a diverse range of sounds on offer, from the swinging hard bop of “Images” - with John Gilmore blowing a typically muscular tenor solo - to the more abstract shapes of “Discipline” and “Sea Of Sounds,” and the urgent absurdity of “Rocket Number Nine.” It’s vintage Ra.
Tracklist
Side A
1. Space Is The Place
Side B
1. Images
2. Discipline 33
3. Sea of Sound
4. Rocket Number Nine
The Verve By Request Series features 180-gram vinyl, pressed at Third Man in Detroit.
Credits
- Recorded - October 19 and 20, 1972 at Streeterville Recording Studio, Chicago
- Producers - Alton Abraham and Ed Michel
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