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01. Sun Ra And His Solar Myth Arkestra - Spectrum
02. Sun Ra And His Solar Myth Arkestra - Realm of Lightning
03. Sun Ra And His Solar Myth Arkestra - Satellites are Spinning
04. Sun Ra And His Solar Myth Arkestra - Legend
05. Sun Ra And His Solar Myth Arkestra - Seen III Took 4
06. Sun Ra And His Solar Myth Arkestra - They'll Come Back
07. Sun Ra And His Solar Myth Arkestra - Adventures of "Bugs" Hunter
01. Sun Ra And His Solar Myth Arkestra - The Utter Nots
02. Sun Ra And His Solar Myth Arkestra - Outer Spaceways Inc
03. Sun Ra And His Solar Myth Arkestra - Scene 1 Take 1 (Album Version)
04. Sun Ra And His Solar Myth Arkestra - Pyramids
05. Sun Ra And His Solar Myth Arkestra - Interpretation
06. Sun Ra And His Solar Myth Arkestra - Ancient Ethiopia
07. Sun Ra And His Solar Myth Arkestra - Strange Worlds
08. Sun Ra And His Solar Myth Arkestra - Scene 1 Take 1 (True Speed Version)
ARTIST
TITLE
The Solar-Myth Approach (Vol. 1 & 2)
FORMAT
2CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
CVSD 071CD CVSD 071CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
10/9/2020

Two certifiable Sun Ra classics refreshed and renewed and rolled into the perfect package. First released on the French label BYG/Actuel in 1971, the companion volumes of The Solar-Myth Approach were essential in introducing Ra's monumental program to an international audience. As with many Arkestra records, the information on these gatefold packages was dubious at best. Here they appear with corrected lineups and dates, showing that the music actually stretches back to the early 1960s, but was assembled into a beautiful chronological mosaic that serves as a gripping survey of early-post-Chicago Ra. It's an ideal way to start listening to his music, and for his fans absolutely essential items in the gargantuan discography. These LPs have been reissued a number of times since BYG/Actuel folded, and with each new batch the fidelity has diminished, so that they've been a pale shadow of the original recordings. For the first time, the sound has been lovingly restored to a previously unimagined level of omniversal fidelity, and one track ("Scene 1 Take 1") that was mastered at the wrong speed on the original -- perhaps a Ra idea, perhaps just a disconnect between the producers and the composer -- has been included as a bonus track remastered at the corrected speed. Packaged in the glorious original LP designs, with a definitive essay by Irwin Chusid, this is The Solar-Myth Approach as it was meant to be experienced.