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Egypt 1971 Deluxe edition
Sun Ra
Egypt 1971 Deluxe edition
Sun Ra
Strut present the 4CD edition of Sun Ra's 'Egypt 1971' along with the original albums 'Dark Myth Equation Visitation', 'Nidhamu' and 'Horizon' released as individual LPs, documenting Sun Ra's first trip to Egypt with his Arkestra in December 1971.
In the years leading up to 1971, Sun Ra wrote many compositions and poems specifically inspired by the ancient African Kingdoms and many others with associated mythological and heliocentric connotations. As such, a visit to Egypt and the opportunity for the Arkestra to play there was a matter of necessity. Ra's first ever concerts outside of the US had occurred in late summer and autumn of 1970 with performances in France, Germany and the UK and a second European tour was arranged for late 1971. At the end of that second tour, Ra caught wind of cheap flights from Denmark to Cairo.
This release comprises recordings made by Arkestra member Thomas "Bugs" Hunter made in December 1971 in the streets around the Mena House Hotel, Giza, from a concert held at the house of Goethe Institute ex-pat Hartmut Geerken in Heliopolis, from a live Cairo TV channel broadcast and a concert at the Ballon Theatre in Cairo.
HELIOPOLIS AND CAIRO, DECEMBER 1971
Media | Music CD (Compact Disc) |
Number of discs | 4 |
Released | November 13, 2020 |
EAN/UPC | 4062548012156 |
Label | STRUT RECORDS STRUT209CD |
Genre | Jazz |
Dimensions | 432 g |
Track list
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1. CD
- Discipline No. 27 (3.55)
- Interview with Ra (4.16)
- Solar Ship Voyage (2.33)
- Interview with Ra (Concluded) (0.25)
- Cosmo-darkness (2.08)
- The Light Thereof (5.12)
- Friendly Galaxy No. 2 (10.16)
- To Nature's God (9.05)
- Why Go to the Moon? (2.39)
- Space Loneliness No. 2 (11.41)
- Discipline No. 11 (9.39)
- Discipline No. 15 (2.44)
- Nidhamu (13.12)
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2. CD
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3. CD
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4. CD