Strange Strings (deluxe expanded edition, remastered, mono)
~ Release by Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra (see all versions of this release, 6 available)
Annotation
Originally released in 1967 as Strange Strings.
Tracks 4, 6 and 7 previously unissued.
Track 5 from Strange Strings (2014).
Tracks 4 to 7 are bonus selections.
Comes in a digipack with a 12 page booklet.
From the Bandcamp page:
Released August 2, 2024
2024 Cosmic Myth Records
All tracks produced by Sun Ra
Produced for reissue by Irwin Chusid and Michael D. Anderson
1 recorded at Richard Alderson Studios, 1965
2, 3, 4, 5, 7 recorded at Sun Studio, New York, ca. mid-1965
6 recorded in concert at an unknown location ca. 1967-68.
8 recorded at Sun Studio, ca. 1968, during an interview with an unidentified visiting journalist
All titles composed by Sun Ra © Enterplanetary Koncepts (BMI)
PERSONNEL
Under the circumstances of the sessions, except for "World's Approaching," Sunny's occasional keyboards, and anecdotal remembrances, it's impossible to identify by style who played what. We don't know which Arkestran was assigned any specific stringed instrument. We don't know who played with a bow, who plucked, strummed, scraped, or hammered.
Sun Ra: piano strings, lightning drum, tympani, bandura, Clavioline (5), Clavinet (6), electric piano (7), Wurlitzer (7)
Marshall Allen: oboe (1), alto saxophone (1), piccolo (1), strings
John Gilmore: tenor saxophone (1), strings
Danny Davis: flute (1), alto saxophone (1), strings
Pat Patrick: flute (1), baritone saxophone(1), strings
Robert Cummings: bass clarinet (1), strings
Ali Hassan: trombone (1), strings
Carl Nimrod: strings, percussion
Ronnie Boykins: bass (1), viola (1), dutar
Clifford Jarvis: drums (1), tympani (1), percussion
James Jacson: log drums, strings
Art Jenkins ("Thlan Aldridge"): space voice, strings
Tape and disc transfers by Michael D. Anderson of the Sun Ra Music Archive
Additional tape transfers from the Experimental Sound Studio (ESS), Chicago
Digital restoration by Michael D. Anderson and Irwin Chusid
Mastered by Joe Lizzi
Executive Producers for Virtual Label: Peter Wright and John Allen
Art Direction: Edward ODowd
Cover photography: Charles Shabacon
Thanks to John Corbett, Robert M. Campbell, Christopher Trent, John Szwed, Haruhi Kobayashi/Experimental Sound Studio, Gilbert Hsiao, Paul Griffiths
Issued under license from Sun Ra LLC
Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout: CMR008CD 6745-CD-6465 24-190-16
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LK13
Mould SID Code: IFPI L820
Rights Society: BMI
Tracklist
| 1CD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | World's Approaching (stereo)
| 10:11 | |
| 2 | Strange Strings (mono) | 12:28 | |
| 3 | Strange Strings (stereo) | 20:05 | |
| 4 | Crystal Spheres (Between Worlds) (stereo) | 7:31 | |
| 5 | Cosmos Miraculous (mono)
| 11:12 | |
| 6 | Untitled St. Peter's (stereo) | 8:34 | |
| 7 | Ra Explains the Bandura (mono) | 6:11 | |
Credits
Release
| miscellaneous support: | Michael D. Anderson (Sun Ra percussionist and archivist) (task: restoration / digital) Irwin Chusid (task: restoration / digital) |
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| producer: | Michael D. Anderson (Sun Ra percussionist and archivist) (task: reissue producer) Irwin Chusid (task: reissue producer) Sun Ra |
| remastering: | Joe Lizzi |
| drums (drum set) [lightning], electric piano and timpani: | Sun Ra |
| dutar: | Ronnie Boykins |
| percussion: | Carl Nimrod Clifford Jarvis |
| strings: | Marshall Allen (American free jazz saxophonist) Carl Nimrod Robert Cummings (bass clarinet player) Danny Davis (member of the Sun Ra Arkestra) John Gilmore (US saxophonist, played with Sun Ra) Ali Hassan (trombonist with the Sun Ra Arkestra) James Jacson (US jazz percussionist, flautist & bassoonist) Pat Patrick (American jazz musician) Sun Ra Thlan Aldridge |
| composer and arranger: | Sun Ra |
| vocals: | Thlan Aldridge |
| transferrer: | Michael D. Anderson (Sun Ra percussionist and archivist) |
| publisher and copyrighted (©) by: | Interplanetary Koncepts |
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| recorded at: | RLA Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States Sun Studios, New York in East Village, New York, New York, United States |
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| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/31592011 [info] |
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Release group
| Wikipedia: | en: Strange Strings [info] |
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| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/master/143598 [info] |
| other databases: | https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/sun_ra_and_his_astro_infinity_arkestra/strange_strings_f1.p/ [info] |
| Allmusic: | https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000572768 [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q7621461 [info] |
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