The Sun Ra Arkestra Black Myth / Out In Space
1998 2x CD
Free Jazz
Space-Age

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MPS Records, Motor Music
alto saxophone, clarinet, flute, percussion Abshalom Ben Shlomo
alto saxophone, flute, clarinet Danny Davis
alto saxophone, flute, piccolo flute, oboe, percussion Marshall Allen
artwork, design Moritz R
baritone saxophone, alto saxophone, bassoon, flute Danny Ray Thompson
baritone saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, percussion Pat Patrick
bass Alex Blake
bass clarinet Robert Cummings
clavinet, synthesizer, keyboards, organ, voice Sun Ra
drums, congas Rashid Salim IV
drums, percussion Lex Humphries
engineer [recording] Rolf Donner
engineer [stereo light sound coordination] Richard Wilkinson
english horn Al Batin Nur
french horn Robert Northern
liner notes Hartmut Geerken
liner notes [translated by] Jörg Eipasch
mastered by [cd] Willem Makkee
mastered by [cd], edited by Hartmut Geerken
oboe, bass clarinet, bassoon Eloe Omoe
oboe, flute, percussion, drums James Jacson
percussion [african], other [dance] Math Samba
percussion [african], xylophone [balafone], other [dance, fire eating] Roger Aralamon Hazoumé
percussion, drum [handdrums] Nimrod Hunt
percussion, other [dance] Ife Tayo
photography by Hans Harzheim
photography by Jörg Becker
photography by Ralph Quinke
tracks 1-1, 1-2, 1-4, 2-5, 2-6 producer [original sessions] Joachim Ernst Berendt
recording supervisor [recordings directed by] Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer
reissue producer Fabian Kerner
reissue producer [assistant] Hartmut Bender
reissue producer [assistant] Jörg Eipasch
tenor saxophone, percussion, vocals John Gilmore
trumpet Kwame Hadi
trumpet, mellophone Akh Tal Ebah
violin, viola, cello, bass Alan Silva
vocals, other [dance] June Tyson
tracks 1-1 to 2-4, 2-6 to 2-9 written-by Sun Ra
Phonographic Copyright (p) MPS Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) Motor Music GmbH
Copyright (c) Motor Music GmbH
Licensed From Südwestrundfunk
Published By Copyright Control
Published By Syndicore
Published By Enterplanetary Koncepts
Recorded At Stadthalle, Donaueschingen
Recorded At Kongresshalle Berlin
Made By PMDC, Germany
Tracks 1-1 & 1-2 originally released in 1971 as a part of Black Forest Myth on It's After The End Of The World - Live At The Donaueschingen And Berlin Festivals.
Track 1-3, 1-5 and 2-7 to 2-9 previously unreleased versions.
Track 1-4 originally released in 1971 partly on It's After The End Of The World - Live At The Donaueschingen And Berlin Festivals.
Track 2-1 previously unreleased. Although listed as a track title on the jacket of It's After The End Of The World - Live At The Donaueschingen And Berlin Festivals, this piece is not included on the LP.
Tracks 2-2 to 2-4 previously unreleased.
Track 2-5 originally released in 1971 on It's After The End Of The World - Live At The Donaueschingen And Berlin Festivals.
Track 2-6 originally released in 1971 partly under the same title on It's After The End Of The World - Live At The Donaueschingen And Berlin Festivals. Previously unreleased complete version.

Black Myth (tracks 1-1 to 1-5) : live at the Donaueschingen Musik Festival, Stadthalle, October 17, 1970.
Out In Space (tracks 2-1 to 2-9) : live at the Berlin Jazz Festival, Kongresshalle, November 7, 1970.

Track 1-3 to 1-5 licensed from SWR.

Published by :
1-1, 1-2, 1-4, 1-5 to 2-5 Copyright Control
1-3 Syndicore
2-6, 2-7 and 2-9 Enterplanetary Koncepts
2-8 Saturn by Enterplanetary Koncepts, all other parts by Copyright Control

℗ 1971 MPS Records
This compilation ℗ 1998 Motor Music GmbH © 1998 Motor Music GmbH
Made in Germany

Includes a 24-page booklet.
Barcode: 7 31455 76562 5 (Text)
Barcode: 731455765625 (Scanned)
Rights Society: BIEM MCPS
Label Code: LC 0979
Price Code: PY 898
Matrix / Runout: 557 657-2 01 + MADE IN GERMANY BY PMDC A (CD 1)
Matrix / Runout: 557 658-2 01 > MADE IN GERMANY BY PMDC B (CD 2)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L002 (CD 1)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L003 (CD 2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 01W2 (Both CDs)