Sun Ra - Nuits de la Fondation Maeght (6LP Boxset) [Strut]

Format: 6x12" Boxset + Booklet and Photos.
CAT: STRUT193LPB

Tracklist:
Side A
SUN INTERLUDE/ 2. LOVE IN OUTER SPACE / 3. THE

SHADOW WORLD (excerpt) / 4. THE COSMIC EXPLORER

Side B
THE COSMIC EXPLORER / 2. UNTITLED PIANO SOLO / 3.

FRIENDLY GALAXY No. 2
Side C
WHY GO TO THE MOON? / IT’S AFTER THE END OF THE

WORLD / 2. SPONTANEOUS SIMPLICITY / 3. WATUSI

Side D
PERCUSSION INTERLUDE / 2. INTERSTELLAR LOW WAYS
SOMEWHERE ELSE (9.10)

Side E
1. THEY’LL COME BACK / 2; TONE SCIENCE INTERLUDE / 3.
THE SATELLITES ARE SPINNING / 4. SUN RA AND HIS BAND
FROM OUTER SPACE / 5. CALLING PLANET EARTH / 6.
IMAGINATION / 7. I’LL WAIT FOR YOU / 8. WE TRAVEL THE
SPACEWAYS

Side F
THE WORLD OF LIGHTNING / 2. BLACKMYTH / 2A.THE
SHADOWS TOOK SHAPE / 2b. STRANGE WORLDS / 2c.
JOURNEY THROUGH THE OUTER DARKNESS / 3. MYTH
TONE POEM (UNTITLED) / 4. SKY (2.02) / 5. THREE CHEERS
FOR RA

Side G
PRELUDE / 2. THEME OF THE STARGAZERS / 2. THE
SHADOW WORLD

Side H
THE SATELLITES ARE SPINNING / 2. SECOND STOP IS
JUPITER / 3. TONE SCIENCE / 4. NEXT STOP MARS

Side I
SPONTANEOUS SIMPLICITY / 2. FRIENDLY GALAXY No. 2

Side J
PLEASANT TWILIGHT / 2. OUTER SPACEWAYS
INCORPORATED / YOU BETTER GET READY

Side K
ENLIGHTMENT / 2. CALLING PLANET EARTH / 3. SPACE
BOP (UNTITLED) / 4. SPACE BALLAD (UNTITLED) / 5. SUN RA
AND HIS BAND FROM OUTER SPACE / THEME OF THE
STARGAZERS / WE’LL WAIT FOR YOU

Side L
SOMEBODY ELSE’S IDEA / WALKING ON THE MOON / IT’S
AFTER THE END OF THE WORLD / 2. WE TRAVEL THE
SPACEWAYS / 3. TONE SCIENCE INTERLUDE / 4. DAYS OF
WINE AND ROSES / 5. THE SATELLITES ARE SPINNING

Sun Ra's recordings from Nuits de la Fondation Maeght are legendary within his extensive repertoire. Recorded over two nights in August 1970, these were the first concerts Ra and the Arkestra performed outside North America, as part of a stellar lineup that included Albert Ayler, Cecil Taylor, LaMonte Young, and Marian Zazeela.

Before Maeght, the Arkestra's early years in New York had been difficult in terms of performances, money, and visibility. Their precarious situation improved after Ra's participation in the 1964 October Revolution concerts and the release of the impressive Heliocentric Worlds albums. This was followed by a gradual increase in touring, and talk began of possible dates in Europe, until the invitation arrived to play at an art gallery in the south of France in 1970. Located in the medieval village of St Paul-de-Vence in Provence, the Fondation Maeght celebrated modern art in all its forms, housing works by some of the 20th century's most important artists, including Matisse, Georges Braque, Chagall, and Giacometti.