Sun Ra - Nuits De La Fondation Maeght (4xCD Box Set) | Mint (M) Mint (M)

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Label: Strut – STRUT193CDB, ArtYard – STRUT193CDB
Format: 4 x CD, Remastered
Box Set 
Country: Worldwide
Released: May 23, 2025
Genre: Jazz
Style: Avant-garde Jazz, Space-Age

Volume 1 / 3rd August 1970    
1-1        Sun Interlude    1:53
1-2        Love In Outer Space    6:57
1-3        Shadow World (Excerpt)    2:32
1-4        Cosmic Explorer    8:53
1-5        Cosmic Explorer (Continuation)    4:40
1-6        Piano Solo (Untitled)    4:17
1-7        Friendly Galaxy No. 2    12:05
1-8        Why Go To The Moon? / It's After The End Of The World    5:54
1-9        Spontaneous Simplicity    7:19
1-10        Watusi    4:57
1-11        Percussion Interlude    4:46
1-12        Interstellar Low Ways    6:18
2-1        Somewhere Else    9:10
2-2        They'll Come Back    5:09
2-3        Tone Science Interlude    3:02
2-4        Satellites Are Spinning    4:09
2-5        Sun Ra And His Band From Outer Space    0:20
2-6        Calling Planet Earth    0:23
2-7        Imagination    1:07
2-8        I'll Wait For You    1:37
2-9        We Travel The Spaceways    2:44
2-10        The World Of Lightning    6:55
Blackmyth    
2-10i        Shadows Took Shape    1:23
2-10ii        Strange Worlds    1:17
2-10iii        Journey Through The Outer Darkness    5:41
2-12        Myth Tone Poem (Untitled)    1:57
2-13        Sky    2:02
2-14        Three Cheers For Ra    1:46
Volume 2 / 5th August 1970    
3-1        Prelude    7:16
3-2        Theme Of The Stargazers    3:14
3-3        Shadow World    11:34
3-4        Satellites Are Spinning    3:59
3-5        Second Stop Is Jupiter    0:37
3-6        Tone Science    8:31
3-7        Next Stop Mars    4:56
3-8        Spontaneous Simplicity    10:39
3-9        Friendly Galaxy No. 2    8:41
4-1        Pleasant Twilight    15:40
4-2        Outer Spaceways Incorporated / You Better Get Ready    6:19
4-3        Enlightenment    2:39
4-4        Calling Planet Earth    3:51
4-5        Space Bop (Untitled)    7:50
4-6        Space Ballad (Untitled)    7:50
4-7        Sun Ra And His Band From Outer Space / Theme Of The Stargazers / I'll Wait For You    3:35
4-8        Somebody Else's Idea / Walking On The Moon / It's After The End Of The World    7:57
4-9        We Travel The Spaceways    1:42
4-10        Tone Science Interlude    2:28
4-11        Days Of Wine And Roses    7:23
4-12        Satellites Are Spinning    1:30

Performed and recorded in Hans Walter Müller's inflatable experimental theatre as part of Nuits De La Fondation Maegth 06-Saint-Paul, le festival international de mystique et d'art contemporaine, Fondation Maegth, St. Paul-De-Vence, France, August, 1970.
Festival artistic direction: Francis Miroglio
Recorded for the Public French Radio ORTF (Office de Radiodiffusion Television Française) by Radio Producer André Francis.

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The definitive box set documenting Sun Ra's historic 1970 concerts at the Fondation Maeght gallery in St Paul de Vence, France.
Includes:
- 4CD set featuring highlights from the two concerts on 3rd and 5th of August.
- 20-page booklet featuring liner notes and Sur Ra interview by concert curator Daniel Caux, Jacqueline Caux and Paul Griffiths alongside previously unseen photos by Philippe Gras.
Barcode (Text): 4 062548 108002

• Availability: Available
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: CD
• Genre: JAZZ
• Format Type: 4XCD BOX
• Released: 05/23/2025