The Other Side of the Sun

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  • Super-Sonic Jazz
  • Sun Song
  • Jazz by Sun Ra
  • Sound of Joy
  • Jazz in Silhouette
  • The Nubians of Plutonia
  • Holiday for Soul Dance
  • Angels and Demons at Play
  • The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra
  • Bad and Beautiful
  • Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy
  • Other Planes of There
  • The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Vol. 1
  • The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Vol. 2
  • Secrets of the Sun
  • The Magic City
  • Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow
  • Nothing Is
  • When Angels Speak of Love
  • The Sensational Guitars of Dan and Dale: Batman and Robin
  • Monorails and Satellites, Vol. 1
  • Monorails and Satellites
  • We Travel the Space Ways
  • Pictures of Infinity
  • Outer Spaceways Incorporated
  • A Black Mass
  • Atlantis
  • Continuation, Vol. 2
  • The Solar-Myth Approach, Vol. 1
  • The Night of the Purple Moon
  • My Brother the Wind, Vol. 2
  • It's After the End of the World
  • Fondation Maeght Nights, Vol. 1
  • My Brother the Wind, Vol. 1
  • Continuation, Vol. 1
  • Continuation
  • The Solar-Myth Approach, Vol. 2
  • Calling Planet Earth
  • Astro-Black
  • Universe in Blue
  • Space Is the Place [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
  • Featuring Pharoah Sanders & Black Harold
  • Space Is the Place
  • Concert for the Comet Kohoutek
  • Discipline 27-II
  • Sub-Underground #1
  • Pathways to Unknown Worlds
  • The Soul Vibrations of Man
  • Cosmos
  • Solo Piano, Vol. 1
  • St. Louis Blues
  • A Quiet Place in the Universe
  • Lanquidity
  • Other Voices, Other Blues
  • New Steps
  • Media Dream
  • Disco 3000
  • The Antique Blacks
  • Sleeping Beauty
  • The Other Side of the Sun
  • On Jupiter
  • Omniverse
  • Voice of the Eternal Tomorrow
  • Sunrise in Different Dimensions
  • Strange Celestial Road
  • Beyond the Purple Star Zone
  • Nuclear War
  • Celestial Love
  • Love in Outer Space: Live in Utrecht
  • Live at Praxis '84
  • Sun Ra Arkestra Meets Salah Ragab in Egypt
  • A Fireside Chat with Lucifer
  • Cosmo Sun Connection
  • Reflections in Blue
  • Hours After
  • Live at Pitt-In, Tokyo
  • Blue Delight
  • Second Star to the Right: Salute to Walt Disney
  • Sun Ra and His Year 2000 Myth Science Arkestra
  • Mayan Temples
  • Live London 1990
  • Destination Unknown
  • Tribute to Stuff Smith
  • Somewhere Else
  • Live from Soundscape
  • Outer Space Employment Agency
  • At the Village Vanguard
  • Life Is Splendid
  • Song for the Sun
  • Stardust from Tomorrow
  • Friendly Galaxy
  • It Is Forbidden
  • Live at Montreux
  • Nuits de la Fondation Maeght, Vol. 2
  • Nuits de la Fondation Maeght, Vol. 1
  • Live in Paris at the Gibus
  • Piano Recital (Teatro La Fenice in Venice)
  • Spaceship Lullaby (1954-60)
  • Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Vol. 3
  • Live at Myron's Ballroom
  • Dance of the Living Image
  • Some Blues But Not the Kind That's Blue
  • Strange City

Release Date

1979

Duration

41:36

Genre

Styles

Recording Date

November 1, 1978 & January 4, 1979

Recording Location

  • Blue Rock Studios, 29 Greene St. NYC
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Sun Ra

The Other Side of the Sun

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The Sun Ra Arkestra looks both forwards and backwards in time on this obscure small label LP. Ten years earlier, one could not have imagined Ra and his men romping through "On the Sunny Side of the Street" or reinventing "Flamingo." However, those versions certainly sound quite original, and there is no mistaking the band for any other orchestra on "Space Fling," "Manhattan Cocktail" and the trademark "Space Is the Place." The music on this album features a version of the Arkestra consisting of six reeds (including John Gilmore and Marshall Allen), three trumpets (including Michael Ray and Eddie Gale), two trombones (with a young Robin Eubanks), the French horn of Vincent Chancey, guitarist Dale Williams, three bassists, four percussionists, singer June Tyson and the leader's keyboards. A stimulating set.

Track Listing

Sample Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
Sun Ra & His Solar Myth Arkestra / Sun Ra
Sun Ra
7:37 SpotifyAmazon
2
Edmund Anderson / Ted Grouya
Sun Ra
4:43 SpotifyAmazon
3
Sun Ra
Sun Ra
9:48 SpotifyAmazon
4
Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh
Sun Ra
9:34 SpotifyAmazon
5
Sun Ra & His Solar Myth Arkestra / Sun Ra
Sun Ra
9:54 Amazon
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