Sun Ra - The Definitive Singles Volume 2

The second volume of Strut's Definitive Singles collection follows Sun Ra's 45s from 1962 to 1991. These recordings offer a different route through his work, bringing blues-rooted pieces, vocal collaborations and outer-space experiments together in the compact forms of the single. Pat Patrick and Little Mack appear alongside the changing Arkestra line-ups, with Space Loneliness, Rocket #9, Disco 3000 and Nuclear War among the selections. This gatefold triple LP carries thirty tracks across six sides, closing with Sun Ra's I Am the Instrument. It documents the later part of a singles catalogue that ran alongside his albums.

Format: Triple vinyl LP, gatefold sleeve
Label: Strut
Catalogue number: STRUT149LP

Tracklist

A1. Sun Ra & His Arkestra – Space Loneliness
A2. Sun Ra & His Arkestra – State Street
A3. Sun Ra & His Arkestra – The Blue Set
A4. Sun Ra & His Arkestra – Big City Blues
B1. Sun Ra & His Arkestra Featuring Pat Patrick – A Blue One
B2. Sun Ra & His Arkestra Featuring Pat Patrick – Orbitration In Blue
B3. Sun Ra & His Arkestra – Out There A Minute
B4. Little Mack With Sun Ra & His Arkestra – Tell Her To Come On Home
B5. Little Mack With Sun Ra & His Arkestra – I’m Making Believe
C1. Sun Ra & His Outer Space Arkestra – The Bridge
C2. Sun Ra & His Outer Space Arkestra – Rocket # 9
C3. Sun Ra & His Astro-Solar-Infinity Arkestra – Blues On Planet Mars
C4. Sun Ra & His Astro-Solar-Infinity Arkestra – Saturn Moon
C5. Sun Ra & His Astro-Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra – Journey To Saturn
C6. Sun Ra & His Astro-Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra – Enlightenment
D1. Sun Ra & His Astro-Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra – I’m Gonna Unmask The Batman
D2. Sun Ra & His Astro-Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra – The Perfect Man
D3. Sun Ra & His Arkestra – Love In Outer Space
D4. Sun Ra & His Arkestra – Mayan Temple
D5. Sun Ra Quartet – Sky Blues
E1. Sun Ra Quartet– Disco 3000
E2. Sun Ra – Rough House Blues
E3. Sun Ra – Cosmo-Extensions
E4. Sun Ra & His Outer Space Arkestra – Quest
E5. Sun Ra & His Outer Space Arkestra – Outer Space Plateau
E6. Sun Ra Arkestra – Sometimes I’m Happy
F1. Sun Ra Arkestra – Nuclear War
F2. Sun Ra Arkestra – On Jupiter / Cosmo Drama
F3. Sun Ra Arkestra – Cosmo Drama
F4. Sun Ra – I Am The Instrument