Sun Ra - The Shadows Took Shape

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Sun Ra
The Shadows Took Shape

Album US 2007 on Transparency label
Jazz (Space-Age)

This recording is from a concert during the early 1970's. There is no further information on this recording, except that the original reel tape was labeled as "Spacemaster Concert". June Tyson recites "The Shadows Took Shape", a Sun Ra poem never heard or seen until now.

Musicians

	Sun Ra p, 1914-1993 US keyboards, vocals, written by, album by
	Danny Ray Thompson fl, bs, *1947 alto saxophone
	Larry Northington as, cng, perc, alto saxophone
	Marshall Allen as, fl, *1924 US alto saxophone, flute
	Danny Davis as, fl, US alto saxophone, flute, clarinet
	Pat Patrick bs, fl, 1929-1991 US baritone saxophone, bass
	Eloe Omoe bcl, 1949-1989 US bass clarinet
	Aye Aton perc, drums
	Harry Richards dr, perc, drums
	Lex Humphries dr, perc, 1936-1994 US drums, percussion
	Alzo Wright vc, dr, percussion
	Atakatune cng, perc, percussion
	Odun perc, percussion
	John Gilmore ts, 1931-1995 US tenor saxophone, percussion, vocals
	Akh Tal Ebah tr, US trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals
	Kwame Hadi tr, trumpet, percussion
	June Tyson voc, 1936-1992 US vocals

Producers

Brian Albers mastered by

Lee Santa photography by

Composers

Sun Ra

Hobart Dotson

Album Tracks

No	Title	Artist	Composer	Duration
1	Outer Space / Untitled Improvisation	Sun Ra		18:01
2	Stardust From Tomorrow	Sun Ra		5:40
3	Exotic Forest	Sun Ra		16:20
4	Untitled Improvisation	Sun Ra		2:24
5	Shadow World	Sun Ra		5:54
6	Untitled Improvisation	Sun Ra		13:54
7	Strange Worlds / Untitled Improvisation	Sun Ra		6:36
8	Enlightenment	Sun Ra	Hobart Dotson	2:40
9	Outer Spaceways Incorporated	Sun Ra		2:02
10	Prepare For The Journey To Other Worlds	Sun Ra		7:39
11	The Shadows Took Shape	Sun Ra		2:24
12	Friendly Galaxy / Watusi	Sun Ra		12:39

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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