Sun Ra – Nuits de la Fondation Maeght (DELUXE EDITION) 6LP Box Set

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Sun Ra - Nuits de la Fondation Maeght (DELUXE EDITION)

Sun Ra’s Nuits de la Fondation Maeght recordings are legendary within his extensive canon. Across two nights in August 1970, these were the first concerts Ra and the Arkestra had performed outside North America and formed part of a stellar festival line-up alongside Albert Ayler, Cecil Taylor, LaMonte Young and Marian Zazeela.

Originally released across two edited volumes by Shandar in 1971, the concerts are now being reissued by Strut in a stunning expanded 6 LP vinyl box set for Record Store Day 2025. The set is housed in a hardboard box and features a reprint of the original festival programme, a 12-page over-sized booklet featuring liner notes by Daniel Caux, Jacqueline Caux and Paul Griffiths and stunning restored photos of the festival by Philippe Gras.

Tracklist:
A1. SUN INTERLUDE
A2. LOVE IN OUTER SPACE
A3. THE SHADOW WORLD (excerpt) 

B1. THE COSMIC EXPLORER
B2. THE COSMIC EXPLORER
B3. UNTITLED PIANO SOLO
B4. FRIENDLY GALAXY No. 2 

C1. WHY GO TO THE MOON? / IT’S AFTER THE END OF THE WORLD /
C2. SPONTANEOUS SIMPLICITY
C3. WATUSI 

D1. PERCUSSION INTERLUDE
D2. INTERSTELLAR LOW WAYS
D3. SOMEWHERE ELSE (9.10) 

E1. THEY’LL COME BACK
E2. 2; TONE SCIENCE INTERLUDE
E3. THE SATELLITES ARE SPINNING
E4. SUN RA AND HIS BAND FROM OUTER SPACE
E5. CALLING PLANET EARTH
E6. IMAGINATION
E7. I’LL WAIT FOR YOU
E8. WE TRAVEL THE SPACEWAYS 

F1. THE WORLD OF LIGHTNING
F2. BLACKMYTH
F3. 2A.THE SHADOWS TOOK SHAPE
F4. 2b. STRANGE WORLDS
F5. 2c. JOURNEY THROUGH THE OUTER DARKNESS
F6. MYTH TONE POEM (UNTITLED)
F7. SKY (2.02)

F8. THREE CHEERS FOR RA 

G1. PRELUDE
G2. THEME OF THE STARGAZERS
G3. THE SHADOW WORLD 

H1. THE SATELLITES ARE SPINNING
H2. SECOND STOP IS JUPITER
H3. TONE SCIENCE
H4. NEXT STOP MARS 

I1. SPONTANEOUS SIMPLICITY
I2. FRIENDLY GALAXY No. 2 

J1. PLEASANT TWILIGHT
J2. OUTER SPACEWAYS INCORPORATED / YOU BETTER GET READY 

K1. ENLIGHTMENT
K2. CALLING PLANET EARTH
K3. SPACE BOP (UNTITLED)
K4. SPACE BALLAD (UNTITLED)
K5. SUN RA AND HIS BAND FROM OUTER SPACE / THEME OF THE STARGAZERS / WE’LL WAIT FOR YOU 

L1. SOMEBODY ELSE’S IDEA / WALKING ON THE MOON / IT’S AFTER THE END OF THE WORLD
L2. WE TRAVEL THE SPACEWAYS
L3. TONE SCIENCE INTERLUDE
L4. DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES
L5. THE SATELLITES ARE SPINNING

Label: STRUT
Released: 2025