Live in Egypt 1

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Live in Egypt 1
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Live album by
Sun Ra and his Arkestra
Released1972
RecordedDecember 12–16, 1971
Genre Free Jazz
Label El Saturn Records / Thoth Intergalactic
Sun Ra and his Arkestra chronology
It's After the End of the World
(1972)
Live in Egypt 1
(1972)
Nidhamu
(1972)

Live in Egypt 1 is a recording by the jazz musician Sun Ra and his Astro-Intergalactic-Infinity Arkestra, documenting their first visit to Egypt.

Contents

Tracks 1-4 are from a television broadcast on December 16, 1971 and include an interview with Sun Ra; tracks 5-7 are recordings made at a domestic concert in Heliopolis 4 days previously. [1]

In various editions, the record has sometimes been known by other titles, "Dark Myth Equation Visitation" and "Nature's God" [2]

Track listing

  1. "Discipline 27"
  2. "Solar-Ship Voyage"
  3. "Cosmo-Darkness"
  4. "The Light Thereof"
  5. "Friendly Galaxy No 2"
  6. "To Nature's God"
  7. "Why Go To The Moon?"

Personnel

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References

  1. Szwed, John F (1997). Space is the Place: The life and times of Sun Ra . Pantheon. pp.  292–293. ISBN   0-86241-722-8.
  2. "Sun Ra' discography". Archived from the original on 2008-09-21. Retrieved 2008-08-17.