Sun Ra - Nuits De La Fondation Maeght (Deluxe Edition) 6LP Box Set

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.

Track List:

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. 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