Friendly Galaxy

Sun Ra | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 17, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Leo Records UK
• ASIN: B000028A3X
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #689,145 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Intro Percussion

2. Prelude to a Kiss

3. Blue Lou [Live]

4. Lights on a Satellite [Live]

5. Alabama

6. Fate in a Pleasant Mood [Live]

7. We Travel the Spaceways [Live]

8. Space Is the Place [Live]

9. Saturn Rings/Friendly Galaxy

10. Melody/They Will Come Back

Customer Reviews

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Twilight Gem, August 24, 2008

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This review is from: Friendly Galaxy (Audio CD)

After a series of severe health problems, Sun Ra returned to an oftentimes ambitious touring schedule that included a 1991 appearance at the Banlieues Bleues festival. The April 11 concert is chronicled in this release.

The 10 tracks that clock in at nearly 1:19 may have familiar titles, but the improvisational flare remains bright. There is a nod to Duke Ellington - Prelude to a Kiss - but the flow from the latter numbers - We Travel the Spaceways to Melody/They'll Come Back - shows the Arkestra in excellent form and Sun Ra urging the sonic journey to sweep through the audience.

A twilight gem, it stands as an outstanding example of what Sun Ra could achieve in the closing pages of an amazing career.