It's After the End of the World [Import, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered]

Sun Ra | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 20, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered
• Label: Universal Japan
• ASIN: B0000AFOFS
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,588,299 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Strange Dreams/Strange Worlds/Black Myth/It's After the End of the ...

2. Black Forest Myth [Live]

3. Watusi, Egyptian March

4. Myth Versus Reality: The Myth/Science Approach/Angelic Proclamation [Li

5. Duos

Editorial Reviews

Full artist & title - Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Research - It's After The End Of The World. Japanese 24-bit remastered reissue of 1970 album, that's unavailable domestically, packaged in a miniature LP gatefold sleeve. Universal. 2003.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good live music, September 30, 2004

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Patrick More "Patrick Moore" (Columbus, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It's After the End of the World [Vinyl] (Audio CD)

This CD is redundant with Polygram's two-disk "Black Myth/Out in Space" release. It's from live sets of the Arkestra's European tour around 1970.

Sun Ra's music can be described as big band jazz that is frequently dissonant. In any Sun Ra performance, some tracks are sort of afro bossa with lots of percussion; some are straight-ahead bebop; some are swing tunes; and some are atonal improvision like Cecil Taylor's. The level of musicianship is very high. Sun Ra's music is both sophisticated and spirited. Any Sun Ra album will keep a true music lover absorbed for many playings.

If you are just starting to get into Sun Ra, I recommend the Evidence's CDs, remastered versions of albums from Ra's Saturn label in the 1960s.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Keep shopping, August 3, 2005

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Patrick More "Patrick Moore" (Columbus, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It's After the End of the World (Audio CD)

This music from an early-70s concert is great. The only reason for the low ranking is that all these tracks are available on "Black Myth/Out in Space [LIVE]," available in August 2005 from Amazon. The latter release gives you two CDs, not one, from two concerts, not one - and for a slightly lower price. "End of World," however, gives you cool cover art by Jerome Bosch.