Sun Ra And His Solar Arkestra* – The Magic City

The Sun Ra Arkestra - The Magic City album cover

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Label:	Evidence (5) – ECD 22069-2, Evidence (5) – ECD 22069
Format:	CD, Album, Reissue
Country:	US
Released:
Genre:	Jazz
Style:	Free Jazz, Space-Age

Tracklist

1	The Magic City	27:22
2	The Shadow World	10:55
3	Abstract Eye	2:51
4	Abstract "I"	4:08

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Evidence Music, Inc.
Copyright © – Evidence Music, Inc.
Made By – DCA (3) – DCA0545
Glass Mastered At – Technicolor, Camarillo, CA – 124221

Credits

Alto Saxophone – Danny Davis (tracks: 1, 2, 4), Harry Spencer (tracks: 1), Marshall Allen
Arranged By, Composed By – Sun Ra
Art Direction – Rothacker Advertising & Design
Artwork [Cover Art] – William White (8)
Baritone Saxophone – Pat Patrick (tracks: 1, 2)
Bass – Ronnie Boykins
Bass Clarinet – Robert Cummings (tracks: 1, 2)
Bass Trombone – Bernard Pettaway (tracks: 2 to 4)
Drums – Jimhmi Johnson* (tracks: 2 to 4), Roger Blank (tracks: 1)
Engineer [Premastering] – Roger Seibel
Flute – Danny Davis (tracks: 1), Marshall Allen (tracks: 1), Pat Patrick (tracks: 1)
Keyboards [Clavioline], Piano – Sun Ra (tracks: 1)
Liner Notes – John F. Szwed
Other [Audio Restoration] – SAE Digital Mastering
Percussion – Chris Capers (tracks: 2 to 4), Danny Davis (tracks: 2 to 4), James Jacson, John Gilmore (tracks: 2 to 4), Marshall Allen (tracks: 2 to 4), Robert Cummings (tracks: 2 to 4)
Photography By [Sun Ra Photo] – Raymond Ross
Piano, Celesta [Electronic Celeste], Marimba [Bass], Harp [Sun Harp], Drum [Dragon Drum], Timpani – Sun Ra (tracks: 2 to 4)
Piccolo Flute [Piccolo] – Marshall Allen (tracks: 3, 4)
Producer – Alton Abraham, Ihnfinity Inc.
Reissue Producer – Jerry Gordon
Research [Discographical Information] – Prof. Robert Campbell
Tenor Saxophone – John Gilmore (tracks: 1, 2)
Timpani – Pat Patrick (tracks: 3, 4)
Trombone – Ali Hassan (tracks: 1), Teddy Nance (tracks: 2 to 4)
Trumpet – Chris Capers (tracks: 2), Walter Miller (tracks: 1)

Notes

All selections were originally issued on the LP The Magic City (El Saturn 403). Track 1 was recorded in rehearsal in New York City around September 24th, 1965. Tracks 2-4 were recorded at Olatunji's Loft, New York in the spring of 1965.

Solos on Magic City in order of appearance:

John Gilmore - Tenor Saxophone
Danny Davis - Alto Saxophone
Pat Patrick - Baritone Saxophone
Marshall Allen - Alto Saxophone
Harry Spencer - Alto Saxophone

Back of booklet and disc photo: The Archives Collection, Birmingham Public Library, Birmingham, Alabama.

This CD is made available through the kind cooperation of Saturn Research, P.O. Box 7124, Chicago, IL. 60680.

Total playing time: 45:24

℗ & © 1993 Evidence Music Inc.

Made in the U.S.A.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 7 30182 20692 0
Barcode (Reader): 730182206920
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 & 2): IFPI L892 ✷✷✷1/1DCA0545✷ C2 124221-01 THE MAGIC CITY
Mastering SID Code (Variant 1 & 2): IFPI L892
Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI F702
Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI F703