Sun Ra - Sun Song

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1	Brainville Soloist, Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax] – Scales*Soloist, Baritone Saxophone [Baritone Sax] – Patrick*Soloist, Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] – Gilmore*Soloist, Trombone – Priester*Soloist, Trumpet – Young*	4:13
2	Call For All Demons Soloist, Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax] – Scales*Soloist, Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] – Gilmore*Soloist, Timpani [Tympani] – Herndon*Soloist, Trumpet – Hoyle*, Young*	5:15
3	Transition Soloist, Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax] – Scales*Soloist, Baritone Saxophone [Baritone Sax] – Patrick*Soloist, Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] – Gilmore*Soloist, Trumpet – Young*	3:41
4	Possession Soloist, Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] – Gilmore*	4:57
5	Street Named Hell Soloist, Drums – Barry*Soloist, Timpani [Tympani] – Herndon*	3:39
6	Lullaby For Realville Soloist, Baritone Saxophone [Baritone Sax] – Patrick*Soloist, Bass – Evans*Soloist, Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] – Gilmore*Soloist, Trombone – Priester*Soloist, Trumpet – Young*	4:42
7	Future Soloist, Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] – Gilmore*	2:54
8	Swing A Little Taste Soloist, Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax] – Scales*Soloist, Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] – Gilmore*Soloist, Trombone – Priester*Soloist, Trumpet – Hoyle*	4:25
9	New Horizons Soloist, Trumpet – Hoyle*	3:05
10	Fall Off The Log Soloist, Baritone Saxophone [Baritone Sax] – Patrick*Soloist, Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] – Gilmore*Soloist, Trombone – Priester*	3:59
11	Sun Song Soloist, Bells – Patrick*Soloist, Chimes [Cathedral Chimes] – Priester*Soloist, Piano – Sun RaSoloist, Trumpet – Hoyle*Soloist, Wood Block [Wood Blocks] – Gilmore*	3:37

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – P-Vine, Inc.
• Distributed By – P-Vine, Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Delmark Records
• Copyright (c) – Delmark Records
• Recorded At – Universal Recording Studio
• Mastered At – Disc Mastering

Credits

• Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax] – James Scales
• Baritone Saxophone [Baritone Sax] – Pat Patrick
• Bass – Richard Evans
• Cover [Cover Art], Artwork [Cover Art] – Sylvia Abernathy
• Design [CD Package] – Al Brandtner
• Drums – Robert Barry
• Electric Bass – Wilburn Green
• Engineer [Editing Engineer] – Stephen Fassett
• Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Will Connor
• Executive-Producer [Executive Producer] – Robert G. Koester
• Liner Notes – Sun Ra
• Mastered By [CD Pre-mastering] – Randy Kling
• Piano – Sun Ra
• Songwriter [Songs Written By] – Harry Revel (tracks: 4), Richard Evans (tracks: 6), Sun Ra (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 7 to 11)
• Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] – John Gilmore
• Timpani [Tympani] – Jim Herndon
• Trombone – Julian Priester
• Trumpet – Arthur Hoyle, Dave Young*

Notes

This recording was orignally released on Transition Records, in 1957, as "Jazz By Sun Ra". Then later released on Delmark Records as Sun Song. Now available once again, in CD format, with Sun Ra's original notes on the compositions and poetry...

The Solos In Order Of Appearance:
"Brainville": Young; Scales; Patrick; Gilmore; Priester
"Call For All Demons": Gilmore; Hoyle; Scales; Herndon; Young
"Transition": Gilmore; Young; Patrick; Scales
"Possession": Gilmore
"Street Named Hell": Barry; Herndon
"Lullaby For Realville": Evans; Young; Gilmore; Priester; Patrick
"Future": Gilmore
"Swing A Little Taste": Hoyle; Gilmore; Priester; Scales
"New Horizons": Hoyle
"Fall Off The Log": Gilmore; Priester; Patrick
"Sun Song": Sun Ra; Hoyle; Priester, cathedral chimes; Gilmore, wood blocks; Patrick, bells

Recording: Universal Recording Studio, Chicago, 12 July 1956.
CD Pre-mastering: [...] Disc Mastering, Nashville, TN

© ℗ 1990 Delmark Records

Track 8 "Swing A Little Taste" is previously unreleased.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (printed on Obi): 4 995879 202333
• Barcode (scanned): 4995879202333
• Mastering SID Code (outer ring): IFPI LT48
• Mould SID Code (inner ring): IFPI 4477
• Matrix / Runout (outer ring): PCD-20233 MT J01
• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
trlp 10	Sun Ra*	Jazz By Sun Ra Vol. 1 ‎(LP, Album)	Transition	trlp 10	US	1957
DD-411	Sun Ra*	Sun Song ‎(CD, Album, RE, RP)	Delmark Records	DD-411	US	2014
DL-411	Sun Ra*	Sun Song ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RE)	Delmark Records	DL-411	UK	1967
DS-411	Sun Ra*	Sun Song ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Delmark Records	DS-411	US	Unknown
trlp 10, PA-7006	Sun Ra*	Jazz By Sun Ra Vol. 1 ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Transition, Trio Records	trlp 10, PA-7006	Japan	1972