Sun Ra - Nuits de la Fondation Maeght (Deluxe Edition) (RSD 2025, 6 LP Vinyl 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.

Side A Sun Interlude Love in Outer Space The Shadow World (Excerpt) Side B The Cosmic Explorer The Cosmic Explorer Untitled Piano Solo Friendly Galaxy No.
2 Side C Why Go to the Moon? / It’s After the End of the World Spontaneous Simplicity Watusi Side D Percussion Interlude Interstellar Low Ways Somewhere Else (9:10) Side E They’ll Come Back Tone Science Interlude The Satellites Are Spinning Sun Ra and His Band from Outer Space Calling Planet Earth Imagination I’ll Wait for You We Travel the Spaceways Side F The World of Lightning Blackmyth The Shadows Took Shape Strange Worlds Journey Through the Outer Darkness Myth Tone Poem (Untitled) Sky (2:02) Three Cheers for Ra Side G Prelude Theme of the Stargazers The Shadow World Side H The Satellites Are Spinning Second Stop Is Jupiter Tone Science Next Stop Mars Side I Spontaneous Simplicity Friendly Galaxy No.
2 Side J Pleasant Twilight Outer Spaceways Incorporated / You Better Get Ready Side K Enlightenment Calling Planet Earth Space Bop (Untitled) Space Ballad (Untitled) Sun Ra and His Band from Outer Space / Theme of the Stargazers / We’ll Wait for You Side L Somebody Else’s Idea / Walking on the Moon / It’s After the End of the World We Travel the Spaceways Tone Science Interlude Days of Wine and Roses The Satellites Are Spinning