sun ra

spaceship lullaby

2003 cd usa atavistic records

recorded between 1954 & 1960

nu sounds  -  tracks 1 - 17  -  home recording, rehearsal, circa 1955
 
roland williams, vic, john, kalil: vocals
  sun ra: piano
  robert barry: drums
  pat patrick: baritone saxophone (17)

  1. spaceship lullaby

  2. stranger in paradise

  3. just one of those things

  4. honky tonk

  5. haunted heart

  6. evelyn

  7. honeysuckle rose

  8. honey

  9. black sky & blue moon

  10. ra coaching roland williams

  11. holiday for strings (ra dynamics demo)

  12. holiday for strings

  13. i fall asleep counting my blessings

  14. nice work if you can get it

  15. somebody loves me

  16. chicago u.s.a.

  17. chicago u.s.a.  

the lintels  -  tracks 18 - 22  -  home recording, first rehearsal, circa 1955
  unknown vocal group
  sun ra: piano

  1. c'est si bon

  2. blue moon

  3. baby please be mine

  4. blue skies

  5. my only love  

nu sounds  -  tracks 23 - 30  -  home recording, rehearsal, circa mid-50s
  roland williams, vic, john, kalil: vocals
  sun ra: piano

  1. a foggy day

  2. a perfume counter

  3. love is...

  4. wordless piece

  5. i was wrong

  6. louise

  7. st. louis blues

  8. the wooden soldier & the china doll  

the cosmic rays  -  tracks 31 - 37  -  rehearsal recordings circa late-50s to 1960
  the cosmic rays: calvin barron, matt swift, lonnie tolbert and one unknown singer: vocals
  sun ra: piano, wurlitzer electric piano
  pat patrick: baritone saxophone
  marshall allen: alto saxophone, flute
  james spaulding: alto saxophone
  john gilmore: tenor saxophone
  e.j. turner: trumpet
  bebop sam thomas: guitar
  ronnie boykin: bass
  jim herndon: tympani  
  robert barry: drums

  1. africa

  2. somebody's in love

  3. bye bye

  4. black sky & blue moon

  5. honey

  6. honey

  7. come rain or come shine