Triple vinyl LP pressing in tri-gatefold cover. Considering the monumental depth of Sun Ra's recorded oeuvre, there are surprisingly few solo piano albums. Monorails and Satellites Volumes 1 and 2 were the first commercial LPs of the artist's solo keyboard excursions. Recorded in 1966 and released on his Saturn imprint in 1968, Volume 1 featured seven idiosyncratic originals and one standard ("Easy Street") delivered in Sunny's singular manner. Volume 2 was released the following year, and contains five compositions, all originals. A third volume was prepped but shelved, and this deluxe edition marks it's premiere release. As with all Cosmic Myth releases these volumes are superbly mastered with copious liners notes by renown American jazz pianist Vijay Iyer, and additional overviews by jazz historian Ben Young and producer Irwin Chusid.

Tracklist:

Space Towers
Cognition
Skylight
The Alter Destiny
Easy Street
Blue Differentials
Monorails and Satellites
The Galaxy Way
Astro Vision 1
The Ninth Eye 1
Solar Boats 1
Perspective Prisms of Is 1
Calundronius 1
Soundscapes 1
The Eternal Tomorrow 1
Today Is Not Yesterday 1
World Island Festival 1
The Changing Wind 1
Don't Blame Me 2
Gone with the Wind 2
How Am I to Know 2
Yesterdays

UPC: 881626521717
Label: Cosmic Myth Records
Release Date: 2.1.19
Format: Vinyl

Sun Ra - Monorails & Satelites: Works for Solo Piano Vol. 1 2 3 (LP)