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Lights on a Satellite: Live at the Left Bank 1978 - LP
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11/29/2024
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Limited to 1500 copies
Limited to 1500 copies. Catalog Number: RNCE166566.1 Format: LP UPC: 617270123133 This product is a Black Friday Record Store Day title and not available to pre-order. It is available to buy in-store from 8am on 11/29/2024 (Black Friday Record Store Day) and online from 8am on 11/30/2024. TIP: Click 'Notify Me' to be the first to know about its availability online first. Available for the very first time, the intergalactic icon Sun Ra and his Arkestra's Lights On A Satellite: Live at the Left Bank was recorded on July 23, 1978 at the Famous Ballroom in Baltimore, Maryland by the Left Bank Jazz Society. The limited-edition 180-gram 2-LP set contains audio from the Sun Ra Archives, and was researched and compiled by Sun Ra archivist Michael D. Anderson. Mastering by engineer Joe Lizzi and lacquers cut by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab. The critically acclaimed independent filmmaker Robert Mugge has also provided audio from the recordings he made at the Left Bank which was featured in his 1980 film Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise. The deluxe package includes liners notes by veteran music critic J.D. Considine, plus interviews with the centenarian Arkestra saxophonist Marshall Allen, NEA Jazz Master saxophonist Gary Bartz and pianist Craig Taborn.