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Album · 1973

Space Is the Place

by Sun Ra

Released
1973
Label
Blue Thumb Records
Catalogue no.
BTS 41
Tracklist
5 tracks
Length
43:00
Country
US

“Space Is the Place” is an album by Sun Ra, released in 1973 on Blue Thumb Records. The original release has 5 tracks with a running time of 43:00. The line-up features John Gilmore (vocals, tenor saxophone), Sun Ra (arranger, organ), Pat Patrick (electric bass guitar, baritone saxophone), Akh Tal Ebah (vocals, trumpet) and Danny Ray Thompson (baritone saxophone, flute).

Who played on Space Is the Place

  • John Gilmore vocals, tenor saxophone all tracks
  • Sun Ra arranger, organ, piano all tracks
  • Pat Patrick electric bass guitar, baritone saxophone, vocals on 4 tracks
  • Akh Tal Ebah vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn on 3 tracks
  • Danny Ray Thompson baritone saxophone, flute, vocals on 3 tracks
  • Eloe Omoe bass clarinet, flute on 3 tracks
  • Cheryl Banks vocals on 2 tracks
  • Danny Davis flute, alto saxophone on 2 tracks
  • Judith Holton vocals on 2 tracks
  • June Tyson vocals on 2 tracks
  • Kwame Hadi trumpet on 2 tracks
  • Marshall Allen flute, alto saxophone on 2 tracks
  • Ruth Wright vocals on 2 tracks
  • Atakatun percussion on 1 track
  • Lex Humphries drums (drum set) on 1 track
  • Odun percussion on 1 track

Tracklist

  1. A Space Is the Place — Sun Ra 21:15
  2. B1 Images — Sun Ra 6:16
  3. B2 Discipline 33 — Sun Ra 4:53
  4. B3 Sea of Sounds — Sun Ra 7:42
  5. B4 Rocket Number Nine — Sun Ra 2:54

Production

  • Alton Abraham producer
  • Ed Michel producer

More albums by Sun Ra

Jazz by Sun Ra 1957 · Transition The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra 1962 · Savoy Records The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume 1 1965 · ESP‐Disk’ Rocket Number Nine Take Off for the Planet Venus 1967 · El Saturn Records Monorails and Satellites, Volume 2 1969 · El Saturn Records Nothing Is… 1970 · ESP‐Disk’ Astro Black 1972 · impulse! Monorails and Satellites 1973 · El Saturn Records The Antique Blacks 1974 · El Saturn Records What's New? 1975 · El Saturn Records Cosmos 1976 · Cobra Lanquidity 1978 · Philly Jazz Inc.

Frequently asked questions

Who played on Space Is the Place?

The line-up of Space Is the Place includes John Gilmore (vocals, tenor saxophone), Sun Ra (arranger, organ), Pat Patrick (electric bass guitar, baritone saxophone), Akh Tal Ebah (vocals, trumpet), Danny Ray Thompson (baritone saxophone, flute), Eloe Omoe (bass clarinet, flute), Cheryl Banks (vocals) and Danny Davis (flute, alto saxophone).

Which label released Space Is the Place?

Space Is the Place was released in 1973 on Blue Thumb Records (BTS 41).

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