sun ra and his myth science arkestra

we travel the spaceways / bad and beautiful

1992 cd usa evidence 22038

tracks 1 - 7 were originally issued on "we travel the spaceways" (saturn 409, 1966)
tracks 8 - 14 were originally issued on "bad & beautiful" (saturn 532, 1972) 

[1] recorded in chicago in 1959 or 1960
sun ra: piano, cosmic tone organ * phil cohran: trumpet, space harp, percussion * marshall allen: alto sax, bells, flying saucer, percussion * john gilmore: tenor sax, cosmic bells, percussion * pat patrick: baritone sax, percussion * ronnie boykins: bass * robert barry: drums, percussion * edward skinner: percussion

[2] recorded in chicago in 1958 or 1959
sun ra: piano * walter strickland: trumpet * nate pryor: trombone * marshall allen: alto sax * james spaulding: alto sax (5) * john gilmore: tenor sax * pat patrick: baritone sax * ronnie boykins: bass * robert barry: drums

[3] recorded at rca studios in chicago in 1956
sun ra: piano * art hoyle: trumpet * julian priester: trombone * james scales: alto sax * john gilmore: bells * pat patrick: baritone sax * wilburn green: electric bass * robert barry: drums

[4] recorded at the 'choreographers workshop', new york city, in 1961
sun ra: piano * marshall allen: alto sax, flute, percussion * john gilmore: tenor sax, percussion * pat patrick: baritone sax, percussion * ronnie boykins: bass * tommy hunter: drums

produced by ihnfinity inc and alton abraham  
reissue produced by jerry gordon

  1. interplanetary music   (sun ra)   2'40   [1]

  2. eve   (sun ra)   3'08   [2]

  3. we travel the space ways   (sun ra)    3'21   [1]

  4. tapestry from an asteroid   (sun ra)   2'06   [1]

  5. space loneliness   (sun ra)   4'48   [2]

  6. new horizons   (sun ra)   3'00   [3]

  7. velvet   (sun ra)   4'36   [1]

  8. the bad and the beautiful   2'43   (previn, raskin)  [4]
  9. ankh  5'10   (sun ra)  [4]
  10. just in time  3'49   (styne, comden, green)  [4]
  11. search light blues  5'37   (sun ra)  [4]
  12. exotic two  4'46   (sun ra)  [4]
  13. on the blue side  5'28   (sun ra)  [4]
  14. and this is my beloved  3'15   (wright, forrest)  [4]