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Excelsior Mill

by Sun Ra

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Featuring Sun Ra performing live on a Moeller pipe organ, then billed as the South’s largest pipe organ ("The Kentuckian"), at Excelsior Mill, Atlanta GA, on December 31, 1984.

Fourteen minutes of this work were first issued in 1985 on side B of Saturn LP 10-11-85. These privately pressed, limited edition LPs were commonly and alternately referred as "Hiroshima" and "Stars That Shine Darkly." The A side consisted of unrelated recordings of the Sun Ra All-Stars performing in Europe in 1983. The remainder of the pipe organ performance is here issued for the first time as a continuous work.

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released July 15, 2024

Composed and performed by Sun Ra
© Enterplanetary Koncepts (BMI)

Release produced by Jay Millar and Irwin Chusid
Cover art and design by Jon Hunt
Mastered by Joe Lizzi
Project managers: by Zoe Willard and Brian Thompson

Special thanks to Thomas Jenkins, Jr.
Tape transfers: Michael D. Anderson/Sun Ra Music Archive and Haruhi Kobayashi/Experimental Sound Studio
Thanks to John Corbett

Issued under license from Sun Ra LLC

In loving memory of Brother Cleve

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The foremost figure in musical Afro-futurism and space-jazz. Keyboardist, composer, Arkestra leader, arranger, philosopher-jester, fashion icon, cosmic guide. Born Herman Blount in Alabama, 1914, left the planet in 1993, giving Earthlings a monumental catalog of recordings that transcend genre. ... more

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