Name: Calling Planet Earth
Brand: Sun Ra

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Bertus Musikvertrieb

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Extended format: No

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Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Signed copies: No

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Release date

2015-04-18

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ORGM2037

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711574709618

Artist

Sun Ra

Label EU

Org Music

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Jazz

Sun Ra, born Herman Blount in Birmingham, Alabama in 1914, was an American Free-Jazz composer, pianist and band leader. He was a pioneer of free improvisation and modal jazz, as well as an early user of electronic keyboards and synthesizers. Sun Ra's music innovations and visionary experiences set him apart as a true musical innovator. He formed the Sun Ra Arkestra in the 1950s and continued to compose and perform until his death in 1993.Born and raised in Alabama, Sun Ra showed exceptional talent as a pianist from a young age. By the age of 11, he could sight-read and compose music. As a teenager, he performed with local jazz and R&amp;B bands before taking on his first full-time musical job leading the Sonny Blount Orchestra. In the mid-1930s, Sun Ra had a transformative experience during deep meditation where he claimed to have been transported to Saturn by beings from outer space who tasked him with spreading peace through music.

Org Music is a record label based in the United States, specializing in vinyl releases and reissues. They have reissued music from a wide variety of genres and artists, both well known and obscure. Org Music partners with various independent labels and catalog groups to reissue their music on vinyl, including Sun Record Company, Black Lion Records, Freedom Records, GHB Jazz Foundation, and most recently Brunswick Records. They also release music from new and active artists, including the Clenched Wrench label imprint of bassist Mike Watt.

Org Music is distributed by AMPED (Alliance Entertainment) in North America and through various distribution partners globally. They provide distribution and label services for several artists and sub-labels such as OAR (Overseas Artist Recordings), GHB Jazz Foundation, Headphone Records, and more.

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Record Store Day 2015 Release. 'Calling Planet Earth' comes from a concert recorded at Tivoli Hall in Copenhagen, Denmark on December 5, 1971. Sun Ra and his Arkestra are captured in their prime, while exploring some of their most far out material to date. The recording is finally getting its first ever vinyl release with this psychedelic colour LP. This Record Store Day 2015 exclusive pressing is limited to 2,000 copies worldwide.

Calling Planet Earth

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