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One of the rarer albums in the Sun Ra canon, RTTR originally entered our orbit in 1983, mystifying listeners and confounding Ra fanatics with the minimal info on the Saturn pressing. Recorded at several locations over several years (including legendary avant-garde arts enclave, the Squat Theater in NYC), the tracks here include everything from Ra’s sci-fi synthesizer insanity, Marshall Allen’s skronking sax, an excellent Arkestra vocal track “They Plan To Leave,” and so much more. Available on CD for the first time! Mystery, Mr. Ra When Spaceships Appear (Ra To The Rescue Ch. 1) Back Alley Blues (Fragile Emotion Blues) Drummerlistics Children Of The Sun Cosmo-Party Blues Space Shuttle (Ra To The Rescue Ch. 2) Fate In A Pleasant Mood They Plan To Leave When Lights Are Dark (Back Alley Blues Alternate)
I have a Saturn vinyl release of an album called Ra To The Rescue. This CD includes the tracks on the LP plus a few others from, notably, a Saturn LP I have called When Spaceships Appear. Chaos is normal, particularly in the mid 80’s. BUT! The CD I received has constant, periodic drops in volume lasting several seconds. This is not a fault in the original tapes. Modern Harmonic has done an excellent job with its Sun Ra releases. I hope this failing can be resolved quickly. BTW. The music is great but the technical problem should have been addressed before release.OK. I’ve now received a copy from an independent record store. Dusty Groove in Chicago. It’s perfect and worthy of five stars. Three piano blues from Mister Ra (which I love) and material that covers a portion of the Arkestra’s repertoire. Dusty Groove had to constantly push back the release date so I suspect they had been told of the problem. Now highly recommended to Sun Ra fans. Sorry I can’t change my rating. Make sure you get the second release.PS. Amazon doesn’t tell you but this addendum is dated July 29 2022
