Sun Ra - Lanquidity (LP)

Handling Time Note:** Please allow an additional 72 business hours for this item's shipment. ** Recorded overnight at Bob Bank's Blank Tapes on 17th July 1978 after the Arkestra had appeared on Saturday Night Live, Lanquidity is unique in the Ra catalog. "Most critics felt that it was more of a fusion-inspired record," explains Michael Ray. "As the name suggests, the album is liquid and languid." Bob Blank continues, "Musically, it was very ad hoc and freeform. There were horn charts but most tracks came out of improvised jams. Sun Ra just did his thing." Comprising five effortlessly fluid pieces, the album eases in with "Lanquidity". Danny Ray Thompson remembers, "This was one of Sun Ra's on-the-spot compositions. It is almost like an Ancient Egyptian Stargazing Ceremony, mapping out the stars and the planets." "Where Pathways Meet" is "Sun Ra's funky version of an Egyptian march. Pharaoh is sending his troops off to fight and this is his pep-talk!" continues Thompson, "The music