Sun Ra - My Brother The Wind (Expanded Edition) 2xLP

My Brother The Wind from 1970 is one of several albums that showcase Sun Ra's initial reckonings with the then-recently introduced Moog synthesizer. Within a few years this chapter of Ra's legacy included My Brother the Wind Vol. 2, The Night of the Purple Moon, Space Probe and The Solar-Myth Approach, Vol. 2. Although the Astro Infinity Arkestra is credited on most copies of the original LP sleeve for My Brother the Wind, in fact only three sidemen were on the session, including Marshall Allen, John Gilmore and Danny Davis, with Moog pioneer Gershon Kingsley serving as synth programmer and technical consultant. Sun Ra was not seeking to reproduce existing music with the Moog. He saw the device (and electronic instruments generally) as futuristic, offering ear-opening—and galaxy-traversing—possibilities. In 1969, Apollo 11 had landed on the moon, and Sun Ra made alternate travel arrangements. "I wasn't using any gasoline. I'm using sound," he explained (about his mythic Black Space Pro