Marshall Allen Presents The Sun Ra Arkestra - In The Orbit Of Ra

1-1 and 1-8: Originally released on the El Saturn Records LP master release (LP-203). Recorded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 14 1960. ℗ 1965 El Saturn Records. Licensed courtesy of Sun Ra LLC
1-2 and 1-5: Originally released on the El Saturn Records LP master release (406). Recorded in Chicago, 1958-1959. ℗ 1960 El Saturn Records. Licensed courtesy of Sun Ra LLC
1-3: Originally released on the Saturn Research LP My Brother The Wind II a.k.a. 'Somebody Else's Idea' (ESR 523). Recorded in New York, 1969. ℗ 1971 Saturn Research. Licensed courtesy of Sun Ra LLC
1-4: Originally released on the Black Lion Records LP master release (BL-106). Recorded in New York, 1968. ℗ 1968 Black Lion Records. Licensed courtesy of DA Music / Deutsche Austrophon GmbH & Co. KG
1-6: Originally released on the Saturn Records LP master release (SR 9956-2-O/P). Recorded at Hall Recording Company, Chicago, late 1960. ℗ 1965 Saturn Records. Licensed courtesy of Sun Ra LLC
1-7: Edited version originally released on the El Saturn Records LP release (LP 529). Recorded at Variety Recording Studio, New York, between 1968 and 1970. ℗ 1974 El Saturn Records. Licensed courtesy of Sun Ra LLC
1-9 and 2-8: Originally released on the Saturn Research LP master release (GH 9954 E/F). Recorded at the Choreographers' Workshop, New York 1962. ℗ 1965 Saturn Research. Licensed courtesy of Sun Ra LLC
2-1: Originally released on the Impulse LP release (AS-9255). Recorded in early 1972. ℗ 1973 Impulse. Licensed courtesy of Sun Ra LLC.
2-2: Originally released on the Saturn LP Discipline 27-11 (538). Recorded at Streeterville Studios, Chicago, 19th October 1972. Licensed courtesy of Sun Ra LLC.
2-3: Originally released on the Saturn Gemini LP master release (CMIJ 78). Recorded in the Teatro Ciak, Milan, 23rd January 1978. ℗ 1978 El Saturn Records. Licensed courtesy of Art Yard Ltd
2-4: Previously unreleased. Recorded live in Rome, 1977. ℗ 2014 Art Yard Ltd. Licensed courtesy of Art Yard Ltd
2-5: Originally released on the El Saturn Records LP Sun Ra Visits Planet Earth (LP 207). Recorded in Chicago, 1957 or 1958. ℗ 1965 El Saturn Records. Licensed courtesy of Sun Ra LLC
2-6: Originally released on the Saturn Research LP master release (LP2066). Recorded at the Choreographers' Workshop, New York, Noveber 1962. ℗ 1963 Saturn Research. Licensed courtesy of Sun Ra LLC
2-7: Previously unreleased. Recorded at the Choreographers' Workshop, New York 1962. ℗ 2014 Sun Ra LLC. Licensed courtesy of Sun Ra LLC
2-9: Originally released on the El Saturn Records LP master release (LP 5786). Recorded in 1958 at El Saturn Studio, Chicago. ℗ 1959 El Saturn Records. Licensed courtesy of Sun Ra LLC
2-10: Originally released on the Saturn Records LP We Travel The Spaceways (HK5445). Recorded in rehearsal, 1960. ℗ 1967 Saturn Records. Licensed courtesy of Sun Ra LLC
2-11: Originally released on the Saturn Research LP We Travel The Spaceways (Saturn HK5445). Recorded in rehearsal, 1960. ℗ 1967 Saturn Research. Licensed courtesy of Sun Ra LLC

1-7: Previously unreleased version
2-4, 2-7: Previously unreleased tracks

Mastered for CD at Studio Technologyworks

All photographs reproduced courtesy of Val Wilmer

Strut is part of the !K7 label group. This compilation: ℗ & © Strut 2014.
Made in Germany.

In the tracklist printed in the booklet, track 1-8 is listed as "Rocket Number Nine Take Off For The Planet Venus", 2-3 is listed as "Dance Of The Cosmo-Aliens (Live In Milan, 1978)", 2-7 is listed as "Reflects Motion (Part One)", and 2-8 is listed as "Reflects Motion (Part Two)".

The following artists are credited with compound names on the release:
Kwami Hadi (Lamont McClamb): Trumpet (2-1); Trumpet, Percussion (2-2)
Atakatune (Stanley Morgan): Conga (2-1); Conga, Percussion (2-2)
Odun (Russell Branch): Conga (2-1); Conga, Percussion (2-2)
Robert Underwood (Aye Aton): Drums (2-2)

Released in six-panel Digipak, includes 16 pp. booklet.

Sticker on cellophane:
Arkestra bandleader Marshall Allen presents Sun Ra classics and rarities.
Includes previously unreleased track 'Trying To Put The Blame On Me' + previously unissued versions of 'Reflects Motion' and 'Island In The Sun'.