Strange Strings

From the Bandcamp page: Released August 2, 2024 2024 Cosmic Myth Records Produced for reissue by Irwin Chusid and Michael D. Anderson A1 recorded at Richard Alderson Studios, 1965 A2, B1, C1, C2, D2 recorded at Sun Studio, New York, ca. mid-1965 D1 recorded in concert at an unknown location ca. 1967-68. D3 recorded at Sun Studio, ca. 1968, during an interview with an unidentified visiting journalist PERSONNEL Under the circumstances of the sessions, except for "World's Approaching," Sunny's occasional keyboards, and anecdotal remembrances, it's impossible to identify by style who played what. We don't know which Arkestran was assigned any specific stringed instrument. We don't know who played with a bow, who plucked, strummed, scraped, or hammered. Sun Ra: piano strings, lightning drum, tympani, bandura, Clavioline (5), Clavinet (6), electric piano (7), Wurlitzer (7) Marshall Allen: oboe (1), alto saxophone (1), piccolo (1), strings John Gilmore: tenor saxophone (1), strings Danny Davis: flute (1), alto saxophone (1), strings Pat Patrick: flute (1), baritone saxophone(1), strings Robert Cummings: bass clarinet (1), strings Ali Hassan: trombone (1), strings Carl Nimrod: strings, percussion Ronnie Boykins: bass (1), viola (1), dutar Clifford Jarvis: drums (1), tympani (Timpani) (1), percussion James Jacson: log drums, strings Art Jenkins ("Thlan Aldridge"): space voice, strings Tape and disc transfers by Michael D. Anderson of the Sun Ra Music Archive Additional tape transfers from the Experimental Sound Studio (ESS), Chicago Digital restoration by Michael D. Anderson and Irwin Chusid Thanks to John Corbett, Robert M. Campbell, Christopher Trent, John Szwed, Haruhi Kobayashi/Experimental Sound Studio, Gilbert Hsiao, Paul Griffiths Plated At credit derived from runouts.