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░█████▓█████▓██ ▌Artist__│ Sun Ra and his Arkestra ██▓█████▓█████░
░████▓▓██▒██▓██ ▌Title___│ On Jupiter (1979) ██▓█████▓▓████░
░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Label___│ Enterplanetary Koncepts ██▓██▒███▓████░
░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Genre___│ Jazz ██▓██▒███▓████░
░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Format__│ Album (Remastered) ██▓██▒███▓████░
░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Year____│ 2021 ██▓██▒███▓████░
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░░████▓█████▓██ ▌Time____│ 35:27 ██▓█████▓████░░
░░░████▓████▓██ ▌Size____│ 87.17 MB ██▓████▓████░░░
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░░ 01. On Jupiter 3:58
░░ 02. UFO (Studio Version) 8:30
░░ 03. Seductive Fantasy 17:09
░░ 04. UFO (Live, Grendel's Lair, 1978) 5:50
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░░ Sun Ra, as well as anyone, proved that an artist could change with the
░░ times without being a dedicated follower of fashion. In fact, Ra and his
░░ music never stopped evolving. A series of albums recorded from 1978 to
░░ 1980ùLanquidity, On Jupiter, Sleeping Beauty, and Strange Celestial
░░ Roadùdemonstrate the influence on Ra of musical and production trends of
░░ the mid- and late-1970s, especially heavy, studio-enhanced dance floor
░░ grooves (traceable from soul and funk to disco), and atmospheric New Age
░░ "dream" pieces. But Ra never fully surrendered to these trends; it's
░░ arguable that he even embraced them. He adapted techniques, but what he
░░ created amounted more to reinventions than "File Under" genre works.
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░░ Rodger Coleman, writing in 2008 at his Sun Ra Sundays blog about the
░░ albums On Jupiter and Sleeping Beauty, said: "These two 1979 Saturn
░░ sessions present Sun Ra at his most accessible ù groovy, dreamy, spacey,
░░ and suitably cosmic while reigning in the full-blown freakouts that can
░░ make Sun RaÆs music difficult for some .... That is not to say that these
░░ are lesser albums. Quite the contrary! This is simply beautiful music!
░░ Essential!"
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░░ They are also, quite often, very danceable, and not without "full-blown
░░ freakouts," as evidenced on "I'll Wait for You" from Strange Celestial
░░ Road (which originated at the Sleeping Beauty sessions).
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░░ ON JUPITER, issued on Sun Ra's Saturn label (cat #101679), was comprised
░░ of three tracks from two sessions at NYC's Variety Recording Studio, one
░░ in mid- to late-May 1979, the other on October 16, 1979.
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░░ Typical of Ra during the '70s and '80s, he didn't waste time dallying
░░ between recording and commercial release. Ra was incapable of
░░ artistically selling out, but that didn't prevent him from redefining the
░░ phrase "making a quick buck." During this period, LPs were pressed based
░░ on immediate economic needùand often timed to coincide with tours which
░░ required an immediate cash infusion. These albums would be pressed in
░░ limited quantities without printed covers, with minimal or no information
░░ on the labels, absent personnel credits, and often without track and
░░ album titles. Sometimes covers were hand-designed by the band (this
░░ digital release's "cover" was one such artifact, sans typography).
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░░ Many of these small press runsùwhich were estimated to number from 100 to
░░ 300ùwere sold for cash to Rounder Distribution, with copies set aside for
░░ the band to sell at concerts and club gigs. Glenn Jones, who coordinated
░░ Ra's distribution deal with Rounder, would solicit from Raùand, if the
░░ artist wasn't available, occasionally have to speculate aboutùalbum and
░░ track titles. This info would be Xeroxed on rectangular sheets of colored
░░ paper and taped to the back of the outer cardboard sleeve. Copies which
░░ did not circulate through Rounder might not have these sheets;
░░ consequently, Saturn albums from this period were often known by two (or
░░ even three) different titles, depending on what was scribbled on the
░░ label of a particular customer's copy. The album On Jupiter has
░░ occasionally been called Seductive Fantasy. Both titles appear on the
░░ album, the former as track 1 on side A, and the latter as the entirety of
░░ side B.
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░░ As chronicled in The Earthly Recordings of Sun Ra (2nd ed., 2000), by
░░ Robert L. Campbell and Christopher Trent: "[Drummer] Samarai Celestial
░░ pointed out that 'UFO' was recorded before he joined the band in July
░░ 1979, whereas [tracks 1 and 3] came from a later session. Personnel from
░░ [Hartmut] GeerkenÆs discography with corrections by Samarai and
░░ [Campbell]."
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░░ A bonus track is included on this digital edition: an early, wordless
░░ live rendition of "UFO" performed and recorded on Halloween, 1978, at
░░ Grendel's Lair, a Philadelphia club that occasionally hosted Ra and his
░░ entourage. The work was found on a tape by Michael D. Anderson of the Sun
░░ Ra Music Archive. By the time the title was recorded at Variety during
░░ the On Jupiter session, lyrics existed and had already been modified.
░░ According to Earthly Recordings, the work was performed on May 5, 1979,
░░ at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, and "the vocal on that
░░ version was somewhat different from the vocal on [the] studio recording
░░ and subsequent concert performances." According to the book, Ra "told a
░░ member of the audience that he had 'prepared a practice piece' for the
░░ [concert]. The only previously unperformed piece [heard on an existing
░░ tape of the concert] was 'UFO'." However, based on the Grendel's Lair
░░ tape (which was unknown at the time Earthly Recordings was published), we
░░ now know that "UFO" had, in fact, been previously performed, albeit sans
░░ lyrics.
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░░ Note: On Jupiter has long been available from Art Yard, whose license
░░ terminated at the end of 2020. Our 2021 edition is a new remastering from
░░ alternate sources. The bonus track and the above annotation are new to
░░ this reissue.
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