Sun Ra - The Magic City Album

Tracklist

1	Abstract Eye	2:45
2	The Magic City	27:24
3	Abstract "I"	4:01
4	The Shadow World	10:59

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
LPB - 711	Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra	The Magic City ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Saturn Research	LPB - 711	US	1966
LPB711	Sun Ra And His Solar Arkestra	The Magic City ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RE)	Saturn Research	LPB711	US	2001
LPB - 711	Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra	The Magic City ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Saturn Research	LPB - 711	US	1966
A 8027-9243	Sun Ra	The Magic City ‎(8-Trk, Album, RE)	Impulse!	A 8027-9243	US	1973
403, LP B-711	Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra	The Magic City ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RP)	Thoth Intergalactic, Saturn Research	403, LP B-711	US	1969

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Harry Spencer
• Alto Saxophone, Flute – Danny Davis
• Alto Saxophone, Flute, Oboe, Piccolo Flute – Marshall Allen
• Arranged By, Composed By – Sun Ra
• Baritone Saxophone, Flute, Timpani – Pat Patrick
• Bass – Ronnie Boykins
• Bass Clarinet – Robert Cummings
• Illustration – Don Bied
• Keyboards [Clavioline], Celesta [Electronic Celeste], Piano, Marimba [Bass], Harp [Sun Harp], Percussion [Dragon Drum], Timpani – Sun Ra
• Percussion – Jimmi Johnson, Roger Blank
• Photography By – Francis Ing
• Producer – Alton Abraham
• Tenor Saxophone – John Gilmore
• Trombone – Ali Hassan, Bernard Pettaway, Teddy Nance
• Trumpet – Chris Capers, Walter Miller

Notes

Previously released on El Saturn in 1966.
Sleeve states "Recorded 1960" but this is highly unlikely. The date of recording has been given elsewhere as 1965.

Printed on back cover:
℗1973, ABC Records, Inc. / ABC Records, Inc. ©1973 Los Angeles, California 90048, New York, New York 10019, Printed in U.S.A.

Printed on spine:
Impulse Records

Printed inside gatefold:
Recorded in 1960
Presented by Saturn Records, P.O. Box 7124, Chicago, Ill. 60607
These recordings were originally available on the Saturn label.

Printed on labels:
Recorded in 1960
These recordings were originally available on the Saturn label and are made available by Saturn research.
.℗1973, ABC Records, Inc.

Barcodes

• Rights Society: BMI
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): AS-9243-A
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): AS-9243-B
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout etched): T1 AS-9243-A ② H
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout etched): T2 AS-9243-B ②

Companies

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – ABC Records, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – ABC Records, Inc.
• Published By – Enterplanetary Koncepts
• Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute

Video

Album

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