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- Summary: The three-disc compilation of the 45 RPM singles released between 1952-1961 from the jazz artist.
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- Record Label: Strut
- Genre(s): Jazz, Pop/Rock
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MojoJan 6, 2017The jazz roots of George Clinton's Mothership, Ra's visionary music now sounds simultaneously joyous and bereft, a possible future now consigned to the past. [Feb 2017, p.107]
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Dec 7, 2016The set contains much of Ra's more accessible work, making it an excellent (and very generous) introduction for newcomers, but there's also plenty of material that might've escaped notice from longtime fans.
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The WireDec 21, 2016This constellation of miniature masterpieces is arguably the finest introduction to the Ra universe there is. [Jan 2017, p.84]
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Dec 5, 2016Singles offers a wide-ranging but accessible route to his unearthly sounds.
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Nov 30, 2016Home recordings, small group experiments and the spoken credo of I Am an Instrument make for a rich, eventful ride.
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Nov 30, 2016It’s exhausting. And while collecting and devouring his albums is probably a more satisfying journey, to be delivered this trove of Fifties big band funk and perverted doo-wop, and to see it spiral out into interstellar space-jams in a stop-motion fashion is a huge thrill. Singles provides the first real opportunity for an audience to hear how Sun Ra became Sun Ra.
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Dec 2, 2016There’s enough previously unissued material, alongside superb liner notes, to make this entertaining collection a boon for Ra’s growing number of disciples.
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Feb 27, 2017
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