{"product_id":"sun-ra-his-intergalactic-infinity-arkestra-the-night-of-the-purple-moon-expanded-edition-2lp-vinyl-pre-order-out-12-11-26","title":"Sun Ra \u0026 His Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra -  The Night of the Purple Moon: Expanded Edition (2LP, Vinyl) PRE-ORDER - Out 12\/11\/26","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a pre-order. It will ship on or around 12\/11\/26 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"aec-product-description\" class=\"col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-12\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"aec-desc-review collapse\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Night of the Purple Moon, recorded and released in 1970, has a vague flavor of psychedelia. Credit the presence of an electronic keyboard popular with late-1960s shaggy-haired acid-rock bands: the Rock-Si-Chord. It served as a louder stand-in for the ancient harpsichord, which couldn't compete against high-decibel electric guitars. On Purple Moon there's a sense that after a decade of experimentalism and genre-bending jazz-not-jazz, Sun Ra sought to produce an accessible pop album. The Arkestra here is minimal, with only three sidemen: saxophonist John Gilmore (oddly, mostly playing drums), bassist Stafford James (his sole recording with Ra), and Danny Davis (reeds and percussion).\u003c\/p\u003e\nSix bonus tracks on are on this expanded edition, including \"Stargazers Theme-Another Tomorrow\" from a 1971 European TV concert, which presents Ra playing Rock-Si-Chord and Moog onstage; and a work with the assigned title \"July 4, 1973, \" the date Ra played Rock-Si live at Flushing Meadow Park, Queens, New York, in a quartet setting (which includes drummer Beaver Harris in his only known appearance with Ra). 2xLP packaged in tip-on gatefold jacket with liner notes by Irwin Chusid and Brian Kehew.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jackpot Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67501775192282,"sku":null,"price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0624\/5705\/3402\/files\/4547947-3731176.jpg?v=1791296428","url":"https:\/\/jackpotrecords.com\/products\/sun-ra-his-intergalactic-infinity-arkestra-the-night-of-the-purple-moon-expanded-edition-2lp-vinyl-pre-order-out-12-11-26","provider":"Jackpot Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}