{"product_id":"sun-ra-his-intergalactic-infinity-arkestra-the-night-of-the-purple-moon-2xlp","title":"Sun Ra \u0026 His Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra - The Night of the Purple Moon 2xLP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 11th, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Night Of The Purple Moon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 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. 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\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eSix 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). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eLiner notes by Irwin Chusid and Brian Kehew.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cosmic Myth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67692731990313,"sku":"CCMS11","price":34.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1427\/6532\/files\/sun-ra-his-intergalactic-infinity-arkestra-the-night-of-the-purple-moon-2xlp.jpg?v=1793117670","url":"https:\/\/www.strandedrecords.com\/products\/sun-ra-his-intergalactic-infinity-arkestra-the-night-of-the-purple-moon-2xlp","provider":"Stranded Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}