Tracklist
| A1 | Astro Black | 10:59 | |
| A2 | Discipline "99" | 4:47 | |
| A3 | Hidden Spheres | 7:04 | |
| The Cosmo-Fire | |||
| Ba | Part 1 | 6:59 | |
| Bb | Part 2 | 7:04 | |
| Bc | Part 3 | 4:25 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – ABC Records, Inc.
- Copyright © – ABC Records, Inc.
- Published By – Enterplanetary Koncepts
- Recorded At – El Saturn Studio
- Mixed At – Westlake Audio
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Credits
- Alto Saxophone – Marshall Allen
- Arranged By, Composed By, Keyboards [Electronic], Synthesizer [Moog], Vibraphone [Electro] – Sun Ra
- Baritone Saxophone – Danny Thompson*
- Bass – Ronnie Boykins
- Bass Clarinet – Eloe Omoe
- Clarinet [Mistro] – Pat Patrick
- Congas – Odun
- Design – Tim Bryant (2)
- Illustration – Ed Scarisbrick
- Mixed By – Baker Bigsby
- Percussion – Tommy Hunter
- Photography By – Francis Ing
- Producer – Ed Michel
- Tenor Saxophone, Percussion – John Gilmore
- Trombone – Charles Stephens
- Trumpet – Lamont McClamb
- Violin, Viola – Alzo Wright
- Vocals [Word-melody] – June Tyson
- Voice [Space Ethnic] – Ruth Wright
Notes
Comes in gatefold sleeve.
Some copies come with pale orange factory (ABC Dunhill) inner sleeve.
Recorded at El Saturn Studio, Chicago, Illinois, May 7, 1972.
Mixed at Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, California.
℗1973, ABC Records, Inc. / ABC Records, Inc. © 1973
Sleeve features seven poems taken from the book titled "The Immeasurable Equation" by Sun Ra.
Unlike other Sun Ra releases on Impulse the promotional copies of "Astro Black" don`t have different (white) labels.
Stereo/Quad compatible recording.
Some copies come with pale orange factory (ABC Dunhill) inner sleeve.
Recorded at El Saturn Studio, Chicago, Illinois, May 7, 1972.
Mixed at Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, California.
℗1973, ABC Records, Inc. / ABC Records, Inc. © 1973
Sleeve features seven poems taken from the book titled "The Immeasurable Equation" by Sun Ra.
Unlike other Sun Ra releases on Impulse the promotional copies of "Astro Black" don`t have different (white) labels.
Stereo/Quad compatible recording.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society: BMI
- Matrix / Runout (A-side label): AS-9255-A
- Matrix / Runout (B-side label): AS-9255-B
- Matrix / Runout (A-side runout etching, variant 1): IT AS-9255 A 3 B
- Matrix / Runout (B-side runout etching, variant 1): TI AS-9255 B 3 B6
- Matrix / Runout (A-side runout etching, variant 2): T1 AS-9255-A ② #
- Matrix / Runout (B-side runout etching, variant 2): T1 AS09255-B ①
- Matrix / Runout (A-side runout etching, variant 3): 1T AS-9255 A 3 D1
- Matrix / Runout (B-side runout etching, variant 3): T1 AS-9255 B ①
- Matrix / Runout (A-side, hand-etched, variant 4): IT AS - 9255 A ③ ( )
- Matrix / Runout (B-side, hand-etched, variant 4): TI AS - 9255 B ③ Λ
Other Versions (5 of 10)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Astro Black (LP, Album) | Impulse! | AS-9255 | 1973 | |||
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Astro Black (8-Track Cartridge, Album, Stereo) | Impulse! | A 8027-9255 | US | 1973 | ||
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Astro Black (4×File, AAC, Album, Reissue) | Cosmic Myth Music | none, SATURN 1001 | US | 2014 | ||
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Astro Black (LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Unofficial Release) | Impulse! (2) | AS-9255 | 2016 | |||
| Astro Black (LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo, Color Vinyl) | Modern Harmonic | MH-8080 | US | 2018 |
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