Horizon (Sun Ra album)

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Horizon
Live album by
Sun Ra and his Arkestra
Released1972
RecordedDecember 17, 1971
GenreFree Jazz
LabelEl Saturn Records / Thoth Intergalactic
Sun Ra and his Arkestra chronology
Nidhamu
(1972)
Horizon
(1972)
Space is the Place
(1972)

Horizon is a recording by the jazz musician Sun Ra and his Astro-Intergalactic-Infinity Arkestra, forming part of the documentation of their first visit to Egypt.

It was recorded at the Ballon Theatre, Cairo.[1]

In various editions, the record has sometimes been known by the other title of "Starwatchers" [2]

Track listing[edit]

Original LP:

  1. "Starwatchers/Theme of the Stargazers"
  2. "Discipline 2"
  3. "Shadow World"
  4. "Third Planet"
  5. "Space Is the Place"
  6. "Horizon"
  7. "Discipline 8"

CD reissue:

No.TitleLength
1."Theme of the Star Gazers"1:22
2."Discipline #2"5:28
3."The Shadow World"16:42
4."Enlightenment"2:37
5."Love in Outer Space"7:13
6."Third Planet"6:44
7."Space Is the Place"6:10
8."Horizon"5:31
9."Discipline #8"11:22
10."We'll Wait for You"1:38
11."The Satellites Are Spinning"11:14

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Szwed, John F (1997). Space is the Place: The life and times of Sun Ra. Pantheon. pp. 435. ISBN 0-86241-722-8.
  2. ^ "Sun Ra' discography". Archived from the original on 2008-02-08. Retrieved 2008-08-17.