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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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Sun Ra.
El Saturn Records (Firm)
Sun Ra Arkestra.
Sound recordings -- Album covers -- United States -- Pictorial works.
Record labels -- United States -- Pictorial works.
Afrofuturism
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Sun Ra : art on Saturn : the album cover art of Sun Ra's Saturn label / Irwin Chusid and Chris Reisman ; image restorations by Barbara Economon ; designed by Laura Lindgren.
Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics, 2022.
Subjects
Sun Ra.
El Saturn Records (Firm)
Sun Ra Arkestra.
Sound recordings -- Album covers -- United States -- Pictorial works.
Record labels -- United States -- Pictorial works.
Afrofuturism
ISBN:
9781683966586 (hardcover) :
1683966589 (hardcover)
Description:
237 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 31 cm
Edition:
First Fantagraphics Books edition.
Contents:
Introduction: A small measure of cosmic justice / Irwin Chusid -- Saturn (and El Saturn) discography / Chris Reisman -- An Afro-space-jazz imaginary: the printed record of Sun Ra and El Saturn / John Corbett -- Saturn printed covers and labels -- I gave up my death for Sun Ra / Glenn Jones -- Saturn handmade covers -- Saturn handmade labels -- Non-Saturn covers heat map / by Tony Kellers.
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"Considered the foremost exponent of Afrofuturism, Sun Ra mastered a wide array of styles that spanned jazz, R&B, exotica, Afro-hybrids, electronic, big band, solo piano, orchestral, experimental, and chamber works. In his 45-year recording career, he issued an epic number of albums and he was one of the first Black musicians to own an independent label, which he named Saturn, after the planet on which he claimed to have been born. The covers of Saturn LPs, issued from 1957 to 1988, are iconic--some rolled off commercial printing presses but many were hand-crafted. These records were sold at concerts, club dates, and by mail order. As collectibles, original handmade Saturn covers sell for hundreds, sometimes thousands, of dollars. More than just packaging for a slab of vinyl, they are works of art in their own right. Sun Ra: Art on Saturn is the first comprehensive collection of all Saturn printed covers, along with hundreds of the best hand-designed, one-of-a-kind sleeves and disc labels, decorated by Ra himself and members of his Arkestra. Essays by Sun Ra catalog preservationist Irwin Chusid, noted Ra scholar John Corbett, and Glenn Jones, who in the 1970s signed Ra to a distribution deal that put countless homemade covers into circulation, add unique insights into the interplanetary life and work of Sun Ra and his Saturn partner Alton Abraham. Historians have written extensively about Sun Ra and his music. This book is a tribute to the covers and to the uncredited visual artists and their rich imaginations. From the simple to the baroque to the absurd, the covers that sheathed Ra's discs reflect the tenaciousness of a genius who refused to compromise or relinquish control of his destiny."--Amazon.com.
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Hawaii State Library
Art, Music & Recreation
741.66 Su
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