SUN RA: Arkestral Manouvres Pt 2
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THE 1980s
The 1980s saw Ra with the world’s stages at his feet (and the odd dive bar), welcomed as returning hero to his Birmingham, Alabama birthplace. The flow of records slowed as, in his late 60s, Ra no longer had the inexhaustible energy to relentlessly compose and drive the band.
A February 1980 Swiss show, released by hat Hut as Sunrise In Differen…
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