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Sun Ra Discography 

Brother From Another Planet [Documentary On Sun Ra]

Posthumous Releases

Two In One Albums

Live Bootlegs




Covers and Interpretations

Arkestra recordings without Sun Ra (post 1993)


Resources & Selected Biographies

Some notable sources & links :

Posted by SelfScience at 1:13 AM 


dvoid said...

1973 - Place is the Place



March 13, 2009 at 3:57 AM

Astroblack is at my blog. http://ileoxumare.blogspot.com/2008/02/sun-ra-astro-black-1973.html

I've seen Featuring Pharoah Sanders and Black Harold around... if you can't find it let me know and I can upload for you.

March 13, 2009 at 7:52 AM
Simon666 said...

Thanks dvoid and ish :)

March 13, 2009 at 10:29 AM

21 additions :


1957 - Super-Sonic Jazz (a.k.a. Super Sonic Sounds)
1965 - Secrets of the Sun
1965 - Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow
1972 - Universe in Blue
1993 - Friendly Galaxy
1976 - Live at Montreux
1976 - Cosmos
1971 - Nidhamu
1977 - Solo Piano, Volume I
1979 - Sleeping Beauty (a.k.a. Door of the Cosmos)
1980 - Sunrise in Different Dimensions
1984 - Nuclear War
1993 - At the Village Vanguard
2007 - Dance of the Living Image (rec 1974)
2007 - Creator of the Universe - The Lost Reel Collection, Volume One


# 1966 - Batman and Robin (Sun Ra & The Blues Project)
# 1986 - John Cage Meets Sun Ra
# 1989 - Out There a Minute (compiled unreleased 60s recordings)


* 1982 - Manchester
* 1987 - Santa Cruz
* 1991 - Binghamton, NY

March 13, 2009 at 11:46 AM

... and :
1966 - Visits Planet Earth.



March 13, 2009 at 11:55 AM

added :

1966 - The Lady With the Golden Stockings (a.k.a. The Nubians of Plutonia)

1979 - Omniverse

March 13, 2009 at 5:49 PM

Nubians of Plutonia was my first Sun Ra album...bought it when it was on Impulse. It has stayed my favorite Sun Ra album thirty years later.

March 13, 2009 at 5:53 PM
Mr. Moo said...

Sun Ra And His Arkestra : Bad And Beautiful (1972):


March 13, 2009 at 6:05 PM

Sun Ra And His Myth Science Arkestra : We Travel The Spaceways (1967):


March 13, 2009 at 6:13 PM

... and here comes Mr. Moo :) Thankyou sir!

Thanks for the recommendation ish, I only have a few Ra albums - "Space is the place", "Languidity" - and never know where to start with the rest of him . That's a great one - hopefully one turns up better than the 128kb version we've got linked now. Cool cover ;)

March 13, 2009 at 6:38 PM


1971 - Calling Planet Earth (live, Copenhagen)

1978 - Visions (with Walt Dickerson)

1989 - Purple Knight


1978 - New Steps

1982 - Strange Celestial Road

1984 - Live at Praxis '84, Volume I

1992 - Mayan Temples

2007 - Intergalactic Research (rec 71-72)


# 1969 - Newport, Rhode Island
# 1978 Berkeley, CA

New section : SINGLES

Saturn ES 538B : Journey to Saturn / Enlightement (1970-74)

Saturn 874 : October / Adventur In Space (1957-58, rel. 1967)

Saturn 3066 : The bridge / Rocket Number Nine (1968)

March 13, 2009 at 7:23 PM


1966-68 - Spaceways (live '66-'68, rel. 1998)


1971 - Pictures of Infinity (a.k.a. Outer Spaceways, Incorporated)

1978 - Some Blues But Not the Kind Thats Blue (a.k.a. Nature Boy; My Favorite Things)

1979 - The Other Side of the Sun

1995 - Second Star to the Right (Salute to Walt Disney)

March 13, 2009 at 8:05 PM

Last additions for now (time to work! lol)

(new) Miscellaneous section :

"Rockin with Sun Ra" - great post at 'The Hound Blog' that examines Sun Ra's 'rock n roll' collaborations and output, with MP3s

Added to "Singles" section :

Compilation : "The Singles" (2 Cds)

March 13, 2009 at 8:12 PM

Still distracted :


1971 - It's After the End of the World: Live at the Donaueschingen and Berlin Festivals FLAC

1993 - A Tribute To Stuff Smith


1958/59 - Jazz in Silhouette


Greatest Hits : Easy Listening for Intergalactic Travel (FLAC)

"The Singles" (2 Cds) / FLAC alternate

March 13, 2009 at 9:42 PM


1972 - Live in Egypt 1 (Dark Myth Equation Visitation)


1973 - Discipline 27-II
1980 - On Jupiter (a.k.a. Seductive Fantasy)
1980 - Voice of the Eternal Tomorrow (a.k.a.The Rose Hue Mansions of the Sun)

March 13, 2009 at 10:17 PM


1986 - Hours After


1988 - Love in Outer Space: Live in Utrecht
1993 - Somewhere Else (rec 88-89)
1999 - Outer Space Employment Agency (rec 1972)


# 1982 - 'Sun Ra On Earth'
# 1982 - 'Sun Ra Live In Berlin'


"A Song for the Sun" - Sun Ra Arkestra under the direction of Marshall Allen

March 13, 2009 at 11:29 PM


1965 - Rocket Number Nine Take off for the Planet Venus (a.k.a. Interstellar Low Ways)


DJ Blueprint : "Space music" (Sun Ra mix)

March 14, 2009 at 12:09 AM


1992 - Destination Unknown (FLAC / MP3)

2003 - Live in Paris at the Gibus (rec. 1973) FLAC/MP3

March 14, 2009 at 12:22 AM


# "Infected" - Sun Ra Covers & Inspirations

# Spaceways Incorporated - Thirteen Cosmic Standards by Sun Ra & Funkadelic (2000)

March 14, 2009 at 12:35 AM
johnv said...

Please let me express my profound thanks for all involved in this post. You guys are making the world a better place by sharing this wonderful music!! Keep up the amazing work.

March 14, 2009 at 5:14 AM
el goog said...

crazy but a great work, thank you guys.

March 14, 2009 at 5:51 AM

Sun Ra & His Outer Space Arkestra : Celestial Love (1984):


March 14, 2009 at 6:02 AM

Thanks again Mr. Moo.

Hi El Goog, well we have to be a bit crazy here with Mr Ra :)

March 14, 2009 at 6:35 AM

Sun Ra : Blue Delight (1989):


March 14, 2009 at 7:04 AM

... and thanks again Mr. Moo.

btw everyone, I've done individual searches for everything on Google blog, Taringa, Captain Crawl, Avax - so that's about it, any more contributions welcome !

March 14, 2009 at 8:21 AM

Added FLAC version for :
1979 - Disco 3000

March 14, 2009 at 9:25 AM

Good Job i can fill some gaps here...

March 14, 2009 at 12:30 PM

That'd be great Greg. ta. ..

If anyone grabbed "Some Blues But Not the Kind Thats Blue" before but didn't have a password -
I accidentally copied the RS link instead of the bloglink before. Click the name again and you'll find the appropriate blog post complete with password.

March 14, 2009 at 7:46 PM

Linked :

1987 - Reflections in Blue

March 14, 2009 at 8:19 PM

Sun Ra And His Myth Science Arkestra : When Sun Comes Out (1963):


March 15, 2009 at 7:43 AM

Thanks Mr. Moo - the depth of your crates is pretty amazing, you know ?

March 15, 2009 at 7:56 AM
guijira said...

Wow! This is amazing! Thank you so much! I am about to start digitizing my vinyl to prepare for a move in the next few weeks. I have nine of the lps you don't have yet (although several are original saturns in various conditions- not audiophile). Once I get them recorded I have to figure out how to get the to you.

March 15, 2009 at 8:42 PM

Hi guijira,
that would be great, thanks!

Probably the best way is to upload to mediafire :

March 15, 2009 at 8:44 PM

Fantastic job here! I'm sure I'm not the only one who filled in a few gaps.
Jack the Bellboy

March 16, 2009 at 12:53 AM
CMS said...

I've just discovered your blog and I have to say it's fantastic! KEEP IT UP!!

March 16, 2009 at 2:12 PM
Arkadin said...

Hi Simon!

I found the following on Soulseek:

Sun Ra - Somewhere Over The Rainbow


Sun Ra feat. Pharoah Sanders - Gods On Safari


March 18, 2009 at 3:25 PM

Thanks Arakadin!

March 18, 2009 at 5:28 PM

Added to Miscellaneous :

"The Sun Rises in the East" - really interesting experimental mix that mixes Sun Ra pieces with Strata-East artists and others.

March 18, 2009 at 6:21 PM
Aribus said...

Can anybody help me dig into this overwhelming post? Looking for this version of Watusa - as presentyed in this clip . I hav eonly found it on "...Meets Salah Ragba in Egypt" - and it aint the same..

March 19, 2009 at 7:12 AM

Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Research Arkestra -
It's after the End of the World, Live at the Donaueschingen and Berlin Festivals

on MPS

is the closest version i know but is only about 3 or 4mins long if i remember rightly... heavy duty percussion there though...

he did hundreds of versions of this track... best bet and quickest option would be to drop a comment over at youtube and ask the author of the video.

not much help...

March 19, 2009 at 7:36 AM

@aribus & Greg I think it's on "Space Is The Place (Original Soundtrack)". Not the Impulse-release of the same name, but the one on Evidence (1972). I don't know which one is listed here, but if there's need for the Evidence-release, I could get it...

March 19, 2009 at 9:14 AM

Hi Arkadin,
We haven't got the Evidence release here, just the Impulse one, woould be great if you could get hold of it ...

March 19, 2009 at 9:24 AM

Check new video link, "Space Is The Place" Episodes 1-8


March 19, 2009 at 9:33 AM

Actually, scratch that, I've just embedded the entire film in the post :)

March 19, 2009 at 9:46 AM

Arkadin and Aribus -
found the "Space is the Place" (Original Soundtrack) here :


Aribus, let us know if that was the version you were after.

March 19, 2009 at 10:01 AM

Thank you for the Space is the Place soundtrack!

March 19, 2009 at 11:05 AM

@Simon You're fast, Simon! Saves me the download of the whole album from slsk :)
Waiting for Aribus to verify...

March 19, 2009 at 11:19 AM

That´s the one!! Wonderful!
Magical research..
Thanx a lot!

March 19, 2009 at 4:49 PM

Sorry for double-post- but I just have to send a thanx for those fantastic movie-clips of Space is the place too. Watching it right now. Never heard of this - was this for cinemas or TV or what?! It´s both smart, far-out & arty and deals with some heavy issues in a way that just amaze me.

March 19, 2009 at 5:06 PM

Hi Aribus -
Had a look around, and information is REALLY scarce about release details. It was "released" in Novemeber 1974, presumably for cinemas.
Also note that I've put a new link above the video in the post : you can now download it from here directly as one video (Mp4, 266mb)

March 20, 2009 at 4:54 AM

Great work once again! This movie should be in all the worlds Modern Museum Art Collections. It surely has a unique approach and is art in it´s purest form.

One more question - were do I go from here?
I enjoy Space Is The Place (both Impulse & OST) but also the very beautiful, imho, Lanquidity and a few other tracks from various records. But the man surely has put out so much diffrent material, wich is obvious - there are millions of stars after all..
Any recomendations?
I´m a big fan of spiritual & modal stuff otherwise.

March 20, 2009 at 8:14 AM
Marc fom Chicago said...

Thank you for "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" and "God Is More..."!!!

I've been looking for these!

Again thanks,

March 20, 2009 at 6:41 PM

Aribus, I'm actually in the same boat - I love the ones you mention, and only have a CD of Languidity. My next favourite so far has been "The Nubians of Plutonia', which Ish mentioned. I'd also appreciate some advice based on those admittedly more modal choices (which is perhaps a minority taste band amongst hardcore Ra fans!) - so any advice from Greg, Arkadin or others would be much appreciated :)

Also -
new category / link :


* Alash and the Extra Special Terrestrial Guests (Sun Ra Arkestra) @ The Rotunda, Philadelphia, 18 June 2007 & 29 January 2008

Also moved "A Song for the Sun" into this category.


Sun Ra is daunting. His noise recordings from the late 1960s and early 70s don't do much for me... but the earlier ones that sound like what other people were doing ten or twenty years later are good.

The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra from the early days is quite good...I even love the weird Nat King Cole cover on that one.

Most with June Tyson singing on them, early/mid-70s on, are very accessible. There's two of the concerts from the mid 1970s...I'm gonna have to go check my collection for the titles...have some really great numbers: very lyrical, not too out, but trippy and completely captivating. I'll be back with some specifics...

March 20, 2009 at 7:35 PM

thanks Ish!

March 20, 2009 at 7:36 PM

OK, here's the best way to do this! I made this "mix-tape" of the best of Sun Ra for myself a few years ago.

It's a little focused on vocal tracks, but that's me. 17 tracks, from four decades and many labels, fits nice on a CD. I don't have time to list details or design a cover for this today, so here's an RS link. I guarantee this is an EXCELLENT way to get into Sun Ra.

Beginning of the week I'll put all the details and a cover on my Ile Oxumare blog; til then here's a nice Blaxploitation Jive exclusive for ya. Enjoy!

An Introduction to Sun Ra: An Ile Oxumare Compilation (1959-1988)

And now, additions to discography?

Concert for the Comet Kohoutek (ESP Disk, 1973)
Outer Space Employment Agency (live at Ann Arbor B&JF, 1973)
Life Is Splendid (live at Ann Arbor B&JF 1972)
Cymbals (unreleased Impulse 1972)
Friendly Love (unreleased 1973)

I have these if they're needed.

March 20, 2009 at 9:13 PM

Thanks so much ish - linked up - great job :)

You know me ... "Spontaneous Simplicity" is the one for me, also "Walking on the Moon" - which I was pleased to discover was not a Police cover, though I suppose anything is possible after the Disney album :)

It'd be great if you could upload some of those when you get a chance :
"Outer Space Employment Agency" we already have.

I also wonder if "Life Is Splendid (live at Ann Arbor B&JF 1972)" might also be "1972 - It Is Forbidden (at the Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival in Exile)" ?? Hard to say with so many alternative titles ..

The others it seems we don't have.

Anyway thanks again for a great comp!

March 20, 2009 at 11:43 PM

.. oh and I love "China Gate" too, forgot about that one ...

March 20, 2009 at 11:53 PM
meth said...

Please post Concert for the Comet Kohoutek!

To Simon666, those two are one in the same, although the actual title is "It's Forbidden - Live at the Ann Arbor Jazz & Blues Festival" and it only has one track titled "Life Is Splendid" - hope this helps - and great job on the blog it's much appreciated!

March 21, 2009 at 1:54 AM

Thanks for the info, Meth, correction made.

March 21, 2009 at 1:58 AM

As for recommendations, some of my personal favorites are Atlantis, Nidhamu, Cosmos, The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra Vol. 1, The Magic City, Discipline 27-II, Lanquidity, and Strange Strings.

March 21, 2009 at 1:59 AM

I hate to argue, and I may be wrong, but there are three different ann arbor blues fest albums. It is forbidden is from 74, and life is splendid is from 72.

Personally I would love to hear cymbals.

thanks for all the hard work!

I am still waiting on the sound card I bought on ebay over a month ago to show up then I'll have some contributions!


March 21, 2009 at 3:40 PM

I looked into it and you're right guijira, there is a separate album by Sun Ra and his Solar Myth Arkestra titled "Life Is Splendid" that I wasn't aware of.

Cymbals is actually only one disc of a two-disc release though, the other disc is Crystal Spears. These albums were recorded in '73 but never published.

March 21, 2009 at 4:45 PM
jon-a said...

This is the best post in the cosmos. Thanks so very much. Not sure where to start? Don't worry - practically everything has something of interest on it. I thought I had a great Ra collection but finding obscure gems like Space Probe, Nidhamu and the joyful and delirious Dance of Eternal Passion is unbelievable fun. And I recommend both versions of Disco 3000 - I'm partial to the original single disc mono version.

March 21, 2009 at 7:18 PM

Simon & Ish, great recomendations! I´ll be looking into some of the other recomendations later on too. But I think Ra should be allowed to take some place in my ears with these two recomendations. Nubians is great! Haven´t had time to really dig into the comp yet - but I will later on tonight.

March 22, 2009 at 8:45 AM

Hi guys, I've made some new entries and corrections based on what's been said. guijira, looking forward to some stuff when you get to it :)

March 22, 2009 at 10:58 AM

Added another mix to the miscellaneous section :

Mohub's Sun Ra mix :


Tracklist and info :


Thanks to BlackClassical for the heads up

March 22, 2009 at 10:28 PM

New, added to live bootlegs :
Sun Ra Arkestra
2009 - Zurich Switzerland.

And we're talking VERY new - recorded two days ago in fact !


Ubu was wanting to have some tracks identified so those in the know, drop by , have a listen and let him know .

March 23, 2009 at 6:47 AM

hey Ra fans here is Cymbals

I also have a coupla boots that i will put up soon
carnegie hall july 6 1973
Paradiso, Amsterdam October 18, 1970
and also an interview with Ra recorded in an alley outside the Bluebird, Bloomington, Indiana, 1982, by Bob Caylor that you may like to hear
laters Stu

March 23, 2009 at 7:12 PM

Thanks for that Stu - linked up, and looking forward to the others :)

March 23, 2009 at 7:16 PM

In return for all the wonderful music you provided me with, it is now my turn to do my part in helping complete this beautiful discography.

A couple things. I am new to recording from vinyl and all these are from original vinyl so the sound might not be perfect. If any one knows how to filter out the pops and surface noise, let me know, or feel free to clean them up yourself and repost.

Also, from some reason, the free version of rapidshare went superfast, but my premium account would only go at 1 kb/sec. I don’t know why. That being said, it looks like these are only going to be available to the first 10 people to grab each. But just let me know when it happens and hopefully I will have a better handle on things by then and will repost.

On to the music…

First, a couple of rare 45s:

Dreaming/ Daddy Don’t Tell Me No Lie:

this is from sun ra and his vocal group ‘the cosmic rays’ from 1955.

Quest/ Outer Space Plateau:


Nuits 1:

Nuits 2:

(vol.2, side 2 has a pretty nasty scuff at the beginning of it, but it goes away pretty quick after the music comes in)

Cosmo Sun Connection:

this has my favorite version of ‘fate in a pleasant mood’ on it….

Soul Vibrations of Man:

the lp does not list the titles just : ‘soul vibrations of man vol I & II’. But here are the titles listed on the famous (at least to me) online discography:

Side A:
The Soul Vibrations of Man Part I Volume VII (3 tracks):
Sometimes the Universe Speaks (Ra) (flute duet and vocal)
Pleiades (Ra) {flute duet)
Third Heaven/When There Is No Sun (Ra) (declamation and vocal)

Side B:
The Soul Vibrations of Man Part II Volume VII (2 tracks):
Halloween in Harlem (Ra)
untitled improvisation/The Shadow World (Ra)


hope you enjoy. If all goes well, I will be getting a few up in the next few days. Sorry for the long comment, but I get a little excited about Sun Ra. Let me know how they sound.


March 23, 2009 at 8:31 PM

Hey Simon. Put my compilation up at my blog with the added cover and some notes. Cleaned up a problem that iTunes added to the rip, re-upped.


March 23, 2009 at 8:56 PM

Hi Guijira -

Thanks so much for these generous contributions, now all linked up. Haven't got time myself to listen right now today, but will hit them tonight for sure :)

Now a note on Rapidshare :
The third alternative (which I use on my main blog, "Never Enough Rhodes") is to establish a free "collectors account". If you upload files while logged into that, you no longer have the "10 downloads only" problem. You also earn 'rapidpoints' from downloads, just like a premium account.

Anyway thanks again for all of your work ripping and uploading these, it'll be much appreciated by the folks here I'm sure!

March 23, 2009 at 9:00 PM

Thanks again Ish (looks like we were posting here at the same time!) -
I've switched the post link over to your blog.

March 23, 2009 at 9:08 PM

It's all a blur but I think there's stuff here not yet listed.


March 23, 2009 at 10:47 PM

I have "Live in London 1990" on CD. I got it a few years ago just rummaging. I have mp3's at 128. Would you like me to e-mail them to you?

March 23, 2009 at 11:28 PM

here is the interviewwith Herman

March 24, 2009 at 2:22 AM

Thanks Stu, I put the interview up in the Miscellaneous section.

Hi anonymous, 128k of "Live in London" would be better than what we have now (nothing), so it would be great if you could upload it to something like mediafire.com ... thanks!

Thanks Ish I'll check those out ..

March 24, 2009 at 5:31 AM

Hey Ish, a linked up a lot of alternates from there (good blog), and the new one was "Live in Cleveland" (1975).

I put it in the "live bootlegs" category for now, but perhaps someone might recognise it under another name ? See personnel, tracklist and cover here :


March 24, 2009 at 5:50 AM
free bones said...

Anonymous was me: FREE BONES. I clicked the wrong button. Sorry about that.

I'm very wary of sites like that. I don't want the RIAA coming after me. Is there an e-mail address I could e-mail the files to? If not, I'll do the mediafire thing, since I FINALLY have something to give back in exchange for all the wonderful shares you've all given me. Either way I'll get to it this weekend for you.

March 24, 2009 at 4:12 PM

here is the carnegie hall 1973 .flac
amsterdam uploading now should be a coupla hours

March 24, 2009 at 5:11 PM

Sun Ra And His Space Arkestra : What Planet Is This? (2006)


Sun Ra And His Orkestra : Cosmo Omnibus Imaginable Illusion: Live At Pit-Inn, Shinjuku, Tokyo (1988)


Sun Ra : Of Mythic Worlds (1981)


March 24, 2009 at 5:32 PM

Wow, incredible contributions from Stu and Mr. Moo; a BIG thanks to you guys for your efforts here.

Stu that must have taken forver to upload:)

free bones, email just isn't a good way to go for Mp3s - (apart from the fact that my internet has been slowed for a few weeks for exceeding my d'load limit). I'd really suggest Mediafire, just give it a random name so it's not searchable, and you don't need to provide them with an email address.

Thanks again all for your efforts, this is all going really well.

March 24, 2009 at 6:21 PM

hey folks here is the live at the paradiso 1970.flac
enjoy,i will see what else is on these hard drivves ,I'm sure I got some more boots somewhere

March 24, 2009 at 6:45 PM

Thanks again Stu.

March 24, 2009 at 7:03 PM

alrighty. i'll post a link here on friday, hopefully.

sorry for the quality in advance, but i got it on CD, and it isn't the best quality recording to begin with...

March 24, 2009 at 9:39 PM

Hi Guijira,

Your "Soul Vibrations of Man" is gone now. I've downloaded the rest of your contributions and am quite happy to help re-up them when needed, but I missed the ten downloads on that one.

Anyway, I've de-linked it in the list until someone is able to re-up it.

Thanks again for your help!


March 25, 2009 at 1:11 AM

oh bugger blogger is messin up again ,so i will try this again
jusy reuploaded soul vibrations
plus here is Ra and Don Cherry from
New Visions TV show
aired 2/26/89,only seven and a half minutes but its good just piano and trumpet
and finaly for the moment here is disco 3000 expanded 2cd version

March 25, 2009 at 3:23 PM

Hi Stu -
I put Ra & Cherry in the miscellaneous section; relinked Soul Vibrations; and put the Disco3000 link up as an alternate (already had a link to FLACs of the two disc set).
Thanks again for the contributions.

March 25, 2009 at 9:52 PM

Looks like someone got to 'Of Mythic Worlds' before me. Thanks. Here's what I have for the night:

Concert for the Comet Kohoutek

Live In London 1990

This is from the 3 lp set. The sound quality was never great. I wanted to upload this and 'Taking a Chance on Chances' as flac, but I couldn't figure it out. I still have the wavs so if people need em I can probably hook it up.

The Solar-Myth Approach vol 1

The Solar-Myth Approach vol 2

Taking a Chance on Chances

If you can't handle surface noise, don't even bother with this one. That's the disclaimer. This record was pretty beat up when I got it (and still not cheap), so it is was it is. However, if you are in to rare ra, hit it up. This is a great record of standards, and Gilmore and Allen are particularly exceptional (Allen on 'Lady Bird' and Gilmore on 'What's New'). Hopefully this will inspire someone to hook us up with a nicer copy, but until then.....

oh yeah, and good lookin' with the 'Soul Vibrations'. I appreciate it.

March 25, 2009 at 10:02 PM

Thanks for all your hard work guijira, all linked up.

March 26, 2009 at 8:00 AM

Really obscure Sun Ra links #45 :

Sun Ra sings "I Don't Believe In Love" (1.59) included on art gallery CDR compilation "Eye and Ear". "Sun Ra checks in with an a cappella rejection of romance that sounds like it was sung into a cheap handheld cassette recorder. It’s really just a trifle, but it affirms his roots in cornball pre-WW II songcraft."


March 26, 2009 at 8:57 AM
roberto t. said...


for those who love to work: on this page of this blog you'll find the Delft concert of '71 (excellent sound, 3 CD) and the Detroit great concert from 26december to new year's eve of '81 (27 CDs), it is like following Sun Ra for five days without stop.
Thank you Simon666 and all the others, I could only dream of a page like this when travelled many miles to see the Arkestra back in the seventies!

March 26, 2009 at 3:14 PM

Big thanks for the link.

March 26, 2009 at 4:29 PM

Much thanks to Mr. Moo and guijira for their contributions

March 26, 2009 at 6:46 PM

I've established a new category "mixtapes", which pulls the existing Sun Ra mixes out of the "miscellaneous" section.

To this new section has been added a new mix from Blackclassical called "SquareRootOf(-1)"


March 26, 2009 at 8:46 PM

the delft live is easier to download from

March 27, 2009 at 1:57 PM

I just started uploading Live in London 1990 only to discover it's already been done! I suppose whatever quality it is is better than the 128kps I have, so that's good.

Anyway, sorry I didn't get to it sooner, but college is a busy time. Glad I was at least ALMOST able to contribute.

I'll work on tracking down "Pathways to Unknown Worlds" since I'm very interested in hearing that myself.

March 27, 2009 at 4:32 PM

Can anyone please upload Media Dreams?

March 27, 2009 at 5:19 PM

Thanks for the alt. link anonymous, I note it's the same contributor (filbert) so I've put that up as the main one.
No problems freebones, good luck finding that for us :)

March 27, 2009 at 6:01 PM
ewalk04 said...

I saw this clip on YouTube where he was dressed like a member of Afrikabambada and preaching to these "teenagers" in a pool hall... This is my second time running into info about him (My first time on your blog and it's nice...) I want to know more this cat... Thank you...

March 28, 2009 at 10:19 AM
mew23 said...

The BBC produced a TV documentary on Sun Ra entitled "Brother from another planet" in 2005.
A DVD of that broadcast can be found at
Just do a text search for "BBC".

March 28, 2009 at 1:45 PM
drhotte said...

Hi Simon666 and Anonymus,

here is Media Dreams:


It's not my own source. I've downloaded it years ago via Emule and made an audio cd from it. So I don't which quality had the original rip.

I am planing to contribute tomorrow:

Live from Soundscape (My Own CD)

and if no one other really have it

A Night in East-Berlin with the same source as Media Dreams.


March 28, 2009 at 2:25 PM

thanks for media dreams, and glad the delft link was useful. Big thanks for all this Ra stuff: really has been filling some holes in my collection.

March 28, 2009 at 2:37 PM

Free bones- We must think alike. Here's 'Pathways to Unknown Worlds'.

Just picked this up today. Came on the same CD as Friendly Love, but I uploaded them separately.

Plus, you won't have to deal with my crumby vinyl recordings.


Pathways to Unknown Worlds

Friendly Love

March 28, 2009 at 3:32 PM

This is a truly mind-boggling collection. I've only downloaded a handful of items but I never thought I'd be lucky enough to hear some of them.
Special thanks for "Soul Vibrations of Man," that's a real keeper.

March 28, 2009 at 3:41 PM
DISCO_3000 said...

Hi , Just found this blog ..You are doing a fantastic work about Sun ra Music ...I will try to give my contributions time permitting ; I have more infos for the "Live in Cleveland "(1975) CD - It is also known as "Live at the Smiling Dog Saloon Cleveland" broadcast on WMMS Cleveland in 1975 and the tape from the show on WMMS includes a couple of more tracks in addition to the CD tracks issue (Calling planet earth + we travel the spaceways ) .... KEEP UP The Fantastic job !

March 28, 2009 at 4:58 PM

Thanks all for the massive contributions :)

@ mew23 :
Thanks for the link, have added to the video section.

@ drhotte :
Thanks for "Media Dreams", and those other two would be great, have searched pretty hard for the East Berlin one and it doesn't seem to be "around".

@ guijira :
Thanks as always for your great contributions.

@ Disco3000
Welcome to the thread, thanks for the info on "Cleveland" (added), and hoping you can find the time to contribute (going by your name!).

Quite astounded with the depth that this post has taken on ....

March 28, 2009 at 7:03 PM

A Night In East Berlin:



March 29, 2009 at 4:02 AM

Thanks Drhotte :)

March 29, 2009 at 7:36 AM

An at last: Live from Soundscape:



March 29, 2009 at 8:36 AM

... and thanks again for your generous work.

March 29, 2009 at 9:07 AM
SelfScience said...

Posted some more Ra. Some are alternate links for albums already posted:

New Albums
* 1954-1960 - Spaceship Lullaby

Alternate Links
* 1978 - Visions (with Walt Dickerson)

* 1966 - Batman and Robin (Sun Ra & The Blues Project)

* 1972 - Live in Egypt 1 (Dark Myth Equation Visitation)

* The Singles

Two In One Album
* 1967_We Travel The Spaceways & 1972_Bad and Beautiful

* 1966 - Visits Planet Earth & 1965 - Rocket Number Nine Take off for the Planet Venus (a.k.a. Interstellar Low Ways)

* The Great Lost Sun Ra Albums: 1973_Cymbals & 1973_Crystal Spears

Additional Note: Sun Ra entered into an licensing agreement with Impulse! in the early '70s to distribute both old and new LPs from his own Saturn label. This was his first association with something like a major record company, and though it resulted in ten actual releases, it didn't last long; another 12 planned releases were cancelled. Among these were two newly recorded albums, Cymbals and Crystal Spears, both of which were shelved (though three tracks from the former were later released on the Saturn LP Deep Purple). The Evidence label's extensive Sun Ra reissue program brought these two albums into release for the first time in 2000 as the double CD The Great Lost Sun Ra Albums: Cymbals & Spears, a mere 27 years after they were recorded. Cymbals turns out to be a small band session on which no more than six and usually only four musicians are playing on any one selection. Sun Ra is mostly heard on organ, and his understated playing sets the tone for a group of moody, low-key tracks. No matter who is soloing, this is mostly a quiet, introspective session. It's last-set-of-the-night stuff. From the opening miniMoog solo by Sun Ra, Crystal Spears is something else again: a full band album. Its tunes feature as many as seven horn players on a track, with most of them contributing percussion when they're not blowing. The stretched-out arrangements allow plenty of room for solos, duos, and even periods of near-cacophony. It's doubtful that Cymbals and Crystal Spears would have altered Sun Ra's overall career had they been issued by Impulse! in 1973 as intended, but his work is so extensive and so varied that each individual record provides another valuable piece in the puzzle; here are two more

April 1, 2009 at 12:14 AM

Great stuff Self-Science.

April 1, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Disco_3000 said...

this is my first contribute ... Here's " Sound Mirror " @160


Keep up the good work

April 2, 2009 at 10:18 AM

Thanks Disco_3000!

April 2, 2009 at 10:31 AM

again from CIA: searching with control+F on this page you can find Nuclear War, Cosmos (both in Flac!) and an excellent BBC Video (Brother From Another Planet) and more. Links are still active. The party goes on...

April 2, 2009 at 10:41 AM

ops..I didn't see the movie was already here. Anyway the Cosmos uploaoaded has two pieces ("Cosmos" and "Moonship journey") missing. The one in losless is complete.

April 2, 2009 at 10:56 AM
bventure said...

Just a quick note to point out that "It's after the end of the world" is not the same as "Black Myth / Out In Space".

"End of the world" is incomplete, there's a lot more material on "Black Myth / Out In Space".

April 3, 2009 at 8:24 AM

Thanks for the info bventure, I've now separated them. Luckily we had links for both :)

And thanks roberto t, that CIA thread is a goldmine, I'll link it all up soon.

Finally, check this amazing Sun Ra discography that someone posted, must have been a huge amount of work.

April 3, 2009 at 8:37 AM

Hi, here's another contribute "When spaceships appear" @192 aka " Cosmo Party Blues " aka "Children of the sun " : http://rapidshare.com/files/217151284/SR_-_WSA_192kbp.zip.html

The album consists of recycled material from the "RA to The Rescue" lp (with the exception of "When lights are dark" track )but...featuring n.3 NEW tracks 1)Drummerlistics 2)Children of the sun 3)Cosmo party blues ; the provenience of these tracks is unknown ..but probably taped from various concerts by the Arkestra.

April 3, 2009 at 8:56 PM

Thanks Disco_3000 !

April 3, 2009 at 9:06 PM

I've finally linked up things to the 'Call It Anything' thread that Roberto noted.

First of all, our alternate link for "Cosmos" did have all the tracks, so I've made that the main MP3 link and deleted the other MP3 one.

FLAC links have been added to :

1976 – Cosmos





Miscellaneous section now has :

"Souvenir programme for the concert by Sun Ra and the Arkestra at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London on November 9, 1970 - 16 page booklet."

Finally, based on reading that thread I've separated the albums
# 1971 - Pictures of Infinity
# 1971 - Outer Spaceways Incorporated
which we had as 'aka'.

There was a separate link for one under the "Pictures of Infinity" title, so that has been linked to now.

April 5, 2009 at 11:53 AM



April 7, 2009 at 5:53 AM
Paul Jones said...


you are amazing for this!

April 8, 2009 at 5:02 PM

Bootleg added :

# 1978 - Sun Ra Arkestra WUHY fm Philly, Pa


April 9, 2009 at 11:07 AM
disco_3000 said...

Hi, just added an audience tape recording of "Sun Ra & the Outskirts of the Universe Ark. @ The Chestnut Cabaret, Philadelphia.No date & no info given ... I got it as Oct 1980 but presume 84/85 ...Includes a nice live version of "Nuclear War" ..


April 11, 2009 at 8:11 AM

thanks a lot disco_3000. I've put it under bootlegs using your dates and notes.

Jon-A said...

If anyone would find some thumbnail reviews helpful in navigating this awesome discography, please check out my new and expanding blog - http://astro-infinity.blogspot.com

April 17, 2009 at 12:57 AM
rickdog said...

Find more Sun Ra in my mp3blog and forum searches:


April 17, 2009 at 4:34 AM

Hi Jon-A -

big thanks for that resource, I've put a link both at the top of the thread, and in the "resources" section.

Hi Rick -
Thanks for that, I can see a lot of work to go through :)

Actually if anyone else on this thread has a bit of time to search out our missing links (or additional ones) via Rick's links, it's be MUCH appreciated here, bit crazy with work right now ...

April 17, 2009 at 4:57 AM
Manel said...

sweet baby jesus, thanks so much for this! after 7-8 years of listening to jazz music (and having listened to most of miles, trane and mingus discogs), I decided that 2009 would be Sun Ra´s year for me. I got "jazz in silhouettes" and the book "space is the place": from here to infinity!

big up, yo!

April 17, 2009 at 8:11 AM

Some additions and fixes :


* 1978 – Unity
(had an extra ‘http’ in the link, now working)


* 1978 - Media Dreams (2 CD reissue)
* 2000 - Standards
* 2006 - Springtime in Chicago (2 CD, FLAC)


* 1984 - 'Sun Rise In Egypt 1-3' FLAC, 3 Cds


* 1978 “Media Dreams”
New : 202 mb vs existing 78 mb

2006 - What Planet Is This? (rec ’73) - FLAC link added

April 18, 2009 at 8:29 AM

Some vinyl auctions in a few hours :

Jazz in SilhouetteThe Magic CityAstro BlackVol. 1 (Shandar) France

April 19, 2009 at 5:22 PM

A 1 hour podcast of highlights from the 10 cd 'Live At The Horseshoe Tavern Toronto 1978' is available at www.thesoundprojector.com/2008/05/02/sun-ra-live/

April 21, 2009 at 1:45 AM

Thanks Jon-A,
I've added that to the 'mixtape' section.

April 21, 2009 at 2:16 AM
Yotte said...

Hi Folks, I noticed on El Reza that there is a 2nd disc to Live at Soundscape - Sun Ra lecturing the day previous to the concert. No links over there, though. Anyone know anything about it or maybe have it to share?

Also, there is a lengthy Sun Ra interview at the Slought Foundation:


April 25, 2009 at 4:12 PM

Hi Yotte -

Thanks for the interview link, I've given that its own category.

Reza really doesn't want to do re-ups, he closed down for a while and now just posts new stuff occasionally .... but maybe you can ask him nicely :) Just click the cover of one of the newer posts and you get to the comment area ..

April 25, 2009 at 10:23 PM

reza has given permission to use the link of the Sun Ra interview CD from the Live at Soundscape set (thanks for asking there Yotte) , so it's now been added :


April 30, 2009 at 10:06 AM

New addition to live bootlegs section :

2009 - Berlin, Germany - March 27


May 7, 2009 at 8:38 PM

FLAC link added for "The Magic City" (1966)


May 8, 2009 at 12:16 AM


# "A Space Warning to the Planet Earth" - magazine article by Sun Ra (scan)


intempestif said...

Thanks a lot for putting this Sun Ra discography together and for sharing all the records! It's really incredible!

I just noticed that the link to '1985 - Cosmo Sun Connection' seems to be dead.

May 14, 2009 at 10:59 AM

Message to Guijira :

Hello! All of those rapidshare files (when you had the problem with your main account) have now gone dead, as they were on the free "ten only" account.

Any chance of some re-ups ?

They are -

albums :

Cosmo Sun Connection
Nuits 1
Nuits 2
Soul Vibrations of Man


Dreaming/ Daddy Don’t Tell Me No Lie
Quest/ Outer Space Plateau

We DO have alternates up for all of the albums except "Cosmo Sun Connection", so if you're pressed for time, just that one would be great.


May 14, 2009 at 7:31 PM

here we is:

cosmo sun connection.

looks like you're almost there.

nice work.

let me know if you need me to reup any of the others.


May 16, 2009 at 3:50 PM

Thanks Guijira!
Should be fine on the other albums, just the two singles now. I can re-up them from work tomorrow (they're on an HD there).
Yes "almost there", but I feel that there will always be new Sun Ra recordings appearing :)

May 16, 2009 at 8:38 PM

heliocentric worlds vol. 3, the lost tapes:


not my rip, but i did find it!

May 20, 2009 at 1:30 PM

Thanks Free Bones!
Linked up.

May 20, 2009 at 5:54 PM

Re-uploads :


# Sun Ra & The Cosmic Rays : 'Dreaming' / 'Daddy Don’t Tell Me No Lie' (1955)

# Quest / Outer Space Plateau (1982)

May 22, 2009 at 6:18 AM
milf said...
May 29, 2009 at 2:50 PM

I don't mean to use this as an advertising site, but I thought people here might want to know that I am selling my entire record collection including 20+ Sun Ra original Saturn Lps.

It is sad, i know, but I am moving to India in a month and need the money and don't have anywhere to store them while I am gone. Most things I will be selling on ebay, but would be willing to consider selling some things directly. If you want to know more just hit me up.


simon, if this violates any intended use of this blog feel free to delete it. I just want my records to go to good people and you all good people here.


June 3, 2009 at 10:53 AM

Of course, no problem guijira.
And thanks again for all of your uploads here :)

June 3, 2009 at 10:56 AM

New in the video section :

"Sun Ra - A Joyful Noise"
Documentary by Robert Mugge (1980)

I've also replaced the link for the film "Space Is the Place".

June 16, 2009 at 6:59 PM
sawanotsuru said...


Not sure where this came from, could be soulseek.

June 19, 2009 at 9:25 AM

Thanks a lot sawanotsuru!

June 20, 2009 at 4:29 AM

Linked added for :

1994 - Live at the Hackney Empire (rec. 1990)


Thanks to bumkuncha @ Pathway to Unknown Worlds for the tip :)

June 21, 2009 at 8:16 PM

The link for Horizon no longer works, could someone please reup?

June 23, 2009 at 3:49 AM

Arrrggh I didn't grab it in time .... could someone (sawanotsuru?) upload it to a free rapidshare collector's account, or to mediafire ?

June 23, 2009 at 4:20 AM

how did that happen? i'll up it to mediafire in a bit...

June 23, 2009 at 7:07 AM

Thanks sawanotsuru ....

Rapidshare changed things a few months back - you need to have a (free) collector's account and upload to there, otherwise it's 10 downloads only.

June 23, 2009 at 7:11 AM
des said...

First, thank to all people that makes possible this dream happens.

Second, here is horizon


I hope works well, is the first time I upload something

Saludos desde España


June 23, 2009 at 1:49 PM

thanks des, i was in the middle of upping it before but we had a power cut...

June 23, 2009 at 5:42 PM

Thanks Des, linked up

June 23, 2009 at 8:58 PM

Thanks des!

June 27, 2009 at 2:51 AM

Hi. I was just wondering if someone who downloaded the live at hackney could upload in a normal fashion without having to download whatever is needed to get it from the current blog? it would be much appreciated. peace.

June 30, 2009 at 12:10 AM
paul w. said...

hi simon666, des and sawanotsuru, don't say that your links go to horizon. i dl your file and checked it. not only that it is definitely not horizon - extended version released last year on art yard (over 76 min. of music) but it is not the real horizon album (vinyl) on saturn label. in fact you got only side a of the saturn lp. it is not divided on the tracks (what can be done easily without any problem). your file does not have the title composition - horizon which originally was placed on side b.
so we have to wait again until somebody will upload the art yard cd with horizon - expanded version (with bonus tracks).

please also note that horizon was recorded in december 1971 and not 1974. you have the announcement at the beginning of your file - please check it.
paul w.

June 30, 2009 at 4:25 AM

yeah, it appears horizon is only side A. The album was recorded in '71 but not released until '74. One side for me is better then none. But it looks like paul w. just volunteered to buy the album and upload it (you can do it as easily as anyone else). The great thing about this, as we all know, is that everyone can contribute what little they have and we can all get a fairly complete discography. Thanks again for all your hard work.

June 30, 2009 at 6:50 PM

yeah i really don't know where that file came from, probably a random search for sun ra on soulseek years ago when i wanted to check him out, before i really knew anything about him. apologies to mr paul w. i have what seems to be the real deal lined up in my soulseek sights right now so give me a while and i'll up it. although, i better apologise to mr paul w. once again as it doesn't appear to be the new version with the extra trax!





now with divided tracks!

June 30, 2009 at 7:56 PM

Entry has been retitled :

1974 - Horizon - SIDE A ONLY (a.k.a. Starsnatchers) (rec 1971)

.. and link has been replaced with sawanaotsuru's new link. The discography has been arranged by year of release with notes added, where possible, as to the year of release.

I'll second Paul W to buy this one and upload for us, looking forward to it :)

July 1, 2009 at 12:32 AM

Monsieur 666, the new link is both sides of the disc. Soulseek to the rescue once again.

July 1, 2009 at 6:59 AM

here is a slightly higher res version 70mb instead of 45mb

this shit matters!

Oh, and this time each side of the LP is a single file

July 1, 2009 at 7:59 AM

Corrected :)

Also, correction to previous stoner comment :

"The discography has been arranged by year of release with notes added, where possible, as to the year of recording."

July 1, 2009 at 9:56 AM

smoke on the water, fire in the sky


thanks soulseek

July 1, 2009 at 8:48 PM

Thanks again sawanotsuru !

July 2, 2009 at 8:05 AM

I also noticed the other link for Horizon was only the side a but it appears the new link is missing the first song on side b "Third Planet"

July 4, 2009 at 5:22 PM

damn, i forgot to post the link when i said i had a 70mb higher res copy


i dunno where my head is at sometimes!

July 5, 2009 at 6:04 AM

Thanks sawanotsuru , "Horizon" link replaced again :)

July 5, 2009 at 6:17 AM

Finally, the complete Horizon album! Thanks again to sawanotsuru, and to Simon666 for all the work!

July 5, 2009 at 9:42 PM

New link added to Miscellaneous section :

# I.H.C. Plays The Music Of Sun Ra vol. 1: Roma-Saturno-Roma (2009)


July 10, 2009 at 7:15 PM

I split off a new section from Miscellaneous called "Covers and Interpretations", and moved a few things there.

New addition to that section :

'Adventures On the Sun - The Music of Sun Ra (2009)' - reinterpretations by instrumental hip hop producers.

Maybe not to everyone's taste but I like it a lot, check it out :


Thanks to bumkuncha at Pathway to Unknown Worlds for the tip.

July 16, 2009 at 8:50 PM
ouscaphil said...

hi this is guijira under new name.

I (finally) started a blog of my own.
With alternating post between a friend and I.
Unfortunately after I sold all of my lps.
But tomorrow I move to India so there should be related post.
Probably not to everyone's tastes, but check it out:



July 22, 2009 at 6:06 PM

Best SunRa Discography in the whole wide world! Thanks for all this great stuff from the unique genius!
What troubles me a little and only that is the missing of Hidden Fires 2. Could somebody add this one please?

August 5, 2009 at 10:31 PM

Hi folks - new addition to the section "Arkestra recordings without Sun Ra (post 1993)" :

"Hymn to the Universe" (2008) - Sun Ra Arkestra under the direction of Marshall Allen

posted by Bumkuncha at 'Pathway to Unknown Worlds' :


September 17, 2009 at 5:39 AM

New Bootleg :



help please with invitation on http://andifyouhadtwocoats.blogspot.com/ !!!!!!!!!! email@example.com

September 25, 2009 at 10:27 AM

Thank you so much! This is amazing work you're doing!

October 8, 2009 at 5:03 PM
Grendel said...

Thank you for this wonderful Sun Ra material, and the research that came with it. You're a credit to the Universe.

October 31, 2009 at 6:42 AM
November 26, 2009 at 2:57 AM

hey, i'm looking for a hook up on some of marshall allen's solo gigs. particularly the stuff from when he toured with henry grimes. i had a friend send me a recording from when they played on his chicago radio show, but i wore the cd out and can't get a hold of the guy for another copy. i'm very sad about this. anyone got the goods?

mixtapes and things

November 26, 2009 at 2:59 AM

could someone re up "My Brother the WInd" ? please

December 2, 2009 at 10:46 PM
jazzme said...

If you need anymore sun ra feel free to use my posts in your blog they are all in media fire over @ http://anythinggoes-jazzme.blogspot.com/

December 8, 2009 at 4:44 PM

Spaceship Lullaby is down :(
can't find it anywhere

Great blog btw

December 9, 2009 at 11:43 PM
sitarswami said...
December 11, 2009 at 9:17 PM

I'm actually looking for more SUN RA video... The "Calling Planet Earth" video was done at the same time as something called "Sunset on the Nile," which I can't find anywhere.



December 29, 2009 at 10:20 AM
expandingeyeball said...

Hi there, just wanted to say many many thanks for all the hard work that's been put into this list... I started to get into Sun Ra last summer and have just about gone through everything you had up here... I also spent a lot of time listening to The Residents recently and in my mind them and Ra have become opposite faces of some big American-experience coin. So cheers.

One question: I really like Unity but it seems to be missing 'Images' (track 7), and there's another track ('Half Nelson') listed in the discography that's not here at all... is it just split differently?

January 5, 2010 at 10:57 AM

hi expandingeyeball,
i don't know what's in blaxploitation file of "unity". however i do have original 2 lp set on horo. "images" (over 10 min. long) is track no. 7 on lp no. 1 and the track "lady bird/half nelson" opens lp no. 2. it is over 8 min. long. the original lp's are 45:40 and 39:50 so i have them on 2 cd's. maybe this will help you.
best regards.

January 6, 2010 at 5:30 AM


Yes, that helps: it's just 'Images' that is missing from side 1... anyone able to put it up?

Thanks for answering... this thread is the bees knees.

January 6, 2010 at 6:14 AM

the second part of What Planet is This? is gone from rapidshare. can anybody help reupload it?

January 6, 2010 at 12:34 PM

This is a terrific resource for Sun Ra material. Thanks very much for all contributors and especially to Simon666 for his hard work. Having said that, there's an ongoing need for maintenance as links become outdated. For example, the above link to My Brother The Wind part II is obsolete so here are two current alternatives:

I was wondering about The Invisible Shield. All rips I've found, including the one linked to above, are from the Janus CD which completely omits the first side of I.S. I'd argue that Invisible Sheild missing six tracks isn't Invisible Shield at all....it's half of Invisible Shield at best! Anyone have the first side anywhere?

Lastly, I've uploaded "Out Beyond the Kingdom Of" from 1974, @320 kbps, which doesn't appear to have been shared here as yet. Hope that it's of use to you (not my rip):


Thanks again to all contributors

January 14, 2010 at 11:48 AM
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