Sun Ra Discography:
LPs, CDs, Issued Cassettes, and Singles

Robert L. Campbell
November 1993,
with Later Additions
by
Divers hands
  • Alphabetical Listing of Issued Recordings
  • Discography: Items 1-25
  • Discography: Items 26-50
  • Discography: Items 51-75
  • Discography: Items 76-127
  • Discography: Items L1-L5 (the Lost Recordings)
  • Discography: Items S1-S22 (the Singles)
  • Discography: Items G1-G11 (the Guest Recordings)

    • Please note that this Discography only covers material gathered by October 1993; any additions after that date are additions by Saturn's Web Master, from sources given for each entry. For a comprehensive, integrated discography of Sun Ra you should refer to a copy of Robert Campbell's definitive The Earthly Recordings of Sun Ra, published by Cadence Books.
    Sources:
  • Ahmed Abdullah (trumpet player with Sun Ra since May 1975)
  • Bill Andrejko
  • Jerry Bulyk, listing on Saturn bulletin board on Bitnet, 1992
  • Jean Buzelin & Alain-Ren Hardy, Disco Sun Ra/1 and 2, Jazz, 1978
  • Allan Chase, Master's thesis on Sun Ra, 1992
  • Phil Cohran (trumpet player with Sun Ra from 1958 to mid-1961)
  • John Corbett, The Heaven on Earth: Sun Ra's Fantastic Planet, Option, March/April, 1993, pp. 58-64 (and conversations with Corbett)
  • Greg Drusdow
  • Alvin Fielder (Sun Ra drummer, probably from April 1958 to early 1960)
  • Bill Fielder (played trumpet with Sun Ra in 1957 and 1958)
  • Michael Fitzgerald
  • Steve Fligelstone
  • Curtis Fukuda
  • Eddie Gale (occasional Sun Ra trumpeter since 1962)
  • Hartmut Geerken, Sun Ra discography (1982), and correspondence with Geerken
  • John Gilmore (with Sun Ra since 1954)
  • Jerry Gordon (Evidence Music)
  • Art Hoyle (Sun Ra trumpet player from Christmas 1955 to the end of 1956)
  • Tommy Hunter (drummer and audio engineer; started with Sonny Blount in 1947)
  • Robert Iannapollo
  • James Jacson (flute, double reeds, and percussion with Ra since 1963)
  • Glenn Jones (Rounder Records)
  • Tom Klatt (ZYX Music)
  • Jorn Kruempelmann
  • John Litweiler (including his interviews with Art Hoyle and Phil Cohran)
  • Ricky Murray (sang with Arkestra from 1959 to 1961)
  • Pat Padua
  • Ralph Pleshar (including his interview with Ed Bland)
  • Dan Plonsey
  • Nate Pryor (Ra trombone player from late 1956 to mid 1961)
  • Erik Raben, Diskofilspalten, Orkester Journalen, Sept. 1970, p. 23, and Oct. 1970, p. 21.
  • Hattie Randolph (Ra vocalist from late 1956 to 1959)
  • Lucious Randolph (Ra trumpet player from Sept. 1956 to mid 1961)
  • Ed Rhodes
  • Victor Schonfield, Souvenir program for Sun Ra concert, London, 11/9/70 (and correspondence with Schonfield)
  • Michael Shore (including his interview with Tommy Hunter)
  • Vladimir Simosko, Coda, June-July 1975
  • Tilman Stahl, Sun Ra Materials (1983), and correspondence with Stahl
  • Bernard Stollman
  • John Szwed
  • Danny Thompson (Arkestra member from 1967 to 1989)
  • Chris Trent
  • Everett (E. J.) Turner (trumpet player with Sun Ra in 1958)
  • Julian Vein, Sun Ra on Saturn and Savoy, Jazz Journal, Nov. 1967, and correspondence with Vein
  • Bert Vuijsje, Sun Ra en de verwarring, Jazz Wereld, No. 19, Aug. 1968.
  • Mark Webber's forthcoming discography, Sun Ra Space Research Manual
  • WKCR Sun Ra Festival, April 16-21, 1987 (interviews with Sun Ra, Danny Ray Thompson, Art Jenkins, Ahmed Abdullah, Vincent Chancey, Damon Choice, Richard Wilkinson, June Tyson, Spencer Richards, and Charles Davis)
    • On September 10, 1952, Herman Poole Blount changed his name to Le Sony'r Ra. Saturn Records was incorporated in 1956. (Corbett)
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