Sun Ra - We Travel The Space Ways

Facts Sun Ra's album We Travel the Space Ways was primarily recorded in 1960. It brings together a number of eras and personnel of the Arkestra, and was probably mostly made by Ra himself during rehearsals. The mechanical sound at the end of the title track comes from a toy robot, as explained in the book From Sonny Blount to Sun Ra: The Chicago Years: "The bizarre whirring and quacking heard at the end of 'We Travel the Space Ways' comes from a toy robot with flashing lights; John Gilmore told John Corbett that around this time the Arkestra would release the 'robots' into the audience during their performances. The band also used mechanical 'flying saucers' as props". THE COMPLETE ALBUM + 5 BONUS TRACKS - 180-GRAM VIRGIN VINYL - LIMITED EDITION