{"product_id":"sun-ra-the-nubians-of-plutonia-spain-import","title":"Sun Ra - The Nubians of Plutonia","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Nubians of Plutonia catches Sun Ra and his Arkestra on the cusp of the cosmos, trading big-band swing for hypnotic, percussion-driven ritual. This Spanish import returns the record to vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecorded in Chicago around 1958 and 1959, the music first surfaced on Sun Ra's own Saturn label under the title The Lady with the Golden Stockings, pressed in tiny quantities and sold mostly at concerts and by mail order. It gained its current name a few years later, and a wider audience arrived when Impulse! reissued it in 1974. The band here includes saxophonists John Gilmore, Marshall Allen and Pat Patrick, with Ronnie Boykins anchoring the bass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlutonian Nights sets the scene before the Arkestra drifts into stranger territory. Nubia and Africa sink into dark, simmering percussion beds, with Pat Patrick's space lute adding a playfully sinister edge to the latter, while Aiethopia stretches into a long, mesmerising groove that feels like a ceremony unfolding in slow motion, horns rising and falling over the drums.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a crucial bridge between Sun Ra's Chicago big-band roots and the far-out experiments to come, and a superb entry point for the curious. Put it on, close your eyes and let the Arkestra take you somewhere else entirely.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57327145812273,"sku":"8436542014991","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/Sun_Ra-The_Nubians_of_Plutonia.jpg?v=1794505079","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/sun-ra-the-nubians-of-plutonia-spain-import","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}