Super-Sonic Jazz

Tracklist

• 1
  India

  Sun Ra & His Arkestra
  4:49
• 2
  Sunology Part 1

  Sun Ra & His Arkestra
  5:45
• 3
  Advice to Medics

  Sun Ra & His Arkestra
  2:03
• 4
  Super Blonde

  Sun Ra & His Arkestra
  2:35
• 5
  Soft Talk

  Sun Ra & His Arkestra
  2:42
• 6
  Sunology Part 2

  Sun Ra & His Arkestra
  7:05
• 7
  Kingdom of Not

  Sun Ra & His Arkestra
  5:26
• 8
  Portrait of the Living Sky

  Sun Ra & His Arkestra
  1:50
• 9
  Blues at Midnight

  Sun Ra & His Arkestra
  6:34
• 10
  El Is a Sound of Joy

  Sun Ra & His Arkestra
  3:57
• 11
  Springtime in Chicago

  Sun Ra & His Arkestra
  3:52
• 12
  Medicine for a Nightmare

  Sun Ra & His Arkestra
  2:25
• 13
  Journey to Discland

  Sun Ra & His Arkestra
  3:28
• 14
  October (single)

  Sun Ra & His Arkestra
  4:42
• 15
  Somebody Else’s Idea (take 1)

  Sun Ra & His Arkestra
  2:54
• 16
  New Horizons (take 1)

  Sun Ra & His Arkestra
  2:45
• 17
  El Viktor (take 1)

  Sun Ra & His Arkestra
  2:20
• 18
  Adventure in Space

  Sun Ra & His Arkestra
  2:34
• 19
  Delilah

  Sun Ra & His Arkestra
  3:13
• 20
  Soft Talk (take 1)

  Sun Ra & His Arkestra
  3:42
• 21
  Medicine for a Nightmare (alternate)

  Sun Ra & His Arkestra
  2:36
• 22
  Saturn #2

  Sun Ra & His Arkestra
  4:02
• 23
  Delight (take 2)

  Sun Ra & His Arkestra
  1:59
• 24
  Space Aura (take 2)

  Sun Ra & His Arkestra
  3:19
• 25
  State Street (alternate)

  Sun Ra & His Arkestra
  3:48
• 26
  Stratosphere

  Sun Ra & His Arkestra
  3:01
• 27
  Velvet (alternate)

  Sun Ra & His Arkestra
  3:13
• 28
  Somebody Else’s Idea (take 2)

  Sun Ra & His Arkestra
  2:50
• 29
  Super Blonde (take 3)

  Sun Ra & His Arkestra
  3:12
• 30
  Big City Blues (live at Budland)

  Sun Ra & His Arkestra
  8:10

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The Soul Vibrations of Man

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To Those of Earth... And Other Worlds

To Those of Earth... And Other Worlds 2015

Second Star to the Right (Salute to Walt Disney)

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

Live at the Hackney Empire

Live at the Hackney Empire 1994

Soundtrack to the Film Space Is the Place

Soundtrack to the Film Space Is the Place 1993

Mayan Temples

Mayan Temples 1992

Release credits

• Alton Abraham
  producer [1-10, 12]
• Arthur Hoyle
  percussion [1-2, 6], trumpet [1-2, 4-7, 9]
• Charles Davis
  baritone saxophone [2, 6-7, 10], percussion [1]
• Jim Herndon
  percussion [1-2, 6-8, 10], timbales [12], timpani [1, 4-5, 7-9, 12]
• John Gilmore
  bell [1], tenor saxophone [2, 4-7, 9-10, 12]
• Julian Priester
  trombone [4-5, 12]
• Pat Patrick
  alto saxophone [2, 6-7], baritone saxophone [4-5, 12], percussion [1], soprano saxophone [10]
• Robert Barry
  drums (drum set) [4-5, 12]
• Sun Ra
  arranger [1-10, 12], electric piano [1-3, 6, 12], gong [1-2], piano [2, 4-10, 12]
• Victor Sproles
  bass [2, 6-10]
• Wilburn Green
  bass guitar [5], electric bass guitar [4-5, 12]
• Will Connor
  recording [1-10, 12]
• William Cochran
  drums (drum set) [1-2, 6-10]

Issues

• 

  S
  (Combined release view)
• 

  S
  Super-Sonic Jazz

  12" Vinyl
  1957
• 

  S
  Super-Sonic Sounds

  12" Vinyl
  1974
• 

  S
  Super-Sonic Jazz

  CD
  1991
• 

  S
  Super-Sonic Jazz

  Digital Media (2022 remaster)
  2022
• 

  S
  Supersonic Jazz (Expanded Edition)

  Digital Media
  26 September 2025