Where to start with Sun Ra?

Start with The Singles Collection

the Singles collection has a lot of odd junk, though

I think starting with some recent compilations is fine:

Marshall Allen Presents Sun Ra and his Arkestra: In the Orbit of Ra
Gilles Peterson Presents Sun Ra and his Arkestra: To Those of Earth... And Other Worlds

The Gilles Peterson one mixes segments of different tracks together which any good purist will despise, but you get to sample 34 tracks in a little over 2 hours giving you a nice wide overview, so I'd say it's a good starting point and then diving into original albums for tracks you like

>>70591647
Skip him and listen to good music instead

>>70591647
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>>70591647
Stick to '68-'75 period, ignore the rest.

>>70592388
>Ignore Lanquidity, Sleeping Beauty, God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be and Strange Celestial Road
wtf is wrong with you?

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>>70592087
Not OP, but good recs

I really like bebop and some free jazz - I've really been enjoying Charles Mingus and Ornette Coleman, as well as Art Blakey's circle with Lee Morgan and Wayne Shorter, but Sun Ra's always been a bit difficult for me to get comfortable with and wrap my head around.

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>>70592360
fuck off back to /pol/, kiddies

>>70592087
thanks lad listening to in the orbit of Ra now.
good shit so far

>>70591647
The Antique Blacks, Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy, The Solar Myth Approach, The Futuristic Sounds Of Sun Ra

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their first album like you would with any other artist

If you want easier stuff, check out The Bad and Beautiful and Lanquidity, both are laid back
If you want some spaced out percussion heavy works, check out The Nubians of Plutonia and Atlantis

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>>70596804

Disco 3000 (1978), Visions (1978), Lanquidity (1978)

do any of you niggas even history?

their first album like you would with any other artist

>>70591647
If you want something more tender yet still abstract: God Is More Than Love Could Ever Be

If you want something pretty crazy but still not too out there: Space is the Place

If you want balls to the wall: Astro Black

>>70592360
Kill yourself