Sun Ra And His Arkestra

Sun Ra on Norton? It will make perfect sense after you hear Yochanan the Spaceage Vocalist, who isn't far from Screamin' Jay Hawkins on the crazy scale. Rocket Ship Rock contains all of Yochanan's Saturn sides as well as alternate takes on almost all of them and a couple previously unissued studio tracks.

It's all swingin', upbeat R&B with some hot backing from Sun Ra & the Arkestra and some wild vocals from Yochanan. The collection is rounded out by a smattering of other blues/R&B Ra-related sides. Little Mack (Gordon) offers "Tell Her to Come on Home," while Lacy Gibson gives us the slightly stranger "I Am Gonna Unmask the Batman." Ebah (Akh Tal Ebah) reprises Gibson's tune in a considerably more unhinged vocal performance at a Ra home rehearsal, while Don (Dino) Dean gives the only performance not backed by the Arkestra with "Space Stroll." Yes, a handful of these tracks were on the Sun Ra Singles Collection, but the previously unreleased stuff here is just great.

𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙎𝙪𝙣 𝙍𝙖'𝙨 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙗𝙮 𝙍𝙖 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙧 𝘼𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖 𝙙𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙩-𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙈𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙚𝙡 𝘼𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 (𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙉𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚). 𝙎𝙪𝙣 𝙍𝙖 𝙛𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙟𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚.