SUN RA 45 October b/w Adventur In Space Rare OG Saturn

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October b/w Adventur In Space is by Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra. On Saturn Records (874). No date given on label. Original Pressing! 
45 is VG++. Overall glossy and in excellent shape! 
Side A has one super light stray needle mark when seen under a bright light. Not a scratch and can not be felt at all. Side B appears to have some dirt/dust in the grooves to the left of the label. Should come out with a professional cleaning. Otherwise, rest of playing surface is glossy, clean and has no scratches. When played, there is some surface noise on Side B as a result of the stuff in the grooves. Overall, recording quality of the record is not hi-fidelity but sounds great for what it is! 
Label on Side A is clean. Label on Side B has "Not To Be Sold" written very lightly in pen next to Arkestra. "Ihnfinity" is etched into the dead wax on both sides of disc. 
Here is some information on the record, taken from this website:  (http://homepage.uab.edu/moudry/disc_h.htm)

S11. Sun Ra and his Astro-Infinity Arkestra
Saturn 874 (after 1967)

A: October (Ra) (4:30)
Ra-p; prob. Walter Strickland-tp; poss. Bo Bailey-tb; Marshall Allen-as; John Gilmore, ts; Pat Patrick-bs; Ronnie Boykins-b; poss. William Cochran-d. Around 1959, Chicago. Deliberately strange ballad (mooing pedal tones from baritone, tenor and trombone, under piano and trumpet melody statements, alternating with lusher scoring). The drummer is mostly keeping time on a ballad and recording quality is murky. Phil Cohran says he is not on this recording; his first guess is Walter Strickland. His second guess is Art Hoyle, which would really push the date back! Nate Pryor doesn't remember making anything like this. [rlc]

B: Adventure in Space (Ra) (2:00)
Ra-p; Jim Herndon-tympani; prob. Robert Barry-d; bells and scrapers by other Arkestrans. An excerpt from a longer performance, consisting of a percussive Latin piano solo. Chicago, prob. 1958-1959. Lucious Randolph confirms that Ra sometimes played like this in Chicago ("when he took a long solo, it was scrambled eggs") and believes the tympanist is JimHerndon. Drummer sounds like Robert Barry in his work with Herndon. [WKCR, confirmed by Gordon; personnel and dates rlc with help from LuciousRandolph; date and presence of Herndon supported by Gordon]