SUN RA ARKESTRA+JOHN GILMORE NUBIANS OF PLUTONIA RARE SEALED ORIG'74 IMPULSE LP

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·       SUN RA – NUBIANS OF PLUTONIA  (ORIGINALLY RECORDED IN 1959, FIRST RELEASED AS 'THE LADY WITH THE GOLDEN STOCKINGS' AND WITH A HAND-DRAWN COVER ON SUN RA'S PROPRIETARY 'EL SATURN' LABEL IN 1966 AND THEN FINALLY RE-RELEASED IN 1968 WITH THE CURRENT TITLE AND WITH THE PROPER ARTWORK – ORIGINAL 1974 IMPULSE RECORDS/SATURN RESEARCH SERIES STEREO LP AS-9242  (IMPULSE AS-9242 IS THE 1974 IMPULSE RELEASE OF THE 1968 VERSION OF THE ALBUM WITH YET ANOTHER COVER ARTWORK AND YET ANOTHER CATALOG NUMBER; FROM WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE, THIS IS THE TRUE FIRST STEREO PRESSING OF THIS RELEASE)

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

*** STILL SEALED GUARANTEED ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING ***

·       GUARANTEED ORIGINAL BLACK ABC-IMPULSE LABEL WITH ‘NEON SIGN’ LOGO ON THE LABEL (NO OTHER ABC-IMPULSE PRESSINGS OR LABELS EXIST THAT WE ARE AWARE OF )

·       THE THICKNESS OF THE VINYL, THE APPEARANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COVER, LABEL’S LOGO AND OTHER PERIPHERAL ELEMENTS OF THE COVER, ARE ALL PERFECTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING OF THIS TITLE.

·       TWO “BREATHE” (AIR) HOLES NOTED ON THE SHRINK WRAP

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL GATEFOLD COVER, MADE OF THICK CARDBOARD (AMERICAN STYLE) 

·       FAIRLY THICK VINYL PRESSING On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least thick, and  10 being the thickest), we assess the thickness of the vinyl as 6.

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

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Trying to keep track of Ra's recordings gives me a headache. What was recorded when under what original title with whom, in Chicago, New York, or on Saturn, how many times was the original broken down into later-released, differently packaged fragments in editions of twelve copies each with wrongly attributed credits before getting paired with another patched-together album from a different era with different unknown musicians...

In this case, the later title Nubians of Plutonia is much more endearing, and much more in keeping with Ra's colorful outer space conceits, but I'm documenting it under Golden Stockings, because that's how it came out initially.

Anyway, more relevantly, it's my favorite Ra. It's got the earthy Afro and Afro-Cuban percussive sound he had begun to use in late '50s Chicago, prior to his going full bore esoteric, which moving to New York seemed to do to him (not an uncommon outcome for those who move to New York, I suppose)  [yes -- because, as we all know,  all  New York residents were born and bred on Jupiter and beyond -- op. ed]. And yet there's enough residual boppiness and remnant strands of big band corniness to keep it varied while his influences are all flashed.

I find it more adventurous and less predicta-boppy than Jazz in Silhouette, which is many Ra fans' reference point for his early outings. In fact, while Golden Stockings (Nubians) seems to be a minor diversion in the ears of many Ra lovers, it tops his prolific pile for me, blending all his elements into the ultimate Duke Ellington Docks at an Abandoned Space Station with a Tribe of African Drummers on his way to visit the Great Pyramids blended set.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY STEVE HUEY, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

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·       CONDITION:

·       THE RECORD

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(a)          THE ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records ►click here (PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID).

(b)          The record comes in the original stock inner sleeve. (we can see it through the cutout hole)

(c)             The record is pressed on a RELATIVELY  thick, inflexible vinyl. This is NOT a thin, flimsy ('dynaflex' type),  vinyl, but not the thickest, most rigid vinyl, either.

(d)          Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·                               THE COVER

COVER IS NEAR MINT, STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL ►SHRINK WRAP

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Cover has two (2) small cutout holes in one of the corners

-         Cover has two corners slightly dinged (nothing significant)

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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