SUN RA AND HIS INFINITY ARKESTRA - IT'S AFTER THE END OF THE WORLD

• sun ra and his infinity research arkestra: it's after the end of the world - live at the donaueschingen and berlin festivals
  (2003, cd, usa, universe)

I recently acquired Sun Ra's "It's After The End Of The World" on CD. The original vinyl album is from 1971 and got released on the french MPS label, but this CD was put out by Universe in 2003 as a cardboard, fold-out album. Beautiful. It looks exactly like a miniature LP. It even has the innersleeve and all.
The album was recorded in concert in Donaueschingen and in Berlin in late 1970.
The avant-garde jazz scene was flourishing at the time, and the Arkestra was pushing the boundaries even further.

The "Black Myth / Out In Space" album (released in 1998) includes the same material (and even a bit more as it's a 2CD set).
Still, "It's After The End Of The World" is a fabulous release, and it fits in nice next to the other Universe Sun Ra CDs.