Nothing Is


Nothing Is is a live album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Sun Ra recorded in 1966 and released on the ESP-Disk label in 1970. In 2010 ESP-Disk released an expanded 2CD edition, restoring the full concert on disc one and adding part of the second set and some tracks from the sound check on disc two.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Lindsay Planer awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Sun Ra and his Arkestra issued only a handful of titles on the groundbreaking indie ESP-Disk label. Each title respectively contains some of their most expressive musical statements to date".

Track listing

12" Vinyl

Side A:
  1. "Dancing Shadows" - 9:50
  2. "Imagination" - 1:53
  3. "Exotic Forest" - 9:50
Side B:
  2. "Sun Ra and His Band from Outer Space" - 1:58
  3. "Shadow World" - 13:48
  4. "Theme of the Stargazers" - 0:40
  5. "Outer Spaceways Incorporated" - 1:42
  6. "Next Stop Mars" - 0:38

    CD Bonus Tracks

  8. "Velvet" - 7:20
  9. "Outer Nothingness" - 15:43
  10. "We Travel the Spaceways" - 1:30

    2CD Deluxe Edition

"Disc One"
  1. "Sun Ra And HIs Band From Outer Space" - 14:02
  2. "The Shadow World" - 4:40
  3. "Interpolation" - 2:18
  4. "The Satellites Are Spinning" - 1:17
  5. "Advice To Medics" - 2:50
  6. "Velvet" - 8:16
  7. "Space Aura" - 10:26
  8. "The Exotic Forest" - 9:43
  9. "Theme Of The Stargazers" - 1:52
  10. "Outer Spaceways Incorporated" - 2:24
  11. "Dancing Shadows" - 9:45
  12. "Imagination" - 0:40
  13. "The Second Stop Is Jupiter" - 1:12
  14. "Next Stop Mars" - 0:41
"Disc Two"
  1. "The Satellites Are Spinning" - 9:08
  2. "Velvet" - 7:10
  3. "Interplanetary Chaos" - 4:35
  4. "Theme Of The Stargazers: - 1:30
  5. "The Second Stop Is Jupiter" - 11:16
  6. "We Travel The Spaceways" - 1:42
  7. "Nothing Is" - 6:13
  8. "It Is Eternal" _- 12:37
  9. "State Street" - 8:21
  10. The Exotic Forest" - 4:32

    Personnel