The Sun Ra ArkestraMeets Salah RagabPlus The Cairo Jazz Band

Alto Saxophone – Danny Thompson (A1, A2)
Alto Saxophone – Marshall Allen (A1, A2)
Bass – Esmat Abbas (B2)
Bass – Mohey El-Din (B1, B3)
Bass Clarinet – Lee Roy Taylor (A1, A2)
Bassoon – James Jackson (A1, A2)
Bongos – Sayed Ramadan (B1, B3)
Composed By – Salah Ragab
Congas – Salah Ragab (A1, A2)
Design – Teti Kamoutsi
Drums – Chris Henderson (A1, A2)
Drums – Claude Broche (A1, A2)
Drums – Eric Walker (A1, A2)
Drums – Salah Ragab (B1, B3)
Flute [Bamboo] – Toto Abdel Hameed (B2)
Keyboards – Sun Ra (A1, A2)
Liner Notes – Hartmut Geerken
Liner Notes – Paul Griffiths
Percussion – Salah Ragab (B2)
Piano – Khamis El-Khouly (B1 to B3)
Piccolo Flute – Zaky Osman (B2)
Producer – Kostas Yiannoulopoulos
Saxophone – El Zammel (B1, B3)
Saxophone – Saied Aidy (B1, B3)
Saxophone – Farouk Abdou (B1, B3)
Saxophone – Fathi Salam (B1, B3)
Saxophone – Saied Salama (B1, B3)
Tenor Saxophone – John Gilmore (A1, A2)
Transferred By – Yiannis Ioannides
Trombone – Abdel Atie (B1, B3)
Trombone – Ali Dahroug (B1, B3)
Trombone – Mahmoud Auoob (B1, B3)
Trombone – Sadik Basioni (B1, B3)
Trombone – Tyrone Hill (A1, A2)
Trumpet – Ibrahim Wa Gdy (B1, B3)
Trumpet – Khalifa Samman (B1, B3)
Trumpet – Mohamad Abdu (B1, B3)
Trumpet – Zaky Osman (B1, B3)

Distributed unsealed.

Strut present the final instalment in their series of reissues of Sun Ra’s historic recordings in Egypt with The Sun Ra Arkestra meets Salah Ragab in Egypt plus the Cairo Jazz Band, originally released on Greek label Praxis in 1983.

This first ever official reissue of the album features previously unseen photos and memorabilia alongside brand new liner notes by Hartmut Geerken and Paul Griffiths. The album is released in its original artwork and is fully remastered by Technology Works.

Barcode (Scanned) – 4062548032413
Barcode (Text) – 4 062548 032413
Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched) – 01086302-A-1 STRUT266LP-A The Carvery
Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched) – 01086302-B-1 STRUT266LP-B The Carvery