Sun Ra - Crystal Spears (Black Vinyl) Rap Music “Disgrace”

“Disgrace”

an eight-track LP recorded at the group's live zenith

lauded by the likes of NPR and The Fader

all 13-odd tracks supposedly recorded on a single July day at a cost of just $17

A 1977 David Bowie performance of "Heroes” on Top of the Pops

Sun Ra - Crystal Spears (Black Vinyl) Rap Music “Disgrace”Jagged spears of crystal thrust into the brain (or is it the heart?) elicit an agonizing howl, a cry, and a scream. Thus opens Sun Ras 1973 adventure mystery Crystal Spears. After a few minutes of a cathartic brawl between Minimoog and Yamaha combo organ, percussionists Atakatune and Odun enter while drummer Clifford Jarvis provides tonal textures, not rhythm, from the kit. Marshall Allen saunters in with a rather plaintive oboe, under which Ra later