The Sun Ra Arkestra discography
92 albums from 1957 to 2022; 184 records in all and 801 physical editions listed.
Albums 92
| Year | Title | Editions |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 |  Super-Sonic JazzVinyl, CDOwned | 9 |
| 1958 |  Jazz In SilhouetteVinyl, CD, CassetteOwned | 22 |
| 1963 |  When Sun Comes OutVinylOwned | 5 |
| 1965 |  Art Forms Of Dimensions TomorrowVinyl, CDOwned | 12 |
| 1965 |  Secrets Of The SunVinyl, CDOwned | 9 |
| 1965 |  Fate In A Pleasant MoodVinyl, CDOwned | 7 |
| 1966 |  The Nubians Of PlutoniaVinyl, CDOwned | 14 |
| 1966 |  The Magic CityVinyl, CDOwned | 10 |
| 1966 |  Strange StringsVinyl, CDOwned | 9 |
| 1966 |  When Angels Speak Of LoveVinyl, CDOwned | 6 |
| 1966 |  Nothing Is...Vinyl, CDOwned | 2 |
| 1966 |  Other Planes of ThereVinyl, CDOwned | 2 |
| 1966 |  Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra Visits Planet EarthVinylOwned | 1 |
| 1966 |  The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume 2CDOwned | 1 |
| 1967 |  Angels And Demons At PlayVinyl, CDOwned | 10 |
| 1967 |  Cosmic Tones For Mental TherapyVinylOwned | 10 |
| 1967 |  Rocket Number Nine Take Off for the Planet VenusVinylOwned | 1 |
| 1967 |  We Travel the SpacewaysVinylOwned | 1 |
| 1968 |  Sound of JoyVinyl, CD, CassetteOwned | 12 |
| 1968 |  A Black MassVinyl, CDOwned | 2 |
| 1969 |  AtlantisVinyl, CDOwned | 7 |
| 1970 |  The Night Of The Purple MoonVinyl, CD, RecordOwned | 17 |
| 1970 |  Sound Sun Pleasure!!Vinyl, CDOwned | 7 |
| 1970 |  My Brother The WindVinyl, CDOwned | 6 |
| 1970 |  ContinuationVinylOwned | 3 |
| 1970 |  Holiday for Soul DanceVinyl, CDOwned | 3 |
| 1971 |  Pictures Of InfinityVinyl, CD, Cassette, RecordOwned | 19 |
| 1971 |  My Brother the Wind, Volume IIVinylOwned | 1 |
| 1972 |  HorizonVinyl, CDOwned | 14 |
| 1972 |  The Solar-Myth Approach (Vol. 1)Vinyl, CD, CassetteOwned | 14 |
| 1972 |  The Solar-Myth Approach Vol. 2Vinyl, CDOwned | 10 |
| 1972 |  Bad And BeautifulVinyl, CDOwned | 8 |
| 1972 |  I Roam The CosmosVinyl, CDOwned | 4 |
| 1972 |  NidhamuVinylOwned | 1 |
| 1973 |  Discipline 27-IIVinyl, CDOwned | 11 |
| 1973 |  Deep PurpleVinylOwned | 1 |
| 1974 |  Out Beyond The Kingdom OfVinylOwned | 6 |
| 1974 |  Space ProbeVinylOwned | 4 |
| 1974 |  The Antique BlacksVinyl, CDOwned | 2 |
| 1974 |  Sub UndergroundVinylOwned | 1 |
| 1974 |  The Invisible ShieldVinylOwned | 1 |
| 1975 |  Pathways To Unknown WorldsVinyl, CDOwned | 6 |
| 1975 |  What's New?VinylOwned | 1 |
| 1976 |  Live At MontreuxVinyl, CD, Cassette, RecordOwned | 12 |
| 1977 |  Somewhere Over The RainbowVinyl, CassetteOwned | 5 |
| 1977 |  Some Blues but Not the Kind That’s BlueVinyl, CDOwned | 3 |
| 1978 |  Media DreamsVinylOwned | 10 |
| 1978 |  Sound MirrorVinylOwned | 6 |
| 1978 |  UnityVinyl, CD, RecordOwned | 4 |
| 1978 |  Disco 3000VinylOwned | 1 |
| 1979 |  Sleeping BeautyVinyl, CDOwned | 9 |
| 1979 |  OmniverseVinyl, CDOwned | 3 |
| 1979 |  On JupiterVinyl, CDOwned | 3 |
| 1979 |  The Other Side Of The SunVinyl, CDOwned | 3 |
| 1979 |  I, PharaohVinylOwned | 2 |
| 1979 |  God Is More Than Love Can Ever BeVinylOwned | 1 |
| 1980 |  Song Of The StargazersVinylOwned | 3 |
| 1980 |  Voice of the Eternal TomorrowVinylOwned | 1 |
| 1981 |  Sunrise In Different DimensionsVinyl, CDOwned | 8 |
| 1981 |  Dance Of Innocent PassionVinylOwned | 3 |
| 1981 |  Beyond The Purple Star ZoneVinylOwned | 2 |
| 1982 |  Strange Celestial RoadVinyl, CDOwned | 4 |
| 1982 |  Ra To The RescueVinyl, CDOwned | 3 |
| 1983 |  A Fireside Chat With LuciferVinyl, CDOwned | 14 |
| 1983 |  The Sun Ra Arkestra Meets Salah Ragab in EgyptVinyl, CDOwned | 4 |
| 1984 |  Nuclear WarVinyl, CDOwned | 6 |
| 1984 |  Celestial LoveVinylOwned | 3 |
| 1985 |  Cosmo Sun ConnectionVinyl, CDOwned | 5 |
| 1986 |  A Night In East BerlinVinyl, CD, Cassette, RecordOwned | 6 |
| 1986 |  Hours AfterVinyl, CD, RecordOwned | 5 |
| 1987 |  Reflections In BlueVinyl, CD, CassetteOwned | 11 |
| 1992 |  Mayan TemplesVinyl, CD, RecordOwned | 7 |
| 1992 |  Destination UnknownCDOwned | 5 |
| 1992 |  Sun Ra and His Solar Orchestra Visits Planet Earth / Interstellar Low WaysCDOwned | 1 |
| 1992 |  We Travel the Spaceways / Bad & BeautifulCDOwned | 1 |
| 1993 |  Angels and Demons at Play / The Nubians of PlutoniaCDOwned | 1 |
| 1993 |  Fate in a Pleasant Mood / When Sun Comes OutCDOwned | 1 |
| 1999 |  A Song for the SunCDOwned | 1 |
| 2000 |  Pathways to Unknown Worlds / Friendly LoveCDOwned | 1 |
| 2002 |  Music From Tomorrow's WorldCDOwned | 2 |
| 2005 |  Strange WorldsCDOwned | 1 |
| 2006 |  What Planet Is This?Vinyl, CDOwned | 3 |
| 2006 |  Springtime in ChicagoCDOwned | 1 |
| 2010 |  The Paris Tapes: Live At Le Théâtre Du Châtelet 1971Vinyl, CDOwned | 3 |
| 2012 |  The Nubians Of Plutonia + Bad And BeautifulCDOwned | 1 |
| 2013 |  My Way Is the SpacewaysVinylOwned | 1 |
| 2014 |  Other Strange WorldsVinylOwned | 1 |
| 2014 |  Sign Of The MythVinylOwned | 1 |
| 2017 |  Thunder of the GodsVinyl, CDOwned | 2 |
| 2020 |  SwirlingVinyl, CDOwned | 7 |
| 2022 |  ProphetVinyl, CDOwned | 5 |
| 2022 |  Living SkyVinyl, CDOwned | 4 |
Live albums 27
| Year | Title | Editions |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 |  Fondation Maeght Nights, Volume 2Vinyl, CDOwned | 2 |
| 1971 |  Fondation Maeght Nights, Volume 1VinylOwned | 1 |
| 1972 |  It’s After the End of the WorldVinyl, CDOwned | 3 |
| 1976 |  Featuring Pharoah Sanders and Black HaroldVinylOwned | 1 |
| 1988 |  Love in Outer SpaceCDOwned | 3 |
| 1988 |  Cosmo Omnibus Imagiable Illusion: Live at Pit-InnCDOwned | 1 |
| 1990 |  Live in London 1990Vinyl, CDOwned | 4 |
| 1993 |  PleiadesCDOwned | 2 |
| 1993 |  Friendly GalaxyCDOwned | 1 |
| 1994 |  A Quiet Place in the UniverseCDOwned | 1 |
| 1994 |  Live at the Hackney EmpireCDOwned | 1 |
| 1994 |  Live From SoundscapeCDOwned | 1 |
| 1995 |  A Night in East Berlin / My Brothers the Wind & Sun No. 9CDOwned | 1 |
| 1995 |  Second Star to the Right (Salute to Walt Disney)CDOwned | 1 |
| 1996 |  Stardust From TomorrowCDOwned | 1 |
| 1999 |  Life is SplendidVinyl, CDOwned | 2 |
| 1999 |  Outer Space Employment AgencyVinyl, CDOwned | 2 |
| 2000 |  God's Private EyeCDOwned | 1 |
| 2000 |  Live at Praxis '84CDOwned | 1 |
| 2008 |  Live at Slug’s SaloonCDOwned | 1 |
| 2009 |  Live at the ParadoxCDOwned | 1 |
| 2011 |  Universe in BlueVinyl, CDOwned | 2 |
| 2011 |  Wake Up Angels (Live At The Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival 1972-73-74)CDOwned | 1 |
| 2014 |  Live in Nickelsdorf 1984CDOwned | 1 |
| 2023 |  Paradiso Amsterdam 1970Vinyl, CDOwned | 2 |
| 2023 |  Live at Mohren – March 25th 1984VinylOwned | 1 |
| 2025 |  Nuits de la Fondation MaeghtCDOwned | 1 |
Compilations 14
| Year | Title | Editions |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 |  The Solar-Myth Approach Vol. 1 & 2Vinyl, CDOwned | 9 |
| 1989 |  Out There A MinuteVinyl, CD, CassetteOwned | 9 |
| 1992 |  Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy / Art Forms of Dimensions TomorrowCDOwned | 1 |
| 2000 |  Greatest Hits: Easy Listening for Intergalactic TravelCDOwned | 1 |
| 2008 |  Interplanetary MelodiesVinyl, CDOwned | 3 |
| 2008 |  The Second Stop Is Jupiter Vinyl, CDOwned | 3 |
| 2008 |  New HorizonsCDOwned | 1 |
| 2008 |  Nidhamu / Dark Myth Equation VisitationCDOwned | 1 |
| 2009 |  Rocket Ship RockVinyl, CDOwned | 2 |
| 2010 |  Beyond The Purple Star Zone / Oblique ParallaxCDOwned | 1 |
| 2011 |  Jazz in Sillouette/Sound Sun Pleasure!!CDOwned | 1 |
| 2014 |  Mix TapeCassetteOwned | 1 |
| 2015 |  To Those Of Earth... And Other WorldsVinylOwned | 2 |
| 2016 |  The Space Age Is Here To StayVinyl, CDOwned | 5 |
Singles 3
| Year | Title | Editions |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 |  Dreaming / Daddy's Gonna Tell You No LieVinylOwned | 1 |
| 1960 |  The Blue Set / Big City BluesVinylOwned | 1 |
| 1968 |  The Sun Man SpeaksVinylOwned | 1 |
Other releases 48
| Year | Title | Editions |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Space Loneliness / State StreetVinylOwned | 2 |
| 1966 | Visits Planet EarthVinylOwned | 7 |
| 1967 | Interstellar Low WaysVinylOwned | 5 |
| 1967 | Sun SongVinylOwned | 2 |
| 1968 | The Bridge / Rocket #9VinylOwned | 3 |
| 1969 | The Futuristic Sounds Of Sun RaVinylOwned | 1 |
| 1971 | It's After The End Of The World - Live At The Donaueschingen And Berlin FestivalsVinyl, CD, RecordOwned | 15 |
| 1971 | My Brother The Wind, Vol IIVinyl, CDOwned | 6 |
| 1971 | Nuits De La Fondation Maeght (Vol 2)CDOwned | 3 |
| 1971 | Nuits De La Fondation Maeght, Volume 1CDOwned | 2 |
| 1972 | Discipline 27 - Live In Egypt Vol. I (Nature's God) (Dark Myth Equation Visitation) VinylOwned | 6 |
| 1972 | Nidhamu (Live In Egypt Vol. II)VinylOwned | 6 |
| 1973 | Space Probe / The Invisible ShieldVinylOwned | 2 |
| 1974 | Sub Underground (Cosmo-Earth Fantasy)Vinyl, CDOwned | 9 |
| 1974 | I'm Gonna Unmask The Batman / The Perfect ManVinylOwned | 6 |
| 1974 | The Invisible Shield: A Tonal View Of Times TomorrowVinylOwned | 5 |
| 1974 | Outerspaceways Inc.VinylOwned | 1 |
| 1977 | Taking A Chance On ChancesVinylOwned | 4 |
| 1978 | The Outerspaceways Inc. (A Tonal View Of Times Tomorrow, Vol.3) / My Brother The Wind, Vol IIVinylOwned | 2 |
| 1979 | UFOVinylOwned | 7 |
| 1982 | Nuclear War / Celestial LoveVinylOwned | 2 |
| 1982 | Quest / Outer Space PlateauVinylOwned | 2 |
| 1983 | In EgyptVinyl, CDOwned | 5 |
| 1985 | HiroshimaVinylOwned | 2 |
| 1985 | When Spaceships AppearVinylOwned | 1 |
| 1988 | Live At Pit-Inn Tokyo, Japan, 8, 8, 1988Vinyl, CDOwned | 4 |
| 1993 |  Soundtrack to the Film Space Is the PlaceCDOwned | 3 |
| 1998 |  Black Myth / Out in SpaceCDOwned | 2 |
| 2001 | At The Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival In Exile 1974 - It Is ForbiddenVinylOwned | 2 |
| 2001 |  It Is Forbidden: Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival in Exile 1974CDOwned | 1 |
| 2005 | Heliocentric Worlds Volumes 1 And 2CDOwned | 1 |
| 2007 | The Complete Detroit Jazz Center ResidencyCDOwned | 2 |
| 2010 | Live At Red Creek, Rochester, NYVinylOwned | 2 |
| 2010 | Strange Worlds In My MindVinylOwned | 2 |
| 2010 | The Outer DarknessVinylOwned | 2 |
| 2010 | The Sub-DwellersVinylOwned | 2 |
| 2010 | Space Is The PlaceVinylOwned | 1 |
| 2011 | Live At Praxis 1984VinylOwned | 1 |
| 2012 | Black Utopia: Sun Ra Lectures & RehearsalsVinylOwned | 2 |
| 2013 |  Live at the Red GarterCDOwned | 1 |
| 2015 | Babylon LiveVinyl, CDOwned | 5 |
| 2015 | Planets Of Life Or Death: Amiens '73Vinyl, CDOwned | 3 |
| 2016 | Sun Ra And His Arkestra At Inter-Media Arts April 1991Vinyl, CDOwned | 3 |
| 2017 | Sun Ra And His Arkestra Featuring Pharoah Sanders / Featuring Black Harold Vinyl, CDOwned | 3 |
| 2017 | El Is A Sound Of JoyVinylOwned | 2 |
| 2019 | Live In Kalisz 1986VinylOwned | 3 |
| 2024 | Lights On A SatelliteVinyl, CDOwned | 5 |
| 2026 | East Two + 5Vinyl, CDOwned | 2 |
5 unofficial releases (bootlegs) are not listed.
4 other works with no known date are not listed.