“This planet is like a train station.”

London based label Lanquidity Records are releasing SUN RA ARKESTRA – LIVE IN KALISZ 1986 for the first time this October.

This rare recording of the ensemble’s little- known, first ever performance in Poland comes after five years of painstaking work from Lanquidity Records owners Adrian Magrys and Mateusz Surma.

Recorded at the 13th edition of the International Jazz Piano Festival the complete tape of the concert lay for almost three decades in a Kalisz basement collecting dust.

The ten-strong Arkestra band accompany Sun Ra includes Marshall Belford Allen (alto sax), John Gilmore ( tenor sax, Clarinet ) and Laurdine Kenneth “Pat” Patrick (baritone saxophone, alto saxophone, and Fender bass).

SUN RA ARKESTRA – LIVE IN KALISZ 1986 has been remastered from its original tapes by Marcin Cichy (Ninja Tune). The Deluxe double 180g vinyl version comes with a 4-page booklet. The LP is pressed using yellow vinyl limited to 250 copies and a black vinyl edition of 750.

Head here to pre-order a copy ahead of its 26th October release, check out the artwork above and the tracklisting below.