2010 edition. Finally available again, an essential document from Sun Ra's mid sixties peak period for ESP during the free-jazz revolution his music transcended the realm of jazz or for that matter any other definition. The Heliocentric Worlds is Sun Ra conducting group improvisations of a music that is extraordinary, unique and without precedent. Together for the first time, ESP-Disk is proud to present all three volumes of The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra in a gorgeous digipack fold out box set. Originally released as two volumes in 1966, and with a third volume uncovered in 2005, the landmark sessions recorded by Richard Alderson on April 20th and November 16, 1965, have been hailed as a '...masterpiece of free jazz.' To further delve into the Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra and his Orkestra, each enhanced disc in the set contains archival photos, critical writings and historical videos including the 18 minute documentary Sun Ra Spaceways. Digitally remastered from the original tapes."-ESP