{"title":"Saturn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSaturn is a German chain of stores founded in 1961 in Cologne, Germany. With their store in Hamburg being the largest electronics store in the world, Saturn has established itself as a leading retailer of consumer electronics. Known for their wide range of products and exceptional customer service, they have become a go-to destination for all things electronic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs an *Exclusive Retailer* or distributor of media releases, Saturn has played a significant role in promoting and supporting various artists and performers. Their commitment to showcasing the latest music releases from both established and emerging talents has made them a trusted platform for music enthusiasts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith their extensive collection of albums, vinyl records, CDs, and digital downloads, Saturn offers music lovers a diverse selection to choose from. Whether you're looking for chart-topping hits or exploring niche genres, you can rely on Saturn to provide an unparalleled shopping experience that caters to your musical preferences.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"hard-to-sell-3","title":"Hard to Sell","description":"\u003cp\u003eBursting out of Detroit Rock City and hailed by The Michigan Daily as \"the past, present, and future of rock n' roll,\" Mac Saturn has grooves at its heart, playing with a buoyant energy that makes dancing a command rather than an option. As drummer-turned-frontman Macc -- who sings everything with the assurance and swagger that’s as much Harry Styles as Mick Jagger -- puts it: “The songs are rock, but they’ve got that other thing going on — that funky, dancey, Motown, whatever you want to call it — that makes them our own thing.” The six-piece covered a lot of ground on its last year's debut EP Until the Money Runs Out, from the hip-swiveling “Diamonds” and “Mr. Cadillac” to the urgent punch of “Persian Rugs.\" Since then, they've become known for their electrifying live shows that harken back to the glitz and glam of 70s rock stars. Their own sold-out headlining shows are packed with fans singing along with every word - even to songs that haven't been released yet - and their tours with The Struts and Dirty Honey have only inspired more people to enter Mac Saturn's orbit. A vibrant and irresistible earworm, \"Mint Julep\" (releasing September 1) is the first single off their upcoming debut album, Hard To Sell (releasing January 2024).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Saturn","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50411738956107,"sku":"2173203","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50411738497355,"sku":"2173193","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_878d2d31_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726662235"},{"product_id":"continuation-2","title":"Continuation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eContinuation\u003c\/i\u003e, like a number of early Sun Ra albums, contains mysteries. Who's on it? When and where was it recorded? Expert opinions differ. The Robert Campbell-Christopher Trent discographic atlas, The Earthly Recordings of Sun Ra (2nd edition, 2000), provides some guidance, but the citations contain numerous question marks. Personnel lists on Saturn LP covers have proven notoriously (perhaps willfully) inaccurate. In fact, the recording location printed on the \u003ci\u003eContinuation\u003c\/i\u003e sleeve is \"El Saturn Studios: Minneapolis, Minn.,\" yet no one has alleged any such sessions, much less the existence of a Sun Ra studio in Minnesota. The spelling of track two differs (\"Intergalaxtic Research\" on the LP and in The Earthly Recordings, but \"Intergalactic …\" appears in the BMI title registration). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe LP side-length \"Continuation to Jupiter Festival\" was reportedly recorded live at a club called The East, in Brooklyn, but there's no indication of an audience, including during quiet passages and after exciting solos; the constrained ambience of the track indicates a studio setting. Danny Ray Thompson, as reported by Campbell-Trent, \"has a recollection ('not 100 percent') of performing this piece at The East.\" Indeed it could have been performed—but perhaps not recorded—there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Saturn","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50413832175947,"sku":"394102","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/81e8ad0c-d604-4f65-92e9-c2035d4da943_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726678035"},{"product_id":"secrets-of-the-sun","title":"Secrets Of The Sun","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSecrets of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e is one of many Sun Ra albums which originated from sessions at the Choreographer's Workshop, a West 51st Street venue which served as the Arkestra's rehearsal space from roughly 1962 to 1965. The band rehearsed there endlessly, and more often than not an open-reel tape deck was running. These sessions produced tracks which (without organising logic) achieved first commercial release on Saturn LPs throughout the 1960s and '70s. (Many unreleased tracks are first appearing on these post-2014 \"Sun-tennial\" digital remasters.) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSecrets of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e was recorded in 1962, but didn't appear on Saturn vinyl until '65. Per what had long been the bandleader's trademark, many titles point to destinations beyond Earth's stratosphere, while paradoxically echoing rhythms and forms inspired by Africa. And in what was a recurring motif of the Choreographer's milieu, the recordings themselves have a raw quality, replete with warehouse acoustics, distortion, erratic mic proximity, and a limited frequency spectrum. It's garage jazz. As on many of the Workshop sessions, drummer Tommy Hunter served as recording engineer, and his proto-psychedelic reverb saturates a few of these performances. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Saturn","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50417290182987,"sku":"1150508","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/628a2ad9-fa10-4b4a-800d-a12452e26006_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726724697"},{"product_id":"interstellar-low-ways","title":"Interstellar Low Ways","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eInterstellar Low Ways\u003c\/i\u003e is an album recorded by the American Jazz musician Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkestra, mostly recorded in Chicago, 1960, and probably released in 1966 on his own Saturn label. Originally titled 'Rocket Number Nine', the album had acquired its present name, and the red-on-white sleeve by Claude Dangerfield, by 1969. The album is known particularly for the two songs featuring space chants - 'Interplanetary Music' and 'Rocket Number Nine Take off for the Planet Venus' - that would stay in the Arkestra's repertoire for many years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Saturn","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50458144735563,"sku":"364254","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/82d65cad-1ebf-4f1d-95ee-05b6d3caf650_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727210143"},{"product_id":"other-planes-of-there","title":"Other Planes Of There","description":"\u003cp\u003eRecorded in 1964, this album shows Sun Ra's brilliance as a composer. His 22 minute suite, Other Planes of There', features the Arkestra at its improvisational best, yet never veering outside ra's solid compositional structure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Saturn","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50486898491723,"sku":"351959","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/81f95cfd-8acf-4ac3-bbf7-e7eaad9cba2e_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727617141"},{"product_id":"sound-sun-pleasure","title":"Sound Sun Pleasure","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first half-dozen cuts on \u003ci\u003eSound Sun Pleasure\u003c\/i\u003e (1970) are thought to have been documented between 1958 and 1960, during Sun Ra and his Astro Infinity Arkestra's residency in Chicago. Although Ra's arrangements are as intricate and involved as any from the era, the song list draws heavily upon standards. That said, it might be recommended as a starting point for parties not acclimated to the artist's later and exceedingly aggressive free and avant-garde leanings. Hatty Randolph (vocals) joins the combo for a pair of refined vocals on the covers of \"'Round Midnight\" and \"Back in Your Own Backyard.\" The Arkestra complement Randolph's full-bodied delivery with such finesse, it is a wonder there isn't evidence of more frequent collaborations like this. She adds a bluesy melancholia that nicely offsets the instrumentation. \"You Never Told Me That You Care\" — co-written by Ra and Hobart Dotson (trumpet) — stunningly demonstrates Ra's unmatched scoring and superlative sense of melody. The sweeping and languid tempo allows the tune to unravel organically. \"Enlightenment\" — another co-composition by the pair — is slightly more indicative of Ra's complex approach, as well as the style that would inform his later work, noted by the band's stridency around the comparatively progressive harmonics. When Sound Sun Pleasure was issued on compact disc in 1992, an additional seven selections were included. Chronologically, they are among the earliest known from Sun Ra, recorded at various times and locations between 1953 and 1956, yielding understandably sporadic sound quality. \"Deep Purple\" — from a session held in Ra's apartment — features contributions by Stuff Smith, while Wilbur Ware (bass) duets on an emotive \"Can This Be Love.\" Arthur Hoyle (trumpet) makes one of his first Arkestra appearances on the bouncy post-bop original \"Dreams Come True\" that also sports a rare Clyde Williams vocal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Saturn","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50486985589067,"sku":"143708","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/92089e8e-b90a-4fb6-b501-bb591108bdfe_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727618666"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_f6380270_thumbnail_4096_e69f7ffc-1ef6-4f9e-9525-80e5fd7857d5.jpg?v=1726662201","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/saturn-1.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}