Flier for Sun Ra and El Saturn Records

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A double-sided promotional flier for Sun Ra and El Saturn Records, printed in black and white on glossy paper. On the front is a photograph portrait of Sun Ra, captured from below, standing with his hands resting atop a long, cylindrical instrument. At left is “SUN RA” and just beneath the image is the Chicago post office box for Saturn Records. The back has printed text, quotes, and four poems by Sun Ra. Across the top is a wide band of black with white text reading [SUN RA SUN RA] and a graphic of a bullseye target with a celestial tail. Abstract, linear black shapes are interspersed with the text. Along the left side is “El Saturn Research” with an address for a Chicago post office box.

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