''Seven'' is the fifth studio
album
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by the band
Suns of Arqa
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, released in 1987 by Rocksteady Records. The album was produced by
Suns of Arqa
Suns of Arqa are a world music collective founded in 1979 by Michael Wadada. Since the group's formation, over 200 people from around the world have played and recorded with them, and in many cases these were like-minded musicians Wadada met ...
founder Michael Wadada.
It was not released on CD until 15 years later (ARKA CD 33125 in 2002), with new artwork and a revised track listing.
"Erasmus Meets The Earthling" and "Govinda" were omitted in favour of new tracks "Ishwara" and "Sunarqastra", performed with László Hortobágyi.
"Libera Me" was edited and renamed "He Did Not Die" (a title used previously for remixes of this track). The CD also featured "Give Love" from ''
India?
''India?'' is the third studio album by the band Suns of Arqa, recorded and released in 1984 by Rocksteady Records. The album was produced by Suns of Arqa founder Michael Wadada. The spine reads "Suns of Arqa Vol IV - Such big ears, but still y ...
'', "Ark of the Arqans" from ''
Ark of the Arqans'', and a live rendition of "Beyond the Beyond".
The two omitted tracks "Erasmus Meets The Earthling" and "Govinda (I Wait Each Day)", can be found on their
compilation album, ''Land of a Thousand Churches'', which was released in the early 1990s.
Original track listing
'Other side'
# "La Pucelle D'Orleans" – 3:06
# "Kalilotalove" – 4:29
# "Les Anciens Mystiques" – 2:41
# "Sisters of Wyrd" – 2:56
# "Erasmus Meets the Earthling" – 5:49
# "Govinda (I Wait Each Day to See You)" – 4:00
'Requiem side'
# "Kyrie" – 3:20
# "Paradisum in Dub" – 3:19
# "The Truth Lies Therein" – 5:40
# "Libera Me" – 3:30
# "In Paradisum" – 3:19
2002 reissue track listing
# "Kyrie" – 3:20
# "Ishwara" – 5:30
# "The Truth Lies Therein" – 5:40
# "He Did Not Die" – 2:19
# "Paradisum in Dub" – 3:19
# "Sunarqastra" – 4:13
# "Give Love" – 4:33
# "La Pucelle D'Orleans" – 3:06
# "Kalilotalove" – 4:29
# "Ark of the Arqans" – 4:45
# "In Paradisum" – 3:19
# "Les Anciens Mystiques" – 2:41
# "Sisters of Wyrd" – 2:56
# "Beyond The Beyond" (Live in London) – 9:49
Personnel
The band on this album were as follows:
* Kendal Ernest (A1, A3-A6, B3), Lizard Logan (A2, A5, B3), Wayne Worm (B1, B2, B4, B5) - bass guitar
*
Colin Wood
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Wood was born in Camberwell, South East London, & was moved to Somerset in 1950. He played jazz piano while still at school. In 1962 he went ...
- cello
*Danny Sheals - drums, pennywhistle
*Michael Wadada - guitar, producer
*Cliff Stapleton - hurdy-gurdy
*
Steve Hopkins (B4) - keyboards
*Graham "Dids" Dowdall (B2, B5) - percussion
*
James Young (B1, B2, B5) - piano, keyboards
*Moot Beret - saxophone, Hammond organ
*Kadir Durvesh - Shenai, Santoor, harmonium, percussion
aqqara*John Perkins (A4, A6), Khalid (A5) - sitar
*Sharda Sahai - tabla
*Marek Miczyk - violin, strings (dombra)
*Daniel Broad (A5, B1, B2, B4, B5),
Helen Watson (A1, A2),
John Cooper Clarke
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(B3, B4),
Prince Hammer (B4), Sanyogita Kumari (A4, A6), Sarah Wildwitch (A4),
Professor Stanley Unwin (A5) - voice
*Denyse Macnamara (A3, B3) - voice, bombarde
References
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1987 albums
Suns of Arqa albums