Sun Ra Arkestra Business Card - Alton Abraham

Chicago: El Saturn Research, ca. 1970. Offset. 2 x 3 ½ in. Near fine. Item #6822

Alton Abraham’s business card while managing The Sun Ra Arkestra and El Saturn Research in Chicago. His title is listed as Communications Consultant / “Sound Networking Specialist, Computerized Music Systems.”

After meeting in 1951, Abraham and Ra became quick friends and collaborators, sharing an interest in the occult, ancient history, numerology, and science. Abraham co-founded El Saturn Records with Ra and his brother Artis Abraham in 1957, and helped Sun Ra with publishing, administrative work, booking, and promotion throughout the artist’s most prolific years in the 1950s through 1970s.

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