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This is the cover art for Monorails and Satellites by the artist Sun Ra. The cover art copyright is believed to belong to probably © Estate of Sun Ra.
The cover of the jazz album Monorails and Satellites

May be found at the following website: http://andyw.com/sunra/quilt01/pics51-100/067monorails2.JPG The cover of an original copy of the album from 1969

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