Albert Ayler - Holy Ghost: Rare & Unissued Recordings (1962–70)

Track list: CD 1 Sonnymoon for Two 0:00 Summertime 8:32 On Green Dolphin Street 15:29 Spoken Introduction 19:02 Four 19:44 Spirits [incomplete] 41:34 Saints 48:19 Ghosts [incomplete] 58:54 CD 2 The Wizard 1:09:49 Children 1:16:45 Spirits [theme] 1:25:49 Spoken Radio Introduction 1:26:21 Spirits 1:27:17 Vibrations 1:36:00 [tune Q] 1:44:23 Mothers 1:53:21 Children 2:01:14 spirits [theme] 2:09:52 [untitled] (collective) 2:11:19 CD 3 [spoken introduction] 2:20:15 Spirits Rejoice2:21:18 D.C. 2:25:57 [untitled minor waltz] 2:31:56 Our Prayer 2:38:59 [spoken introduction] 2:45:36 [F# tune] 2:46:48 Ghosts 3:02:09 Spirits Rejoice 3:08:53 Prophet / Ghosts / Spiritual Bells 3:15:24 Our Prayer / Spirits Rejoice 3:29:57 CD 4 [untitled] / Truth Is Marching In 3:39:40 Spirits 3:55:21 Zion Hill 4:04:45 Spirits 4:17:25 Spiritual Bells 4:24:25 [F# tune] 4:28:18 CD 5 Concert Announcement By Ralf Schulte-Bahrenberg 4:37:36 Ghosts / Bells 4:38:46 Truth Is Marching In 4:50:01 Omega 4:57:08 Our Prayer 5:00:00 Spoken Introduction By Peter De Wit 5:05:40 Truth Is Marching In 5:07:05 Bells 5:18:19 Spirits Rejoice 5:23:53 “Free Spiritual Music“, Part IV 5:34:45 CD 6 Truth Is Marching In / Omega 5:41:30 Japan / Universal Indians 5:50:39 Our Prayer 5:56:24 Love Cry / Truth Is Marching In / Our Prayer 6:04:49 Venus / Upper And Lower Egypt 6:11:16 [Blues] 6:34:20 [Sermon] 6:40:30 Thank God For Women 6:41:26 New Ghosts [Demo Fragments] 6:51:46 CD 7 Prophet John 6:58:56 Judge Ye Not 7:09:50 Mothers / Children 7:20:09 [untitled] (incomplete) 7:28:51 [C minor] 7:43:10 [F minor / C minor] 7:48:31 CD 8 Travel And Plans 7:59:09 Holbaek 8:00:59 The New Blues 8:01:38 Christmastime Stateside 8:03:12 A Great Change 8:04:25 Traveling And Coltrane 8:06:00 Drummers And Sunny Murray 8:07:00 A Job To Do 8:08:42 Birth, Family, First Music 8:09:48 Academy, The Road, School 8:12:57 Young Professional And Army 8:13:54 Sweden 8:19:34 New York 8:24:14 1964 8:25:02 Frustration, Sources 8:26:28 1966 Tour And Coltrane 8:30:07 Impulse And Mary Maria 8:33:22 The Artist’s Life 8:36:49 Question: LeRoi Jones 8:38:20 Question: “For John Coltrane“ 8:39:07 Question: Socio-Policial Connections 8:40:17 Question: Instrumentation, Engineering 8:43:35 Choosing The Players 8:47:51 CD 9 Current Activity 8:51:41 Antibes 8:53:44 Japan/Coltrane’s Funeral 8:54:50 Clubs 8:55:52 Ahead Of My Time 8:59:32 Home Lives; Brooklyn And Cleveland 9:01:14 Impulse, pt. 1: Hippies 9:02:41 “Space Music“ 9:04:02 Don 9:05:09 “Thank God For Women“ 9:05:54 Blues & Rhythm 9:06:41 Copying My Records 9:07:58 Impulse, pt. 2: New Grass 9:09:58 Tone And “Vibration“ 9:12:16 Rollins, Coleman, And Coltrane 9:13:24 Maeght Group 9:17:32 Serenity Of Life 9:18:29 Childhood Memories, pt. 1 9:19:05 [Blairman Enters] 9:21:05 Early Professional Career 9:21:39 Childhood Memories, pt. 2 9:22:42 Don’s Music 9:23:50 “I Love America“ And Youth 9:27:37 Mary And Golf 9:28:43 Early Relationships And Mary Maria 9:29:20 Japan Work And Warm Weather 9:30:23 Play Solo 9:34:25 Naming Tunes 9:34:49 Charles Ives 9:36:11 Influences 9:36:36 Practicing 9:38:20 The Healing Force 9:39:29 Diet And America 9:40:21 Defining “Improvisation“ 9:42:29 Sonny Rollins, Reactions, And Miles Davis 9:43:14 Newport ’67 9:45:57 New York: Keeping To Oneself [Mary Maria Joins] 9:48:26 Untitled 9:49:10 CD 10 Tenderly 10:11:22 Leap Frog 10:15:58 Congratulations if you’ve read this far. What’s your favourite track? Spirits, Spirits, Spirits, Spirits, or Spirits [incomplete]? Be sure to leave a comment telling me, and I promise I won’t read it.