Albert Ayler
The First Recordings (LP)
LabelGNP CrescendoGenreJazz & Improvisation
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condition (record/cover): NM / NM
With original innersleeve.
US GNP Crescendo issue of the 1962 Stockholm debut - the American pressing of the music that was made an ocean away from the scene that would later claim him. Albert Ayler before the legend, playing bebop material and ballads with that huge, vocalized sound already firmly in place, backed by a Swedish rhythm section doing its honest best to keep up with history. A document of genius in its first public moments, and a fascinating listen precisely because the frame is still conventional: you hear exactly how much of Ayler was there from the very start. Answer: all of it. A fine copy for the shelf that takes beginnings seriously.
Release notes
Recorded on October 25, 1962 in Stockholm. "Produced by Bengt Nordstrom / For Sonet, Sweden" (labels) GNP-9022 on both sides of cover/ GNPS-9022 on labels Red labels. Runouts are etched except "MASTERED BY CAPITOL." 73mm pressing ring.
| A | I'll Remember April | 17:41 | |
| B1 | Rollins' Tune | 7:09 | |
| B2 | Tune Up | 5:33 | |
| B3 | Free | 9:47 |
- Torbjörn Hultcrantz
- Bass
- Daniel
- Design [Cover]
- Sune Spångberg
- Drums
- Charles Fox
- Liner Notes
- Valerie Wilmer
- Photography By
- Bengt Nordström
- Producer
- Albert Ayler
- Tenor Saxophone
