Holy Ghost

Rare and unreleased recordings from 1962-1970 in a 9CD 'Spirit Box', plus a bonus disc of Albert Ayler with a U.S. Army Band. The boxset includes: - a 208 page full-color hardbound book which includes new essays by Amiri Baraka, Val Wilmer & other Ayler scholars - a picture of Ayler with saxophone from his youth - a photostat of a handwritten note from a Copenhagen hotel - a reprinted copy of a Slugs flyer which includes a listing for a week of Ayler's quintet - a reprinted 1965 pamphlet by the late poet Paul Haines entitled Ayler-Peacock-Murray-You and the Night and the Music - a reprinted newsletter from 1969 by Jihad Productions with excerpts about Ayler - a dried flower 1-1 to 1-3: Recorded June 30, 1962 in Helsinki, Finland 1-4 to 1-5: Recorded poss. November 16, 1962 in Copenhagen, Denmark 1-6 to 2-3: Recorded June 14, 1964 at the Cellar Café, New York City 2-4 to 2-10: Recorded September 3, 1964 at Café Montmartre: Copenhagen, Denmark 2-11: Recorded February 1966 at Slug's: New York City 3-1 to 3-8: Recorded April 16, 1966 at La Cave: Cleveland 3-9 to 4-6: Recorded April 17, 1966 at La Cave: Cleveland 5-1 to 5-5: Recorded November 3, 1966 at Berlin Philharmonic: Berlin, Germany 5-6 to 5-10: Recorded November 8, 1966 at De Doelen: Rotterdam, The Netherlands 6-1 to 6-3: Recorded June 30/July 1, 1967 at Freebody Park: Newport, Rhode Island 6-4: Recorded at the funeral of John Coltrane, July 21, 1967 at St. Peter's Lutheran Church: New York City 6-5: Recorded January 21, 1968 at the Renaissance Ballroom: New York City 6-6 to 6-9: Recorded ca. late August 1968 in New York City area 7-1 to 7-2: Recorded January 11, 1969 at Town Hall: New York City 7-3 to 7-6: Recorded prob. July 28, 1970 at La Colle sur Loup: Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France 8-1 to 8-4: Ayler interview for "Afterbeat" program. Recorded early December 1964 in Copenhagen, Denmark 8-5 to 8-8: Ayler interview for "Afterbeat" program. Recorded on or around November 11, 1966 in Copenhagen, Denmark 8-9 to 8-23: Ayler interview for "France Culture". Recorded July 27, 1970 in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France 9-1 to 9-37: Ayler interview for "Swing Journal". Recorded July 25, 1970 in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France 9-38: Don and Mocqui Cherry interview. Recorded in Paris, 1971 10-1 to 10-2: U.S. Army 76th AG Band Rehearsal. Recorded Sept. 14, 1960 Recordings made available under license from the Albert Ayler estate and various rights holders. Disc 1/Tracks 1-3 made available under license through special arrangement with Finnish Broadcasting Company-Yleisradio, through the good works of Matti Konttinen. NOTE: The boxed set was released with mastering/pressing flaw on disc 6. Because of this for a limited time Revenant provided a replacement disc to those who purchased the boxed set and requested the replacement disc by mail or email. This replacement disc was mailed in a cardboard mailer with a blank card stock cover. The mastering issue appears to be a volume and minor clarity issue on some tracks, the remastering adds one second to both tracks 6-6 and 6-9.