CopenhagenTapes

Tracks 2, 4 and 5 previously released on Albert Ayler Philology (Italy) W 88 and Albert Ayler Live In Europe 1964 - 1966 Landscape (France) LS2-902 and Landscape 902 (CD).
Tracks 1-6 included in the 2004 release of Holy Ghost on Revenant Records (US) RVN 213. Also released in 2017 as Copenhagen Live 1964 on Hat Hut Records (Switzerland) hatOLOGY 665.
Tracks 8-10 included in the 2016 release European Radio Studio Recordings 1964 on Hat Hut Records (Switzerland) hatOLOGY 678.

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EUROPEAN RADIO STUDIO RECORDINGS 1964

Tracks

Tracks 1 to 6 as on ‘The Hilversum Session’

7. Vibrations (7:41)

8. Saints (7:03)

9. Spirits (4:42)

Personnel

Albert Ayler (tenor saxophone)

Don Cherry (trumpet)

Gary Peacock (bass)

Sunny Murray (drums)

Recording Details

Tracks 1 - 6:

November 9, 1964

Radio studio at Hilversum, The Netherlands

Tracks 7 - 9:

September 10, 1964

Danish Radio Copenhagen, Denmark

Release Details

Released (in 2016) as European Radio Studio Recordings 1964 on Hat Hut Records (Switzerland) hatOLOGY 678.

Tracks 1-6 previously released as The Hilversum Session on Osmosis (Holland) 6001, DIW (Japan) 25009, Coppens (Holland) 6001 (CD), DIW (Japan) 330 (CD), ESP (US) 4035.
Tracks 7-9 previously released on The Copenhagen Tapes Ayler Records (Sweden) aylCD-033.

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COPENHAGEN LIVE 1964

Tracks

1. Spirits (8:45)

2. Vibrations (8:14)

3. Saints (8:59)

4. Mothers (7:41)

5. Children (8:38)

6. Spirits (1:18)

Personnel

Albert Ayler (tenor saxophone)

Don Cherry (trumpet)

Gary Peacock (bass)

Sunny Murray (drums)

Recording Details

September 3, 1964

Club Montmartre, Copenhagen

Release Details

Released (in 2017) as Copenhagen Live 1964 on Hat Hut Records (Switzerland) hatOLOGY 665.
Tracks 2, 4 and 5 previously released on Albert Ayler Philology (Italy) W 88 and Albert Ayler Live In Europe 1964 - 1966 Landscape (France) LS2-902 and Landscape 902 (CD).
Tracks 1-6 released (in 2002) as The Copenhagen Tapes on Ayler Records (Sweden) aylCD-033 and included in the 2004 release of Holy Ghost on Revenant Records (US) RVN 213.

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EUROPEAN RECORDINGS AUTUMN 1964 REVISITED

Released in 2020, European Recordings Autumn 1964 Revisited on Hat Hut (Switzerland) ezz-thetics1107 is a 2 CD set comprising The Copenhagen Tapes and The Hilversum Session, previously released by Hat Hut as Copenhagen Live 1964 (hatOLOGY 665) and European Radio Studio Recordings 1964 (hatOLOGY 678).

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ALBERT AYLER WITH DON CHERRY 1964 RECORDINGS FIRST VISIT COMPLETED

Released in September, 2024, Albert Ayler with Don Cherry 1964 Recordings First Visit Completed on Hat Hut (Switzerland) ezz-thetics 2-105 is a 2 CD set comprising The Copenhagen Tapes, The Hilversum Session and Ghosts previously released by Hat Hut as Copenhagen Live 1964 (hatOLOGY 665), European Radio Studio Recordings 1964 (hatOLOGY 678) and Albert Ayler Quartets 1964 Spirits To Ghosts Revisited (ezz-thetics 1101).

From the website of Ayler Records

“Track # 7 Introduction by Börje Roger Henrichsen. After Albert Ayler's speech, Börje Roger Henrichsen says:

‘This is how saxophonist Albert Ayler introduced himself. As jazz listeners know, Albert Ayler was in Denmark during Cecil Taylor's period, but this time he's the leading figure in a free jazz group. He's playing tonight in a radio studio. We also hear trumpeter Don Cherry, drummer Sunny Murray and bassist Gary Peacock.
Much has been written about these musicians and their music. I've been listening to Ayler's new record and it's the most "out" I've ever heard - it's thrilling and sounds as if they're all playing like madmen - and it's great. You get an impression of cacophony with this almost frightening expressionist playing. They roar and scream. Nobody ought to doubt that Ayler knows his instrument backwards, but there are, in fact, people, considered as intelligent, who seriously claim Albert Ayler and his drummer can't play. The tremendous, intuitively gifted drummer Sunny Murray is more restrained here than he was on his last visit to Copenhagen. In the Montmartre broadcast Gary Peacock plays with great feeling but unfortunately the acoustic conditions don't allow him to be heard properly. Here in the radio studio those balance problems are solved, and this broadcast reveals the group's true sound.
The musicians say little about their music. Albert Ayler says: "My music is spiritual music," and Gary Peacock says "This isn't music for a specific purpose - for instance to listen or dance to - it just IS".
Here it is then, in three helpings. First "Vibrations".’"

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