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MUSIC IS THE HEALING FORCE OF THE UNIVERSE

Tracks

1. Music is the Healing Force of the Universe (8:43)

2. Masonic Inborn, part 1 (12:07)

3. A Man is Like a Tree (4:31)

4. Oh! Love of Life (3:53)

5. Island Harvest (5:03)

6. Drudgery (8:12)

Personnel

Albert Ayler (tenor saxophone, vocals, [on track 2: bagpipes and ocarina])

Bobby Few (piano)

Stafford James (bass)

Bill Folwell (bass, bass guitar)

Muhammad Ali (drums)

Mary Maria (Parks) (vocals [tracks 1,3 and 5])

Henry Vestine (electric guitar [track 6 only])

Recording Details

Tracks 1 and 3:

August 26, 1969

Tracks 2, 4 to 6:

August 27, 1969

Plaza Sound Studios, New York

Release Details

Released as Music Is The Healing Force Of The Universe on Impulse (US) AS-9191. CD version released March 2003, on Verve/Impulse 0653832. In November 2015 all tracks released on an Impulse CD twinned with New Grass Verve/Impulse 2-on-1 (US) 06007 5363953. On 8 February, 2021, Universal (Japan)  SHM-CD UNIJ 1408834 released as part of the 60th Anniversary of Impulse! Records. In 2024 vinyl edition released by Elemental Music (Spain) 700225.

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