REVELATIONS : THE COMPLETE ORTF 1970 FONDATION MAEGHT RECORDINGS
Tracks
Vinyl Version
LP 1
A1. Music Is The Healing Force Of The Universe (7:37)
A2. Birth Of Mirth (10:11)
A3. Masonic Inborn (6:39)
B1. Revelations 1 (5:35)
B2. Oh! Love Of Life (3:37)
B3. Island Harvest (4:47)
B4. Heart Love (5:13)
B5. Ghosts - Part 1 (6:39)
LP 2
C1. Ghosts - Part 2 (3:55)
C2. Love Cry (7:18)
C3. Desert Blood (12:45)
D1. Revelations 2 (9:01)
D2. Revelations 3 (8:35)
D3. Revelations 4 (11:43)
LP 3
E1. Speaking In Tongues (4:21) [Set closer from July 25 show]
E2. Truth Is Marching In (8:09)
E3. Zion Hill, aka Universal Message (8:35)
E4. Again Comes The Rising Of The Sun (4:24)
F1. Holy Family (11:32)
F2. Revelations 5 – Part 1 (11:46)
LP 4
G1. Revelations 5 – Parts 2 & 3 (8:53)
G2. In Heart Only (5:11)
G3. Revelations 6 (6:54)
H1. A Man Is Like A Tree (6:30)
H2. Holy Holy (19:29)
LP 5
I1. Spirits Rejoice (7:19)
I2. Spirits (15:00)
J1. Thank God For Women (5:32)
J2. Spiritual Reunion (7:42)
J3. Music Is The Healing Force Of The Universe (9:57)
J4. Mary Maria Vocal Announcement / Curtain Call (1:46)
CD Version
First Concert - 25th July, 1970
Disc 1 (Total Time: 43:38)
1. Music Is the Healing Force of the Universe (7:37)
2. Birth of Mirth (10:11)
3. Masonic Inborn (6:39)
4. Revelations 1 (5:35)
5. Oh! Love of Life (3:37)
6. Island Harvest (4:47)
7. Heart Love (5:12)
Disc 2 (Total time: 63:59)
1. Ghosts (10:30)
2. Love Cry (7:18)
3. Desert Blood (12:44)
4. Revelations 2 (9:01)
5. Revelations 3 (8:35)
6. Revelations 4 (11:31)
7. Speaking in Tongues (vocal improv) (4:20)
Second Concert - 27th July, 1970
Disc 3 (Total time: 71:49)
1. Truth Is Marching In (8:09)
2. Zion Hill, aka Universal Message (8:33)
3. Again Comes the Rising of the Sun (4:23)
4. Holy Family (11:29)
5. Revelations 5 (20:42)
6. In Heart Only (5:12)
7. Revelations 6 (6:53)
8. A Man Is Like a Tree (6:28)
Disc 4 (Total time: 66:24)
1. Holy Holy (19:27)
2. Spirits Rejoice (7:13)
3. Spirits (15:00)
4. Thank God for Women (5:21)
5. Spiritual Reunion (7:43)
6. Music Is the Healing Force of the Universe (9:58)
7. Mary Maria vocal announcement/Ayler curtain call (1:42)
Personnel
Albert Ayler (tenor and soprano saxophones, vocals)
Mary Maria (Parks) (soprano saxophone, vocals)
Call Cobbs (piano - 27th July concert only)
Steve Tintweiss (bass)
Allen Blairman (drums)
Recording Details
July 25 and July 27, 1970
St. Paul de Vence, France
Release Details
The first release of the complete radio recordings of both Fondation Maeght concerts on the Elemental Music label. The vinyl version was released on 23rd April, 2022 for Record Store Day in a limited edition of 1200 copies. The CD version followed on 30th April.
Publicity
“ALBERT AYLER – REVELATIONS – The complete ORTF recordings (Limited 5LP Box-Set & 4CD Digipack Edition) – RSD 2022
THE FIRST-EVER RELEASE OF THE COMPLETE FONDATION MAEGHT CONCERTS FROM 1970!
April 23 Vinyl Release will be followed by a Four-CD Package on April 30
The release is an important jazz event: While Ayler’s freewheeling performances at the Fondation Maeght on July 25 and 27, 1970, were excerpted on the albums Nuits de la Fondation Maeght (Shandar Records) and Live on the Riviera (ESP-Disc), presented in inferior sound, they have never been released in their entirety until now.
This is an official release presented as a five-LP Box-Set Record Store Day exclusive by Elemental Music Records in partnership with the Albert Ayler Estate & INA France. Deluxe limited-edition of 180g hand-numbered 5 LP-set mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio, directly from the original ORTF (Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française) stereo tape reels, including over 2 hours of previously unreleased music.
Includes a 16-page insert for the 5-LP set and a massive 100-page booklet for the 4-CD edition with previously unpublished photos from the actual concerts; essays by jazz historian/radio host Ben Young, co-producers Zev Feldman and Jeffrey Lederer, and Pascal Rozat from Ina; plus words by Sonny Rollins, Archie Shepp, David Murray, Carlos Santana, Joe Lovano, Carla Bley, John Zorn, Bill Laswell, Reggie Workman, James Brandon Lewis, Patty Waters, Carla Bley, Annette Peacock, Marc Ribot, Thurston Moore and Zoh Amba.
Credits:
Produced for release by Zev Feldman Executive Producers: Jordi Soley and Carlos Agustín Calembert Associate Producer: Zak Shelby-Szyszko Original recordings produced by Daniel Caux Original recording engineer: Claude Jauvert LP mastering by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio Mixing and Sound Restoration by Sheldon Zaharko Front and back cover photos by Jean-Pierre Leloir INA Digitization in High Resolution, restoration and mastering: Ian Debeerst INA Documentation: Marie Jaros INA coordination: Christiane Lemire
Recorded at the Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul de Vence, France on July 25 & 27, 1970.”
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