Albert Ayler – Bells w/ extra track

Description

Artist:Albert Ayler | Label:ESP-Disk | Format: LP | Genre:Jazz | VinylCondition: Mint | Cover Condition:Sealed

Albert Ayler
Bells
ESP-Disk 1010

Limited 180gm white colored vinyl LP pressing. Originally released in 1965. The transitional “Bells” was just under 20 minutes, released originally as one side of a clear vinyl LP with the other side empty of music. It was recorded at a May 1, 1965, Town Hall concert of ESP artists, displaying Albert Ayler’s new group, which added Albert’s brother Donald and Charles Tyler. Its a ferocious, twenty-minute romp containing excellent group improvisation and Ayler’s signature military-themed melodies. The performance marks an important shift in Alberts music: towards blurring the lines between composition and improvisation. It is also the debut recording of Charles Tyler.The denser sound of “Bells” shows Ayler moving towards the bigger sonic statement made on Spirits Rejoice, his September 23, 1965, Judson Hall session. By the way, “Bells” as heard here is not, in fact, a single composition; rather, it is a medley moving from “Holy Ghost” to an unnamed theme and then into “Bells” proper.
BELLS – WITH A B-SIDE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER: the performance briefly and accidentally substituted for “Spirits” on an early vinyl edition of Spiritual Unity. It is the same tune known as “Vibrations” on the album of that title on Arista/Freedom (AKA Ghosts when issued on Debut) and as “[tune Q]2” on the Revenant box set Holy Ghost.

Tracks
Side One
Bells
Side Two
Vibrations (A.K.A. [Tune Q]2)

NEW SEALED LP