What's Available


	*What’s Available*



		discography


	Since the site went online in June 2000 I’ve been monitoring certain internet stores for the availability of Ayler’s records. This was never intended as a definitive list of what was currently available but as a rough guide to what was easy to get hold of through the normal channels. However, things change, and in February 2008 I decided to drop the regular monthly update and switch to the basic list below. With ebay, Amazon marketplace and download sites, it’s probable that you can find everything you’re looking for somewhere. The purpose of this page is just to list what is currently in the catalogue and is generally available in the ‘shops’.

Album Title	Current Availability
1. The First Recordings Volume 1 aka “Something Different!!!!!”	Unavailable. Although released on CD this hasn’t been around since this site went online in 2000.
2. The First Recordings Volume 2	Long available as a Japanese import CD (DIW-349) this now seems to have disappeared. Currently unavailable.
3. My Name Is Albert Ayler aka “Free Jazz”	Released on CD but currently unavailable.
4. Witches And Devils aka “Spirits”	Available on CD under both titles.
5. Goin’ Home aka “ Swing Low Sweet Spiritual”	Released on CD but currently unavailable.
6. Prophecy	Available on its own or (the best option) twinned with “Bells”.
7 Albert Smiles With Sunny	Unavailable. However, disc 1 is “Prophecy” and disc 2 is available in the “Holy Ghost” box set.
8. Spiritual Unity	Available.
9. New York Eye And Ear Control	Available.
10. The Copenhagen Tapes	Available.
11. Ghosts aka “Vibrations”, “Mothers and Children”	Released on CD but currently unavailable.
12. The Hilversum Session	Available.
13. Bells	Available on its own or (the best option) twinned with “Prophecy”.
14. Spirits Rejoice	Available.
15. Sonny’s Time Now	Long available as a Japanese import CD (DIW-355) this now seems to have disappeared. Currently unavailable.
16. Live at Slug’s Saloon aka “In Memory Of Albert Ayler”, “Truth is Marching In”, “Black Revolt”, “Complete Live At Slug’s Saloon”	Available. Best option is the 2 disc set from ESP. The “Complete Live At Slug’s Saloon” from Lonehill is missing a track.
17. Albert Ayler Live In Europe 1964 - 1966 aka “Albert Ayler”, “The Berlin Concerts - 1966”	Unavailable. However all tracks available in the “Holy Ghost” box set. 3 tracks from 1964 also included in “The Copenhagen Tapes”.
18. Lorrach/Paris 1966	Released on CD but currently unavailable.
19. Albert Ayler In Greenwich Village	Available on Japanese import CD. All tracks included on “Live In Greenwich Village: The Complete Impulse Recordings”.
20. The Village Concerts	Unavailable but all tracks included on “Live In Greenwich Village: The Complete Impulse Recordings”
21. Live In Greenwich Village: The Complete Impulse Recordings	Available.
22. Love Cry	Available.
23. New Grass	Available.
24. Music Is The Healing Force Of The Universe	Available.
25. The Last Album	Unavailable. 2 tracks included on the compilation, “Albert Ayler: The Impulse Story”.
26. Live On The Riviera aka “Albert Ayler Quintet 1970 - Live”	Available.
27. Albert Ayler - Nuits De La Fondation Maeght	Available.
28. Holy Ghost - Box Set	Available.
Note: The 4 CD boxset, “The Complete Esp Disk Recordings” on Abraxas (Italy), includes the four original Ayler ESP albums, “Spiritual Unity”, “Bells”, “New York Eye And Ear Control” and “Spirits Rejoice”. The box set was released at the end of 2005 and was not authorised by the ESP company, so is technically a bootleg. However, if you don’t have any of the albums this may prove a cheaper option, so I thought I’d better mention it.

Just to add a bit of continuity with the past, I thought I’d leave the links to the stores I was monitoring:

101cd.com (UK)

Amazon.co.uk

Amazon.com

HMV.co.uk

And the specialist jazz dealers:

France:

FNAC

Germany:

CD-Special

Sweden:

Ayler Records (you can buy The Copenhagen Tapes direct from the record label.)

United Kingdom:

The Bebop Shop

United States:

Forced Exposure

ESP (all the Ayler titles on the ESP label can be obtained direct from the ESP website.)