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Love Cry

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[LP cover of Impulse A(S)-9165.
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[CD cover of Impulse GRP 11082.
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[CD cover of Impulse (US) 06007 5334699.
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[Cassette cover of C 244-92.953.
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[I Capolavori Del Jazz In Vinile - 39:
Impulse A-9165.
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LOVE CRY

 

Tracks

1. Love Cry (3:54)

2. Ghosts (2:45)

3. Omega (3:14)

4. Dancing Flowers (2:19)

5. Bells (3:07)

6. Love Flower (3:30)

7. Love Cry II (7:13)

8. Zion Hill (alternate take) (4:13)

9. Universal Indians (alternate take) (7:35)

10. Zion Hill (6:06)

11. Universal Indians (9:49)

(All compositions by Albert Ayler)

 

Personnel

Albert Ayler (tenor saxophone, alto saxophone (tracks 1 and 10), vocals (tracks 1, 9 and 11)

Donald Ayler (trumpet [on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11])

Call Cobbs (harpsichord [on tracks 3, 4, 6 ,8, 10])

Alan Silva (bass)

Milford Graves (drums)

 

Recording Details

Tracks 1 to 6:

August 31, 1967

Tracks 7 to 11:

February 13, 1968

Capitol Studios, New York

 

Release Details

Tracks 1 to 6, 10 and 11 released as Love Cry on Impulse (US) A(S)-9165, GRD-108 (CD) and (Japan) IMP88072, YP8549. Cassette version Impulse (France) C 244-92.953. In June, 2020, a vinyl version was released as No. 39 in Hachette’s ‘Masterpieces’ series (Italy) I Capolavori Del Jazz In Vinile - 39: Impulse A-9165, with an 8 page booklet.
All tracks released on the CD version of Love Cry on Impulse GRD-108 (CD) and Impulse GRP 11082.
In July 2011 all tracks released on a CD twinned with The Last Album, Impulse (US) 06007 5334699. On 8 February, 2021, Universal (Japan)  SHM-CD UNIJ 1408810 released as part of the 60th Anniversary of Impulse! Records.
Tracks 2, 6 and 10 released as an EP which was attached to a booklet published in Italy by Fratelli Fabbri Editori in 1969 (see below).

 

From the sleevenotes

“Referring, for instance, to Coltrane’s Meditations recording with Pharoah Sanders, Albert remarked: ‘The father, son, and holy ghost. What Coltrane was talking about there - maybe it was a biblical term: he was the father, Pharoah was the son, and I was the holy ghost. And only he could tell me things like that’”

Frank Kofsky (from the sleevenotes of Love Cry)

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IL JAZZ: 67 - Albert Ayler, Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Italy), 1969.

This 17 page booklet (with an EP of three tracks from Love Cry: Ghosts, Love Flower and Zion Hill) was published by Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Italy) in 1969 with text by Franco Fayenz and a music guide by Bruno Schiozzi. Click the cover picture below for a (grayscale) copy of the booklet.

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