condition (record/cover): NM / NM

With original innersleeve.

US GNP Crescendo issue of the 1962 Stockholm debut - the American pressing of the music that was made an ocean away from the scene that would later claim him. Albert Ayler before the legend, playing bebop material and ballads with that huge, vocalized sound already firmly in place, backed by a Swedish rhythm section doing its honest best to keep up with history. A document of genius in its first public moments, and a fascinating listen precisely because the frame is still conventional: you hear exactly how much of Ayler was there from the very start. Answer: all of it. A fine copy for the shelf that takes beginnings seriously.