Holy Ghost: Rare & Unissued Recordings (1962–70) is a compilation album by avant-garde saxophonist Albert Ayler released by Revenant Records in 2004.
The 10-CD Box Set, housed in a reproduction "Spirit Box" contains live performances recorded by Ayler in Helsinki, Copenhagen, New York City, Cleveland, Berlin, Rotterdam, Newport and Saint-Paul-de-Vence over an eight-year period and features a variety of line-ups which include Cecil Taylor, Sunny Murray, Jimmy Lyons, Gary Peacock, Don Cherry, Rashied Ali, Donald Ayler, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Michael Samson, Frank Wright, Beaver Harris, Pharoah Sanders, Richard Davis, Sam Rivers, and Muhammad Ali.
The set includes two discs of interviews, reproductions of memorabilia, a Forget-me-not, and a bonus disc featuring Ayler's recordings with the 76th A.G. Army Band.
Albert Ayler soprano, alto & tenor saxophones, vocal
CD 1
1.1 Sonnymoon for Two 8:29
1.2 Summertime 6:53
1.3 On Green Dolphin Street 3:26
1.4 Spoken Introduction 0:42
1.5 Four 21:46
1.6 Spirits [Incomplete] 6:38
1.7 Saints 10:32
1.8 Ghosts [Incomplete] 10:56
1.1 - 1.3 Herbert Katz Quintet :
Heikki Annala bass
Martti Äijänen drums
Herbert Katz guitar
Teuvo Suojärvi piano
1.4 -1.5 Cecil Taylor Quartet:
Cecil Taylor piano
Jimmy Lyons alto saxophone
Sunny Murray drums
1.6 - 1.8 Albert Ayler Trio:
Gary Peacock bass
Sunny Murray drums
CD 2
2.1 The Wizard 6:51
2.2 Children 9:05
2.3 Spirits [Theme] 0:28
2.4 Albert Ayler Quartet - Spoken Radio Introduction 0:55
2.5 Spirits 8:43
2.6 Vibrations 8:23
2.7 [Tune Q] 8:59
2.8 Mothers 7:53
2.9 Children 8:38
2.10 Spirits [Theme] 1:25
2.11 Burton Greene Quintet - [Untitled] (Collective) 8:55
2.1 - 2.3 Albert Ayler Trio:
Gary Peacock bass
Sunny Murray drums
2.5 - 2.10 Albert Ayler Quartet:
Gary Peacock bass
Sunny Murray drums
Don Cherry cornet
2.11 Burton Greene Quintet:
Steve Tintweiss bass
Rashied Ali drums
Burton Greene piano
Frank Smith tenor saxophone
CD 3
3.1 Albert Ayler Quintet - Spoken Introduction by Peter Bergman 1:03
3.2 Spirits Rejoice 4:39
3.3 D.C. 5:58
3.4 [Untitled Minor Waltz] 7:04
3.5 Our Prayer 6:33
3.6 Spoken Introduction by Peter Bergman 1:13
3.7 [F# Tune] 15:20
3.8 Ghosts 6:32
3.9 Spirits Rejoice 6:31
3.10 Prophet / Ghosts / Spiritual Bells 14:33
3.11 Our Prayer / Spirits Rejoice 9:43
Albert Ayler Quintet:
Mutawef Shaheed bass
Ronald Shannon Jackson drums
Donald Ayler trumpet
Michel Samson violin
CD 4
4.1 [Untitled] / Truth Is Marching In 15:43
4.2 Spirits 9:16
4.3 Zion Hill 12:40
4.4 Spirits 7:00
4.5 Spiritual Bells 3:48
4.6 [F# Tune] 9:18
Albert Ayler Quintet:
Mutawef Shaheed bass
Ronald Shannon Jackson drums
Donald Ayler trumpet
Frank Wrigh tenoк saxophone
CD 5
5.1 Albert Ayler Quintet - Concert Announcement By Ralf Schulte-Bahrenberg 1:10
5.2 Ghosts / Bells 11:15
5.3 Truth Is Marching In 7:07
5.4 Omega 3:48
5.5 Our Prayer 4:39
5.6 Spoken Introduction By Peter de Wit 1:25
5.7 Truth Is Marching In 11:14
5.8 Bells 5:35
5.9 Spirits Rejoice 10:51
5.10 "Free Spiritual Music" Part IV 6:44
Albert Ayler Quintet:
Bill Folwell bass
Beaver Harris drums
Donald Ayler trumpet
Michel Samson violin
CD 6
6.1 Truth Is Marching In / Omega 9:00
6.2 Japan / Universal Indians 5:41
6.3 Our Prayer 8:19
6.4 Love Cry / Truth Is Marching In/Our Prayer 6:24
6.5 Venus / Upper And Lower Egypt 22:59
6.6 [Blues] 6:04
6.7 [Sermon] 0:50
6.8 Thank God For Women 10:16
6.9 New Ghosts [Demo Fragments] 7:10
6.1 - 6.3 Albert Ayler Quintet:
Bill Folwell bass
Milford Graves drums
Donald Ayler trumpet
Michel Samson violin
6.4 Albert Ayler Quartet:
Richard Davis bass
Milford Graves drums
Donald Ayler trumpet
6.5 Pharoah Sanders:
Sirone bass
Roger Blank drums
Dave Burrell piano
Pharoah Sanders tenor saxophone
Chris Capers trumpet
6.6 - 6.9 Albert Ayler:
Bill Folwell bass
Bernard Purdie drums
Call Cobbs piano, harpsichord [rocksichord]
Vivian Bostic vocals
Mary Parks vocals, tambourine
CD 7
7.1 Don Ayler Sextet - Prophet John 10:53
7.2 Don Ayler Sextet - Judge Ye Not 10:16
7.3 Mothers / Children 8:42
7.4 [Untitled, Incomplete] 14:14
7.5 [C Minor] 5:21
7.6 [F Minor / C Minor] 10:36
7.1 - 7.2 Don Ayler Sextet:
Ibrahim Wahen bass
Muhammed Ali drums
Richard Johnson piano
Sam Rivers tenor saxophone
Donald Ayler trumpet
7.3 - 7.6 Albert Ayler Quartet :
Steve Tintweiss bass
Allen Blairman drums
Call Cobbs piano, harpsichord [rocksichord]
CD 8
Ayler Interview with Birger Jørgensen Pt.1
1. travel and plans (1:50)
2. Holbaek (0:38)
3. the New Blues (1:33)
4. Christmastime stateside (1:13)
Ayler Interview with Birger Jørgensen Pt.2
5. a great chance (1:34)
6. traveling and Coltrane (1:00)
7. drummers and Sunny Murray (1:41)
8. a job to do (1:06)
9. France 19700727 - birth, family, first music (3:08)
Ayler Interview with Daniel Caux
10. academy, the road, school (0:57)
11. young professional and Army (5:39)
12. Sweden (4:39)
13. New York (0:48)
14. 1964 (1:25)
15. frustration, sources (3:39)
16. 1966 tour and Coltrane (3:15)
17. Impulse and Mary Maria (3:26)
18. the artist's life (1:30)
19. question: LeRoi Jones (0:46)
20. question: "For John Coltrane" (1:09)
21. question: socio-political connections (3:18)
22. question: instrumentation, engineering (4:15)
23. choosing the players (6:45)
CD 9
Ayler Interview with Kiyoshi Koyama
1. current activity (2:02)
2. Antibes (1:06)
3. Coltrane's funeral (1:01)
4. clubs (3:39)
5. ahead of my time (1:41)
6. home lives: Brooklyn and Cleveland (1:27)
7. Impulse, pt. 1: hippies (1:20)
8. "space music" (1:07)
9. Don (0:45)
10. "Thank God for Women" (0:46)
11. blues & rhythm (1:17)
12. copying my records (2:00)
13. Impulse, pt. 2: New Grass (2:17)
14. tone and "vibration" (1:07)
15. Rollins, Coleman and Coltrane (4:08)
16. Maeght group (0:56)
17. serenity of life (0:36)
18. childhood memories, pt. 1 (1:59)
19. [Blairman enters] (0:34)
20. early professional career (1:02)
21. childhood memories, pt. 2 (1:08)
22. Don's music (3:46)
23. "I Love America" and youth (1:05)
24. Mary and golf (0:37)
25. early relationships and Mary Maria (1:02)
26. Japan work and warm weather (4:01)
27. play solo (0:24)
28. naming tunes (1:22)
29. Charles Ives (0:25)
30. influences (1:44)
31. practicing (1:09)
32. The Healing Force (0:51)
33. diet and America (2:07)
34. defining "improvisation" (0:44)
35. Sonny Rollins, reactions, and Miles Davis (2:42)
36. Newport '67 (2:29)
37. New York: keeping to oneself [Mary Maria joins] (0:43)
Don and Mocqui Cherry Interview with Daniel Caux
38. Paris 1971 - Don and Mocqui interview with Daniel Caux (22:11)
CD 10
10.1 Tenderly 4:36
10.2 Leap Frog 3:16
US Army Band featuring Albert Ayler
