art direction Hollis King
tracks 2-1 to 2-8 bass Alan Silva
tracks 1-2 to 1-5, 2-1 to 2-8 bass Bill Folwell
tracks 1-2 to 1-5 bass Henry Grimes
tracks 1-1, 2-1 to 2-8 cello Joel Freedman
tracks 1-1, 1-2, 1-4 to 1-6, 2-1 to 2-8 composed by Albert Ayler
design [graphic] Isabelle Wong
tracks 1-2 to 1-5, 2-2 to 2-8 drums Beaver Harris
tracks 1-2 to 1-6, 2-1 to 2-8 engineer George Klabin
illustration [cover illustration] Kei Ishihara
liner notes Nat Hentoff
liner notes Robert Palmer
photography by Chuck Stewart
producer [original sessions] Bob Thiele
reissue producer Michael Cuscuna
remastered by Erick Labson
tenor saxophone, alto saxophone Albert Ayler
tracks 1-1 to 1-5, 2-2 to 2-8 trumpet Donald Ayler
tracks 1-2 to 1-5, 2-1 to 2-8 violin Michel Samson
Phonographic Copyright (p) GRP Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) GRP Records, Inc.
Distributed By Universal Music & Video Distribution
Recorded At Village Gate
Recorded At Village Vanguard
Recorded At Village Theatre
Remastered At MCA Music Media Studios
Track 1-1 recorded at The Village Gate, New York City on March 28, 1965.
Tracks 1-2 to 1-5 recorded at The Village Vanguard, New York City on December 18, 1966.
Track 1-6 recorded at The Village Vanguard, New York City on December 18, 1966.
Tracks 2-1 to 2-8 recorded at The Village Theatre, New York City on February 26, 1967.

Disc One #1 originally issued on The New Wave In Jazz (Impulse AS-90). Disc One #2-3 and Disc Two #1-2 originally issued as Albert Ayler In Greenwich Village (Impulse AS-9155). Disc One #4-6 and Disc Two #3-7 originally issued as Albert Ayler: The Village Concerts (IA-9336-2). Disc Two #8 is previously unissued.

Remastered at MCA Studios using 20-bit Super Bit Mastering.

Light in Darkness and Heavenly Home are in mono. A version of Saints was recorded at the Village Gate session but no master tape of that performance has survived. All other selections are in stereo. Universal Thoughts is an incomplete performance, most likely because the tape ran out before its completion.

Housed in double gatefold digipak with 28 page booklet.

℗ & © 1998 GRP Records, Inc.
Printed in the USA. Distributed in the USA.
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Matrix / Runout: IMPD2-273A 9046811086 (Disc 1)
Matrix / Runout: IMPD2-273B 9046711087 (Disc 2)
Matrix / Runout: MFG BY UNIVERSAL (Both Discs)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L771 (Both Discs)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 2A06 (Disc 1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 2A27 (Disc 2)