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Sonet · in the Kissa Kissa racks

The First Recordings

The First Recordings cover
RecordedOct 25, 1962
LabelSonet
Released1962
Personnel3 credited players
Discogsmaster 27910

The record

Cut in Stockholm with local rhythm players, this trio date catches the saxophonist just before his sound cracked wide open -- still rooted in bebop changes but already straining at the seams with that huge, keening tone.

Session personnel

  • Torbjörn Hultcrantz — bass
  • Sune Spångberg — drums
  • Albert Ayler — tenor saxophone

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 15 pressings on file.

1969Sonet · SNTF 604 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Reissue earliest on file
1969Sonet — MONO
1969Stateside · 2 C 062 90012 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Stereo
1971Stateside · 2C 062 - 90.012 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1973GNP Crescendo · GNP-9022 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1973GNP Crescendo · GNP-9022 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1978Sonet · ULS-1635-N — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1980Sonet · STMP 37000 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue
1981Seven Seas · K23P-6076 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1981Seven Seas · K23P-6076 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue
1990Sonet · SNTCD 604 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo
Sonet · SNTF 604 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue
GNP Crescendo · GNP-9022 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
GNP Crescendo · GNP-9022 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo

Follow the players

Torbjörn Hultcrantz also plays on

Sune Spångberg also plays on

Albert Ayler also plays on