A Guide to The 1966 European Tour by Dikko Faust

I've been transcribing Ayler comps for several years now (I play trombone). Part of the struggle of sifting thru versions of the songs and suites is making sense of the different pieces with shifting titles. Jeff Schwartz did a great job on his site (my one issue is with Saints/Prophecy, a topic for another time); I just want to extend his efforts a little further. So below is my guide to the 1966 European tour:

Berlin Nov 3 (Holy Ghost disc 5)
2 Ghosts (F) >1:41, Bells (F) to end
3 Truth is Marching In (Eb)
4 Omega (announced as Jesus) (Eb)
5 Our Prayer (Eb)

Lorrach Nov 7 (Lorrach/Paris 1966)
1 Bells (F)
2 Prophet (E-A-B)
3 Our Prayer (Eb) >3:38, Spirits Rejoice (F#) to end
4 Ghosts (F)
5 Truth is Marching In (Eb)

Rotterdam Nov 8 (Holy Ghost disc 5)
7 Truth is Marching In (Eb)
8 Prophet (Bb?) (mislabelled as Bells)
9 Bells (F) >4:50, Infinite Spirit to end
10 Change Has Come (F min)

Stockholm Nov 10 (unreleased)
1 Truth is Marching In (E)
2 Omega (E)
3 Our Prayer (Eb) >1:53, splice, Bells (F)

Copenhagen Nov 11 (unreleased)
5 Truth is Marching In (E)
6 Water Music (D) >3:26, Bells (F)
7 Our Prayer (Eb)
8 Divine Peacemaker (F-F min)

Paris Nov 13 (Lorrach/Paris 1966)
6 Ghosts (F) >3:37, Prophet (E-A)
7 Divine Peacemaker (F-Fmin-Ebmin)>4:34,Light in Darkness (C#)>6:02, Infinite Spirit (F)
8 All (Japan)(F)>1:17, Our Prayer (Eb) >3:22,Holy Family (F)

Keys may be a bit simplistic, titles are of course from Village Sessions (or earlier official releases). Note Infinite Spirit is a distinct suite of tunes from Spirits Rejoice; each has a different corollary of "La Mayonnaise."

Dikko Faust

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