Remastered from tapes distributed only within her ashram community, some of Alice Coltranes rarest material will soon be available for the first time ever. In 1983, Coltrane founded the 48-acre Sai Anantam Ashram just outside of Los Angeles, where she would continue to write, record and release songs with(in) the community until her death in 2007.

David Byrnes Luaka Bop label is readying the first release of those recordings dating from 1982-1995 remastered by jazz giant engineer Baker Bigsby (Sun Ra, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman and others) for the first installment of the labels new series on spirituals from around the world. According to a press release, the compilation features some Coltranes first vocal work.

Hear the first offering from the Luaka Bops forthcoming Alice Coltrane compilation along with the fulltrack list below. Pre-order your copy ofWorld Spirituality Classics, Volume 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitanandaon iTunes today ahead of its official May 5th release.

Track List: 01 Om Rama 02 Om Shanti 03 Rama Rama 04 Rama Guru 05 Hari Narayan 06 Journey to Satchidananda 07 Er Ra 08 Keshnava Murahara 09 Krisha Japaye * 10 Rama Katha *

* vinyl only

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Alice Coltrane's First Vocal Work Featured on Forthcoming Luaka Bop Compilation of Ashram Recordings - Okayplayer (blog)