27 AI NMR spectra of pure crystalline and molten A1C13 and of RECI3-AICI3 (RE = Y, La) glass form ing binary mixtures have been obtained. Compositions corresponding mainly to YC13/A1C13 = 1/3 and LaCiyAlC^ = 1/3.7 have been studied from the glassy and crystalline state up to the melt. The 27A1 spectra can be unambiguously assigned to four-coordinated Al-species, such as A12C16, 'A1C14', and 'A12C17\ The chemical shifts lie between 95 and 110 ppm, very well separated with the -1.6 ppm giv en by the 'A1C16' coordination in solid A1C13. From the temperature evolution of the 27Al NMR spec tra, a description for the dynamic behaviour of these systems is proposed.