John Coltrane - Ballads (2LP, Box set, 45RPM, UHQR, 200g Clear vinyl)
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John Coltrane – tenor saxophone [click here to see more vinyl featuring John Coltrane]
McCoy Tyner – piano [click here to see more vinyl featuring McCoy Tyner]
Jimmy Garrison (A1-C2, D2), Reggie Workman (D1) – bass
Elvin Jones – drums [click here to see more vinyl featuring Elvin Jones]
Written by Frank Loesser (A1), Don Raye (A2), Jimmy McHugh (B1), Harold Adamson (B1), Arthur Altman (B2), Jack Lawrence (B2), Mack Gordon (C1), Harry Warren (C1), Johnny Burke (C2), Richard Rodgers (D1), Lorenz Hart (D1), Jimmy Van Hausen (D2)
1 LP, Box set with a 12-page booklet
Limited to 5,000 copies
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 200g
Record color : Clarity vinyl
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings
Label: Analogue Productions
Original Label : Impulse
Recorded December 21, 1961; September 18 and November 13, 1962 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder
Produced by Bob Thiele
Mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound
Liner notes by Ashley Kahn
Photography by Jim Marshall
Originally released in 1963
Reissued in February 2024
Tracks:
Side A:
- Say It (Over And Over Again)
- You Don't Know What Love Is
Side B:
- Too Young To Go Steady
- All Or Nothing At All
Side C:
- I Wish I Knew
- What's New
Side D:
- It's Easy To Remember
- Nancy (With The Laughing Face)
Reviews :
"Throughout John Coltrane's discography there are a handful of decisive and controversial albums that split his listening camp into factions. Generally, these occur in his later-period works such as Om and Ascension, which push into some pretty heady blowing. As a contrast, Ballads is often criticized as too easy and as too much of a compromise between Coltrane and Impulse! (the two had just entered into the first year of label representation). Seen as an answer to critics who found his work complicated with too many notes and too thin a concept, Ballads has even been accused of being a record that Coltrane didn't want to make. These conspiracy theories (and there are more) really just get in the way of enjoying a perfectly fine album of Coltrane doing what he always did -- exploring new avenues and modes in an inexhaustible search for personal and artistic enlightenment. With Ballads he looks into the warmer side of things, a path he would take with both Johnny Hartman (on John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman) and with Duke Ellington (on Duke Ellington and John Coltrane). Here he lays out for McCoy Tyner mostly, and the results positively shimmer at times. He's not aggressive, and he's not outwardly. Instead he's introspective and at times even predictable, but that is precisely Ballads' draw." AllMusic Review by Sam Samuelson
Audiophile reviews rave about saxophone master John Coltrane's immortal Impulse! records, A Love Supreme (1964) and Ballads (1963). Ballads is an album that will never go out of style and never be unwelcome on any jazz lover's turntable.
You're about to experience Ballads at its peak of vinyl perfection — in UHQR format on Clarity Vinyl, with the added bonus of a double 45 RPM cut by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound. Ryan's cut has his characteristic clarity and transparency all set against Quality Record Pressing's usual noiseless backgrounds on 200-gram flawless records. Each UHQR will be packaged in a deluxe box and will include a booklet detailing the entire process of making a UHQR along with a hand-signed certificate of inspection. This will be a truly deluxe, collectible product. For this 45 RPM 2LP edition you'll also receive a !2" x 12" 12-page booklet featuring liner notes by Ashley Kahn and recording session images by Jim Marshall. The intense passionate Coltrane interpretation of standards such as "All Or Nothing At All," "What's New," "It's Easy To Remember" and the Sinatra classic "Nancy (With The Laughing Face)" are the essence of Ballads. When asked why attempt such an undertaking, Coltrane replied "Variety." While it may have been a short detour by Trane before he exploded off into the nether regions of jazz music a few years later, it is still a fantastic document of one of the premier jazz groups of the 1960s. Recorded December 21, 1961 and September 18 & November 13, 1962 at Rudy Van Gelder Studios. "It's impossible to sleepwalk through tracks like "You Don't Know What Love Is" and "I Wish I Knew" and impart them with even a fraction of the emotional heft that the Quartet achieves. This is the type of jazz album in which the music just washes over the listener with it's restrained grace and beauty, and while it may not have the adventurousness that some listeners think Trane should have had each and every time he recorded, I'd say it shows off a side of him that only makes us appreciate his more bold and daring albums even more." The Jazz Record
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4 / 5 , Discogs : 4,61 / 5