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Blue Train: The Complete Masters - Tone Poet Series

JOHN COLTRANE Blue Train (Long-awaited Tone Poet Series limited edition double album 2-LP reissue, recorded by Rudy Van Gelder, supervised by Joe Harley and mastered from the original analogue tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearant Audio. Manufactured at RTI and pressed on 180-gram vinyl. Includes 7 tracks never before released on vinyl. High quality gatefold picture sleeve includes booklet with previously unseen session photos and essay by Ashley Kahn. Although unsealed, this copy remains in near mint condition B0035204-01)

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$63.49, £49.99  
Product Availability Last copy in stock. Order now for shipping on Monday 25th November
Release Date 16th Sep 2022
Release Year 2022 - 2 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format 2-LP vinyl record set (Double LP Album)
Record Label Blue Note
Complete Stock List Go to John Coltrane
Product Catalogue No B0035204-01
Music Genre Progressive, Jazz
Country Comes from USA Comes from 'USA'
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180-gram double LP

Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from the original master tape

Features second disc with seven alternate and incomplete takes!

Plated and pressed at RTI

The Blue Note Tone Poet Series was born out of Blue Note President Don Was' admiration for the exceptional audiophile Blue Note LP reissues presented by Music Matters. Was brought Joe Harley (from Music Matters), a.k.a. the "Tone Poet," on board to curate and supervise a series of reissues from the Blue Note family of labels.

John Coltrane's groundbreaking Blue Train will be released in two special editions on September 16 as part of Blue Note's acclaimed Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series.

Blue Train: The Complete Masters will include a second disc featuring seven alternate and incomplete takes, none of which have been released previously on vinyl, and four of which have never been released before on any format.

"Few studio experiences I've had can compare with the thrill of listening to the original master tapes-mono, stereo and alternate takes-of Blue Train," says Harley. "I consider these two new versions the definitive editions of this masterpiece performance by John Coltrane."

Blue Train came at a pivotal moment in Coltrane's career. Earlier in 1957, the saxophonist had hit bottom when his heroin addiction caused him to be fired from the Miles Davis Quintet. But after kicking his habit, Coltrane returned with a fervor inspired by an extended summer residency with Thelonious Monk at the Five Spot Café.

By the end of the year, Coltrane had been rehired by Davis and had produced his first masterwork, an album that even he was deeply proud of. As Kahn recounts in his essay: "Blue Train was a recording that Coltrane, ever self-critical and modest, held in high regard. In 1960, while on tour with Miles Davis for the last time, a Swedish deejay asked Coltrane what he favored from his catalog and he immediately responded: ‘Oh, I like Blue Train myself. It's a good band on there, you know. It was a good recording.'"


Side A
1. Blue Train

Side B
1. Moment’s Notice
2. Locomotion
3. I’m Old Fashioned
4. Lazy Bird

Side C
1. Blue Train (False Start)
2. Blue Train (Alternate Take 7)
3. Moment’s Notice (Alternate Take 4)

Side D
1. Lazy Bird (Alternate Take 1)
2. Blue Train (Alternate Take 8)
3. Moment’s Notice (Alternate Take 5A Incomplete)
4. Lazy Bird (Alternate Take 2)


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DOUBLE LP  
Recording Artist John Coltrane
Product Title Blue Train: The Complete Masters - Tone Poet Series
Product Information John Coltrane Blue Train: The Complete Masters - Tone Poet Series USA 2-LP vinyl record set (Double LP Album).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
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Artists Related To Alice Coltrane, Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, Pharoah Sanders, Wilbur Harden
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