RARE SS JOHN COLTRANE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION 12 LP BOX

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AUDIOPHILES & JAZZ COLLECTORS YOUR DAY IS HERE!   #1183 of 3000 HAS MADE IT 10 YEARS W/O BEING OPENED.  THIS IS ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO OWN THIS ESSENTIAL 150 GRAM VIRGIN VINYL SET OF EVERY NOTE J.C. PLAYED FOR ATLANTIC.  INCLUDES DELUXE BOOK TOO!

 

CONDITION OF THIS ITEM(S):
New / Sealed; light box damage on back spine - see pics

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COMPLETE VINYL TRACK LIST:
Record One | John Coltrane "Giant Steps" Atlantic 1311 (1960):
A1  Giant Steps
A2  Cousin Mary
A3  Countdown
A4  Spiral
B1  Syeeda's Song Flute
B2  Naima
B3  Mr. P.C.

Record Two | John Coltrane "Coltrane Jazz" Atlantic 1354 (1961)
A1  Little Old Lady
A2  Village Blues
A3  My Shining Hour
A4  Fifth House
B1  Harmonique
B2  Like Sonny
B3  I'll Wait And Pray
B4  Some Other Blues

Record Three | John Coltrane "My Favorite Things" Atlantic 1361 (1961):
A1  My Favorite Things
A2  Everytime We Say Goodbye
B1  Summertime
B2  But Not For Me

Record Four | Milt Jackson & John Coltrane "Bags & Trane" Atlantic 1368 (1961):
A1  Bags & Trane
A2  Three Little Words
A3  The Night We Called It A Day
B1  Be-Bop
B2  The Late Late Blues

Record Five | John Coltrane "Ole Coltrane" Atlantic 1373 (1962):
A1  Ole
B1  Dahomey Dance
B2  Aisha

Record Six | John Coltrane "Coltrane Plays The Blues" Atlantic 1382 (1962):
A1  Blues To Elvin
A2  Blues To Bechet
A3  Blues To You
B1  Mr. Day
B2  Mr. Syms
B3  Mr. Knight

Record Seven | John Coltrane "Coltranes Sound" Atlantic 1419 (1964):
A1  The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
A2  Central Park West
A3  Liberia
B1  Body And Soul
B2  Equinox
B3  Satellite

Record Eight | John Coltrane & Don Cherry "The Avant-Garde" Atlantic 1451 (1966):
A1  Cherryco
A2  Focus On Sanity
B1  The Blessing
B2  The Invisible
B3  Bemsha Swing

Record Nine | John Coltrane "The Coltrane Legacy" Atlantic 1553 (1970):
A1  26-2
A2  Original Untitled Ballad
A3  Untitled Original
B1  Centerpiece
B2  Stairway To The Stars
B3  Blues Legacy

Record Ten | John Coltrane "Alternate Takes" Atlantic 1668 (1975):
A1  Giant Steps
A2  Naima
A3  Like Sonny
A4  Cousin Mary
B1  I'll Wait And Pray
B2  Countdown
B3  Body And Soul
B4  Syeeda's Song Flute

Record Eleven | "Outtakes":
A1  Giant Steps (Alternate Version): Take 1 [Incomplete]
A2  Giant Steps (Alternate Version): Take 2 [False Start]
A3  Giant Steps (Alternate Version): Take 3 [Incomplete]
A4  Giant Steps (Alternate Version): Take 4 [Incomplete]
A5  Giant Steps (Alternate Version): Take 5 [Alternate]
A6  Giant Steps (Alternate Version): Take 6 [False Start]
A7  Giant Steps (Alternate Version): Take 7 [Incomplete]
A9  Naima (Alternate Version): Take 1 [Incomplete]
A10  Naima (Alternate Version): Take 2 [Incomplete]
B1  Naima (Alternate Version): Take 4 [False Start]
B2  Naima (Alternate Version): Take 5 [Alternate]
B3  Naima (Alternate Version): Take 6 [Alternate]
B4  Like Sonny (Alternate Version): Rehearsal 1 [False Start]
B5  Like Sonny (Alternate Version): Rehearsal 2 [Incomplete]
B6  Like Sonny (Alternate Version): Take 1 [False Start]
B7  Like Sonny (Alternate Version): Take 2 [Incomplete]
B8  Like Sonny (Alternate Version): Take 3 [Incomplete]
B9  Like Sonny (Alternate Version): Take 4 [False Start]
B10  Like Sonny (Alternate Version): Take 5 [Alternate]
B11  Like Sonny (Alternate Version): Take 6 [Incomplete]

Record Twelve | "Outtakes":
A1  Giant Steps: Take 3 [Incomplete]
A2  Giant Steps: Take 6 [Alternate]
A3  Village Blues: Take Unknown [Alternate]
A4  Blues To Elvin: Take 1 [Alternate]
B1  Blues To Elvin: Take 2 [False Start]
B2  Blues To Elvin: Take 3 [Alternate]
B3  Blues To You: Take 1 [Alternate]
B4  Blues To You: Take 2 [Alternate]

Album notes (referring to the CD version) Full title: The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings Of John Coltrane.THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION includes every track from the albums GIANT STEPS, COLTRANE JAZZ, MY FAVORITE THINGS, BAGS & TRANE, OLE COLTRANE, COLTRANE PLAYS THE BLUES, COLTRANE'S SOUND, THE AVANT-GARDE, THE COLTRANE LEGACY and ALTERNATE TAKES, with songs sequenced by recording date.  Disc 7 of the box set features 68 minutes of previously unreleased rehearsals, false starts and outtakes, all newly discovered.  It also includes a 75-page, hardbound book with liner notes, interviews and remembrances of John Coltrane.Personnel: John Coltrane (tenor & soprano saxophones); Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, flute); Don Cherry, Freddie Hubbard (trumpet); Milt Jackson (vibraphone); Hank Jones, Cedar Walton, Tommy Flanagan, Wynton Kelly, McCoy Tyner (piano); Paul Chambers, Charlie Haden, Percy Heath, Steve Davis, Art Davis, Reggie Workman (bass); Connie Kay, Art Taylor, Jimmy Cobb, Ed Blackwell, Elvin Jones, Lex Humphries (drums).Compilation producer: Joel Dorn.Recorded at Atlantic Studios and A & R Studios, New York, New York between January 15, 1959 and May 25, 1961.  Includes a 75-page hardbound book with liner notes by Lewis Porter, Jimmy Heath, Yusef Lateef, Charles Lloyd.THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION was nominated for a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Historical Album.Producer: Nesuhi Ertegun.After his tenure in the great Miles Davis group of the mid-'50s, John Coltrane was ready to strike out on his own.  Although he had recorded several records on the smaller Prestige label, Coltrane's first major label association was with Ahmet Ertegun's Atlantic Records.  Now all of 'Trane's pioneering Atlantic recordings are compiled in one huge seven-disc set entitled THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION.  As the content attests, this title is a fitting analogy.Starting with the early recordings with Milt Jackson for the BAGS & TRANE album, the set chronologically follows Coltrane's work through the groundbreaking GIANT STEPS sessions and beyond.  Many alternate takes are sprinkled throughout amidst familiar album tracks from the likes of COLTRANE JAZZ, COLTRANE PLAYS THE BLUES and the magnificent MY FAVORITE THINGS, giving a picture of the saxophonist's intense creativity at this period.  Finally, for the true 'Trane collector, disc seven, in a unique package, includes twenty-five alternate and incomplete takes, false starts and rehearsal recordings of classics like "Giant Steps," "Naima" and "Like Sonny."  This set is a powerful document of one of the most significant artists of the modern era in his prime.

Editorial reviews (referring to the CD version) ...this languidly paced--at times hypnotic--seven-CD set includes his first versions of such classics as `Giant Steps' and `My Favorite Things'... - Rating: B+Down Beat (11/95, p.73) - 5 Stars - Excellent - ...the sound quality...is superior to that of the original CDs....this set reintroduces to us some of improvisation's most savored zeniths. Even those listeners mildly interested in the music's depth should grasp its value after being drenched by THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION's tidal wave of ideas...JazzTimes (3/96, p.51) - Winner in the JazzTimes Readers Poll for Best Reissue of 1995.Vibe (10/95, p.139) - ...presents some of his best and most accesible, though still adventurous, material....Discerning a few highlights from this boxed set is like determining the most brilliant gems in a mine full of diamonds...Musician (10/95, pp.79-80) - ...document[s] his transition from...respected, albeit controversial, tenor saxophonist, to the most influential player of his generation....Coltrane's Atlantic years stand out as the period in which he consolidated his musical identity by surrounding himself with players capable of matching his incredible energy and boundless spirit.Village Voice (2/20/96) - Ranked #2 on the Reissues list of Village Voice's 1995 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll.
Entertainment Weekly  (08/18/1995)





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