BALLADS JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET A-32 IMPULSE ORIGINAL MONO

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Ballads

Studio album by John Coltrane
Released 1963
Recorded December 21, 1961; September 18 and November 13, 1962
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre Jazz
Length 32:18
Label Impulse!
A-32
Producer Bob Thiele
John Coltrane chronology

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
(1962) Ballads
(1962) John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
(1963)
Ballads is a jazz album by John Coltrane. It was recorded in December 1961 and 1962, and released on the Impulse! label in 1963 as A-32 and later AS-32 (the "s" is for "stereo").

This is A-32 mono.

Critic Gene Lees stated that the quartet had never played the tunes before. "They arrived with music-store sheet music of the songs" and just before the recordings, they "would discuss each tune, write out copies of the changes they'd use, semi-rehearse for a half hour and then do it". Each piece was recorded in one take, except for "All or Nothing at All". In 2008, the album was a recipient of the Grammy Hall of Fame award.

Track listing[edit]"Say It (Over and Over Again)" (Jimmy McHugh) – 4:18Frank Loesser wrote lyrics for this song, but this recording is instrumental."You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene DePaul) – 5:15Don Raye wrote lyrics for this song, but this recording is instrumental."Too Young to Go Steady" (Jimmy McHugh) – 4:23Harold Adamson wrote lyrics for this song, but this recording is instrumental."All or Nothing at All" (Arthur Altman) – 3:39Jack Lawrence wrote lyrics for this song, but this recording is instrumental."I Wish I Knew" (Harry Warren) – 4:54Mack Gordon wrote lyrics for this song, but this recording is instrumental."What's New?" (Bob Haggart) – 3:47Johnny Burke wrote lyrics for this song, but this recording is instrumental."It's Easy to Remember" (Richard Rodgers) – 2:49Lorenz Hart wrote lyrics for this song, but this recording is instrumental."Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" (Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:10Phil Silvers wrote lyrics for this song, but this recording is instrumental.Personnel[edit]John Coltrane – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophoneMcCoy Tyner – pianoJimmy Garrison (#1-6, 8), Reggie Workman (#7) – bassElvin Jones – drumsAdditional personnel[edit]Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer

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John Coltrane Quartet* ?– Ballads
Label:
Impulse! ?– A-32
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
Mastered At – Bell Sound Studios
Designed At – Viceroy (2)

Credits
Bass – Jimmy Garrison
Design [Cover] – Robert Flynn (2)
Design [Liner] – Joe Lebow
Drums – Elvin Jones
Engineer [Recording] – Rudy Van Gelder
Liner Notes – Gene Lees
Mastered By – sf*
Photography By – Jim Marshall (3)
Piano – McCoy Tyner
Producer – Bob Thiele
Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane
Notes
Gatefold
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Matrix / Runout (Side A): A 32 A 1 o Bell Sound SF I-I-II T
Matrix / Runout (Side B): A-32 B 2 T Bell Sound SFJim Marshall – photography

100% Original holy grail mono 4 logo pressing. Front cover and inside gatefold are both in EX condition. The back laminate is starting to peel. Side A sounds great with a few ticks here and there, very clean sound. Side B has a little bit of background noise. VG++ overall. Great copy found just yesterday. You can't please everyone. Especially not a mooch.