JOHN COLTRANE “Meditations” LP IMPULSE stereo ’66 orig VAN GELDER NM

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46

Artist:  JOHN COLTRANE   

Title:  “Meditations”

Label:   IMPULSE.  Stereo pressing on medium weight vinyl.  Label is red & black with black text.  Catalog number is AS-9110.  

Year:  1966

Personnel:

John Coltrane – sax

Pharoah Sanders – tenor sax

McCoy Tyner – piano

Jimmy Garrison – bass

Elvin Jones, Rashied Ali – drums. 

Condition: 

DISC:  Vinyl is NEAR MINT with 100% of original gloss, as clean as can be found.  Appears to have been played one or two times at most, and handled with care.  Labels are clean.  Fidelity is superb.  A solid “10” out of ten.

JACKET:  Laminated gatefold jacket is EXCELLENT with clean panels.  Reverse is starting to experience some peeling of laminate.  Nice seams and spine.  Inside panel of gatefold states  “A PRODUCT OF ABC-PARAMOUNT RECORDS, INC.” at top left of right panel.  No writing, stickers, or cutout indications.  You will be hard pressed to find one this nice!

Includes original vintage factory inner sleeve in top condition. 

Track Listing: 

Side One:

• The Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost
• Compassion

Side Two:

• Love
• Consequences
• Serenity

Review: 

“The year 1965 was a turning point in the life of John Coltrane.  It was at this point that he crossed the line into the free jazz arena that he had been approaching since the early '60s.  Besides his landmark Ascension, no album better illustrates this than the awe-inspiring Meditations.  Coltrane's regular quartet – McCoy Tyner (piano), Jimmy Garrison (bass), and Elvin Jones (drums) -- is expanded here with second drummer Rashied Ali (who assumed Jones' spot after this album) and saxophonist Pharoah Sanders.  This conglomeration produces some dense textures, especially in the epic first track "The Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost."  This sonic hurricane is a 13-minute outpouring of spiritual emotion that is at once compelling and exhausting.  Elsewhere, the group delicately follows Coltrane's lead on the passionate "Love" and swings with abandon on the raucous "Consequences" as Sanders and 'Trane battle like warriors above the churning rhythm section.  Finally, the aptly titled "Serenity" is a swirling free-form improvisation gently touching back down to earth after an adventurous ride through the heavens.”

(courtesy Rovi Staff, allmusic.com.)

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