John Coltrane Quartet – Ballads – Hard Bop-Modal Jazz Vinyl LP –Impulse OG Mono
  $   45

 


$ 45 Sold For
Nov 25, 2025 Sold Date
Nov 18, 2025 Start Date
11   Number Of Bids
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Description

I love absolutely everything John Coltrane ever recorded.  But I have to say, this is one of my favorites of his albums.  As the title suggests, it’s an album of beautiful ballads. The sax genius joined forces with three of the greatest musicians of the day to form this quartet and put together this incredible album. You’ll hear McCoy Tyner on piano, Jimmy Garrison on bass, and Elvin Jones on drums. Recording was engineered by Rudy Van Gelder. This album was honored in 2008 as the winner of a Grammy Hall Of Fame award. It’s a beautiful album every jazz lover should own. The album was released on Impulse! in 1963, number A-32. This is the original mono release of the album. The vinyl is in exceptional condition with its bright original luster and just a few very light surface scratches that barely impact play. It plays beautifully with just very light sporadic background noise. The vinyl grades VG. The laminated gatefold album cover shows light ring wear and no corner or edge wear.  All seams are clean, sharp, tight, and intact. The lamination is beginning to tear away on the back. There is a name written on the back. The cover grades VG+.

 

Track List:

Say It (Over And Over Again)

You Don’t Know What Love Is

Too Young To Go Steady

All Or Nothing At All

 

I Wish I Knew

What’s New

It’s Easy To Remember

Nancy (With The Laughing Face)

 

Grading Information:

I always clean and listen to every record I list on eBay. I do this to make sure I can give as accurate a description of each record as possible.  I do both a visual check and an audio check. I always attempt to give as objective a grading as I can.

 

I use four grades in grading:  NM, VG+, VG, and G.  The only exception is a sealed album which is presumed to have vinyl in mint condition. Sealed albums may not be returned. My NM grading means that the vinyl looks and plays as though it is the first time out of the sleeve. The VG+ rating is used on any album that plays great but has one or two small defects. It may have a pop here and there or some occasional background noise. On a VG album you can expect that, typically, this album will play great, but you’ll see more defects than your VG+ rated album.  Most often the VG rated album may even play well enough to be graded VG+, but the color or blemishes drop the grading. Likewise, you may occasionally find an album that looks almost NM but the sound quality just isn’t there. That’s why I play every album first.  In this case the vinyl will be graded VG. 

 

Occasionally I will list an album with a grade of G. This is one where I consider the collectible value of the album to be great enough that the copy being presented is worth owning as a filler copy. Albums graded G are not returnable.

 

Shipping Information – Combined Shipping:

The shipping cost will be based on the weight of your package. For Media Mail, shipping is $7.00 in the continental U.S. I will happily combine records from multiple auctions to reduce total shipping cost. In fact, I welcome it! Shipping will be $7.00 in the U.S regardless of the number of auctions won in any 5-day period. Also, please keep in mind that if your entire transaction totals $50 or more, I will pay the entire shipping cost.

 

Canada shipping is calculated based on weight using US Postal Service rates.  Combined shipping is also welcomed here and does result in significant per-album cost savings. The first album will typically cost approximately $28. Additional albums will be shipped for $6 per album, with up to four pounds able to be shipped before we need to use International Priority shipping.

 

Shipments to outside the US and Canada will vary depending on your country. Typically, the cost per album will be no more than $40.  Combined shipping is welcome here as well, at a cost of $10 per additional album up to the maximum of four pounds.

 

All albums will be shipped in specially designed album hard cardboard mailers with a cardboard insert to prevent damage upon opening.  The vinyl is removed from the cover and presented in a new poly sleeve.  I am committed to one day turnaround on shipments.  If I receive payment before 7:00 AM Central Time I will package and ship that same day.

 

Thanks for looking and please contact me with any questions.

 


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