John Coltrane

John Coltrane's "Sun Ship" session was recorded at the RCA Recording studio on 24th Street by engineer Bob Simpson who also did superb work with Sonny Rollins, Charles Mingus, Albert Ayler and others. The original three-track masters with the tenor sax on one track, the piano and bass on another and the drums on the third track were recently discovered, enabling the complete session to be released for the first time. Kevin Reeves recently remixed the entire session with great sonic results, improving greatly on the original LP mix. Mosaic has remastered them and pressed them on 180-gram vinyl at the renowned Record Technology Inc. plant in Camarillo, California.

PERSONNEL:

JOHN COLTRANE, tenor sax
McCOY TYNER, piano
JIMMY GARRISON, bass
ELVIN JONES, drums
 
Recorded August 26, 1965 at RCA Victor Studios, 155 E. 24th St., New York, NY

Record One
Side A:
01. Dearly Beloved  Takes 1 & 2, false start and alternate version  6:36
02. Dearly Beloved  Take 3, breakdown 1:24
03. Dearly Beloved  Take 4, released version  6:17

Side  B:
01. Attaining  Take 1, alternate version  13:38
02. Attaining  Take 2, breakdown  1:02

Record Two
Side A:
01. Attaining  Take 3, complete version  10:27
02. Attaining  Take 4, insert 1  4:41
03. Sun Ship  Take 1, breakdown 0:58
04. Sun Ship  Take 2, complete alternate version  6:32
05. Sun Ship  Take 3, insert 1 2:32

Side B:
01. Sun Ship  Take 4, released version  6:33
02. Studio conversation 0:43
03. Ascent  Take 1, released version  11:36

Record Three
Side A:
01. Ascent  Take 2, incomplete version  4:49
02. Ascent  Take 3, false starts,  incomplete version  3:51
03. Ascent  Takes 4-6, inserts/false starts  1:39
04. Ascent  Take 7, complete insert 4  4:03
05. Ascent  Take 8, complete insert 5  4:05
 
Side B:
01. Amen  Take 1, alternate version  7:46
02. Amen  Take 2, released version  8:17