John Coltrane

• The pinnacle of high-quality vinyl!
• DOUBLE LP 45 RPM Ultra High-Quality Record
• Limited to 5,000 copies

• Analogue Productions' UHQR
• Mastered from the original tape
• Pressed at Quality Record Pressings using Clarity Vinyl

Includes a 31 X 31 cm 12-page booklet featuring liner notes by Ashley Kahn and recording session images by Jim Marshall

This edition will allow you to experience Ballads at its peak of vinyl perfection, in UHQR format on Clarity Vinyl, with the bonus of a double 45 RPM cut by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound. Ryan K. Smith’s cut has his characteristic clarity and transparency all set against Quality Record Pressing's usual noiseless backgrounds on 200-gram flawless records. Each UHQR is packaged in a deluxe box and includes a booklet detailing the entire process of making a UHQR along with a hand-signed certificate of inspection. This is a truly deluxe, collectible product.

This 45 RPM 2LP edition includes also a 31 X 31 cm 12-page booklet featuring liner notes by Ashley Kahn and recording session images by Jim Marshall.

 While it may have been a short detour by Trane before he exploded off into the nether regions of jazz music a few years later, it remains a fantastic document of one of the premier jazz groups of the 1960s. The intense passionate Coltrane interpretation of standards such as "All Or Nothing At All," "What's New," "It's Easy To Remember" and the Sinatra classic "Nancy (With The Laughing Face)" are the essence of Ballads.

Recorded December 21, 1961 and September 18 & November 13, 1962 at Rudy Van Gelder Studios.

LP ONE

A1. Say It (Over And Over Again) (4:15)
A2. You Don't Know What Love Is (5:11)

B1. Too Young To Go Steady (4:20)
B2. Or Nothing At All (3:35)
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LP TWO

C1. I Wish I Knew (4:54)
C2. What's New (3:43)

D1. It's Easy To Remember (2:45)
D2. Nancy (With The Laughing Face) (3:09)