John Coltrane Quartet* – Ballads
Tracklist
| A1 | Say It (Over And Over Again) | 4:15 | |
| A2 | You Don't Know What Love Is | 5:11 | |
| A3 | Too Young To Go Steady | 4:20 | |
| A4 | All Or Nothing At All | 3:35 | |
| B1 | I Wish I Knew | 4:54 | |
| B2 | What's New | 3:43 | |
| B3 | It's Easy To | 2:45 | |
| B4 | Nancy (With The Laughing Face) | 3:09 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – Universal Music
- Record Company – UMG Recordings, Inc.
- Record Company – ABC-Paramount Records, Inc.
- Record Company – Acoustic Sounds Inc.
- Manufactured By – Universal Music Enterprises
- Distributed By – Universal Music Enterprises
- Copyright © – UMG Recordings, Inc.
- Designed At – Viceroy (2)
- Printed By – Stoughton Printing Co.
- Mastered At – Sterling Sound
- Lacquer Cut At – Sterling Sound
- Pressed By – Quality Record Pressings
Credits
- Bass – Jimmy Garrison
- Design [Cover Design], Cover [Cover Design] – Robert Flynn (2)
- Design [Liner] – Joe Lebow
- Drums – Elvin Jones
- Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
- Lacquer Cut By – RKS*
- Liner Notes – Gene Lees
- Mastered By – Ryan Smith (2)
- Photography By [Photograph] – Jim Marshall (3)
- Piano – McCoy Tyner
- Producer – Bob Thiele
- Supervised By [LP Reissue] – Chad Kassem
- Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane
Notes
Runouts are etched: "STERLING" stamped.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text): 6 02508 88930 1
- Barcode (Scanned, UPC-A): 602508889301
- Other (On hype sticker): STDDACOUST
- Matrix / Runout (Side A label): B0032078-01A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B label): B0032078-01B
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): 00602508889301-A RE2 B0032078-01 RKS STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): 00602508889301-B B0032078-01 RKS STERLING
Other Versions (5 of 183)
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Ballads (LP, Album, Repress, Stereo, Gatefold) | Impulse! | AS-32 | US | 1963 | ||
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Ballads (LP, Album, Stereo) | His Master's Voice | CSD 1496 | UK | 1963 | ||
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Recently Edited
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Ballads (LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold) | Impulse! | A-32 | Canada | 1963 | ||
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New Submission
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Ballads (LP, Album, Mono) | His Master's Voice | CLP 1647 | UK | 1963 | ||
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New Submission
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Ballads (LP, Album) | Impulse! | SH-3008 | Japan | 1963 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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Edited 3 months agoI've been blessed with plenty of pressings of this gem over 50 years of collecting jazz, from cheap to the abfab original US copy. Sacrifices and choices had to be made at one point and from now on, music prevails over collector's items. This mastering conveys the essential depth, groove and beauty of an extraordinary recording session. A reissue of outstanding quality. -
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Supreme press!!!! Absolutely the press to choose, because of the price-quality!!! -
Fantastic mastering, pressing and packaging all the way around. You can tell that this landmark album was treated with reverence throughout the process. My 1976 green bullseye reissue sounds great and this is somehow even better. Free of surface noise and defects. Great listening copy.
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Just picked up a copy of this. It's one of my favorite albums so I'm torn on eventually shelling out for the UHQR version. This release sounds incredible. -
I purchased this record based on many of the reviews here. I was hoping to sell my (VG+) Canadian mono pressing Johnny Griffin - The Little Giant (1959) .The copy of Ballads I received was perfect with no issues except for the way the musical presentation comes across. I will be putting this copy up for sale on Discogs and avoiding the UHQR at all cost. -
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El sonido es maravilloso. El saxo de Coltrane es aterciopelado, el piano claro y con el cuerpo suficiente, metales brillosos y definidos. El escenario sonoro es espectacular, cada instrumento en su lugar. Uno puede sentir la profundidad y amplitud de la interpretación.
Detalle: copia adquirida en Amazon por 29USD con error de impresión en la cubierta, ya que figura A-32 (verión Mono).
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My pressing is nearly perfect. This is a quiet album, so a noiseless disc is essential. I think in total, I might have heard 5 super-light clicks. This pressing gets a 6 out of 5 from me.
The recording is very good, and Coltrane's sax sounds very good, with just a little distortion here and there. The drums play at a quiet level, but sound realistic and correct. The piano is that typical Rudy Van Gelder soft piano, but pleasant nonetheless. I'd probably give the recording a 4.5 out of 5.
Cartridge: AT VM540ML -
“fantastic” and “exceptional” are not the words, “perfect” is the word. hard cardboard packaging, anti static inner sleeve, and some of the most spectacular audio quality i’ve ever heard come from a vinyl record. i’m not sure just how they nailed this release on the head so well. if anyone can direct me to more pressings like this, please let me know.
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