John Coltrane – Blue Train
Tracklist
| A | Blue Train | |
| B | Moment's Notice | |
| C | Locomotion | |
| D1 | I'm Old Fashioned | |
| D2 | Lazy Bird |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – EMI
- Record Company – Blue Note Records Inc.
- Manufactured By – EMI Music Special Markets
- Manufactured For – Analogue Productions
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – EMI Music Special Markets
- Copyright © – EMI Music Special Markets
- Copyright © – Blue Note Records
- Pressed By – Quality Record Pressings
- Published By – Groove Music (3)
- Mastered At – AcousTech Mastering
- Mastered At – Record Technology Incorporated – 17329
Credits
- Bass – Paul Chambers (3)
- Design [Cover Design] – Reid Miles
- Drums – "Philly" Joe Jones
- Lacquer Cut By – SH*
- Photography By [Photos] – Francis Wolff
- Piano – Kenny Drew
- Producer – Alfred Lion
- Recorded By [Recording By] – Rudy Van Gelder
- Remastered By – Steve Hoffman
- Sleeve Notes – Robert Levin (2)
- Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane
- Trombone – Curtis Fuller
- Trumpet – Lee Morgan
Notes
From back cover
Originally Released in 1957 by Blue Note Records as BST-81577. Blue Train original album art © 1957 Blue Note Records
℗ & © 2008 EMI Music Special Markets
Printed in the U.S.A.
From labels
℗ 2008 EMI Music Special Markets. Additional Design © Analogue Productions. Made in the U.S.A.
Re-pressing of John Coltrane - Blue Train, on 200g vinyl, pressed at QRP.
Originally plated at RTI.
Published by:
A to C, D2 - Groove Music - BMI
Runouts are hand-etched.
Originally Released in 1957 by Blue Note Records as BST-81577. Blue Train original album art © 1957 Blue Note Records
℗ & © 2008 EMI Music Special Markets
Printed in the U.S.A.
From labels
℗ 2008 EMI Music Special Markets. Additional Design © Analogue Productions. Made in the U.S.A.
Re-pressing of John Coltrane - Blue Train, on 200g vinyl, pressed at QRP.
Originally plated at RTI.
Published by:
A to C, D2 - Groove Music - BMI
Runouts are hand-etched.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text on sticker): 7 53088 15771 4
- Barcode (Scanned from sticker - EAN): 0753088157714
- Rights Society: BMI
- Matrix / Runout (A & B side labels): BST 81577-A
- Matrix / Runout (C & D side labels): BST 81577-B
- Matrix / Runout (A & B side labels, outer edge): 509995-17715-1-5
- Matrix / Runout (C & D side labels, outer edge): 509995-17716-1-4
- Matrix / Runout (A-side runout): ABNJ-81577-(45)-A KPG&SH@ATM 17329.1(3)...
- Matrix / Runout (B-side runout): ABNJ-81577-(45)-B KPG&SH@ATM 17329.2(3)...
- Matrix / Runout (C-side runout): ABNJ-81577-(45)-C KPG&SH@ATM 17329.3(3)...
- Matrix / Runout (D-side runout): ABNJ-81577-(45)-D KPG@ATM 17329.4(3)...
Other Versions (5 of 310)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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| Blue Train (LP, Album, Mono, No®) | Blue Note | BLP 1577, 1577 | US | 1958 | |||
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Blue Train (LP, Album, Repress, Mono, No ®) | Blue Note | 1577, BLP 1577 | US | 1958 | ||
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Blue Train (LP, Album, Mono, NY23 Label) | Blue Note | BLP 1577 | US | 1958 | ||
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Blue Train (LP, Album, Mono, NY23 Label) | Blue Note | BLP 1577 | US | 1958 | ||
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Blue Train (LP, Album, Repress, Mono) | Blue Note | BLP 1577 | US | 1959 |
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Reviews
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Edited one day agoThe best version of "Blue Train" I've ever heard, but with some weird nuances:
1. I have only three versions of this album: DOL 2012, Tone Poet 2022 and this one.
Of course it's the best, but strangely enough, the SAX is sounding unexpectedly thin on AP.
2. It's only my second audiophile record (I own Brubeck's Take Five from AP and find it perfect) so not to much to compare with, but this one has this issue that triggers my perfectionism and kills all the joy )
So, what I can say about this release (from general to particular):
- Huge dynamic range and frequency range (distinct attack, deep base etc.)
- Quiet vinyl and nice signal to noise ratio
- Amazing natural reverb, probably the best I've heard on vinyl in my life
Now coming to the mix: it's well made, without extreme panning yet with clearest distinction: you can literally switch between the instruments without muting them )
- Trombone got me the most. I loved only track 1 for it, but here it sounds awesome everywhere: rich, harmonically saturated, yet smoothly noble.
- Trumpet is brilliant as well: loud, but more round on AP, not harsh and more dissipated, not as a "piercing beam of sound"
- Deep and clear bass (the same wow-effect on base was with my first 45rpm AP record)
- Drums are good, especially brushes, and cymbals are perfect: not artificially amplified, just clear and "airy"
- as for the piano its... great, realistic but too low ( Mixing school of that time... Only Brubeck's record was where piano sound flourished (the overtones and realism) because he's a pianist, but here sax is in the center of attention and piano is pulled to the back, sad.
- AND my main concern: Coltrane's tenor is sounding weak and thin for me... Loud, but really weird and lifeless...
Had anyone noticed something similar? It's like not frequency-wise but spectrum-wise or over-compressed... I just can't believe that the main instrument is sounding worse here than not just on Tone Poet, but than on My DOL which is 10 times cheaper!
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I have three recent versions of this... this 45, the Music Matters mono from 2014 and the recent MM SRX version. The 2014 is so quiet, I can’t really tell a difference between it and the SRX. However this AP version bests them both. It’s not some outrageous difference, it’s just a little more aggressive, wide open and alive. They’re all great though.
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These 45rpm Analogue Productions records sound ridiculously amazing! Elite level audiophile sound. Details that you didn’t know existed exploding in exceptional clarity and soundstage. Wow! A+++++++++++
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