Condition: Sealed (New)

Soultrane by John Coltrane featuring Red Garland.

Recorded in 1958 by the legendary Rudy Van Gelder and supervised by Prestige founder Bob Weinstock, "Soultrane" captures John Coltrane at a pivotal moment—working alongside pianist Red Garland during one of the most fertile stretches of his early career. This 2022 Analogue Productions repressing belongs to the celebrated Prestige Mono Series, cut from the analogue masters by renowned engineer Kevin Gray and distinguished from the 2014 issue by its 2021 center-label year and updated phonographic copyright dates. It's a faithful return to a document that helped define Coltrane's ascent.

The playing here is a study in balance. Coltrane's tenor saxophone is fluid and searching, propelled by the peerless rhythm section of Paul Chambers on bass and Art Taylor on drums. Red Garland's piano, elegant and blues-rooted, provides the ideal foil—lyrical where Coltrane is exploratory, grounding the group with a warm, swinging touch. Ira Gitler's original liner notes frame the session with the context of its era.

For the collector, the presentation matches the music. The 180-gram pressing by Quality Record Pressings features a flat edge profile and deep-groove label true to the original LP, housed in a deluxe high-gloss tip-on jacket bearing Esmond Edwards' cover artwork. Runouts are etched, with "QRP KEVIN GRAY" stamped—small marks of authenticity on a beautifully realized reissue worthy of any serious jazz shelf.

Pressing Details:

Track Listing:

A1. Good Bait

A2. I Want To Talk About You

B1. You Say You Care

B2. Theme For Ernie

B3. Russian Lullaby

Credits:

Esmond Edwards - Artwork [Front Cover]

Paul Chambers (3) - Bass

Art Taylor - Drums

Kevin Gray - Lacquer Cut By, Engineer [Mastering Engineer]

Ira Gitler - Liner Notes [Notes By]

Red Garland - Piano

Rudy Van Gelder - Recorded By

Bob Weinstock - Supervised By [Supervision By]

John Coltrane - Tenor Saxophone

Notes:

2022 Repressing of the 2014 Analogue Productions [url=https://www.discogs.com/release/7866732-John-Coltrane-With-Red-Garland-Soultrane]reissue[/url]. Same catalog number, and distinguishable by 2021 year denoted in the center label and updated phonographic copyright (p) dates on the back cover.

℗ 2021 Craft Recordings. Under license courtesy of Concord to Analogue productions. All rights reserved.

Barcode is on plastic outer bag only.

From the Acoustic Sounds Website: For sale individually and as part of Analogue Productions’ Prestige Mono Series

Cut from the analogue masters by renowned mastering engineer Kevin Gray

180-gram pressing by Quality Record Pressings has a flat edge profile and deep groove label, true to the original LP

Deluxe high-gloss tip-on album jacket

Runouts are etched except "QRP KEVIN GRAY" is stamped.

Artist: John Coltrane

Supporting Artists: Red Garland

Format: 1LP

Genre: Jazz

Label: Analogue Productions

Catalog Number: APRJ 7142

Release Year: 2022

Country: United States