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John Coltrane - Like Sonny - Roulette CD


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I have this disc, but I do not have the inserts, so I don't know how much info is included.

Most of this disc, from track 5 on, is the Ray Draper Jubilee album with Coltrane, in mono.

But there are 3 stereo tracks at the beginning - 4 if you count the alternate take - with McCoy Tyner.  The tracks are "One and Four" ("Mr. Day" on Atlantic), "Like Sonny," and "Exotica" ("Untitled Original" or similar on Atlantic). 

What is the story with these tracks?  Were they recorded for Roulette?  I see that they showed up on one of those 70s Echoes of an Era Roulette twofer LPs.  Was this their first appearance on vinyl? Was the Like Sonny CD the first time they'd been released digitally?

 

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10 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:

I have this disc, but I do not have the inserts, so I don't know how much info is included.

Most of this disc, from track 5 on, is the Ray Draper Jubilee album with Coltrane, in mono.

But there are 3 stereo tracks at the beginning - 4 if you count the alternate take - with McCoy Tyner.  The tracks are "One and Four" ("Mr. Day" on Atlantic), "Like Sonny," and "Exotica" ("Untitled Original" or similar on Atlantic). 

What is the story with these tracks?  Were they recorded for Roulette?  I see that they showed up on one of those 70s Echoes of an Era Roulette twofer LPs.  Was this their first appearance on vinyl? Was the Like Sonny CD the first time they'd been released digitally?

 

See https://www.discogs.com/de/release/2249514-John-Coltrane-Like-Sonny - click 'More images!

Liner notes by Michael Cuscuna from my insert:

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According to The John Coltrane Reference (the authors have located a contract letter sent from Nesuhi Ertegun of Atlantic to Teddy Reig of Roulette), this session was a one-off deal. Atlantic, with whom Coltrane was under contract at the time, had given Roulette permission to record only one side of the LP, which is why there are only four songs.

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8 hours ago, mhatta said:

According to The John Coltrane Reference (the authors have located a contract letter sent from Nesuhi Ertegun of Atlantic to Teddy Reig of Roulette), this session was a one-off deal. Atlantic, with whom Coltrane was under contract at the time, had given Roulette permission to record only one side of the LP, which is why there are only four songs.

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