Rhino Entertainment will release John Coltrane: The Atlantic Years – In Mono on June 10. The collection, fully remastered in mono, will be available for purchase as both a six-CD box set (retail price: $64.98) and a six-LP 180-gram vinyl box set ($149.98).
The albums found in the set include Giant Steps (1960), Bags & Trane (1961) with Milt Jackson, Olé Coltrane (1962), Coltrane Plays the Blues (1962) and The Avant-Garde (1966) with Don Cherry, and come complete in a clothbound box featuring the original artwork.
John Coltrane: The Atlantic Years – In Mono, as worded in a press release, “exceeds musical nostalgia; it offers historical validity, the same aural experience that greeted fans when these albums were first released.” The set “gives fans a glimpse into how Coltrane’s music first appeared to dedicated listeners through the 1960s.”
Also included in the box is a 12-by-12-inch, 32-page bound booklet featuring period photos by Lee Friedlander and liner notes by Grammy-winning jazz writer Ashley Kahn. Purchasers of the vinyl box set will also receive an LP of outtakes and a replica of the original “My Favorite Things Part I & II” 7-inch single.
The release of the album coincides with the creation of a new documentary on Coltrane titled Chasin’ Trane, set to premiere later this year.
A complete track listing can be found below.
DISC 1: GIANT STEPS
1. “Giant Steps”
2. “Cousin Mary”
3. “Countdown”
4. “Spiral”
5. “Syeeda’s Song Flute”
6. “Naima”
7. “Mr P.C.”
DISC 2: BAGS & TRANE (with Milt Jackson)
1. “Bags & Trane”
2. “Three Little Words”
3. “The Night We Called It a Day”
4. “Be-Bop”
5. “The Late Late Blues”
DISC 3: OLÉ COLTRANE
1. “Olé”
2. “Dahomey Dance”
3. “Aisha”
DISC 4: COLTRANE PLAYS THE BLUES
1. “Blues to Elvin”
2. “Blues to Bechet”
3. “Blues to You”
4. “Mr. Day”
5. “Mr. Syms”
6. “Mr. Knight”
DISC 5: THE AVANT-GARDE (with Don Cherry)
1. “Cherryco”
2. “Focus on Sanity”
3. “The Blessing”
4. “The Invisible”
5. “Bemsha Swing”
DISC 6: THE COLTRANE LEGACY
1. “26-2”
2. “Original Untitled Ballad”
3. “Untitled Ballad”
4. “Centerpiece”
5. “Stairway to the Stars”
6. “Blues Legacy”
DISC 7: MY FAVORITE THINGS 7-INCH SINGLE (Vinyl Box Set Only)
1. “My Favorite Things Part I”
2. “My Favorite Things Part II”
