The Atlantic Years In Mono

The Atlantic Years In Mono

Includes mono versions of the following albums:<br>- Giant Steps<br>- Bags & Trane (with Milt Jackson)<br>- Ole Coltrane<br>- Coltrane Plays The Blues<br>- The Avant Garde (with Don Cherry)<br><br>While John Coltrane first gained attention for his revolutionary "sheets of sound" technique, it was the deep spirituality of his music that really made his recordings as a bandleader such classics. The albums he recorded for Atlantic in 1959 and 1960 represent the heart of his legacy.<br><br>This box set gathers Coltrane's mono recordings from the Atlantic vaults to be released as a 6LP set with a 7" vinyl single.<br><br>- Packaged in an elegant hard-bound box.<br>- Fully remastered in glorious mono.<br>- Original studio albums in glossy tip-on LP sleeves, replicating the original artwork and labels. Giant Steps (1960), Bags & Trane (1961) with Milt Jackson, Ole Coltrane (1962), Coltrane Plays The Blues (1962), The Avant Garde (1966) with Don Cherry.<br>- One LP of outtakes.<br>- A replica of the original "My Favorite Things Part I & II" 7" single, a hit for John Coltrane in 1961.<br>- A 12" x 12" 32-page, perfect-bound booklet, with period photos by Lee Friedlander and liner notes by Grammy-winning jazz writer Ashley Kahn.