Impulse! · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Transition
| Recorded | May 26 & Jun 10, 1965 |
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| Label | Impulse! |
| Released | 1965 |
| Personnel | 4 credited players |
| Discogs | master 75725 |
The record
The title fits -- this date catches the band mid-shift, Tyner's harmonies still holding ground while Coltrane's tenor pushes toward rougher, more turbulent phrasing that would soon unmake the group's original balance.
Session personnel
- Jimmy Garrison — bass
- Elvin Jones — drums
- McCoy Tyner — piano
- John Coltrane — tenor saxophone
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Our list starts in 1970 with the US Impulse! AS-9195, gatefold and RVG stamped, and that is the earliest copy we hold. The same catalogue number carries through the 1974 ABC Impulse! reissue and onto 1980 MCA copies, so read the label face rather than the number. Japanese issues are well represented, from Impulse! IMP-88115 in 1973 to MCA's VIM-4661 in 1982. No audiophile edition is on file.
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 47 pressings on file.
| 1970 | Impulse! · AS-9195 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold earliest on file · RVG stamp; gatefold |
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| 1970 | Impulse! · AS-9195 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold · RVG stamp; gatefold |
| 1970 | Impulse! · AS-9195 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold · RVG stamp; gatefold |
| 1970 | Impulse! · AS-9195 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold · RVG stamp; gatefold |
| 1970 | Impulse! · V 8027-9195 — 8-Track Cartridge, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1970 | Impulse! · AS-9195 — Vinyl, LP, Album · RVG stamp |
| 1971 | Impulse! · AS-9195 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold · RVG stamp; gatefold |
| 1971 | ABC Records · SR 3118 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold · RVG stamp; gatefold |
| 1971 | Impulse! · AS-9195 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold · RVG stamp; gatefold |
| 1972 | Impulse! · AS-9195 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Gatefold · RVG stamp; gatefold |
| 1973 | Impulse! · IMP-88115 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold · RVG stamp; gatefold |
| 1973 | Impulse! · AS-9195 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · RVG stamp; gatefold |
| 1973 | Impulse! · IMP 88115 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold · RVG stamp; gatefold |
| 1974 | ABC Impulse! · AS-9195 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold · RVG stamp; gatefold |
Follow the players
Jimmy Garrison also plays on
Elvin Jones also plays on
McCoy Tyner also plays on