Live in Seattle and Live in Japan are pretty much the only one's I have left to hear. But as noted above, used copies are not easily found.
Reminds me of a funny story: a friend of mine bought a subwoofer system for his car, and a few days later found a used copy of Live In Japan. So he drove around Chicago blasting the Garrison solos out of his car, to deeply perplexed looks (and a few shocked thumbs-ups).
― Funky Mustard (People It's Bad) (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 18:33 (thirteen years ago) link
omg, hero
― The Louvin Spoonful (WmC), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 18:40 (thirteen years ago) link
I have been way digging into this period recently, acquiring most of these on vinyl and enjoying every step of the way. Not sure I can give an answer, though. Also, what is this: "Dear Old Stockholm (1978)" Is this on vinyl? I see the GRP cd, but no vinyl.
― matt2, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 18:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Don't think "Dear Old Stockholm" was released on vinyl. The cd reissues from the 90's presented a kind of revisionist history where they attempt to group recordings by date or some other criteria. In the case of "Stockholm" they combine two dates where Roy Haynes subbed for Elvin Jones (one from 1963 and one from 1965). Kind of a weird approach, but it's a good record that you be able to track down used copies of pretty easily (assuming you're open to non-vinyl).
― xtianDC, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 18:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Living Space would be another you won't find on vinyl, if I'm not mistaken.
― xtianDC, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 18:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, I wish they wouldn't have done the re-group the albums by date/personnel thing...makes things confusing. In the poll I guess I'll choose "The Other Village Vanguard Tapes." I love both versions of Spiritual on that.
― matt2, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 19:43 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, holy shit, "spiritual" is so immense and heavy. i know it from the complete vanguard box set thing. if that was on here i'd have to vote for it.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 19:45 (thirteen years ago) link
I saw that Complete Village Vanguard set recently for $20 and stupidly passed on it. Should've known better, but at the time, I thought to myself "how many versions of these songs does one need?" Having subsequently heard the three different versions of My Favorite Things, I now know the answer is "all of them". I've fallen into a rather deep well here!
― xtianDC, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 20:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Easy to do with Coltrane:).
― matt2, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 20:03 (thirteen years ago) link
I have that set in my truck right now for driving-around listening, really loving it. Esp Dolphy.
― The Louvin Spoonful (WmC), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 20:04 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah it is worth $20! xp
― tylerw, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 20:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Poorly worded...I realize there are no renditions of My Favorite Things on the various Village Vanguard comps. There *is* one on the Live At The Village Vanguard Again album, as well as Selflessness. Both are awesome, and I know there are more out there (ie, Live in Japan). I also wouldn't want to do without *any* of the renditions of "I Want To Talk About You" that I've heard. So yeah, I kinda want it all.
And the funny thing is I haven't picked up *any* of the Prestige records yet! I'll get there soon enough, I'm sure.
― xtianDC, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 20:07 (thirteen years ago) link
those three box sets of the prestige stuff are good, obv a different thing from his 60s stuff. weird to read about a lot of those sessions -- i guess prestige would just round up a lot of players, drive them out to the studio and say, ok, make a record, dudes. which makes for some great music, but also some very pedestrian music.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 20:12 (thirteen years ago) link
I've said before that I prefer Prestige-era Coltrane to Atlantic-era Coltrane.
― that's not funny. (unperson), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 20:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
not familiar with every one of these, but Africa Brass 2 is KILLER. expression was the first JC album i ever bought and it's very good, too, fwiw.i think i voted innerstellar space
― Marquis de Sade (outdoor_miner), Thursday, 7 April 2011 00:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Huh. I voted for Sun Ship but really didn't think it would win.
I love the opening track of that record so much.
― rock rough 'n' stuff with h.r. pufnstuf (Hurting 2), Thursday, 7 April 2011 03:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Oddly I just bought Infinity yesterday, never listened before tonight, and I like it. Slightly odd to hear some of these familiar Coltrane tracks in this setting but the strings are v. cool IMO.
― Mark, Thursday, 7 April 2011 03:39 (thirteen years ago) link
That opening track on Sun Ship is one of the pivotal moments in the existence of that quartet, but rarely seems to be recognized as such.
― Funky Mustard (People It's Bad) (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 7 April 2011 03:40 (thirteen years ago) link
As with all versions of 'Leo', it's the standout track on Infinity.xpost
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 7 April 2011 17:07 (thirteen years ago) link
it's weird that there are, like, a lot of songs on 'stellar regions', i have a hard time keeping in mind that they are individual, distinct compositions.
― j., Wednesday, 12 February 2014 22:45 (ten years ago) link
Is it just my ears or is Coltrane playing alto on one of those "Stellar Regions" tracks? (can't remember which one at the moment, sorry)
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 12 February 2014 22:51 (ten years ago) link
I didn't realize that there was a Complete Sun Ship Session released in 2013 until just now
― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 12 February 2014 22:52 (ten years ago) link
It was ILM that alerted ME back in April!
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 12 February 2014 22:55 (ten years ago) link
"Peace On Earth" live in Japan. Twice! Heavenly.
― J. Sam, Thursday, 1 December 2022 21:08 (one year ago) link