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JOHN COLTRANE - BOTH DIRECTIONS AT ONCE: THE LOST ALBUM (2LP DELUXE VINYL) 
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UPC: 00602567493013

Side A   

01 Untitled Original 11383 (Take 1)  

02 Nature Boy 

03 Untitled Original11386 (Take 1)  

04 Vilia (Take 3)

Side B   

01 Impressions (Take 3) 

02 Slow Blues  

03 One Up, One Down (Take 1)  

Side C   

01 Vilia (Take 5)  

02 Impressions (Take 1)  

03 Impressions (Take 2)  

04 Impressions (Take 4)

Side D   

01 Untitled Original 11386 (Take 2) 

02 Untitled Original 11386 (Take 5)  

03 One Up, One Down (Take 6)

In 1963, John Coltrane recorded a studio album that has remained unknown and unheard until now. The album was recorded at Van Gelder Studios, the “Abbey Road” of Jazz, with Coltrane’s Classic Quartet and at the height of his career. The music on this album represents one of the most influential groups in music history performing in a musical style it had perfected and reaching in new, exploratory directions that would affect the trajectory of jazz from then on. In short, this is the holy grail of jazz.

Unknown until 2004 and unheard until now, these recordings by the John Coltrane Quartet are, as Sonny Rollins says in the liner notes, “like finding a new room in the Great Pyramid.” With the discovery of the ¼”reference tapes that Coltrane took home with him after the recording session. A session that was completely unknown, and for which master tapes don’t exist - an important chapter in the evolution of Coltrane’s music can now be heard for the first time. Featuring the Classic Quartet John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones and recorded at the end of a two week run at Birdland, the music on this album represents one of the most influential groups in music history both performing in a musical style it had perfected and reaching in new, exploratory directions that were to affect the trajectory of jazz from that point forward.