John Coltrane Quartet ‎– Ballads, 1st stereo AM-PAR Label, Gatefold, A-32, VG/VG

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Track listings and information:

A1        Say It (Over And Over Again) Written-By – Frank Loesser, Jimmy McHugh
4:17
A2        You Don't Know What Love Is
Written-By – Don Raye, Gene DePaul
5:12
A3        Too Young To Go Steady
Written-By – Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
4:21
A4        All Or Nothing At All
Written-By – A. Altman, J. Lawrence
3:34
B1        I Wish I Knew
Written-By – Harry Warren (2), Mack Gordon
4:55
B2        What's New
Written-By – Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke
3:44
B3        It's Easy To Remember
Written-By – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
2:47
B4        Nancy (With The Laughing Face)
Written-By – Jimmy Van Heusen, Phil Silvers
3:11

    Record Company – Am-Par Record Corp.
    Lacquer Cut At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
    Mastered At – Longwear Plating
    Designed At – Viceroy (2)

    Bass – Jimmy Garrison
    Design [Cover] – Robert Flynn (2)
    Drums – Elvin Jones
    Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
    Photography By – Jim Marshall (3)
    Piano – McCoy Tyner
    Producer – Bob Thiele
    Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane

Laminated gatefold jacket. While the bottom of the back cover reads: "PRINTED IN U.S.A. A PRODUCT OF ABC-PARAMOUNT RECORDS, INC." the bottom of the labels read: "A PRODUCT OF AM PAR RECORD CORP PRINTED IN U.S.A" in white text, and not "...ABC PARAMOUNT."

Also not to be confused with a different release that has a different typeface and 'AS-32 A' & 'AS-32 B' on the center labels, whereas this one has 'AS-32' without any side indicating suffix, similar to other original pressings.

This is the first Stereo Pressing per LJC as it has Am-Par labels front and back. This was a very popular album and likely later pressed many times on the orange and black ABC Paramount labels.

The Am-Par label changed to ABC Paramount at A-33. Titles A33 and below on an orange/black ring label with an Am-Par footer are original first pressings. If the label is orange/black ring but has text saying ABC Paramount or ABC Records, or any of the later labels, it would be a later pressing.
 
   This is a first pressing. Comes with a plain white sleeve.

    Matrix / Runout (Side A): AS 32A STEREO LW VAN GELDER
    Matrix / Runout (Side B): AS 32B STEREO LW VAN GELDER