Singer: John Coltrane
Title: The Best Of John Coltrane - His Greatest Years
Label: Impulse! ‎– AS-9200-2, MCA Records ‎– AS-2-9200
Type: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Pinckneyville Pressing, Gatefold
Country: US
Date of released: 1980
Category: Jazz
Style: Free Jazz, Modal
Size MP3 zip: 1622 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1352 mb
Rating: 3.7✭
Format: MP3 WMA APE MP4 AC3 VQF ASF WAV FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Africa Alto Saxophone – Eric DolphyArranged By – Eric DolphyBaritone Saxophone – Laurdine PatrickBass – Art Davis, Reggie WorkmanEuphonium – Carl BowmanFeaturing – John ColtraneFrench Horn – Donald Corrado, Julius Watkins, Bob Northern*, Robert Swisshel*Producer – Creed TaylorTrombone – Britt WoodmanTrumpet – Booker LittleTuba – Bill Barber	9:50
A2	Softly As In A Morning Sunrise Bass – Reggie Workman	6:25
A3	Soul Eyes	5:19
B1	After The Rain Drums – Roy Haynes	4:07
B2	Afro-Blue	10:46
B3	Alabama	5:01
C1	My Favourite Things Drums – Roy Haynes	10:59
C2	Bessie's Blues	3:30
C3	Psalm (A Love Supreme, Part IV)	7:03
D1	Kulu Se Mama (Opening Section Of Juno Se Mama) Bass, Clarinet [Bass] – Donald GarrettDrums – Frank ButlerPercussion, Vocals – Juno LewisProducer, Engineer – John ColtraneTenor Saxophone – Pharoah Sanders	4:15
D2	Naima Drums – Rashied AliPercussion – Emanuel RahimPiano – Alice ColtraneTenor Saxophone – Pharoah Sanders	15:03
D3	Om (Closing Invocation) Bass – Donald GarrettEngineer – Jan KurtisFlute – Joe BrazilTenor Saxophone – Pharoah Sanders	1:48

Companies, etc.

• Pressed By – MCA Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville
• Manufactured By – MCA Records, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – MCA Records, Inc.

Credits

• Bass – Jimmy Garrison (tracks: A3, B1 to D3)
• Drums – Elvin Jones (tracks: A1 to A3, B2, B3, C2 to D1, D3)
• Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder (tracks: A2 to B3, C2, C3, D2)
• Piano – McCoy Tyner (tracks: A1 to D1, D3)
• Producer – Bob Thiele (tracks: A2 to C3, D2, D3), Don Thorn, Ed Michel
• Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane (tracks: A2 to D3)

Notes

No Barcode, (c) 1980 on labels

Pinckneyville pressing from '◈-P-◈' in runouts. Variant of this undisclosed pressing.

Automatic sequencing [sides A and D on one disc, sides B and C on the other].

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Label Side 1): (AS-2-9200-A)
• Matrix / Runout (Label Side 2): (AS-2-9200-B)
• Matrix / Runout (Label Side 3): (AS-2-9200-C)
• Matrix / Runout (Label Side 4): (AS-2-9200-D)
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side 1): AS-2-9200-A W1 MCA8h ̶⧈̶-̶G̶-̶⧈̶ ̶ [scratched out] ◈-P-◈1
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side 2): AS-2-9200-B W1 ̶⧈̶-̶G̶-̶⧈̶ ̶ [scratched out] ◈-P-◈1
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side 3): AS-2-9200-C W1 ̶⧈̶-̶G̶-̶⧈̶ ̶ [scratched out] ◈-P-◈1
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side 4): AS-2-9200-D W1 ̶⧈̶-̶G̶-̶⧈̶ ̶ [scratched out] ◈-P-◈1

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
AS-9200-2	John Coltrane	The Best Of John Coltrane - His Greatest Years ‎(2xLP, Comp, Gat)	Impulse!	AS-9200-2	US	1970
AS-9200-2	John Coltrane	The Best Of John Coltrane - His Greatest Years ‎(2xLP, Comp, Gat)	Impulse!	AS-9200-2	US	1970
AS-9200-2	John Coltrane	The Best Of John Coltrane - His Greatest Years ‎(2xLP, Comp, Gat)	Impulse!	AS-9200-2	US	1977
MCA2-4131	John Coltrane	The Best Of John Coltrane - His Greatest Years ‎(2xLP, Comp)	MCA Records, Impulse!	MCA2-4131	US	1980
MCA-24131	John Coltrane	The Best Of John Coltrane - His Greatest Years ‎(2xLP, Comp)	MCA Records (Canada)	MCA-24131	Canada	1970