Singer: Sonny Rollins
Title: Volume 2
Label: Blue Note ‎– BLP 1558
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
Country: US
Date of released: Sep 1957
Category: Jazz
Style: Hard Bop
Size MP3 zip: 1824 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1242 mb
Rating: 4.0✭
Format: MP3 TTA MP1 MPC AA MMF MIDI WAV FLAC

Tracklist

A1	Why Don't I
A2	Wail March
A3	Misterioso
B1	Reflections
B2	You Stepped Out Of A Dream
B3	Poor Butterfly

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
• Pressed By – Plastylite

Credits

• Bass – Paul Chambers
• Design [Cover] – Harold Feinstein
• Drums – Art Blakey
• Liner Notes – Robert Levin
• Photography By – Francis Wolff
• Piano – Horace Silver, Thelonious Monk
• Producer – Alfred Lion
• Recorded By [Recording By] – Rudy Van Gelder
• Tenor Saxophone – Sonny Rollins
• Trombone – Jay Jay Johnson*

Notes

Jay Jay Johnson performs by courtesy of Columbia Recordss. Thelonious Monk performs by courtesy of Riverside Records.

Recorded on April 14, 1957.

The images added to this submission are from the 2nd pressing: address on labels of this version is 47west 63rd NYC. Deep Groove in labels of both sides. No "inc" in address on label, no ® under the E of Note on label. RVG initials stamped in dead wax of side 1 + 9M and RVG hand etched in dead wax of side 2. The Plastylite 'P' a.k.a. "ear" in dead wax of both sides.

For collectors, it's key to know that genuine 1st pressings of this release must have:

01. 47 west 63rd New York 23 address on both labels,
02. RVG initials hand etched in both trail offs
03. New York 23 address on back cover, no "inc"
04. Beaded rim, not flat
05. Deep groove on both sides
06. Blank spine
07. 'P' a.k.a. Plastylite "ear" in trail off + 9M
08. Laminated cover (source: "Blue Note Records, A Guide to Identifying Original Pressings" - written by Frederic Cohen).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side 1 (cat.# and 'ear' hand etched / RVG stamped): BNLP-1558 A 2 RVG EAR
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2 (all details hand etched): BNLP-1558 B 1 RVG EAR

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
NR-8841	Sonny Rollins	Volume 2 ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Blue Note	NR-8841	Japan	Unknown
4BN 81558	Sonny Rollins	Volume II ‎(Cass, RE, RM)	Blue Note	4BN 81558	Canada	1985
BST 81558	Sonny Rollins	Volume 2 ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RE)	Blue Note	BST 81558	Europe	1985
CDP 7 81558 2	Sonny Rollins	Volume 2 ‎(CD, Album, Mono, RE)	Blue Note	CDP 7 81558 2	US	1987
BST-81558	Sonny Rollins	Volume 2 ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Blue Note	BST-81558	US	Unknown

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