[ 3 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 4 December 2015
This item is only available to us via Special Order. We should be able to get it to you in 3 - 6 weeks from when you order it.
Originally released in 1965, A Love Supreme changed music history, cementing the saxophonist's reputation as one of the most groundbreaking musicians in music, and was subsequently ranked No. 47 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time". Until now, the complete picture of what happened during the album's recording session, held on December 9th 1964, has never been revealed. The Complete Masters celebrates the 50th anniversary of the original album release, and finally collects all the previously unavailable outtakes, overdubs, and studio chatter from the session.
The Complete Masters will also include a previously issued live recording of the album, performed in July 1965, along with revised sleevenotes and detailed information on these amazing lost sessions.
This 3-CD 'Super Deluxe Edition' includes the original best-selling album, along with unreleased mono 'reference' versions of two tracks and seven unreleased performances from the two sessions. A 32-page booklet features an extensive essay by Ashley Kahn, rare photographs from the sessions and all of Coltrane's surviving musical sketches and written elements. This format adds what is currently the only documented live recording of the album, a spirited, impromptu performance from the Festival Mondial du Jazz Antibes in July 1965. This 3-CD set is presented in a larger format that includes additional information about the live material and a personal introduction by Carlos Santana
Disc 1
A Love Supreme, Pt. I - Acknowledgement
A Love Supreme, Pt. II - Resolution
A Love Supreme, Pt. III - Pursuance
A Love Supreme, Pt. IV - Psalm
A Love Supreme, Pt. III - Pursuance (Original Mono Reference Master)
A Love Supreme, Pt. IV - Psalm (Original Mono Reference Master)
Disc 2
A Love Supreme, Pt. I - Acknowledgement (Vocal Overdub 2)
A Love Supreme, Pt. I - Acknowledgement (Vocal Overdub 3)
A Love Supreme Pt. II - Resolution (Take 4/Alternate)
A Love Supreme Pt. II - Resolution (Take 6/Breakdown)
A Love Supreme, Pt. IV - Psalm (Undubbed Version)
A Love Supreme Pt. I - Acknowledgement (Take 1/Alternate)
A Love Supreme Pt. I - Acknowledgement (Take 2/Alternate)
A Love Supreme Pt. I - Acknowledgement (Take 3/Breakdown With Studio Dialogue)
A Love Supreme Pt. I - Acknowledgement (Take 4/Alternate)
A Love Supreme Pt. I - Acknowledgement (Take 5/False Start)
A Love Supreme Pt. I - Acknowledgement (Take 6/Alternate) (Take 6/Alternate)
Disc 3
Introduction (Live In Juan-les-Pins, France/1965)
A Love Supreme Pt. I - Acknowledgement (Live In Juan-les-Pins, France/1965)
A Love Supreme Pt. II - Resolution (Live In Juan-les-Pins, France/1965)
A Love Supreme Pt. III - Pursuance (Live In Juan-les-Pins, France/1965)
A Love Supreme Pt. IV - Psalm (Live In Juan-les-Pins, France/1965)