John Coltrane Lp Cosmic Music Rare Original

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(Please read the entire ad.  Thank you and have a nice day !)...........   .  ..... COLTRANE RECORDING CORPORATION, STEREO, AU 4950......Original cover is vg, gatefold........the record is side 2 looks less than vg with alot of play marks, and some feelable marks, plays vg or better, only some areas of crackles................side one looks vg+ and plays better than vg+, most plays at least excellent...........this is JOHN COLTRANE AND ALICE COLTRANE COSMIC MUSIC. .

Recorded in early 1967, merely months before John Coltrane's death in July of that year, and released – briefly - on his own, proprietary "Coltrane" label (this was the only title ever to be released on the label), original versions of the "Cosmic Music" are the singularly, insanely rare of all Coltrane albums and easily fetch in excess of $500.00 when found in decent shape. The album comes in no less than three variants / versions:

            The first version – the one we are offering here – came in gatefold covers which were NOT laminated AND DID NOT HAVE A WHITE MARGIN ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE; this version uses the original, first label (Coltrane label with ‘paisley’ motif on the label). This was the first, UNMIXED version of the album which – if our understanding is correct – was the original, Coltrane-approved mix – the one he personally supervised. It is impossible to determine with some certainty exactly WHEN the album was released. While it is possible that the album was released while Coltrane was still alive (prior to June 1967), it is more likely that the album came out immediately following his death, at some point between July 1967 and April 1968.

            The second version is very similar to the first, but with some significant differences. The second pressing has a cover with a white right-hand margin on the front cover with a dedication to Martin Luther King, thus making it all but certain that it was released AFTER Martin Luther King’s assassination (April 1968). This version uses second label (all-pink label with black print, without paisley motif). This, second version utilizes ALICE COLTRANE mix (which is marginally different from the original mix: slightly more treble-ish and re-equalized but otherwise identical to the Coltrane mix). The second version of the COVER – unlike the first one – was fully laminated, and was very similar in texture and appearance to the Impulse’s other mid-60’s covers, leading us to believe that the second version – unlike the first – was distributed by Impulse records.

            About two years after Coltrane died, ABC/Impulse reissued the album with a different cover, and even these, second, pressings are notoriously difficult to find. This, third version is massively different from the previous two versions, with overdubs and various touches added (presumably by Alice Coltrane?) , one track DELETED from the original program, and with COMPLETELY DIFFERENT cover from the first two versions.

It remains unknown and undocumented who and how distributed the album. Our qualified guess is that Alice Coltrane distributed the album herself, directly from her and John Coltrane’s house in Deer Park, Long Island, New York, possibly with some technical and logistical help from ABC-Paramount or Impulse records.

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