John Coltrane - Giant Steps (1960) (Atlantic 1311, original US monopressing)

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John Coltrane - Giant Steps
Vinyl rip in 24-bit / 96kHZ and redbook | FLAC | no cue or log (vinyl) | artwork
422 MB (24/96) | torrent| Jazz | Atlantic 1311

Giant Steps is the fifth studio album by jazz musician John Coltrane as leader, released in 1960 on Atlantic Records.





The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album as part of its suggested "Core Collection" calling it "Trane's first genuinely iconic record."

tracks
A1 Giant Steps
A2 Cousin Mary
A3 Countdown
A4 Spiral
B1 Syeeda's Song Flute
B2 Naima
B3 Mr. P.C.

credits
Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane
Bass – Paul Chambers (3)
Drums – Art Taylor (tracks: A1 to B1, B3), Jimmy Cobb (tracks: B2)
Piano – Tommy Flanagan (tracks: A1 to B1, B3), Wynton Kelly (tracks: B2)
Supervised By – Nesuhi Ertegun
Engineer [Recording] – Phil Iehle, Tom Dowd
Written-By – John Coltrane

notes
"Long Playing Unbreakable"
Released in 1959 with black label with silver lettering, first issue.

Matrix / Runout: 11637-A  AT
Matrix / Runout: 11638-A  AT

Comments

voisinj said…
I did a shoot out with this Mono version and the recently posted Rhino 45rpm from b0ggl0r. Even tho my 48 year old ears are used to stereo, in this case the Mono original pressing is superior. Instruments have more definition and it sounds closer to a 'live' session than the Rhino in my opinion.
January 19, 2013 at 12:28 PM
Stevie Wittgenstein said…
Thanks very much! I've never heard this in mono before.
January 19, 2013 at 5:37 PM
86ed said…
Glad you like it!
January 19, 2013 at 7:26 PM
BFR1028 said…
awesome album
January 19, 2013 at 7:31 PM
crispi said…
The stereo mix is not very good in the first place and the Rhino makes the mistake of offering a flat transfer of those tapes (at least I assume it does). I have a stereo pressing that uses the original tube cut for side B and a late '60s solid state cut for side A and both sound much better than the Rhino 45 rpm. I hope to be able to post soon, but I want to re-rip it with my new gear.
January 20, 2013 at 10:28 PM
mertin said…
nnneeeeeeewwwwww!!!!!! :eek:
Holy Mother of God.

Why doesn't this have 127 comments?!?

Thank you so much. Never heard a mono pressing of this. And a first issue!
January 21, 2013 at 12:30 AM
86ed said…
I picked this up last March, I paid $.49 for it. Half a dollar! It is a real first pressing! The store had obviously just acquired someone's collection, but this is more of a hip-hop and rap clientele store, the employees were too lazy to check it out, so they just put it out on the floor in three stacks marked as $.49 each! I was one of the first one to pick over the lot, I got a few other nice pieces that day too, but this was the big one.
Hope you like.
@crispi, where do you find such detail on the pressings?
January 21, 2013 at 2:49 AM
crispi said…
hi 86ed... what a nice find for fifty cents. amazing!!! no chance finding something like this over here in europe.

my comment on the rhino about using a flat transfer is based on my listening and comparing to the first CD pressing (which sounds similar). also, I don't assume that Rhino made the tapes sound WORSE when pressing it, so it must be flat. my pressing sounds completely different, at least side B: fat bass, much more three-dimensional in stereo presentation, a different EQ altogether. it is what this mix seems to need and the way it was originally issued. I hope someone will post an original stereo pressing someday.

I got my info about my pressing my posting a question on the SHTV forums.

listening to your rip, I really like this mono mix. there supposedly is (or will be) a Japanese CD of this out there, as there is of the mono mix of My Favourite Things.
January 21, 2013 at 4:30 AM
kelboy said…
Thanks alot
Can't wait to hear this
Thanks!! :mrgreen:
January 21, 2013 at 4:03 PM
bookbook said…
Thank you for this great share, 86ed!!!
January 22, 2013 at 12:02 AM
mertin said…
I'm enjoying this rip for the last two days, so thank you very much.
I'm getting a strange skip in track 6) Syeeda's Song Flute at 0:22. Can anyone confirm please? I see that this particular second is a little shorter than normal so it looks like a corrupted file, not vinyl damage or bad rip.
@86ed, could you please provide md5 sums for the files? At least for track 6. Anyone can do it really.

Thanks in advance
January 22, 2013 at 5:39 AM
mertin said…
also in track 8, at 6:38
January 22, 2013 at 5:54 AM
86ed said…
I am traveling the next few days on business but will do so when I return.
January 22, 2013 at 7:12 AM
tatooboy said…
Thanx for the rip and for the Invite what an honor to be part of this blog Thanx again.
January 22, 2013 at 10:18 AM
sinala said…
Many thanks for your rip of the Mono version!
$.49? That's a nice gift from that store, lucky you!
January 22, 2013 at 1:48 PM
Observando Desde El Sur said…
And once again: Thank you, 86ed!

All the best,
B.
January 22, 2013 at 2:04 PM
bubba111 said…
Thank you 86ed! I LOVE Tommy Flanagan, but am always amused at how flummoxed he sounds trying to cope with the Giant Steps changes for the first time.
January 22, 2013 at 7:55 PM
crispi said…
yes, the skip is there. missing a few miliseconds of music. may be in need of a re-rip, it's probably a digital flaw (the recording software skipped a beat). thanks for pointing out, mertin.
January 23, 2013 at 1:24 AM
arrezeb said…
Thank you!! :grin:
January 23, 2013 at 10:14 AM
beatlet-shirt said…
thanks 86ed.
January 23, 2013 at 1:59 PM
hatfieldjimi said…
Thanks so much for this one!!
January 23, 2013 at 8:45 PM
superfuzz said…
Can't say I agree about the 45RPM edition, I think it sounds incredible. Best I've heard, and I've got several vinyl editions - the Kevin Gray cut, the Heavyweight Champion edition, and several CD versions. But to be clear, the 45RPM I'm talking about was cut by Bernie Grundman... yours should be the same, but it's possible that Europeans got a different cut (see for example the "Rumours" 45RPM debacle.)
I do agree that the mix isn't the best, but that Grundman cut sounds real sweet to these ears.
January 25, 2013 at 2:33 PM
Aleksandr said…
Thank you, this sounds really great, always welcome John Coltrane rips.
January 27, 2013 at 5:19 AM
appreciative said…
This really cooks, thanks!
January 27, 2013 at 7:27 AM
harmonkardon said…
Wait, so have the skips been fixed yet? Just wondering (I can't check right now because it hasn't finished downloading on my end).
February 23, 2013 at 7:26 AM
86ed said…
Yes, the skips are repaired. Unfortunately there is a tagging error / omission, but the music is fixed. You can fix the tags.
February 23, 2013 at 8:43 AM
harmonkardon said…
Thanks for replying, 86ed! I finished downloading a couple hours ago and have listened to the affected segments. No skips to be heard here!

I wouldn't worry about the tags, you can say I'm kind of a master of fixing tags myself :wink:
February 23, 2013 at 3:10 PM
swa said…
Thank you so much!!
March 4, 2013 at 5:23 AM
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