art direction Frank Mulvey bass Jimmy Garrison design Philip Chiang drums Elvin Jones engineer [recording] Rudy Van Gelder illustration Mamoru Shimokochi lacquer cut by [runout etched] Erik Wolf liner notes, research David A. Wild piano McCoy Tyner producer Bob Thiele producer John Coltrane producer [for release] Michael Cuscuna tenor saxophone, composed by John Coltrane transferred by [tape transfers] Al Schmitt Phonographic Copyright (p) ABC Records, Inc. Copyright (c) ABC Records, Inc. Recorded At Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey Published By Jowcol Music Pressed By Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on September 2, 1965.
Some copies may have a gold stamp on cover MCA/Impulse 29030. These are transitional copies using up existing covers/labels as the label moved this catalog title to a budget priced MCA reissue (although it doesn't appear they ever printed up new covers or labels with the new 29030 catalog number). Rights Society: BMI Matrix / Runout: AS-9332-A (A side label) Matrix / Runout: AS-9332-B (B side label) Matrix / Runout: AS-9332-A ② EW (A side runout etched, variant 1) Matrix / Runout: AS-9332-B ① EW (B side runout etched, variant 1) Matrix / Runout: AS-9332-A ① EW \ S (A side runout etched, variant 2) Matrix / Runout: AS-9332-B ② \ S (B side runout etched, variant 2) Matrix / Runout: AS-9332-A ① SXT EW A3 S2 (A side runout etched, variant 3) Matrix / Runout: AS ̷A̷B̷ -9332-B ① EW B6 \S (B side runout etched, variant 3) Pressing Plant ID: S (Etched both sides runout)