John Coltrane First Meditations (For Quartet)
1977 Vinyl Santa Maria Pressing
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ABC Impulse!
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)



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