{"product_id":"john-coltrane-meditations-verve-vault-series","title":"John Coltrane - Meditations (Verve Vault Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVerve Vault Series 180g Vinyl LP in Gatefold Jacket\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition of Meditations belongs to the Verve Vault Series, Verve's line of all-analog 180-gram reissues drawn from the Verve, Impulse! and Mercury catalogs and their associated labels. Ryan K. Smith mastered it from the original analog tapes, the runouts carry the etching RKS STERLING, and the record was pressed at Optimal. Verve models the series on the Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series, and its announcement describes attention to detail running from the mastering through to the jacket reproduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe gatefold reproduces the original Impulse! A-9110 jacket, STEREO banner and Impulse! logo included. The back credits the cover design to Robert Flynn\/Viceroy and the cover photograph to Charles Shabacon, and names the full sextet: Coltrane with Pharoah Sanders, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Jimmy Garrison and Rashied Ali.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eColtrane recorded Meditations on November 23, 1965, at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, with Bob Thiele producing, and Impulse! issued it in 1966. It was the last Coltrane recording to feature his classic quartet of Tyner, Garrison and Jones, joined here by Sanders on a second tenor saxophone and Ali on a second drum kit. Jones and Tyner had both left the band by early 1966. Two months before this session, the quartet alone recorded versions of four of the five pieces, issued posthumously in 1977 as First Meditations (for quartet).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Verve Vault edition came out in 2026, the year of Coltrane's centennial, as newly announced vinyl editions of Impressions and Ascension were also arriving.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide 1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Father And The Son And The Holy Ghost\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompassion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide 2\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLove\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConsequences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSerenity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 199957337434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Verve\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.14.26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Verve","offers":[{"title":"NEW \/ NEW","offer_id":67438554382494,"sku":"EVP-CA64FF86-NEW-NEW-NONE0000","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/JohnColtrane_Meditations_1LP-ProductShot_1.jpg?v=1791196091","url":"https:\/\/evergreenvinyl.com\/products\/john-coltrane-meditations-verve-vault-series","provider":"Evergreen Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}