A Love Supreme [Deluxe Edition]

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Artist: John Coltrane
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Release Date: 11 November 2002

Record Label: Impulse!

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Sales Rank: 44027

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This is the edition to get (17 September 2009)
...of this "acknowledged" classic. Not only do you get the original album, but all the outtakes including the legendary "sextet versions" with Archie Shepp (inhibited but adding an extra layer of complexity nonetheless).
Importantly, you also get the legendary live version from Antibes festival in the best possible sound quality (and with the bass solo intact!). As someone who grew up with the live version I've always found the studio version to be bland in comparison to the live one - and it's here for comparison to both the original release and the alternate studio versions, all of which are worth having.

Poor edition of great music (09 July 2009)
Before I begin, let me state that this review applies to "A Love Supreme [Deluxe Edition] [Box set] [Extra tracks] [Original recording remastered]". I won't review the music itself as others have done do ably. I simply want to say beware of this edition, for it has been 'remastered' by Rudy Van Gelder, who, it is a reasonable guess, is suffering from hearing problems in the treble range in his old age. It simply sounds like he has turned the treble up, resulting in annoyingly hissing and dominant cymbals, and leaving Coltrane's reeds sounds rather ... well, reedy. So please avoid this edition and buy the one labelled 'originals' (a version of which is also available including the live performance, so nothing is lost).

If this is genius ......................... (22 June 2006)
I bought this album on the strength of the many reviews describing it as a work of genius or a religious experience. Well maybe I have missed the point, but to me this is one of the tedious and frustrating albums I have ever heard. The piece simply repeats the same themes over and over again, with somewhat derivative improvisation. Well played but not well constructed.

Still supreme after all these years. (30 November 2004)
It's a testament to John Coltrane's artistic vision that a piece of uncomprimising music such as a 'A Love Supreme' can be heard for the universalism it stands for. Recorded in a studio in New Jersey in late 1964, Coltrane had spent a week alone in a room in his house away from his wife and children. During that time of contemplation and isolation, he put pen to paper to bare his soul to God and the essence of 'A Love Supreme' was born. I don't think it was a coincedence that at the time this album was recorded in the mid-60's, a new philosophy of spirituality and peace & love began to prevade popular music in general. The Church of St. John Coltrane still resides in that bastion of hippiedom San Francisco.

The music on the album itself is powerful not just for Coltrane's playing itself but also for the fanatical interplay of the quartet. 'Acknowledgement' opens with Garrison's passionate bass line, leading into Coltrane's dynamic and ingenious playing, the quartet's spirited performance like a fervant, untamed emotion that has gripped them all. 'Resolution' blazes from the record with Tyler burnishing the track with some brilliant playing of his own. Jones's frantic drumming comes to the fore on the opening of 'Pursuance', a track where the meaning of 'Chasin' The Trane' becomes self-evident as Garrison, Tyler and Jones follow in hot pursuit of their leader's furious joy. Tyler's playing is again compelling as the quartet trade notes with such alarming velocity before Garrison's bass tip-toes and leads us like the pied-piper to the concluding 'Psalm'.

It's refreshing in this day and age to hear an artist whose sincerity and integrity shines through his work.

Ian go back to sleep (11 March 2004)
Not many words are needed for this piece of work. "Life changing" would sum up the listening experience. Ian go back to sleep my freind