Album · 1995
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
Tracklist
Disc 1
1
Stairway to the Stars
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
3:32
2
The Late Late Blues
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
9:36
3
Bags & Trane
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
7:27
4
Three Little Words
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
7:31
5
The Night We Called It a Day
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
4:23
6
Be-Bop
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
8:01
7
Blues Legacy
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
9:05
8
Centerpiece
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
7:09
9
Giant Steps (alternate version)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
3:44
10
Naima (alternate version)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
4:31
11
Like Sonny (alternate version)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
6:03
Disc 2
1
Spiral
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
5:59
2
Countdown
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
2:24
3
Countdown (alternate take)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
4:35
4
Syeeda's Song Flute
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
7:04
5
Syeeda's Song Flute (alternate take)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
7:07
6
Mr. P.C.
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
7:00
7
Giant Steps
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
4:46
8
Cousin Mary
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
5:49
9
Cousin Mary (alternate take)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
5:47
10
I'll Wait and Pray
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
3:35
11
I'll Wait and Pray (alternate take)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
3:28
12
Little Old Lady
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
4:24
Disc 3
1
Like Sonny
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
5:55
2
Harmonique
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
4:13
3
My Shining Hour
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
4:53
4
Naima
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
4:23
5
Some Other Blues
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
5:37
6
Fifth House
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
4:42
7
Cherryco
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
6:47
8
The Blessing
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
7:54
9
Focus on Sanity
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
12:14
10
The Invisible
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
4:13
11
Bemsha Swing
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
5:04
Disc 4
1
Village Blues
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
5:23
2
Village Blues (alternate take)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
6:18
3
My Favorite Things
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
13:44
4
Central Park West
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
4:15
5
Mr. Syms
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
5:23
6
[Exotica, untitled original]
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
5:23
7
Summertime
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
11:34
8
Body and Soul
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
5:38
9
Body and Soul (alternate take)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
6:00
10
Mr. Knight
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
7:31
Disc 5
1
Blues to Elvin (alternate take)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
11:01
2
Blues to Elvin
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
7:54
3
Mr. Day
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
7:56
4
Blues to You (alternate take)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
5:35
5
Blues to You
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
6:29
6
Blues to Bechet
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
5:46
7
Satellite
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
5:51
8
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
5:42
9
26-2
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
6:13
10
But Not for Me
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
9:35
Disc 6
1
Liberia
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
6:51
2
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
6:51
3
Equinox
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
8:35
4
Ole
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
18:16
5
Dahomey Dance
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
10:52
6
Aisha
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
7:39
7
[To Her Ladyship, original untitled ballad]
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
8:59
Disc 7
1
Giant Steps (take 1) (incomplete)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
4:44
2
Giant Steps (take 2) (false start)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
0:14
3
Giant Steps (take 3) (incomplete)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
2:51
4
Giant Steps (take 4) (incomplete)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
1:20
5
Giant Steps (take 5) (alternate)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
3:40
6
Giant Steps (take 6) (false start)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
0:32
7
Giant Steps (take 7) (incomplete)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
4:13
8
Naima (take 1) (incomplete)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
3:20
9
Naima (take 2) (incomplete)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
3:24
10
Naima (take 4) (false start)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
0:16
11
Naima (take 5) (alternate)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
3:51
12
Naima (take 6) (alternate)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
3:38
13
Like Sonny (rehearsal 1) (false start)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
0:09
14
Like Sonny (rehearsal 2) (incomplete)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
1:35
15
Like Sonny (take 1) (false start)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
0:19
16
Like Sonny (take 2) (incomplete)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
3:09
17
Like Sonny (take 3) (incomplete)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
1:08
18
Like Sonny (take 4) (false start)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
0:08
19
Like Sonny (take 5) (alternate)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
8:25
20
Like Sonny (take 6) (incomplete)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
1:09
21
Giant Steps (take 3) (incomplete)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
4:06
22
Giant Steps (take 6) (alternate)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
4:55
23
Blues to Elvin (take 2) (false start)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
0:10
24
Blues to Elvin (take 3) (alternate)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
6:02
25
Blues to You (take 2) (alternate)
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
5:31
In print
First pressed 1995, still pressed 2016 — 9 pressings across 3 countries.
Credits
Bob Defrin
Art Direction
Bryan Rackleff
Art Direction
Geoff Gans
Art Direction
Abidin Dino
Artwork · cover [cover painting - the avant garde], painting [cover painting - the avant garde]
David Stone Martin
Artwork · cover [cover illustration - alternate takes], illustration [cover illustration - alternate takes]
Marty Norman
Artwork · cover [cover - coltrane plays the blues]
Brian Schuman
Design · design concept [packaging]
Jagel & Slutzky Graphics
Design
Loring Eutemey
Design
Marvin Israel
Design
Paula Scher
Design
Sam Smidt
Design
Geoffrey Haslam
Engineer
Phil Ramone
Engineer
Bob Slutzky
Graphic Design · graphics [coltrane plays the blues]
Art Davis
Instrument · bass
Art Taylor
Instrument · drums
Cedar Walton
Instrument · piano
Charlie Haden
Instrument · bass
Connie Kay
Instrument · drums
Don Cherry
Instrument · trumpet
Ed Blackwell
Instrument · drums
Eric Dolphy
Instrument · flute
Freddie Hubbard
Instrument · trumpet
Hank Jones
Instrument · piano
Jimmy Cobb
Instrument · drums
John Coltrane
Instrument · soprano saxophone
Lex Humphries
Instrument · drums
Milt Jackson
Instrument · vibraphone
Paul Chambers
Instrument · bass
Percy Heath
Instrument · bass
Reggie Workman
Instrument · bass
Steve Davis
Instrument · bass
Tommy Flanagan
Instrument · piano
Wynton Kelly
Instrument · piano
Ahmet Ertegun
Liner Notes
Alfred Bennett Spellman, Jr.
Liner Notes
Bill Coss
Liner Notes
Charles Lloyd
Liner Notes
C. H. Garrigues
Liner Notes
Darcy Sullivan
Liner Notes
Elvin Jones
Liner Notes
Joe Goldberg
Liner Notes
Joel Dorn
Liner Notes
Lewis Porter
Liner Notes
McCoy Tyner
Liner Notes
Nancy L. Hopkins
Liner Notes
Nat Hentoff
Liner Notes
Norma Edwards
Liner Notes
Patrick Milligan
Liner Notes
Ralph J. Gleason
Liner Notes
Stephen K. Peeples
Liner Notes
Ted Myers
Liner Notes
Tom Dowd
Liner Notes
Yusef Lateef
Liner Notes
Zita Carno
Liner Notes
Bill Inglot
Mastering · remastered by
Bob Fisher
Mastering · remastered by
Gene Paul
Mastering · remastered by
Geoff Sykes
Mastering · lacquer cut by
Alice Arnold
Photography
Chuck Stewart
Photography
Francis Wolff
Photography
Jim Marshall
Photography
Jimmy Heath
Photography
Lee Friedlander
Photography
Lee Tanner
Photography
Michael Ochs Archives
Photography
Mosaic Images
Photography
İlhan Mimaroğlu
Producer · compiled by [collator - alternate takes], engineer [re-mix - alternate takes]
Nesuhi Ertegun
Producer
Phil Iehle
Recording