Post Description

In this concept album, John Coltrane’s Ballads has been redone as a vocal album by Karrin Allyson. Coltrane’s album is justifiably famous. Recorded in 1962, Ballads is an example of Coltrane’s work during his peak period. Its eight cuts showcase the talents of the venerable McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones. Karrin Allyson’s album contains twelve cuts, the additional four consisting of Coltrane standards such as "Naima" and "Nature Boy." It is the debut release from the new audiophile record label Pure Audiophile, run by Dennis Cassidy of Kansas City, Missouri. It was originally released as a Concord Jazz CD, but never as an LP. For this release, the cutting master was prepared from DAT by the renowned Paul Stubblebine, and the LPs were mastered at half speed by the incomparable Stan Ricker. This limited two-LP set was pressed on HQ 180-gram blue vinyl by Record Technology, Inc., and it comes in a heavy gatefold jacket. I reviewed a test pressing.






Karrin Allyson - Ballads,Remembering J.Coltrane LP-24-96


1. Say It (Over and Over Again)
2. You Don't Know What Love Is
3. Too Young to Go Steady
4. All or Nothing at All
5. I Wish I Knew
6. What's New
7. It's Easy to Remember
8. Nancy (With the Laughing Face)
9. Naima
10. Why Was I Born
11. Everytime We Say Goodbye
12. Nature Boy (Bonus Track)


Tech Specs
Turntable: Nottingham Analogue Interspace; 
Cartridge: Shelter 501 MKII Low Output MC; 
Phono amp: Ray Samuels Audio Emmeline XR-2; 
Power cables: Black Sand Cables Silver Reference MKV with Wattgate 330i-350i Ag; 
Computer: MacBook Pro (FieWire out); 
?DC: Edirol FA-66 FireWire
Software: Soundtrack Pro @ 96kHz/32-bit floating point/ClickRepair.