Sun Ship, the 1971 posthumous release from John Coltrane and his quartet (with McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones), was featured as the Classics Record of the Month for July 2022. It's pressed on 180g black vinyl with AAA lacquers cut from the original master tapes by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound. The record will arrive in a foil stamped, tip-on, gatefold jacket along with a Listening Notes booklet by Mark Richardson.
Afro, the groundbreaking 1954 Afro-Cuban jazz album from Dizzy Gillespie, was featured as the Classics Record of the Month for September 2022. It's pressed on 180g Black vinyl at RTI with AAA lacquers cut from the original analog tapes by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound. The record will arrive in a foil stamped, tip-on, single jacket along with a Listening Notes booklet by Dean Van Nguyen.
The Shape of Jazz to Come, the bold 1959 magnum opus from Ornette Coleman, was featured as the Classics Record of the Month for October 2022. It's pressed on on 180g Black Audiophile vinyl at RTI with AAA lacquers cut from the original mono tapes by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound. The record will arrive in a foil stamped, tip-on, single jacket along with a Listening Notes booklet by Marcus J. Moore.