Diggin' in the Crates "Take the Coltrane" Edition

Last year, when I came back from the New York CD & Record Show in Wilkes-Barre, PA and showed off my newest aquisitions here (crossposted with my LiveJournal), a longtime LJ friend told me, "I'm super jealous of all your Coltrane."

So, after giving her fair warning with the mantra of Randy Bachman ("You ain't seen nothing yet"), I pulled out all of the 'Trane vinyls I had to date, grabbed my digital camera, and set them up like so:

From top to bottom:

• A Love Supreme (Impulse!/GRP, 1995 180-gram reissue)
• John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (Impulse/GRP, 1995 180-gram reissue)
• Crescent (Impulse/GRP, 1995 180-gram reissue)
• The Coltrane Legacy (Atlantic, pressing date unknown)
• Coltrane Live at the Village Vanguard Again! (ABC Impulse! mid-70's repress with green target label)
• Impressions (MCA/Impulse!, 1980's repress, blue label, non-gatefold)
• The Stardust Session (Prestige/Fantasy, 1975 original pressing)
• Kulu Se Mama (MCA/Impulse!, 1980's repress, blue label, non-gatefold)
• Coltrane Live at Birdland (ABC Impulse mid-70's repress with green target label)
• Coltrane/Prestige 7105 (Prestige/Fantasy, 1987 "Original Jazz Classics" reissue)
• Coltrane's Sound (Atlantic, pressing date unknown)
• The Best of John Coltrane (Atlantic, pressing date unknown)
• My Favorite Things (Atlantic, pressing date unknown)
• The Mastery of John Coltrane, Vol. III: Jupiter Variation (ABC Impulse, 1978 original pressing)
• The Mastery of John Coltrane, Vol. I: Feel Good (ABC Impulse, 1978 original pressing)
• The Mastery of John Coltrane, Vol. IV: Trane's Modes (ABC Impulse, 1979 original pressing)
• Alternate Takes (Atlantic, pressing date unknown)
• Sun Ship (MCA/Victor, 1976 Japanese pressing)
• Soul Trane (Prestige/Fantasy, repress of "Original Jazz Classics" reissue)
• Blue Train (Blue Note/Manhattan/EMI, pressing date unknown)
• Giant Steps (Rhino/Atlantic, early 2000's 180-gram reissue)

To date, I think I've only added one Coltrane vinyl to my collection since those pictures were taken, the 200-gram double vinyl edition of Impulse!'s archival Coltrane release One Down, One Up: Live at the Half-Note. 

At the end of the post, I warned my friend, "Don't make me break out all of my Miles Davis vinyls." I haven't done a hard count, but I probably have more Miles vinyl than I do Coltrane vinyl. Maybe someday soon, I'll do a similar photo shoot and blog post with those records...