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John Coltrane: Giant Steps

John Coltrane: Giant Steps

Analogue Productions  CAPA 010 SA

Stereo Hybrid

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John Coltrane

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Comment by Downunderman - October 10, 2024 (1 of 2)

Released in September 2024. This is the second time this title has been released on SACD, but the first time it has been released on SACD in stereo.

The earlier release John Coltrane: Giant Steps was in mono and the individual track times are a little longer by about 3-4 seconds on average. It has a copyright date of 1959.


This stereo version is a title in the 'Atlantic 75 Audiophile Series' and has a copyright date of 1960. It is advised as "Mastered directly from the original analog tape to Direct-Stream-Digital" and was mastered by Ryan K. Smith.

I have not heard the earlier mono sacd, but the stereo version Sounds good in its own right, though it does not seem to be in 'proper' stereo. The bass is a little too much in the background for mine, but otherwise it is well balanced and pretty analog sounding.

Certainly, it will be worth getting if you don't have the mono version.

Comment by Paul - October 11, 2024 (2 of 2)

I have the first issue of this on SACD from Japan.

I just got the AP Stereo version of this SACD and will update this comment with a review after I listen to the SACD layer.

I have played the CD layer of the AP SACD and it sounds most excellent. The stereo mix has the sax and the piano in the left channel and the bass and drums in the right channel. I’m not sure if this was how the original LP release was mixed but this is how the CD layer and SACD layer are mixed. Since this was taken from the original master tapes I am assuming that it is the correct mix.

I plan on doing an A/B comparison of both the AP Stereo SACD and the Japanese Mono SACD versions.

More soon….