Free Jazz

This version is a 1969 stereo reissue on early green & red-labels, with the following distinguishing attributes:

Green/Red label, 1841 Broadway Address, with cat no. at top right beside logo;

'PR' suffix on label matrices, indicating it was pressed by Presswell;

Gold-stamped 'STEREO' on front of laminated, die-cut, heavy cardboard gatefold sleeve;

MGM pressing logos in runouts, indicating metal work originated at MGM Custom Pressing Division;

Catalogue inner sleeve, with latest advertised releases being SD8214–8219 (January 1969).

Runouts are hand-scribed, except for MGM stamps – the 'ankh' (like an ice cream cone with a bar across it) and the stylised block 'S').

On label:

Mfg by Atlantic Recording Corp., 1841 Broadway, New York, N.Y.

Inside gatefold:

FREE JAZZ was recorded in one uninterrupted "take" of 36 minutes 23 seconds. This performance by Ornette Coleman's Double Quartet is heard exactly as it was performed in the studio, without any splicing or editing. Side One ends with a quick fade-out, and the music resumes with a minimum of interruption on Side Two.

On stereo Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Scott LaFaro and Billy Higgins are heard on the left channel, Eric Dolphy, Freddie Hubbard, Charlie Haden and Ed Blackwell are heard right.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout: ST-A-61343 PR (Label, side A)
• Matrix / Runout: ST-A-61344 PR (Label, side B)
• Matrix / Runout: ST-A-61343 A AT ['ankh' logo] (Runout, side A)
• Matrix / Runout: ST-A-61344 B AT ['S' logo] (Runout, side B)

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This version was released with a price change to 2,000 yen when Warner Bros.-Pioneer Corporation changed to Warner-Pioneer Corporation sometime after April 1972.

Warner Bros.-Pioneer Corporation still exists on the gatefold artwork, where the new Warner-Pioneer Corporation credit appears on the labels.

Issued with double-sided credits, liner notes and catalogue insert in Japanese.

Japanese Industrial Standards symbol 〄 is stamped in the runouts.

In the gatefold:

FREE JAZZ was recorded in one uninterrupted "take" of 36 minutes 23 seconds. This performance by Ornette Coleman's Double Quartet is heard exactly as it was performed in the studio, without any splicing or editing. Side One ends with a quick fade-out, and the music resumes with a minimum of interruption on Side Two.

On stereo Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Scott LaFaro and Billy Higgins are heard on the left channel, Eric Dolphy, Freddie Hubbard, Charlie Haden and Ed Blackwell are heard right.

Warner Bros.-Pioneer Corporation•Tokyo, Japan

Ⓟ 1972·2

KI A ★

On the back cover:

¥2,000

On the labels:

Ⓟ 1972

Made by Warner-Pioneer Corporation, Japan under license from Atlantic Recording Corp. U.S.A.

On the insert:

1960年 12月 21日

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: BMI
• Price Code: ¥2,000 (List price)
• Other: 1364 (Legacy catalogue number)
• Other: SD-1364 (Legacy catalogue number)
• Matrix / Runout: P-6059A1 (Side A label)
• Matrix / Runout: P-6059A2 (Side B label)
• Matrix / Runout: P-6059A1 65-ZG2 1-A-2 6-1 (1) 2 3 〄 (Side A runout)
• Matrix / Runout: P-6059A2 1-A-7 (1) 2 3 〄 (Side B runout)

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This version has a list price of 1,800 yen on the back cover. Issued with double-sided credits, liner notes and catalogue insert in Japanese. In the gatefold: FREE JAZZ was recorded in one uninterrupted "take" of 36 minutes 23 seconds. This performance by Ornette Coleman's Double Quartet is heard exactly as it was performed in the studio, without any splicing or editing. Side One ends with a quick fade-out, and the music resumes with a minimum of interruption on Side Two. On stereo Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Scott LaFaro and Billy Higgins are heard on the left channel, Eric Dolphy, Freddie Hubbard, Charlie Haden and Ed Blackwell are heard right. Warner Bros.-Pioneer Corporation•Tokyo, Japan Ⓟ 1972·2 KI A ★ ¥1,800 On the labels: Ⓟ 1972 Made by Warner Bros.-Pioneer Corporation, Japan under license from Atlantic Recording Corp. U.S.A. On the insert: 1960年 12月 21日

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: BMI
• Price Code: ¥1,800 (List Price)
• Other: 1364 (Legacy catalogue number)
• Other: SD-1364 (Legacy catalogue number)
• Matrix / Runout: P-6059A1 (Side A Label)
• Matrix / Runout: P-6059A2 (Side B Label)
• Matrix / Runout: P-6059A1 2-3-2-1-35-22-5 1-A-2 (1) (Side A Run Out Groove)
• Matrix / Runout: P-6059A2 1-A-2 (1) (Side B Run Out Groove)

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Recorded in NYC, December 21, 1960 Released on Atlantic black fun green/white/blue label design. Atlantic Recording Corporation Made by Warner-Pioneer Corporation, Japan, under license from Atlantic Recording Corp. U.S.A. 発売元 ・ ワーナー・パイオニア株式会社 Japanese insert. Text on the inner left sleeve, continued on the back : "This is an exceptional record-exceptional in so many ways that it is hard to know were to begin!" (etc.)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout: P-7511A1 (Label Side A)
• Matrix / Runout: P-7511A2 (Label Side B)
• Matrix / Runout: ST A 61343-E (Runout Side A)
• Matrix / Runout: ST A-61344-E (Runout Side B)
• Price Code: ¥2,200 (List price)

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FREE JAZZ was recorded in one uninterrupted "take" of 36 minutes 23 seconds. This performance by Ornette Coleman's Double Quartet is heard exactly as it was performed in the studio, without any splicing or editing. Side One ends with a quick fade-out, and the music resumes with a minimum of interruption on Side Two. On stereo Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Scott LaFaro and Billy Higgins are heard on the left channel, Eric Dolphy, Freddie Hubbard, Charlie Haden and Ed Blackwell are heard right. Thick cardboard gatefold cover not laminated. No die-cut on cover. ATLANTIC 1364 on cover and spine; SD 1364 on labels. Orange/green labels. Orange/green/yellow Atlantic logo on top. Mfg by Atlantic Recording Corp. 75 Rockefeller Plaza N.Y. N.Y. A Warner Communications Company. Two press rings: 35mm, 70mm

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout: ST-A-61344 PR (Label Side B)
• Matrix / Runout: ST-A-61343 PR (Label Side A)
• Matrix / Runout: ST-A-61343-E PR (Scribed Side A, variant 1)
• Matrix / Runout: ST-A-61344-C -f (Scribed Side B, variant 1)
• Matrix / Runout: ST-A-61343-E PR (Scribed Side A, variant 2)
• Matrix / Runout: SI A 61344 E III-III PR (Scribed Side B, variant 2)
• Rights Society: BMI

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