Sonny RollinsWay Out West Plus

Label:

Contemporary Records – VDJ-1551

Series:

Contemporary CD Masterpiece Series – 1

Format:

CD , Album, Reissue, Remastered

Country:

Japan

Released:

Genre:

Jazz

Style:

Hard Bop

Tracklist

1 I'm An Old Cowhand
Written-ByJohnny Mercer
5:40
2 I'm An Old Cowhand (Alternate Take)
Written-ByJohnny Mercer
10:06
3 Solitude
Written-ByMills*
7:49
4 Come, Gone
Written-BySonny Rollins
7:50
5 Come, Gone (Alternate Take)
Written-BySonny Rollins
10:27
6 Wagon Wheels
Written-ByDeRose*
10:09
7 There Is No Greater Love
Written-BySymes*
5:14
8 Way Out West
Written-BySonny Rollins
6:28
9 Way Out West (Alternate Take)
Written-BySonny Rollins
6:36

Companies, etc.

  • Manufactured ByVictor Musical Industries, Inc.
  • Recorded AtContemporary's Studio
  • Lacquer Cut AtJVC Cutting Center
  • Mastered AtJVC Cutting Center

Credits

  • BassRay Brown
  • DrumsShelly Manne
  • Photography By [Cover Photo]William Claxton
  • Producer, Liner NotesLester Koenig
  • Recorded By [Original]Roy DuNann
  • Supervised ByTakashi Misu
  • Tenor SaxophoneSonny Rollins
  • Transferred By, Mastered ByDan Hersch

Notes

Recorded in March 7, 1957, Los Angeles.
Tracks 2, 5, 9: Bonus tracks not on original LP release.

Digital transferred from the original analog 1950s
source material by Daniel Hersch/JVC DISC INC, at JVC Cutting Center,
Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, Ca. 1986 using JVC/DAS-900

Production co-ordination by Takashi Misu/JVC Musical Industries.

The cover photo of Rollins is by William Claxton, internationally known West Coast jazz photographer. It was Rollins' idea to celebrate his first trip West posing Stetson hat, holster and horn.
An alternate photo of Rollins from the desert shoot for the cover was used.

℗1986

Made in Japan.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Scanned): 4988002013784
  • Barcode (Printed): T4988 002 01378 4
  • Matrix / Runout: VDJ-1551-1-S3D23
  • Rights Society: JASRAC
  • Other (Price): ¥ 3,200
  • Other (Release date code): H • 5 • 21

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Way Out West (LP, Album, Mono) Contemporary Records C 3530, C3530 US 1957
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Way Out West (LP, Album, Mono) Contemporary Records LY 1004, C-3530 Japan 1957
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Way Out West (LP, Album, Repress, Mono) Contemporary Records C 3530, C3530 US 1957
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Way Out West (LP, Album, Mono) Vogue LAM C 6002 New Zealand 1957
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Way Out West (Reel-To-Reel, 3 ¾ ips, ¼", 4-Track Stereo, 7" Cine Reel) Contemporary Records CYX-7530 US 1957

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