Tracklist
| St. Thomas | |||
| You Don't Know What Love Is | |||
| Strode Rode | |||
| Moritat | |||
| Blue Seven |
Credits (9)
Doug WatkinsBass
Hannan*Cover
Max RoachDrums
RVG*Lacquer Cut By
Ira GitlerLiner Notes
Tommy FlanaganPiano
Notes
1956 • Prestige Records
June 22, 1956
Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, NJ
Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone)
Tommy Flanagan (piano)
Doug Watkins (bass)
Max Roach (drums)
June 22, 1956
Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, NJ
Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone)
Tommy Flanagan (piano)
Doug Watkins (bass)
Max Roach (drums)
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201 versions
| Image | , | – | In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory | Version Details | Data Quality | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Saxophone Colossus LP, Album, Mono | Prestige – LP 7079, Prestige – PRLP 7079 | US | 1957 | US — 1957 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus LP, Album, Mono | Esquire – 32-045 | UK | 1958 | UK — 1958 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus LP, Album, Repress, Mono | Prestige – LP 7079, Prestige – PRLP 7079 | US | 1958 | US — 1958 | New Submission | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus LP, Album, Repress, Mono | Prestige – LP 7079, Prestige – PRLP 7079 | US | 1958 | US — 1958 | New Submission | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus LP, Album, Repress, Mono, 203 Jacket | Prestige – LP 7079, Prestige – PRLP 7079 | US | 1958 | US — 1958 | New Submission | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus LP | Prestige – LP 7079 HI FI | US | 1958 | US — 1958 | New Submission | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus = ソニー・ロリンズの芸術 LP, Album, Mono | Top Rank International – RANK-5004 | Japan | 1959 | Japan — 1959 | New Submission | |||
 | Le Colosse Du Saxophone LP, Album, Mono | Barclay – 84 084 | France | 1961 | France — 1961 | New Submission | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus LP, Album, Reissue, Mono | Stateside – SL 10164 | UK | 1964 | UK — 1964 | ||||
 | Saxophone Colossus LP, Album, Mono, Reissue | Prestige – PR 7326 | US | 1964 | US — 1964 | ||||
 | Original Saxophone Colossus LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo | Prestige – SMJ-7101, Prestige – SPRES-7019 | Japan | 1964 | Japan — 1964 | New Submission | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo | Prestige – PR 7326, Prestige – PRST 7326 | US | 1964 | US — 1964 | New Submission | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus LP, Album, Reissue, Mono | Prestige – PR 7326 | US | 1964 | US — 1964 | ||||
 | Saxophone Colossus LP, Album, Reissue, Mono | Prestige – MJ-7064, Prestige – PRES-7028 | Japan | 1964 | Japan — 1964 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus LP, Album, Mono, Reissue | Prestige – PPR 086 | Netherlands | 1966 | Netherlands — 1966 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus LP, Album, Mono, Reissue | Prestige – PPR 086 | Netherlands | 1966 | Netherlands — 1966 | New Submission | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue | Prestige – MPR S-3086 | Netherlands | 1967 | Netherlands — 1967 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo | Prestige – PRST 7326 | US | 1967 | US — 1967 | New Submission | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, Gatefold | Prestige – SMJX-10039(M) | Japan | 1968 | Japan — 1968 | New Submission | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo | Prestige – CPRX 240857, Prestige – CPRX 240.857, Prestige – CPRX 240862 | France | 1969 | France — 1969 | New Submission | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue | Prestige – PR 7326, Prestige – PRT-7326 | US | 1972 | US — 1972 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus LP, Album, Misprint, Reissue, Mono | Prestige – SMJX-10039(M) | Japan | 1972 | Japan — 1972 | New Submission | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue | Prestige – PR 7326 | US | 1972 | US — 1972 | New Submission | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo | Prestige – BJS 40104, Bellaphon – BJS 40104 | Germany | 1973 | Germany — 1973 | New Submission | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo | Prestige – PR 7326 | France | 1973 | France — 1973 | New Submission | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus LP, Album, Reissue | Prestige – LPR-8850 | Japan | 1973 | Japan — 1973 | New Submission | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus LP, Album, Reissue, Mono | Prestige – SMJ-6501(M) | Japan | 1975 | Japan — 1975 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus = サキソフォン・コロッサス LP, Album, Reissue, Mono | Prestige – SMJ-6501(M), Prestige – SMJ-6501M, Prestige – SMJ-6501, Prestige – SMJ-6501Ⓜ, Prestige – DTG-6001, Prestige – PTG-6001 | Japan | 1976 | Japan — 1976 | ||||
 | Saxophone Colossus Cassette, Album, Reissue | Prestige – VCW-1091 | Japan | 1976 | Japan — 1976 | New Submission | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus LP, Album, Reissue | Prestige – LPR-8850 | Japan | 1979 | Japan — 1979 | New Submission | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus Cassette, Album, Repress | Prestige – HBM 9005 | Italy | 1980 | Italy — 1980 | New Submission | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus Cassette, Album, Reissue, Mono | Prestige – VCW-521(M) | Japan | 1980 | Japan — 1980 | New Submission | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus LP, Album, Reissue, Mono | Prestige – VIJ-202 | Japan | 1984 | Japan — 1984 | New Submission | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono | Prestige – VDJ-1501 | Japan | 1985 | Japan — 1985 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus - Colosso Del Saxo LP, Album, Reissue | Prestige – CB 10055 | Argentina | 1985 | Argentina — 1985 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus LP, Album, Reissue | Prestige – PR 7326, Prestige – 68.429, Prestige – 68429 | France | 1986 | France — 1986 | New Submission | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus Cassette, Album, Reissue, Mono | Prestige – vcw-703, Best Jazz Collection – VCW-703 | Japan | 1986 | Japan — 1986 | New Submission | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered | Original Jazz Classics – OJCCD-291-2, Prestige – P-7079 | US | 1987 | US — 1987 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono | Original Jazz Classics – OJC-291, Prestige – P-7079, Prestige – LP 7079 | US | 1987 | US — 1987 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Saxophone Colossus LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono | Prestige – LP 7079, Original Jazz Classics – OJC-291, Prestige – P-7079 | Germany | 1987 | Germany — 1987 |
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Reviews
One of the best sounding records I have ever heard! Killer vinyl!- This pressing is absolutely incredible! The mastering captures a large soundstage and is dead silent.
Highly recommend this pressing. 
This pressing is so tasty it makes me tinkle with glee. Quiet, punchy, mono. What a sweet score.
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Denon 103 Zu mod
Marantz TT-15
Parks Audio Puffin phono- Normal quality.
The vagas is quiet, in its category...
not scratched, nicely packaged.
the original mono audio material has been re-enchanted.
dynamic beautiful instrument sounds 
Absolutely incredible reissue, especially at a street price of about $22 new. A classic album mastered brilliantly with dead-quiet pressing, plus the tip-on sleeve makes it prettier to hold and look at.- Edited 4 months agoA perfect reproduction, not a pop or a click. I don't need or want a gatefold cover, I like the regular glossy jacket. Well worth $25/$35.
- Flat record. Sounds great. My copy has a few ticks that are somewhat intrusive. This is one of those records everyone praises to the heavens, but, somewhat unusually, it actually lives up to the hype.
referencing Saxophone Colossus (LP, Album, Mono) LP 7079
Looking for a cover only in EU, if someone has it, please write me a message.
hello, it is only my copy or is it the recording? 80% of the volume comes from the left channel.
Sounds great! Very clean, no surprise pops. Honestly, sounds just as good as some Tone Poets I’ve recently overpaid for. Nice inner sleeve also. Music is very centered though not much separation. All in all you can’t go wrong here.
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