Sonny Rollins Quartet – Tenor Madness

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Tracklist

A1		Tenor Madness Tenor Saxophone, Guest – John Coltrane Written-By – Rollins*
A2		When Your Lover Has Gone Written-By – Swan*
B1		Paul's Pal Written-By – Rollins*
B2		My Reverie Written-By – Clinton*
B3		The Most Beautiful Girl In The World Written-By – Rodgers-Hart*

Recorded in Hackensack, NJ; May 24, 1956.
446 W. 50th St., N.Y.C. address on labels.
Deep groove both sides.
RVG etched both sides.

	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Tenor Madness (LP, Album, Mono)	Esquire	32-058	UK	1957
New Submission	Tenor Madness (LP, Album, Reissue, Mono)	Prestige	PRLP 7047	US	1958
New Submission	Ténors Modernes (LP, Album, Mono, Heavy Vinyl, Flat edge)	Barclay, Barclay	84.060 Standard, 84060 Ⓢ	France	1958
New Submission	Tenor Madness (LP, Album, Mono)	Top Rank International, Prestige	RANK-5020	Japan	1959
New Submission	Tenor Madness (LP, Album, Reissue, Mono)	Prestige, Prestige	LP 7047, PRLP 7047	US	1964

heroinsaves69 Jan 19, 2023
Snagged a decent VG copy of this in a St Vincent de Paul, along with some Lionel Hampton, Ella Fitzgerald sings the Cole Porter songbook, and Bud Powell on Clef... This pressing is awesome. I used to wonder why so many people would spend so much money on original pressings from the 50s (especially something like this which is probably never been out of print for 50 plus years) but when I spin this I know WHY they do... It really is kind of a "wham" recording, even though it's mono it feels like there's a sound stage there, I have a '70s pressing, a recent red vinyl reissue, I have a factory '80s cassette, I have two or three different CD versions, and I'm telling you this thing really just pops, even with the wear and light surface noise. I'd probably sell a kidney to get a first pressing of "Saxophone Colossus" now, if all the early Prestige vinyl sounds as good.
antoine.grappin Nov 7, 2014
Edited 9 years ago
This one's supposed to be a 50th ST to be considered original right?