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1	Blues To Elvin Written-By – Elvin Jones	7:52
2	Blues To Bechet Written-By – John Coltrane	5:44
3	Blues To You Written-By – John Coltrane	6:25
4	Mr. Day Written-By – John Coltrane	7:56
5	Mr. Syms Written-By – John Coltrane	5:19
6	Mr. Knight Written-By – John Coltrane	7:30
7	Untitled Original Written-By – John Coltrane	5:20

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Made By – WEA Manufacturing Inc.
• Recorded At – Atlantic Studios

Credits

• Bass – Steve Davis
• Cover – Marty Norman
• Drums – Elvin Jones
• Engineer [Recording] – Tom Dowd
• Graphics – Bob Slutzky
• Liner Notes – Joe Goldberg
• Piano – McCoy Tyner (tracks: 1, 4 to 7)
• Producer – Nesuhi Ertegun
• Soprano Saxophone – John Coltrane (tracks: 2, 5, 7)
• Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6)

Notes

All the selections were recorded on October 24, 1960, at Atlantic Studios, New York, NY.

Track 7: Bonus track for CD only

"Untitled Original", although not in blues form, is included in this CD as a bonus track for it was recorded on the same sessions as the other selections. It was first released in 1970 as part of Atlantic SD 1553, "The Coltrane Legacy".

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 7567-81351-2 5
• Matrix / Runout: 3 1382-2 SRC+03 M4S5

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
1382	John Coltrane	Coltrane Plays The Blues ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Atlantic	1382	US	1962
4670001543132	John Coltrane	Coltrane Plays The Blues ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Никитин, Atlantic Jazz	4670001543132	Russia	Unknown
195	John Coltrane	Coltrane Plays The Blues ‎(LP, Album, RE)	URP Music Distributors	195	US	2016
NG 0114	John Coltrane	Coltrane Plays The Blues ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial)	M&A Group, Nord Group	NG 0114	Russia	1997
1382	John Coltrane	Blues Por Coltrane ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Atlantic	1382	Argentina	Unknown