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A	Ascension (Part 1) Written-By – John Coltrane	18:35
B	Ascension (Part 2) Written-By – John Coltrane	19:15

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – King Record Co. Ltd
• Produced For – Am-Par Record Corp.

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – John Tchicai, Marion Brown
• Bass – Art Davis, Jimmy Garrison
• Cover – Robert Flynn , Viceroy
• Design – Joe Lebow
• Drums – Elvin Jones
• Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
• Ensemble – John Coltrane Orchestra
• Liner Notes – Alfred Bennett Spellman, Jr. (tracks: A. B. Spellman)
• Photography By – Chuck Stewart (tracks: Charles Stewart)
• Piano – McCoy Tyner
• Producer – Bob Thiele
• Tenor Saxophone – Archie Shepp, John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders
• Trumpet – Dewey Johnson, Freddie Hubbard

Notes

Recorded June 28, 1965.

First japanese pressing.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (On label): AS 95A (SILBT 1209) N
• Matrix / Runout (On label): AS 95B (SILBT 1210) N

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
AS-95, A-95	John Coltrane	Ascension (Edition II) ‎(LP, Album)	Impulse!, Impulse!	AS-95, A-95	US	1966
A-95	John Coltrane	Ascension (Edition II) ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RP)	Impulse!	A-95	US	1967
RR-98-245-2	John Coltrane	Ascension ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial)	Oldis, VAPP association, Release Records	RR-98-245-2	Russia	1998
AS-95	John Coltrane	Ascension (Edition II) ‎(LP, Album, RE, Gat)	Impulse!, ABC Records	AS-95	US	1973
AS-95	John Coltrane	Ascension (Edition II) ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Impulse!	AS-95	France	Unknown

Tracklist

1	Ascension (Edition II)	40:25
2	Ascension (Edition I)	38:31

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – The Verve Music Group
• Copyright (c) – The Verve Music Group
• Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
• Designed At – Viceroy
• Published By – Jowcol

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – John Tchicai, Marion Brown
• Bass – Art Davis, Jimmy Garrison
• Cover, Design – Robert Flynn
• Design [Liner] – Joe Lebow
• Drums – Elvin Jones
• Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
• Orchestra – John Coltrane Orchestra
• Photography By – Charles Stewart*
• Piano – McCoy Tyner
• Producer – Bob Thiele
• Tenor Saxophone – Archie Shepp, John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders
• Trumpet – Dewey Johnson, Freddie Hubbard
• Written-By – John Coltrane

Notes

This is jewel case version, digipak version is here.

Recorded June 28, 1965 at Van Gelder Recording Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Track 2 was the original LP release, which was withdrawn for track 1, the artist's preferred version.

℗ 2009 The Verve Music Group © 2009 The Verve Music Group
Made in the EU.
Printed in the U.S.A. (legacy artwork)

Archie Shepp is not credited on the Back Cover, only in the booklet.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 6 02517 92024 8
• Label Code: LC 00236
• Rights Society: BIEM/SABAM

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
MVCI-23016, AS-95	John Coltrane	Complete Ascension ‎(CD, Album, Comp)	Impulse!, Impulse!	MVCI-23016, AS-95	Japan	1991
0602517920248, AS-95	John Coltrane	Ascension ‎(CD, Album, Comp, RE, Dig)	Impulse!, Impulse!	0602517920248, AS-95	Europe	Unknown
543 413-2	John Coltrane	Ascension ‎(CD, Album, Comp, RE, Dig)	Impulse!	543 413-2	Europe	2000
314 543 413-2	John Coltrane	Ascension ‎(CD, Album, Comp, RE, Dig)	Impulse!	314 543 413-2	US	2000
UCCI-9014, AS-95	John Coltrane	Ascension ‎(CD, Album, Comp, Ltd, RE, RM, Pap)	Impulse!, Impulse!	UCCI-9014, AS-95	Japan	2001