It’s Easy to Remember (studio, 1961-12-21: stereo master take, Master no. 10670-?)
~ Recording by John Coltrane
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official | |||||||||
| 1.7 | It’s Easy to Remember | 2:50 | John Coltrane Quartet | Ballads (stereo) | John Coltrane Quartet | Album |
| impulse! (jazz label active during the 60s–70s, now property of Universal Music Group, mainly used as a reissue label) | AS 32 |
| 1.7 | It's Easy To Remember | 2:47 | John Coltrane Quartet | Ballads | John Coltrane Quartet | Album |
| impulse! (jazz label active during the 60s–70s, now property of Universal Music Group, mainly used as a reissue label) | ITC 306 |
| 3.2 | It's Easy to Remember | 2:45 | John Coltrane | John Coltrane 1926-1967 | John Coltrane | Album + Compilation |
| ABC Impulse! | 68 060/66 |
| 1.7 | It’s Easy to Remember | 2:50 | John Coltrane Quartet | Ballads | John Coltrane Quartet | Album |
| impulse! (jazz label active during the 60s–70s, now property of Universal Music Group, mainly used as a reissue label) | 254 607-2 |
| 1.7 | It’s Easy to Remember | 2:50 | John Coltrane Quartet | Ballads | John Coltrane Quartet | Album |
| impulse! (jazz label active during the 60s–70s, now property of Universal Music Group, mainly used as a reissue label), MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990) | MCA-5885 |
| 1.7 | It’s Easy to Remember | 2:50 | John Coltrane Quartet | Ballads | John Coltrane Quartet | Album |
| impulse! (jazz label active during the 60s–70s, now property of Universal Music Group, mainly used as a reissue label) | MCAD-5885 |
| 1.7 | It’s Easy to Remember | 2:45 | John Coltrane Quartet | Ballads | John Coltrane Quartet | Album |
| impulse! (jazz label active during the 60s–70s, now property of Universal Music Group, mainly used as a reissue label) | AS-32, MVCI-23006 |
| 1.5 | It's Easy to Remember | 2:49 | John Coltrane | La Ballade de John Coltrane | John Coltrane | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), impulse! (jazz label active during the 60s–70s, now property of Universal Music Group, mainly used as a reissue label) | GRP11422 |
| 1.7 | It’s Easy to Remember | 2:50 | John Coltrane Quartet | Ballads | John Coltrane Quartet | Album |
| impulse! (jazz label active during the 60s–70s, now property of Universal Music Group, mainly used as a reissue label) | GRD-156 |
| 1.7 | It’s Easy to Remember | 2:49 | John Coltrane Quartet | Ballads | John Coltrane Quartet | Album |
| impulse! (jazz label active during the 60s–70s, now property of Universal Music Group, mainly used as a reissue label) | IMP 11562 |
| 1.4 | It's Easy to Remember | 2:47 | John Coltrane | More John Coltrane | John Coltrane | Album + Compilation |
| GRP (Grusin-Rosen Productions) | GRD-9915, GRD9915 |
| 1.7 | It’s Easy to Remember | 2:50 | John Coltrane Quartet | Ballads | John Coltrane Quartet | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | UDCD 731 |
| 1.2 | It's Easy to Remember | 2:49 | John Coltrane | The Classic Quartet: The Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings | John Coltrane | Album + Compilation |
| impulse! (jazz label active during the 60s–70s, now property of Universal Music Group, mainly used as a reissue label) | IMPD8280 |
| 1.9 | It's Easy to Remember | 2:49 | John Coltrane | Tenor Sax Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| GRP (Grusin-Rosen Productions) | GRD-9944 |
| 2.13 | It's Easy to Remember | 2:46 | John Coltrane | The Guide to Good Sax | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | 565 624-2 |
| 1.4 | It's Easy to Remember | 2:48 | John Coltrane | Coltrane for Lovers | John Coltrane | Album + Compilation |
| Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | 3145493612 |
| 1.4 | It's Easy to Remember | 2:48 | John Coltrane | Coltrane for Lovers (club edition) | John Coltrane | Album + Compilation |
| impulse! (jazz label active during the 60s–70s, now property of Universal Music Group, mainly used as a reissue label) | P2 49361 |
| 1.4 | It's Easy to Remember | 2:48 | John Coltrane | Coltrane for Lovers | John Coltrane | Album + Compilation |
| impulse! (jazz label active during the 60s–70s, now property of Universal Music Group, mainly used as a reissue label) | 3145493612 |
| 1.7 | It’s Easy to Remember | 2:50 | John Coltrane Quartet | Ballads | John Coltrane Quartet | Album |
| impulse! (jazz label active during the 60s–70s, now property of Universal Music Group, mainly used as a reissue label) | UCCI-9001 |
| 1.4 | It's Easy to Remember | 2:48 | John Coltrane Quartet | Coltrane for Lovers | John Coltrane | Album + Compilation |
| Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | |
| 1.7 | It’s Easy to Remember | 2:50 | John Coltrane Quartet | Ballads | John Coltrane Quartet | Album |
| impulse! (jazz label active during the 60s–70s, now property of Universal Music Group, mainly used as a reissue label) | 314 589 548-2 |
| 2.7 | It’s Easy to Remember | 2:48 | John Coltrane | Classic Jazz: Jazz for Lovers | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | R612-21 |
| 1.4 | It's Easy to Remember | 2:47 | John Coltrane | I Grandi Del Jazz - John Coltrane | John Coltrane | Album + Compilation |
| RCS Quotidiani S.p.A. | GDJ006 |
| 1.4 | It's Easy to Remember | 2:48 | John Coltrane | The Very Best of John Coltrane | John Coltrane | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | DZ2706 |
| 1.4 | It's Easy to Remember | 2:47 | John Coltrane | On Impulse! | John Coltrane | Album + Compilation |
| EmArcy | 059 915-2 |
| 2.10 | It’s Easy to Remember | 2:48 | John Coltrane | In the Mood | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | 982419-7 |
| 1.8 | It's Easy to Remember | 2:47 | John Coltrane Quartet | John Coltrane (First Class Jazz 14) | John Coltrane | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Belgium | |
| 1.7 | It's Easy To Remember | 2:47 | John Coltrane | Ballads | John Coltrane | Album |
| impulse! (jazz label active during the 60s–70s, now property of Universal Music Group, mainly used as a reissue label) | 0602517486201 |
| 5.7 | It’s Easy to Remember | 2:49 | John Coltrane Quartet | The Impulse! Albums: Volume One | John Coltrane | Album + Compilation |
| impulse! (jazz label active during the 60s–70s, now property of Universal Music Group, mainly used as a reissue label) | B0010 135-02 |
| 1.7 | It’s Easy to Remember | 2:50 | John Coltrane Quartet | Ballads | John Coltrane Quartet | Album |
| impulse! (jazz label active during the 60s–70s, now property of Universal Music Group, mainly used as a reissue label) | 0602517486201 |
| 2.3 | It’s Easy to Remember | 2:50 | John Coltrane Quartet | Ballads | John Coltrane Quartet | Album |
| Original Recordings Group | ORG 012 |
| 1.7 | It’s Easy to Remember | 2:50 | John Coltrane Quartet | Ballads | John Coltrane Quartet | Album |
| impulse! (jazz label active during the 60s–70s, now property of Universal Music Group, mainly used as a reissue label) | UCGU-9009 |
| 1.7 | It’s Easy to Remember | 2:47 | John Coltrane Quartet | Ballads | John Coltrane Quartet | Album |
| impulse! (jazz label active during the 60s–70s, now property of Universal Music Group, mainly used as a reissue label) | |
| 2.9 | It's Easy to Remember | 2:46 | John Coltrane | Siesta 8 - Muzyka Świata & Stare Radio | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Polska | 5340937 |
| 1.12 | It's Easy To Remember | 2:49 | John Coltrane Quartet | John Coltrane: Verve Ultimate Cool | John Coltrane | Album + Compilation |
| Decca Records | |
| 1.7 | It’s Easy to Remember | 2:50 | John Coltrane Quartet | Ballads | The John Coltrane Quartet | Album |
| impulse! (jazz label active during the 60s–70s, now property of Universal Music Group, mainly used as a reissue label) | UCCU-40001 |
| 1.7 | It’s Easy to Remember | 2:47 | John Coltrane Quartet | Ballads (Masterworks Singles) | John Coltrane Quartet | Album |
| Masterworks Series | 21333 |
| 3.6 | It's Easy to Remember | 2:49 | John Coltrane | Out of This World | John Coltrane | Album + Compilation |
| Le Chant du Monde | 274 2488 90 |
| 1.7 | It's Easy to Remember | 2:50 | John Coltrane Quartet | Impulse! 6 Great Jazz | John Coltrane Quartet, Sonny Rollins, Roy Haynes Quartet, Oliver Nelson, Count Basie, John Coltrane, Johnny Hartman | Album + Compilation |
| Esoteric (recording label of JP hi‐fi audio equipment manufacturer Esoteric Company) | ESSI-90133/8 |
| 4.7 | It's Easy To Remember | 2:49 | John Coltrane | John Coltrane – Ballads (1956 - 1962) | John Coltrane | Album + Compilation |
| Le Chant du Monde | CMJ 874238285 |
| 15.7 | It's Easy to Remember | 2:47 | John Coltrane | Jazz Box (25 Original Albums) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music France | 538 572-0 |
| 1.4 | It's Easy to Remember | 2:49 | John Coltrane | Naima | John Coltrane | Album + Compilation |
| Le Chant du Monde | 742783.84 |
| 1.20 | It’s Easy to Remember | 2:45 | John Coltrane | The Essential John Coltrane on Impulse! | John Coltrane | Album + Compilation |
| impulse! (jazz label active during the 60s–70s, now property of Universal Music Group, mainly used as a reissue label) | |
| 1.7 | It's Easy to Remember | 2:49 | John Coltrane | The Hits | John Coltrane | Album + Compilation |
| New Continent | 648057 |
| 1.7 | It's Easy to Remember | ?:?? | John Coltrane Quartet | Ballads | John Coltrane Quartet | Album |
| impulse! (jazz label active during the 60s–70s, now property of Universal Music Group, mainly used as a reissue label) | A-32, UCCI-40001 |
| 1.7 | It’s Easy to Remember | 2:50 | John Coltrane Quartet | Ballads | John Coltrane Quartet | Album |
| impulse! (jazz label active during the 60s–70s, now property of Universal Music Group, mainly used as a reissue label), UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises), Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | AS-32, B0032078-01 |
| 2.9 | Mississippi: It's easy to remember | 2:44 | John Coltrane | Simply ... Coltrane! | John Coltrane | Album + Compilation |
| Jube Legends | |
| 1.7 | It's Easy To Remember | 2:50 | John Coltrane Quartet | Ballads | John Coltrane Quartet | Album |
| impulse! (jazz label active during the 60s–70s, now property of Universal Music Group, mainly used as a reissue label) | UCGU-9070 |
| 1.4 | It's Easy to Remember | 2:48 | John Coltrane Quartet | Coltrane for Lovers (Deluxe Edition) | John Coltrane | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.7 | It’s Easy to Remember | 2:47 | John Coltrane Quartet | Ballads | John Coltrane Quartet | Album |
| High Definition Tape Transfers | |
| 4.12 | It's Easy to Remember | 2:45 | John Coltrane | The Classic Albums Collection | John Coltrane | Album + Compilation |
| Enlightenment (A Crazy Jazz Label) | EN4CD9200 |
| 1.7 | It’s Easy to Remember | ?:?? | John Coltrane Quartet | Ballads | John Coltrane Quartet | Album |
| impulse! (jazz label active during the 60s–70s, now property of Universal Music Group, mainly used as a reissue label), Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | UCGQ-9032 |
| 1.3 | It’s Easy to Remember | 2:47 | John Coltrane Quartet | Dedicated to You: Ballads | John Coltrane | Album + Compilation |
| impulse! (jazz label active during the 60s–70s, now property of Universal Music Group, mainly used as a reissue label) | |
| 8.7 | It’s Easy to Remember | 2:48 | John Coltrane | INTEGRAL John Coltrane 1959 – 1962 | John Coltrane | Album + Compilation |
| Diggers Factory (French vinyl crowdfunding site/record label) | |
| 1.2 | It’s Easy to Remember | 2:49 | John Coltrane | The Classic Quartet: Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings | John Coltrane | Album + Compilation |
| impulse! (jazz label active during the 60s–70s, now property of Universal Music Group, mainly used as a reissue label) | |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 4.2 | It's Easy to Remember | ?:?? | John Coltrane | John Coltrane | John Coltrane | Album + Compilation |
| ABC Records (US, 65–79), impulse! (jazz label active during the 60s–70s, now property of Universal Music Group, mainly used as a reissue label) | SR-3026~8 |
Relationships
| recording engineer: | Rudy van Gelder (on 1961-12-21) |
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| producer: | Bob Thiele (producer & songwriter) (on 1961-12-21) |
| double bass [bass]: | Jimmy Garrison (on 1961-12-21) |
| drums (drum set): | Elvin Jones (jazz drummer) (on 1961-12-21) |
| piano: | McCoy Tyner (jazz pianist) (on 1961-12-21) |
| tenor saxophone: | John Coltrane (on 1961-12-21) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1995) |
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| recorded at: | Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 –) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (on 1961-12-21) |
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| recording of: | It’s Easy to Remember (and So Hard to Forget) (on 1961-12-21: cover, instrumental) |
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Related works
It’s Easy to Remember (and So Hard to Forget)
| lyricist: | Lorenz Hart (in 1935) |
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| composer: | Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1935) |
| publisher: | Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody) |
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