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SONNY ROLLINS - WAY OUT WEST *SACD*

Mastered off the original 2-track tape recorded with atube AKG-C12 microphone on a tube Ampex 350machine. Features Ray Brown on bass and ShellyManne on drums.

Over his long and distinguishedcareer, Sonny Rollins has made many dozens ofalbums. Among those recorded during the fifties,Prestige's Movin' Out and Saxophone Colossus, BlueNotes A Night at the Village Vanguard, Riverside'sThe Sound of Sonny, and Way Out West onContemporary qualify as all-time Rollins classics. Thesession for Way Out West, Rollins first ever inCalifornia, was called for 3 a.m. to accommodateeveryone's busy schedules. Sonny, who could neverbe accused of overstatement, announced after fourhours of recording: 'I'm hot now.'

Track Listing:

I'm An Old Cowhand
Solitude
Come, Gone
Wagon Wheels
There Is No Greater Love
Way Out West