Sonny Rollins – Go West!: The Contemporary Records Albums

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23/06/2023

Go West!: The Contemporary Records Albums combines legendary Jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins’ two studio albums for Lester Koenig’s Contemporary Records, Way Out West and And The Contemporary Leaders, with a third disc, Contemporary Alternate Takes. Featuring remastered audio by Bernie Grundman, the set is available on both RTI pressed 180g 3-LP and 3-CD formats and includes an expanded booklet with new notes and interview by GRAMMY Award-winning music historian Ashley Kahn. 
 
Tracklist:
 
CD + Digital Formats 
  
Way Out West – CD1 
1.    I’m An Old Cowhand 
2.    Solitude 
3.    Come, Gone                
4.    Wagon Wheels 
5.    There Is No Greater Love        
6.    Way Out West 
  
And The Contemporary Leaders – CD2 
1.    I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star 
2.    Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody  
3.    How High The Moon   
4.    You 
5.    I’ve Found A New Baby           
6.    Alone Together           
7.    In The Chapel In The Moonlight         
8.    The Song Is You 
  
Alternate Takes – CD3 
1.    I’m An Old Cowhand (Alternate Take)           
2.    Come, Gone (Alternate Take) 
3.    Way Out West (Alternate Take) 
4.    The Song Is You (Alternate Take) 
5.    You (Alternate Take)   
6.    I’ve Found A New Baby (Alternate Take) 
  
LP Format 
  
Way Out West – LP1 
  
Side A 
1.    I’m An Old Cowhand 
2.    Solitude 
3.    Come, Gone    
  
Side B  
1.    Wagon Wheels 
2.    There Is No Greater Love        
3.    Way Out West 
  
And The Contemporary Leaders – LP2 
  
Side C 
1.    I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star 
2.    Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody  
3.    How High The Moon   
4.    You 
  
Side D 
5.    I’ve Found A New Baby           
6.    Alone Together           
7.    In The Chapel In The Moonlight         
8.    The Song Is You 
  
Contemporary Alternate Takes – LP3 
  
Side E 
1.    I’m An Old Cowhand (Alternate Take)           
2.    Come, Gone (Alternate Take) 
  
Side F 
1.    Way Out West (Alternate Take) 
2.    The Song Is You (Alternate Take) 
3.    You (Alternate Take)   
4.    I’ve Found A New Baby (Alternate Take)