The Believer

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	The Believer Written-By – McCoy Tyner	13:47
2	Nakatini Serenade Written-By – Calvin Massey*	11:02
3	Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful? Written-By – Rodgers-Hammerstein*	5:12
4	Filidia Written-By – Ray Draper	7:15
5	Paul's Pal Written-By – Sonny Rollins	7:11

Companies, etc.

• Marketed By – ZYX Music
• Distributed By – ZYX Music
• Distributed By – Ace Records Ltd.
• Distributed By – Wea Music
• Distributed By – EastWest
• Distributed By – Nuevos Medios
• Distributed By – Original Master Music
• Distributed By – Amigo
• Distributed By – Dargil
• Glass Mastered At – ZYX Mastering

Credits

• Bass – Paul Chambers , Spanky DeBrest (tracks: 4, 5)
• Design [Cover], Photography By – Don Schlitten
• Drums – Arthur Taylor* (tracks: 3), Larry Ritchie, Louis Hayes (tracks: 1, 2)
• Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Rudy Van Gelder
• Liner Notes – Ira Gitler
• Liner Notes [Feb. 1964] – Dan Morgenstern
• Piano – Gil Coggins (tracks: 4, 5), Red Garland
• Remastered By – Phil De Lancie
• Supervised By – Bob Weinstock (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5), Esmond Edwards (tracks: 3)
• Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane
• Trumpet – Donald Byrd (tracks: 1, 2), Freddie Hubbard (tracks: 3)
• Tuba – Ray Draper (tracks: 4, 5)

Notes

Recorded in Hackensack, NJ; on December 20, 1957 (#4, 5), January 10, 1958 (#1, 2), and December 26, 1958 (#3)

Remastering, 1996, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley

© 1996, Fantasy, Inc. Made in Germany.

#4, 5 bonus tracks originally released on "The Ray Draper Quintet featuring John Coltrane" (New Jazz 8228)

Dan Morgenstern's notes are reproduced from the original album liner; Ira Gitler's are excerpts from his liner notes for the New Jazz 8228 album

Made in Germany (inlay)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Printed): 0 90204 41022 4
• Barcode (Scanned): 090204410224
• Label Code: LC 0313
• Other (France): WE 835
• Rights Society: BIEM GEMA
• Matrix / Runout: ZYX MASTERING OJCCD 876-2

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
PR 7292	John Coltrane	The Believer ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Prestige	PR 7292	US	1964
LPJ-70004	John Coltrane	The Believer ‎(LP, Album, Promo, RE)	Prestige	LPJ-70004	Japan	1974
FELP 10016	John Coltrane	The Believer ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Prestige	FELP 10016	France	1964
PR 7292	John Coltrane	The Believer ‎(LP, Album)	Prestige	PR 7292	Germany	1964
SMJ-6558M	John Coltrane	The Believer ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RE)	Prestige	SMJ-6558M	Japan	1977

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