The Ornette Coleman Double Quartet - Free Jazz - A Collective Improvisation By

This version is a 1969 stereo reissue on early green & red-labels, with the following distinguishing attributes:

Green/Red label, 1841 Broadway Address, with cat no. at top right beside logo;
'PR' suffix on label matrices, indicating it was pressed by Presswell;
Gold-stamped 'STEREO' on front of laminated, die-cut, heavy cardboard gatefold sleeve;
MGM pressing logos in runouts, indicating metal work originated at MGM Custom Pressing Division;
Catalogue inner sleeve, with latest advertised releases being SD8214–8219 (January 1969).

Runouts are hand-scribed, except for MGM stamps – the 'ankh' (like an ice cream cone with a bar across it) and the stylised block 'S').

On label:

Mfg by Atlantic Recording Corp., 1841 Broadway, New York, N.Y.

Inside gatefold:

FREE JAZZ was recorded in one uninterrupted "take" of 36 minutes 23 seconds. This performance by Ornette Coleman's Double Quartet is heard exactly as it was performed in the studio, without any splicing or editing. Side One ends with a quick fade-out, and the music resumes with a minimum of interruption on Side Two.

On stereo Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Scott LaFaro and Billy Higgins are heard on the left channel, Eric Dolphy, Freddie Hubbard, Charlie Haden and Ed Blackwell are heard right.