John Coltrane: The Complete Tiberi Tapes (Live)

Strictly limited to a one-time production run of 750 pieces worldwide, this hand-numbered collector’s edition presents every note of music from The Tiberi Tapes—more than 100 performances and nearly 26 hours of music—faithfully transferred from the original tapes and presented as high-resolution audio files on a custom-engraved, brass-plated USB drive. The set also includes an exclusive 180-gram LP, a deluxe hardcover book, collectible archival materials and a foil-stamped certificate of authenticity, all housed in a custom archival storage box with an engraved brass plaque. 

The Tiberi Tapes opens a door long-whispered about among Coltrane fans: intimate, previously unheard live recordings made by saxophonist and clarinetist Frank Tiberi as he followed John Coltrane through Philadelphia and New York clubs in the early 1960s. Captured on modest reel-to-reel equipment as private study material, these performances trade polish for presence, placing the listener close to the bandstand as Coltrane and his bandmates—including McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Jimmy Garrison, Reggie Workman and Eric Dolphy—test, stretch and transform the music in real time.

While The Tiberi Tapes standard edition presents a curated 11-track selection, The Complete Recordings offers the definitive presentation of this extraordinary archive. Its custom USB drive—designed in homage to the microphone originally paired with Tiberi’s Concertone recorder—contains the complete recordings, faithfully transferred from the original reel-to-reel tapes and presented as high-resolution audio files.

Available only as part of The Complete Recordings and limited to 750 hand-numbered copies, the 180-gram LP features performances not included in the 4-LP standard edition and is housed in a custom-designed “brass” tip-on jacket. The foil-stamped hardcover book features expanded editorial exclusive to this edition, including a complete track-by-track analysis from Dr. Lewis Porter covering all 100-plus performances. Additional archival reproductions further illuminate the story of the tapes and how they came to light. 

Every aspect of this set is designed to present these recordings in the proper context and with Coltrane’s most devout and curious fans in mind. The archival storage box, exclusive LP and certificate of authenticity are each hand-numbered, making The Complete Recordings a singular, one-time-only presentation of the complete Tiberi archive—and an enduring document of the bandstand as John Coltrane’s truest laboratory.

Tracklist:

Reel 1/2
Impressions 26:16
Impressions 22:07

Reel 3/4
Unknown in F minor 12:06
Afro Blue (incomplete) 3:15
Blue Monk 16:51
Greensleeves (incomplete) 6:51

Reel 5/6
Body and Soul (fragment) 2:07
My Favorite Things (incomplete) 21:11
Greensleeves (incomplete) 5:46
Impressions 17:29

Reel 7/8
Body and Soul 15:55
Traneing In (pt. 1) 4:36
Traneing In (pt. 2) 6:26

Reel 09/10
19. Summertime 13:37
20. Body & Soul (incomplete) 12:37
21. My Favorite Things 16:55

Reel 11/12
Ev’rytime We Say Goodbye (fragment) 1:30
Countdown (fragment) 1:46
Countdown (fragment) 2:44
Equinox 11:50

Reel 13/14
Unknown Bb waltz 6:16
Exotica 7:55
Out of This World 5:58

Reel 15/16
Satellite (incomplete) 14:20

Reel 17/18
Naima 10:52
Impressions (incomplete) 10:58
Impressions 22:46

Reel 19/20
Impressions (incomplete) 7:30
My Favorite Things 4:07
Impressions 21:39

Reel 21/22
42nd Street 19:53
42nd Street 7:40
Mr. Day (incomplete) 14:46

Reel 23/24
Ole 19:44
Naima 3:30
My Favorite Things (incomplete) 2:10
Greensleeves 16:20
Body & Soul (incomplete) 8:50

Reel 25/26
Countdown (fragment) 1:00
But Not For Me 21:00
But Not For Me 15:45
Greensleeves (incomplete) 5:45

Reel 27/28
Satellite 12:26
Blue Train (incomplete) 10:35
Mr. Knight 7:00

Reel 29/30
Miles’ Mode (pt. 1) 22:28
Miles’ Mode (pt. 2) 8:46

Reel 31/32
My Favorite Things 18:33
Good Bait
Mr Syms 9:06
Giant Steps 13:39

Reel 33/34
Impressions 20:23
Good Bait (pt. 1) 6:25
Good Bait (pt. 2) 19:58
I Want to Talk About You 6:40

Reel 35/36
Out of This World (incomplete) 8:40
Ev’rytime We Say Goodbye 3:45
My Favorite Things (fragment) 2:04

Reel 37/38
It’s Easy to Remember 13:59
Inch Worm (incomplete) 7:05
Impressions 20:12

Reel 41/42
Blue Train (incomplete) 5:50
Naima 10:10
Body and Soul 11:18
Chasin’ the Trane (incomplete) 2:50
Greensleeves (incomplete) 3:44
I Want to Talk About You, 16:12
Blue Train 10:13

Reel 43/44
42nd Street (incomplete) 3:27
Good Bait 25:39

Reel 45/46
Ev’rytime We Say Goodbye (fragment) 4:58 (
Inch Worm (incomplete) 3:36
Mr. PC 15:00
Naima (fragment) 1:44

Reel 47/48
Softly As in A Morning Sunrise 9:40
It’s Easy to Remember 6:42
Traneing In (incomplete) 8:50

Reel 51/52
Naima
Body & Soul (fragment) 1:59
Afro Blue (fragment) 1:03
Blues 16:50

Reel 53/54
My Favorite Things 10:44
Mr. PC 11:47
Up ‘gainst The Wall 24:54

Reel 55/56
Naima (incomplete) 5:56
I Want to Talk About You 10:40
Greensleeves 4:35
My Favorite Things 16:00
Body & Soul 13:06

Reel 57
Traneing In 15:49
Naima 8:29
Greensleeves 3:36
Mr. PC 17: 42

Reel 58/59
But Not For Me 14:40
Easy To Remember 14:30
Out of This World (incomplete) 6:21
Unknown

Reel 61
Resolution 32:56
Unknown 3:00

Reel 62
Unknown 17:30
My Favorite Things 29:45

Reel 63/64
Unknown 16:22
Lover (incomplete) 3:53

Reel 65/66
Speak Low 19:30
Blues 13:04
I Want to Talk About You 5:16
Good Bait (incomplete) 3:03

Reel 67/68
Spiral 16:06
Traneing In 4:25
Traneing In (continued) 9:23
Giant Steps 10:21

Reel 69/70
But Not For Me 15:27

Reel 71/72
Blue Train 14:02

Reel 73/74
Equinox 13:19
Cousin Mary 5:50

Reel 75/76
You Leave Me Breathless 7:30
Summertime (incomplete) 11:40

Reel 77/78
Equinox 11:57
Blue Train 10:56
My Favorite Things 10:58

Reel 79/80
Blue Train 7:29
Impressions pt. 1 8:40
Impressions pt. 2 6:49

Reel 81/82
Cousin Mary 8:59

Reel 83/84
Some Other Blues 8:46
Good Bait 12:50
Mr. Syms 5:55
Exotica 6:00
Out of This World 9:18

Reel 85/86
Exotica 8:34
Like Sonny 5:55