Riedizione della Impulse in vinile pesante 180g. Disco uscito postumo nel 1971, a quattro anni dalla scomparsa, edizione curata dalla moglie Alice.
lato A: Sun Ship, Dearly Beloved, Amen
lato B: Attaining, Ascent
Tutti i brani composti da John Coltrane.
LINE-UP: John Coltrane, sax tenore; McCoy Tiner, piano; Jimmy Garrison, contrabbasso; Elvin Jones, batteria.
Registrato il 26 agosto 1965 all'RCA Victor Studios, New York. Supervisore alla sessione originale: Bob Thiele.
Curiosamente in copertina c'è Coltrane al sax soprano, strumento non riportato nelle note originali.
Da Wikipedia: "The album extended the free jazz ideas of Transition. The relaxed, serene feel of earlier ballads like "Welcome" was transformed into a new style of ballad on "Dearly Beloved" and "Attaining". This style involved very slow tempos, drum rolls and fills, and a louder, more intense feel than traditional jazz ballads. Like "Psalm" (from A Love Supreme), there is no real tune, just a scale or series of tones used to build an improvised theme. Coltrane's solos on the other tracks are also more extreme than on his earlier albums, and are reminiscent of the style of Albert Ayler and Pharaoh Sanders in their extensive use of altissimo and multiphonics"
