I've always loved the imaginary discography depicted here by the user named "Hot Ptah"
http://forums.allaboutjazz.com/showthread.php?t=37336
John Coltrane Discography 1971-82:
1971: Electronic Communication: with John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, Sonny Sharrock, Larry Coryell, Jimi Hendrix, Michael Bloomfield, Johnny Winter, Larry Young, Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul, Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Garrison, Jack Bruce, Harvey Brooks, Rashied Ali, Billy Cobham, Lenny White, Don Alias, Tony Williams, Jack DeJohnette (all playing on every cut)
1972: Light as a Lotus Flower: John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Tony Williams, Airto, Flora Purim
1973: Love Devotion Surrender: John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, Carlos Santana, John McLaughlin, Larry Young, Stanley Clarke, Tony Williams, Airto
1974: Live! With Love Devotion Surrender! (3 LP gatefold set) with same lineup as previous year
1975: Talkin' To The People: John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, Gil Scott Heron, Doug Carn, Wah Wah Watson, Paul Jackson, Harvey Mason, Mtume
1976: The Happy Trane: John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, Wah Wah Watson, Lonnie Liston Smith, Jaco Pastorius, Narada Michael Walden, Alex Acuna (sells 1.2 million copies)
1977: The Disco Trane: John Coltrane and a cast of thousands, produced by Donna Summers' producer (sells 3 million copies)
1978: Doin' It Again On The Disco Trane: same as previous year (sells 2.1 million copies)
1979: The Disco Trane Rides Again: same as 1977 (sells 800,000 copies)
1980: no album (spends year meditating in Nova Scotia)
1981: no album (spends year "seeking new direction", discussing many projects in jazz press--all major jazz magazines run multiple cover stories throughout the year on "Where Is Trane?" "Is Trane coming back?" etc.)
1982: Trane Is Back!!!: John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, Pete Cosey, Dominique Gaumont, Michael Henderson, Al Foster, Mtume (album leads to bitter denunciations by Young Lions of jazz world, who see him as "the problem with jazz")
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