ART BLAKEY Free For All BLUE NOTE MONO RGV EAR DG RARE

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  ART BLAKEY Free For All BLUE NOTE MONO RGV EAR DG RARE





A MINT MINUS/VG++ ORIGINAL LP ON BLUE NOTE BLP 4170

FROM 1965 A RARE DEEP GROOVE PRESSING WITH NEW YORK USA ON LABEL AND WITH THE WEST 61ST ADDRESS ON BOTTOM OF BACK COVER

STILL WITH SHRINK WRAP OVER COVER!

WITH THE ORIGINAL BLUE NOTE BLACK AND WHITE THUMBNAIL INNER SLEEVE AS SHOWN

RECORDED BY RUDY VAN GELDER WITH VAN GELDER AND THE EAR IMPRESSED IN THE DEAD WAX BOTH SIDES

WITH ART ON DRUMS, FREDDIE HUBBARD ON TRUMPET, CURTIS FULLER ON TROMBONE, WAYNE SHORTER ON TENOR SAX, CEDAR WALTON ON PIANO, REGINALD WORKMAN ON BASS

4 TRACKS INCLUDE FREE FOR ALL, HAMMER HEAD, THE CORE, PENSATIVA

COVER STOCK STILL WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE ORIGINAL FACTORY SHRINK WRAP INTACT. SOME LIGHT OVERALL AGE DISCOLORATION. SMALL PIECE OF SHIRNK MISSING FROM FRONT TOP RIGHT. CORNERS WITH SMALL ROUGH SPOTS AND OUTER LAYER LOSSES ON POINT. TOP LEFT CORNER MISSING SMALL SHRINK AND CARD STOCK WITH SMALL DISCOLORED AREA.

VIRGIN SPINDLE HOLE. THE HIGH LUSTER VINYL BLANK WITH SOME LIGHT SURFACE PAPER SLEEVE CONTACT IMPRESSIONS AND ON SIDE TWO A LIGHT AND FAINT RUB SCUFF MARK ACROSS THE TRACKS TO THE LEFT OF THE LABEL. I'VE TEST PLAYED THIS LP ON THE VPI TURNTABLE AND PROFESSIONAL SOUND SYSTEM AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL PLAY WITHOUT NOTICE OF THE ABOVE AND SOUNDED MINT MINUS HERE. FROM A NOTED JAZZ MUSICIAN'S OWN COLLECTION.

RARELY SEEN LP WHICH NOW FETCHES 150 PLUS WHEN SEEING THE LIGHT OF DAY

PLEASE NOTE THE VINYL DESCRIPTION IS ONLY A VISUAL INSPECTION UNLESS OTHERWISE MENTIONED. HERE IS A FEW WORDS ABOUT MY GRADING SYSTEM AND IS IN ADDITION TO ANYTHING WRITTEN BELOW: ALL RECORDS ARE VISUALLY GRADED AND THE RED GRADE ABOVE REFERS ONLY TO THE STATE OF VINYL......YOU PLAY THE VINYL AND NOT THE COVER....COVER IS NOTED SEPARATELY. IF I'VE TEST PLAYED AN LP IT WILL BE NOTED. MINT INDICATES PRISTINE VINYL WITHOUT ANY MARKS ON THE VINYL BLANK. MINT MINUS MAY CONTAIN A FEW VERY LIGHT SURFACE RUB MARKS FROM HANDLING & SLEEVE WEAR OR A FEW PLAYS. IF YOU ARE A REAL VINYL AFICIONADO AND COLLECTOR YOU'LL KNOW THAT EVEN A FACTORY SEALED LP OCCASIONALLY HAS SOME LIGHT RUB OR SLEEVE MARKS FROM TRANSPORT AND SHELVING. ANYTHING IN THE VG CATEGORY WOULD CONTAIN SOME LIGHT AND FINE SURFACE PLAY LINES AND EVIDENCE OF PLAY WEAR THAT IS EASILY SEEN. SELDOM IS ANYTHING OFFERED IN THE "G" STATE.

FROM THE ALLMUSIC.COM WEBSITE:
Review
by Al Campbell
Free for All is a high point in drummer Art Blakey's enormous catalog. This edition of the Jazz Messengers had been together since 1961 with a lineup that would be hard to beat: Freddie Hubbard on trumpet (his last session with the Messengers), Wayne Shorter on tenor sax, Curtis Fuller on trombone, Cedar Walton on piano, and Reggie Workman on bass. Shorter's title track is one of the finest moments in the Jazz Messengers' history. In the eight minutes of "Free for All," an emotional apex is reached that skirts the edge of free bop without losing Blakey's rhythmic glue. Another Shorter composition, "Hammer Head," is a mid-tempo soul-blues groove, with Shorter, Hubbard, and Fuller taking exceptional solos while Blakey keeps the mid-tempo vigorously swinging. Hubbard's "The Core," dedicated to the Congress of Racial Equality, comes close to capturing the heat of the title cut, as it contains similar fiery interplay. The session's closer, Clare Fischer's "Pensativa" (brought to the Messengers songbook by Hubbard), would remain a favorite with Blakey for years. A passionate Jazz Messengers workout that proves essential.

AND, LASTLY, PLEASE DO REMEMBER SOUND QUALITY IS AFFECTED BY WHAT THE VINYL IS PLAYED ON! IF YOUR STEREO SYSTEM HAS BEEN CAREFULLY CHOSEN AND ASSEMBLED FOR IT'S AURAL QUALITIES AND YOU PERFORM BASIC MAINTENANCE LIKE CLEANING YOUR VINYL, CLEANING THE NEEDLE AFTER EACH PLAY, AND REPLACING THE CARTRIDGE WHEN NEEDED, YOUR LPS SHOULD SOUND QUITE GOOD.

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