Bill Evans – Green Dolphin Street –NM Cool Jazz Vinyl LP-OG Japan Press w/Insert

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Bill Evans is unquestionably one of the greatest and most influential jazz pianists of all time.  He was the pianist Miles Davis knew he had to have to make his historic Milestones and Kind Of Blue albums as great as they were.  Evans had enormous influence on Davis in the evolution of modal jazz.  This album was originally released only in Japan.  It was not released in the US until 1995, and then only on CD.  It has never been released on vinyl anywhere except in Japan and Spain.  As the front of the cover suggests, the drummer on this collection is legendary Philly Joe Jones.  But he’s not the only legend supporting this project. Paul Chambers and Ron Carter share credit on bass, Jim Hall supports on guitar on one track, and Zoot Sims supports on tenor on one track.  Each track here was originally recorded in 1959, except for the last track that was recorded in 1962. It’s a beautiful collection of early Evans work. The album was released on the Japanese Riverside label in 1978, number SMJ-6247. This is the original release of the album. The insert liner notes sheet, written in Japanese, is included.  The vinyl is in pristine condition with its bright original luster and no scratches or scuffs.  It plays with virtually no background noise.  The vinyl grades NM.  The album cover shows no ring wear and just very light corner and edge wear.  All seams are clean, sharp, tight, and intact. The cover grades VG+.

Track List:

You And The Night And The Music

My Heart Stood Still

Green Dolphin Street

How Am I To Know?

Woody’n You (Take 1)

Woody’n You (Take 2)

Loose Bloose

Grading Information:

I always clean and then listen to every record I list on eBay. I do this to make sure I can give as accurate a description of each record as possible.  I do both a visual check and an audio check. I absolutely attempt to give as objective a grading as I can. I don’t ever want you to be disappointed in the quality of the album you receive.  <p> I use four grades in my grading:  NM, VG+, VG, and G.  The only exception is a sealed album which is presumed to have vinyl in mint condition. My NM grading means that the vinyl looks and plays as though it is the first time out of the sleeve. The VG+ rating is used on any album that plays great but has one or two small defects.  It may have a pop here and there or some occasional background static. On a VG album you can expect that, typically, this album will play great, but you’ll see more defects on this than your VG+ rated album.  Most often the VG rated album may even play well enough to be graded VG+, but the color or blemishes drop the grading.  Likewise, you may occasionally find an album that looks almost NM but the sound quality just isn’t there. That’s why I play every album first, because this does happen.  In this case the vinyl will be graded VG.  Occasionally I will list an album with a grade of G. This is one where I consider the collectible value of the album to be great enough that the copy being presented is worth having as a filler copy. Albums graded G are not returnable.

Shipping Information – Combined Shipping:

The shipping cost will be based on the weight of your package. For Media Mail, shipping is $5.50 in the continental U.S. In addition, I will happily combine records from multiple auctions to reduce total shipping cost. In fact, I welcome it!  Shipping will be $5.50 in the U.S regardless of the number of auctions won in any 5-day period. If you also happen to win one or more 7” records, those will be shipped separately to keep all records in appropriately sized mailers.

Canada shipping is calculated based on weight using US Postal Service rates.  Combined shipping is also welcomed here and does result in significant per-album cost savings. The first album will typically cost approximately $24. Additional albums will be shipped for $6 per album, with up to four pounds able to be shipped before we need to use International Priority shipping. At that point we will work together on final determination of shipping cost.

Shipments to outside the US and Canada will vary depending on your country. Typically the cost per album will be no more than $30.  Combined shipping is welcome here as well, at a cost of $10 per additional album up to the maximum of four pounds.

All albums will be shipped in specially designed album hard cardboard mailers with a cardboard insert to prevent damage upon opening.  The vinyl is removed from the cover and presented in a new poly sleeve.  I am committed to one day turnaround on shipments.  If I receive payment before 7:00 AM Central Time I will package and ship that same day.

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