CARL DREVO & CLARKE-BOLAND BIG BAND Swing, Waltz, Swing (Philips) 1st Press MINT
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CARL DREVO & CLARKE-BOLAND BIG BAND Swing, Waltz, Swing (Philips 840 246 PY) German 1st Pressing MINT
RARE very first German pressing of Carl Drevo and the Clarke-Boland Big Band album "Swing, Waltz, Swing" on Philips Records (May 1966).
Cover art by German illustrator Heinz Edelmann (1934-2009), famed for his work on Yellow Submarine and XTC`s "Oranges And Lemons" album. "Swing, Waltz, Swing" was produced by legendary producer Gigi Campi.
"This German Big Band with no Germans has sold its records so far mainly in the United States. (...) The musicians who were gathered in the Cologne studio were: Kenny Clarke, from Paris, one of the founders of the Modern Jazz quartet, Bebop-father and together with Art Blakey and Max Roach one of the most significant jazz-drummers ever. Francis Boland, the sensitive pianist and arranger from Namur, who successively worked with Aim‚ Barelli, Count Basie, Woody Hermann, Kurt Edelhagen and Werner Mller, who also became well-known over the Belgian border. From Stockholm came the trombonist Ake Persson and the baritone-saxophonist Sahib Shihab, who this time produced together with Sadi from Belgium the incredible introduction for the "Spring Voices Waltz" on the flute. Trumpeter Benny Bailey left Munich and met in Cologne with Jimmy Deuchar (England), Dusko Gojkovic (Yugoslavia), Shake Keane (Jamaica), Nat Peck (USA), Derek Humble (England) and Sal Nistico (Italy). Heading them all off is the Viennese tenor saxophonist Carl Drevo, who demonstrates here a profile befitting the sounds of his home country. What they produce is powerful swinging music with a fresh sound, applying to melodies of former times a beaming gleam of today and adding lavish Big Band jewelry to the compositions." - Adapted from the original liner notes.
GRADING:
MINT(-) COVER in practically perfect condition. Please see photos for details.
- Pristine laminated sleeve with barely a sign of previous handling.
EX+ to MINT- RECORD with only very minor signs of previous play.
- Side One in EX+ condition with a few hairlines, predominantly from sleeve removal.
- Superficial thumbnail scuff (not a scratch) in opening track "Spring Voices". The light scuff (1 inch) is absolutely inaudible.
- Side Two in practically perfect MINT- condition, with no signs of previous play.
- Both sides of the record with impeccable audio reproduction throughout.
- Original first-pressing dark blue Philips Records labels with no spindle wear whatsoever.
- The matrix stamps in the run-off grooves read "AA 840246 1Y Made in Germany" and "AA 840246 2Y Made in Germany".
- This record is fully certified to be a German first pressing of "Swing, Waltz, Swing", released in May 1966.
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