CHARLIE MINGUS Oh Yeah 1962 UK LONDON ATLANTIC 1st *STEREO* NEAR MINT
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CHARLIE MINGUS Oh Yeah 1962 UK LONDON ATLANTIC 1st *STEREO* NEAR MINT
CHARLIE MINGUSOh Yeah
1962 UK LONDON/ATLANTIC (SH-K 8007) FIRST *STEREO* PRESSING
FANTASTIC COPY WHICH LOOKS ONCE PLAYED AND SOUNDS LIKE NEW
PRESSED BY DECCA WITH THE FIRST ISSUE DEEP GROOVED LONDON/ATLANTIC LABELS WITH "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1962" STATEMENT
Matrix: AMZ - 2162 - 1W / AMZ - 2163 - 1W
Mothers/Stampers: 1/B and 1/B
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FRONT LAMINATED FLIPBACK SLEEVE “Printed in England by Robert Stace”
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED RED "STEREOPHONIC SOUND" DECCA COMPANY INNER SLEEVES
Charles Mingus piano and vocals
Rahsaan Roland Kirk flute, siren, tenor saxophone, manzello, and strich
Booker Ervin tenor saxophone
Jimmy Knepper trombone
Doug Watkins bass
Dannie Richmond drums
After several sessions with Columbia and Candid, Charles Mingus briefly returned to Atlantic and cut the freewheeling Oh Yeah, which has to rank as the wildest of all his classic albums.
Mingus plays no bass whatsoever, hiring Doug Watkins to fill in while he accompanies the group on piano and contributes bluesy vocals to several tracks (while shouting encouragement on nearly all of them). Mingus had always had a bizarre sense of humour, as expressed in some of his song titles and arranging devices, but Oh Yeah often gets downright warped.
That's partly because Mingus is freed up to vocalise more often, but it's also due to the presence of mad genius Roland Kirk.
His chemistry with Mingus is fantastically explosive, which makes sense -- both were encyclopaedias of jazz tradition, but given over to oddball modernist experimentation.
It's a shame Kirk only spent three months with the band, because his solo interpretations are such symbiotic reflections of Mingus' intent as a composer.
Look no further than "Hog Callin' Blues," a stomping "Haitian Fight Song" descendant where Kirk honks and roars the blues like a man possessed. Mingus' vocal selections radiate the same dementia, whether it's the stream-of-consciousness blues couplets on "Devil Woman," the dark-humoured modern-day spiritual "Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me," or the dadaist stride piano bounce of "Eat That Chicken," a nod to Fats Waller's comic novelties.
Elsewhere, "Passions of a Man" sounds almost like musique concrète, while "Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am" nicks some Monk angularity and "Ecclusiastics" adds some testifying shouts and a chorale-like theme to Mingus' gospel-jazz hybrid. Oh Yeah is probably the most offbeat Mingus album ever, and that's what makes it so vital.
Side 1:
Hog Callin' Blues (7:26)
Devil Woman (9:38)
Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am (4:41)
Side 2:
Ecclusiastics (6:55)
Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me (5:38)
Eat That Chicken (4:36)
Passions Of A Man (4:52)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels with just one light spindle trace per side
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new and even under bright light there is barley a mark to be seen
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Outstanding audio delivery with a crystal clear, deep, rich and vibrant sound.
Plays like new with just the occasional static tick but I did not clean this copy as it looks so immaculate so these will no doubt disappear after a clean/few spins.
Lovely practically untouched original
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT+
Again, superb condition with a deep gloss to the front laminate and a remarkably clean untreated back.
All spine text is clear and all edges are sharp
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