CHARLIE MINGUS:"BLUES & ROOTS".1960 USA MONO+"A T" DEAD WAX+ATLANTIC LPs INNER

	£		36
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ATTENTION 1960s ORIGINAL AMERICAN 1ST EDITION JAZZ ALBUM COLLECTORS! 

HERE IS ONE OF THE MOST ESSENTIAL ALBUMS THAT EVEN IF YOU ONLY OWN A HANDFUL OF JAZZ ALBUMS-THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THEM!

CHARLIE MINGUS:"BLUES AND ROOTS"..

MAGNIFICENT SELF-COMPOSED TRACKS RECORDED IN 1960 FROM THE COMPOSER AND MUSICICAN-THIS ALBUM STILL SOUNDS EXCITING,53 YEARS LATER!

USA 1960 ATLANTIC LABELS #1305 WITH THE EARLIEST DEAD WAX:"A T" DENOTING THE 1ST PRESSING! SOUNDING FANTASTIC IN SOLID,BASS FILLED MONO VINYL ON IT'S EARLIEST MONO PRESSING. THE VINYL IS BEAUTIFULLY THICK AND FLAT UNLIKE LATER WAFER THIN AMERICAN PRESSINGS. THERE ARE SOME HAIRLINE SURFACE MARKS,SOME ISOLATED "POPS"AND A COUPLE OF SHORT LIVED CLICKS BUT NOT TOO OBTRUSIVE DUE TO THE LOUD VOLUME OF THE MASTERING. THE DISC IS STRICTLY UNDERGRADED AS VERY GOOD+++++ CONDITION SO BID WITH TOTAL CONFIDENCE FOR A VERY NICE SOUNDING DISC! THERE IS A LITTLE FAINT SURFACE CRACKLE HERE AND THERE AT HIGH VOLUME BUT MOST OF THE TIME,YOU WILL HARDLY HERE ANYTHING-TRULY REMARKABLE FOR AN AMERICAN PRESSING OF 53 YEARS AGO! THERE IS NO MAJOR DISTORTION-JUST A LITTLE AT A FEW OF THE VERY TOP END PEAKS IF LISTENING WITH THE TREBLE FULL ON AND I AM SURE THIS IS NOT DUE TO GROOVE WEAR BUT SIMPLY IN THE ORIGINAL MASTERING! NATURALLY MOST COPIES SOLD OF THIS ALBUM WERE PLAYED OVER AND OVER-THE MAJORITY ON HEAVY AND OLD EQUIPMENT-ESPECIALLY AUTOCHANGERS WHICH WOULD TRAP DUST AND GRIT BETWEEN THE DISCS LEAVING HORRIBLE SCUFFS FOREVER-NOT WITH THIS VERY NICE COPY WHICH HAS BEEN ENJOYED BUT STILL CHERISHED! THE VINYL HAS A BEAUTIFUL SHEEN ABOUT IT THAT IS SO RARE WITH AMERICAN ALBUMS OF THIS AGE.

  WHEN TESTING, I PLAY ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO ENSURE ACURATE GRADING! FANTASTIC WARM,RICH,SOLID MONO SOUND. PLENTY OF BASS-SO BID WITH TOTAL CONFIDENCE!

THE LAMINATED FRONT(UNUSUAL FOR THE USA) GATEFOLD COVER HAS A "KNIFED"LINE AT THE FRONT AND SOME EDGE WEAR AND STAINING AT THE BACK BUT NO RIPS,NO WRITING OR REPAIRS. VERY PRESENTABLE AND OF COURSE AMERICAN COVERS OF THIS ERA RARELY TURN UP WITHOUT SOME STAINING. HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL AND CORRECT ATLANTIC LPs ADVERT INNER SLEEVE WHICH HAS A FEW SPLITS BUT STILL VERY NICE!  MOST COPIES THAT SURVIVE OF THIS ESSENTIAL RECORD ARE IN DREADFUL CONDITION.JUST ONE OWNER FROM NEW,A MUSICIAN WHO HAD A LARGE COLLECTION AND TOP OF THE RANGE  EQUIPMENT WITH MOST OF HIS RECORDS BARELY BEING PLAYED IN MANY YEARS!

CHECK OUT MY OTHER RARE JAZZ ALBUMS FOR AUCTION THIS WEEK! MORE TO FOLLOW IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS & MONTHS-KEEP WATCHING!   SEE MY FEEDBACK FOR SIMILAR ITEMS!

MY CONSTANT AIM IS TO GET FEEDBACK COMMENTS LIKE"BEYOND EXPECTATION",WHICH I ALREADY HAVE!

A LOW,REALISTIC STARTING PRICE OF £12. BE PREPARED FOR THE STRONG POSSIBILITY OF BIDDING INTEREST ON THIS HIGHLY DESIRED LP!     I WOULD STRONGLY ADVISE THIS TO BE SENT SPECIAL DELIVERY OR INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR AS IT IS IRREPLACABLE! I HAVE NEVER FOUND AN AMERICAN ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION COPY AS GOOD IN NEARLY 27 YEARS AS A DEALER! 

IT IS TIME FOR ANOTHER DELIGHT FROM ONE OF THE UKs LEADING RECORD EXPERTS/DEALERS.  

KEEP READING FOR MORE INFORMATION!

TIME FOR A LITTLE ABOUT ME! FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH ME ON EBAY SINCE 2002 AND INDEED ELSEWHERE BEFORE SINCE 1986, WILL PROBABLY KNOW I HAVE BEEN A RESPECTED DEALER,  MUSIC EXPERT AND COLLECTOR FOR MANY YEARS CALLED UPON BY RADIO,TV AND PRICE GUIDES FOR MY ADVICE AND KNOWLEDGE!!! 

MOST COPIES THAT SURVIVE ARE IN POOR CONDITION-THIS RECORD IS IN VERY GOOD+++++++ CONDITION AND THAT IS BEING VERY STRICT INDEED!

NO JUMPS!/NO STICKS!/NO LOUD SWISHES!How many were preserved like this one-??

HARDLY USED AND NOT SERIOUSLY ABUSED!!!!!!

The EARLY 1960s equipment was often basic with much heavier tonearms than later lightweight pickups.

This LP has clearly been very well cared for on lightweight  high quality equipment.  

 Vinyl is still the best way to hear MODERN JAZZ and always will be!  

I TEST ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITHOUT FILTERING OR A MONO SWITCH.

I HAVE PLAYED IT TO CHECK FOR ANY FAULTS.

IT IS STILL FAR BETTER THAN MOST AROUND! 

MOST RECORDS ON EBAY ARE IN DIABOLICAL, BAD CONDITIONS ATTEMPTED TO BE  SOLD BY PEOPLE WHO DO NOT KNOW HOW TO GRADE OR BOTHER TO ACTUALLY PLAY THEM FOR AN ACURATE DESCRIPTION!

This is A VERY NICE COPY-EXAMINE YOURS AND IT MAY NOT BE AS GOOD AS YOU THINK!

AT WORSE AND IN THE STRICTNESS OF POTENTIAL BUYERS,THE DISC IS IN VERY GOOD+++++++  CONDITION. FAR BETTER THAN MOST PEOPLES USE OF THE "VG"GRADING BUT IT IS DOWN TO MY STRICT GRADING POLICY.  

THE LP AS USUAL WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE COVER BEFORE SENDING!   

REMEMBER I AM GRADING STRICTLY! PLEASE STUDY ALL OF  THE PHOTOS!

IF YOU GO THROUGH MY FEEDBACK YOU WILL SEE MANY OTHER LPs SOLD -PAY NOTE TO THE FEEDBACK RESPONSES!!-NO ISSUES!! INFACT VERY HAPPY CUSTOMERS WHICH IS PROOF OF MY CAREFUL,DETAILED AND STRICT GRADING!!!!   

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I HAVE BEEN A DEALER SINCE 1986 WITH OVER 11 YEARS ON EBAY.

I ACTUALLY LISTEN TO MY ITEMS ON GOOD QUALITY EQUIPMENT, USUALLY TWICE TO ENSURE THE VERY BEST POSSIBLE AND ACURATE GRADE-I WANT LONG TERM REGULAR CUSTOMERS WHO WANT TO RETURN TO BUY FROM ME WITH FAITH AND TRUST.

LOOK AT MY FEEDBACK AND SEE WELL KNOWN RESPECTED COLLECTORS AND DEALERS WHO BUY FROM ME OVER AND OVER-NOTE WHAT THEY SAY-PAGE AFTER PAGE OF GLOWING STATEMENTS! 

UK Customers are very welcome to collect ebay winnings  by prior email arrangement. OVER  11 YEARS ON EBAY and many more before as a keen collector! Thanks for looking and good luck.

OTHER STYLES OF MUSIC ON EBAY FROM ME-SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE-LOOK NO FURTHER!!!!!

DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS OPPORTUNITY!

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SOME MORE ESSENTIAL JAZZ LPs FROM ME ON EBAY ENDING AT AUCTION WITHIN MINUTES OF THIS GEM ENDING!

MANY MORE ITEMS TO COME IN FUTURE WEEKS!

KEEP WATCHING IN 2013!

THANKYOU FOR YOUR INTEREST!GOOD LUCK!!