DIAL LP1 - Charlie Parker - Bird Blows The Blues (VG+) Highly Rare

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For Sale:  CHARLIE PARKER AND HIS BEBOP GROUPS - THE BIRD BLOWS THE BLUES DIAL LP1 (DLP1)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE FIRST 33 1/3 12" OF JAZZ EVER PRESSED! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The record does not include a sleeve because it was originally released without one. The disc, as mentioned in the condition section, is in VG+, please read further notes on the condition, and view the photographs. 
The following is an excerpt I've borrowed from a previous seller of this piece of history in order to properly illustrate its importance:

"After Columbia introduced the 33 rpm long playing jazz record in late 1948, Ross Russell of Dial Records, because of repeated requests to issue alternate takes of sides by Charlie Parker, thought about issuing these requested titles on a long playing record. This plan finally came to fruition in the spring of 1949 with the introduction of Dial LP-1. This record was unusual for two reasons. Not only was it the first long playing jazz album introduced, it was a 12” LP and not the expected 10” record. Up to that time 12” LP releases were reserved for serious classical music, with the 10” format used for more commercial and popular sides by Columbia. Russell bucked the trend and decided to make this first release, with the B-side consisting of alternate master takes, a 12” release.

The June 3, 1949 issue of Downbeat carried an ad for Dial LP-1, with the record reviewed in the July 29th issue. I’ve included scans of these in the listing. As stated in the ad, the record was made available only as a ‘Limited Mail Order Edition’ from Dial Records for $5.00 including tax and shipping. It was sent in a plain jacket. Dial LP-1 was available only for a very short period of time as mail order sales were extremely slow, and by the summer of 1949 Russell was planning to introduce a series of CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS of 20th century classical music, where the first release in that series was given the designation Dial LP-1!

Because of poor mail order sales and the reassignment of Dial LP-1 to a Contemporary Classics release, the Charlie Parker Dial LP-1 release was reassigned the number Dial LP-901, and was subsequently distributed and sold in retail outlets. It is difficult to determine how many copies of LP-1 were pressed, but since this was a trial release of sorts to test the LP market, I don’t think it would be more than 100 copies and probably more like 50 copies."

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