DONALD BYRD ETHIOPIAN KNIGHTS LP WILDLY RARE ORIGINAL 1972 RVG UA RESEARCH CRAFT
  $   43

 


$ 43 Sold For
Oct 21, 2025 Sold Date
Oct 11, 2025 Start Date
10   Number Of Bids
  USA Country Of Seller
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PLEASE NOTE: I WILL ONLY GRADE AN OPENED LP NEAR MINT (NM) IF I CAN GUARANTEE IT HAS NEVER BEEN PLAYED (i.e. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER).  OTHERWISE, NEAR MINT MINUS (NM-) IS THE ABSOLUTE HIGHEST GRADE I WILL ASSIGN AN OPENED LP.


CRAZY RARE original Rudy Van Gelder mastered Research Craft first pressing from 1972 on Blue Note's classic blue & white label with blue text and 2.875" chamfered pressing ring, United Artists credit in the upper rim text, original Blue Note inner sleeve with then-complete catalog listing and a front cover image printed so unusually dark the background minstrel figures are almost not visible at all!!!  I have had around 10 copies of this LP pass through my hands in my 45 years of collecting and selling and I have never seen a cover like this.  At first I thought it was just dusty but I ran my finger across it and it was clean.  Someone at the printing plant definitely goofed.  Definitely a rare variation if only one out of 10 are actually like this.  LP is VG/VG+ with a few light paper scuffs.  Cover is VG with a small bottom right hand corner promo clip.


I USE GOLDMINE GRADING~ MINT (SEALED)  NEAR MINT: LOOKS UNPLAYED VG++:  VERY VERY MINIMAL SIGNS OF US VG+:  AVERAGE SIGNS OF USE, NOTHING DEEP, SUPERFICIAL VG:  STILL AN OK RECORD, NOISE BETWEEN SONGS GOOD: WORN BUT PLAYS FINE WITH DISTRACTING NOISE POOR:  FILLER COPY ONLY.  LOTS OF SCRATCHES


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