DUKE ELLINGTON w/ MAHALIA JACKSON Black, Brown And Beige 1958 UK PHILIPS
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Jul 7, 2017 Sold Date
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DUKE ELLINGTON w/ MAHALIA JACKSON Black, Brown And Beige 1958 UK PHILIPS

DUKE ELLINGTON w/ MAHALIA JACKSON
Black, Brown And Beige

1958 UK PHILIPS (BBL 7251) ORIGINAL
BEAUTIFUL COPY - BARELY, IF EVER PLAYED AND CAREFULLY STORED, UNTOUCHED FOR THE PAST 60 YEARS

PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE UK MATT BLACK/SILVER PHILIPS "MICROGROOVE" LABELS
MATRIX: AA 07337 ▽ 1L = 1// 420 / AA 07337 ▽ 2L = 2// 420
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FULLY LAMINATED THIN DUO-FLIPBACK SLEEVE "Printed and made in Great Britain"
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLASTIC INNER SLEEVE WITH TOP FOLD-OVER

Duke Ellington originally wrote the 50-minute Black, Brown and Beige suite in 1943 for a Carnegie Hall concert, where critics dismissed it as overreaching for a jazz composer.
Over the next 15 years, he periodically resurrected it for performances of excerpts or, as in the case of his 1958 album, transmuting it into what was essentially a new work.
This recording of Black, Brown and Beige was one of the most extraordinary products of Ellington's later period, growing out of his 1956 Newport triumph.
Mahalia Jackson sings an affecting version of "Come Sunday", backed by the orchestra led by Ray Nance's violin. The result was one of Ellington's most moving, wrenching pieces of work, and music that, had it been better known, might also have done more to raise people's consciousness about Civil Rights than 100 folk songs of the period.

Side 1:
Part I (Work Song - Full Orchestra) (8:17)
Part II (Come Sunday Instrumentally) (6:14)
Part III (Work Song And Come Sunday) (6:26)
Side 2:
Part IV (Come Sunday) (7:58)
Part V (Come Sunday Interlude) (3:46)
Part VI (23rd Psalm) (3:01)

LABELS: NEAR MINT
An immaculate set of labels - barely, if ever played
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new
VINYL Audio: VERY GOOD
This copy is essentially as-new but on playback there is some surface noise and ticking - no scratches - nothing I found overtly intrusive and from manufacture rather than play as this copy has seen little of that - still a real pleasure to hear
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
As crisp, clean, sharp and fresh as the day it was made

POST & PACKING:
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Guarantee: all records are unconditionally guaranteed (including sealed and/or unplayed) and I will offer a complete, no quibble refund upon return of the item should you not be pleased with it in any way I will email you when payment has been received to let you know when the item will be posted. Please leave feedback upon receipt of the item so that I know you have received it safely. Thanks  795 (GS 7.0.7 (795))


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