EARL WASHINGTON,Workshop Jazz, 202, MOTOWN, Rare subsidary label, 1963 NM
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Dec 3, 2011 Sold Date
Nov 26, 2011 Start Date
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EARL WASHINGTON ALL STARS

REAL JAZZ,Featuring Frank Weiss,Thad Jones,Sonny Payne,

Ben Powell,Ed Jones,Frank Foster.

 

WORKSHOP JAZZ 202,ORIGINAL 1963

RARE MOTOWN SUBSIDARY LABEL

NM.

SCARCE MOTOWN JAZZ L.P. RELEASED IN 1963 ON THE SHORT LIVED MOTOWN SUBSIDARY WORKSHOP JAZZ RECORD LABEL,RUNNING FROM FEBRUARY 1963 TILL AUGUST 1964.

GIVEN THE FIRST CATALOGUE NUMBER OF WORKSHOP JAZZ 202, RELEASED NOVEMBER 1963.

THIS SHORT LIVED LABEL WAS A OUTLET FOR BERRY GORDY'S LOVE OF JAZZ,WITH MICKEY STEVENSON CONTROLLING AND OVERSEEING RELEASES.  SEVERAL L.P.S IN THE WORKSHOP JAZZ RUN WERE CATALOGUED, RECORDED AND CANNED, ONE OF THEM BEING THE LEGENDRY FOUR TOPS BREAKING THROUGH L.P.  SEVERAL OF THESE NON-RELEASES CAN BE SEEN ON EARLY MOTOWN GENERIC RECORD SLEEVES.

Tracks, Opus No3,  Taste Time, The swinging sisters blues,  March lightly, Tony's tune, The ghost.

THE FRONT OF THE COVER HAS A SMALL CREASE ONTHE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER, OTHERWISE GRAPHICS ARE SHARP AND BRIGHT,AND VERY CLEAN,WITH GREAT GLOSS,BACK IS SLIGHTLY BROWNED,SLIGHT SMALL RUB,BUT WITH NO DAMAGE, A SOLID EX+ COVER.

RECORD IS IN BEAUTIFUL NM CONDITION,A FEW PRESS MARKS,WITH FULL GLOSS,PLAYBACK WAS LOUD, CLEAR AND VIBRANT, WITH NO ISSUES

A REALLY NICE COPY OF A HARD TO FIND RECORD, FOR THE JAZZ ENTHUSIAST,OR MOTOWN COMPLETIST. PLEASE BID WITH TOTAL CONFIDENCE ON THIS SCARCE RELEASE.

NO QUIBBLE REFUND IF NOT TOTALLY SATISFIED.

 




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