FRANK WRIGHT QUARTET CHURCH NUMBER NINE Rare Free Jazz MINT ORIG Press CALUMET

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FRANK WRIGHT QUARTET: “Church Number Nine”

Label: CALUMET Records

Label Number: 3674

- BLOODY RARE Original 1st FRENCH pressing on the rare CALUMET label

- 1st original FRANCE ONLY press from 1971!!!!!

- Comes housed in FRAGILE FLIP BACK Sleeve

- TOP MINT condition!!!

- Never offered before pristine MINT copy, impossible to upgrade upon.

- ARCHIVE COPY

- Original 1st press, released in a tiny edition in 1971 of only 300 copies.

GRADING: 

LP Record: Near Mint just PERFECT condition, NO spindle marks, impossible to ever upgrade original first press issue. First issue on red/ orange CALUMET label. Archive Condition.!!!!

Flip Back Jacket: Near Mint ~ MINT, perfect sleeve, no defects, NO ring wear, NO splits, NO wrinkles. Shiny and glossy surface. Perfect thick & fully readable spine, sharp corners and straight edges. ARCHIVE CONDITION!!!

Some words about this issue: The FRANK WRIGHT QUARTET: “Church Number Nine” (Calumet Records) 1st original FRENCH pressing!!! This is the free jazz record everyone seems to be after. No wonder, hideously rare, released in a tine private run of only 300 copies back in 1971 and ominously freaking heavy. “Church Number Nine” was originally released in 1973 (though recorded on March 7th 1970) on the Calumet label, a venture that instantly evaporated into thin air after its initial release. Only 300 copies of the album made it into circulation, the rest were apparently destroyed. The two sides of the disc are entitled “Parts One” and “Two”, although that each was recorded as an individual piece in its own right. The line-up on the other hand is mouth wateringly great, similar to Wright’s BYG Actuel outing "One For John": Wright on tenor, Noah Howard on alto, Bobby Few on piano and Mohamed Ali on drums. The opening track is a monumental twenty-six minute slab of holy rolling free gospel. Heavily indebted to Ayler, Wrights take on the spiritual is spiced up by adding additional percussion. This is when not blowing their horns to smithereens since both Wright and Howard unleash an all-incinerating racket, an ominously heavy whirlwind of feverish sonic infernal blowing. Bobby few can stay impassive and exerts explosive, alternating churchy licks and furious clusters until the whole comes crashing down like the walls of Jericho under the blasts of the horns. The second piece is comprised out of tight bursts of energy, ripping notes to pieces like a there is no tomorrow. Heavy, mind bendingly great and without a single doubt one of the greatest free blowing jazz discs ever to be put down on wax. This is a top copy; I do not believe they come any better than this one.

New to the e-bay game but long experience in selling records so bid with confidence.

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Our grading scale: Mint/ Near Mint/ Excellent/ VG++/. We don’t sell anything below VG++. VG++ grade is basically that the record has some scuffs and has wear. Excellent: record has hardly no visible defects and is preserved with care and attention, the condition most collectors take pride in to file away. Near Mint: a dash below mint, just perfect. Mint: like new.

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SHIPPING COSTS

= Registered Airmail to USA/Canada/Mexico/Oceania = $22 for 1 LP, $25 for 2 LP's, and $30 for 3 LP's.

= Registered Airmail to UK/Europe/Russia = $23 for 1 LP, $26 for 2 LP's, and $31 for 3 LP's.

= Registered Airmail to South America = $30 for 1 LP, $33 for 2 LP's, and $39 for 3 LP's.

= For Asian countries = Because the charge of the Registered Airmail is the same as EMS, we automatically send out your package by EMS. See the EMS rate below. 

In case of purchase more than $200, item(s) must be shipped by EMS (Express Mail with internet tracking, and the insurance).

= EMS Shipping to USA/Canada/Mexico/Oceania = $25 for 1 LP, $29 for 2 LP's, and $33 for 3 LP's.

= EMS Shipping to UK/Europe/Russia = $28 for 1 LP, $32 for 2 LP's, and $36 for 3 LP's.

= EMS Shipping to South America = $37 for 1 LP, $42 for 2 LP's, and $48 for 3 LP's.

= EMS Shipping to Asian countries = $20 for 1 LP, $23 for 2 LP's, and $26 for 3 LP's.

Registered Airmail Shipping rates for EP’s: USA & EUROPE & AUSTRALIA: $12 for one EP; 15 for 2 EP’s and 18$ for 3 EP’s

Registered Airmail Shipping rates for CD’s: USA & EUROPE & AUSTRALIA: $10 for one CD and 12$ for 2 CD’s

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