HERBIE HANCOCK w/YARDBIRDS BLOW UP INSANELY RARE SEALED ORIG 1966 MGM MONO LP

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·       HERBIE HANCOCK with FREDDIE HUBBARD, JOE HENDERSON, PHIL WOODS , RON CARTER, JIM HALL AND JIMMY SMITH plus THE YARDBIRDS featuring both JEFF BECK and JIMMY PAGE - BLOW UP - ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK FROM THE 1966 CULT MOVIE BY THE LEGENDARY MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI - ORIGINAL 1966 MGM MONO LP E-4447-ST 

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

*** INSANELY RARE STILL SEALED GUARANTEED ORIGINAL FIRST MONO PRESSING ***

·       (IMPORTANT NOTE: ON MGM SOUNDTRACKS – SUCH AS THIS ONE – THE SUFFIX “-ST” IN THE CATALOG NUMBER DOES NOT DENOTE A STEREO PRESSING; IT IS ACTUALLY AN ACRONYM FOR (S)OUND(T)RACK, NOT FOR ‘STEREO’. IF THIS PRESSING WERE STEREO, IT WOULD HAVE HAD CATALOG NUMBER SE-4447-ST).

·       PLEASE NOTE  THAT MONO VERSION OF THIS ALBUM INCLUDES SLIGHTLY LONGER VERSIONS OF SOME OF THE TRACKS THAN FOUND ON THE MORE COMMON, STEREO VERSION)

·       RARE MONO PRESSING, MANY TIMES RARER THAN STEREO

·       THE THICKNESS OF THE VINYL, THE APPEARANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COVER, LABEL’S LOGO AND OTHER PERIPHERAL ELEMENTS OF THE COVER, ARE ALL PERFECTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING OF THIS TITLE.

·       ONE “BREATHE” (AIR) HOLE NOTED ON THE SHRINK WRAP

·       GUARANTEED ORIGINAL BLACK MGM LABEL WITH MULTICOLORED “ROARRING LION” LOGO, EARLY-TO-MID 60’S STYLE (HYPOTHETICALLY, THIS COULD ALSO BE A YELLOW LABEL PROMO)

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       MONO version of this album has NEVER been available on legitimate Compact Disc or in any other digital format.

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Blow-Up is a soundtrack album by Herbie Hancock featuring music composed for Michelangelo Antonioni's film ►Blow-Up released in 1966 on MGM Records. The album features performances by Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Newman, Phil Woods, Joe Henderson, Jim Hall, Ron Carter, and Jack DeJohnette. Although Jimmy Smith is credited with playing organ on the album some sources claim it was Paul Griffin that was present at the recording sessions.]

The album also includes "Stroll On", a rewrite of Tiny Bradshaw's "Train Kept A-Rollin'", by the Yardbirds featuring Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page (one of ONLY TWO known tracks where the two giants ACTUALLY play TOGETHER, the other, if memory serves, being the 1967 Psycho Daisies [the two also play together on the Yardbirds’ late single ‘Happennings 10 years ago’, but not actually live: the two guitars were overdubbed in studio…op.ed]T he liner notes to a 2000s CD release indicate that Hancock first recorded his score in London with British musicians, but rejected the results and re-recorded the music in New York with American jazz musicians. The bassline to "Bring Down the Birds" was sampled by Deee-Lite for their 1990 single "Groove is in the Heart."

A mono mix of this album (MGM E4447ST) features slightly longer versions of several songs.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW IN WIKIPEDIA.ORG)

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This is a great movie soundtrack by the great Jazz pianist (which also includes the great[est] Rock combo) to the great Mod/Swingin' 60's film by the great[est] movie director, and captures the great scene where Rock's great[est] guitarist smashes his guitar (and amp!) while doing a great guitar solo during the classic freak-out performance of Johnny Burnette's "Train Kept-a-rollin" (renamed  here as "Stroll on" – one of only three Yardbirds songs recorded with both Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page -- the other two being Happenings Ten Years Ago, and Psycho Daisies)

For additional historical or discography information on this album, including track listing ►click here

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               THE RECORD:

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          THE ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records ►click here (PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID).

(b)          The record is  apparently pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(c)           Mono pressing of this title is much rarer, and by far more  preferable to its stereo counterpart. We think that the mix is more natural, humane, "organic" and that the mixes are somewhat different than on the stereo version. We estimate that stereo copies of this album outnumber mono pressings by a ratio of at least 5:1.

(d)          The record is believed to come in its original stock inner sleeve.

(e)           Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·                               THE COVER

COVER IS NEAR MINT, STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL ►SHRINK WRAP

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-         Cover shows some light yellowing on back side, apparently from aging.

-         Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the seams  (nothing significant)

-         Cover has JUST A HINT of ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 1  (front side) and 2 (back side).

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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