JAZZ LP Hank Mobley BLUE NOTE “Turnaround’” mono VAN GELDER ear NY EX-SEALED

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Artist:  HANK MOBLEY                                     

Title:     “The Turnaround”

Label:   BLUE NOTE ~ BLP 4186.  Monaural pressing on medium heavy vinyl. 

Label is blue/white with blue text, “BLUE NOTE RECORDS INC * NEW YORK USA” address.  Does not have deep groove. 

VAN GELDER is stamped in the runout groove on both sides. 

Plastilyte “ear” symbol is stamped in the runout groove on both sides.

Year:   1965

Review: 

“The Hank Mobley of the Turnaround album was a markedly different one from a few years earlier.  This session issued in early 1965 was the product of two different sessions.  The first was in March of 1963, immediately after Mobley left the Miles Davis band. Those recordings produced "East of the Village," possibly the greatest example of Mobley's "round tone" on record, and the other was "The Good Life," a ballad.  The rest was recorded nearly two years later in February of 1965.  The title cut was produced here -- an Alfred Lion answer to Lee Morgan's "Sidewinder," which was burning up the charts -- as well as the beautiful "Pat 'n' Chat," with "Straight Ahead" and "My Sin" rounding out the program.  On the earlier material, Donald Byrd, Herbie Hancock, Butch Warren, and Philly Jo Jones helped Mobley out, and on the latter it was Freddie Hubbard, Barry Harris, Paul Chambers, and Billy Higgins.  In each case, there were alumnus members of the Miles band Mobley had played in.  The main thing about "East of the Village" is the striking difference between the gorgeous melding of Latin and post-bop, straight-ahead rhythms, and the easy, loping blues feel that is cheered on by Jones.  This track contains one of Mobley’s most memorable solos.  On the title track and "Pat 'n' Chat," there are elongated blues structures; in the former -- it is an unusual 18 bar figure -- and in the latter, there is the major 44 bar pattern that sounds like a blues with a bridge when the AABA pattern is invoked.  Here is the evolution of Mobley's tone in full flower, all but gone is the rounded, warm sound, and in its place is a shorter, declarative, bluesier tone with real bite that is perfect for pianists like Harris, who were used to the deeper funk of the Detroit sound.  In all this is a solid date, despite its time lapse, and one that gives us a solid picture of the two Mobleys.”

(courtesy Thom Jurek, allmusic.com.)

Personnel:

Freddie Hubbard – trumpet

Hank Mobley – tenor sax

Barry Harris – piano

Paul Chambers – bass

Billy Higgins - drums.

Condition: 

NOTE:  This album came to us STILL SEALED in original factory shrink wrap as part of the estate of a shop owner who maintained a personal collection of jazz LPs, many of them sealed. 

In order to provide the most accurate information to guide your bidding, we made the decision to carefully open it to reveal the label and pressing details. 

 You have our assurance that this scarce jazz LP has never been on a turntable since it left the factory. 

The vinyl is flawless!

Jacket is EXCELLENT in original factory shrink wrap.  Nice front and back panels, with a bit of surface wear.  Excellent seams and corners. 

No writing, stickers, or other issues. 

Includes the original factory inner sleeve “26 YEARS BLUE NOTE” from 1965, is nearly new condition except for a small split (approximately 3 inches) on one of the side seams.  This sleeve was only in use for one year, so nice examples are quite scarce.

Side One:

 ·         The Turnaround

·         East of the Village

·         The Good Life

 Side Two:

 ·         Straight Ahead

·         My Sin

·         Pat ‘N Chat

 Guaranteed to be original and authentic first pressing.  I do not sell bootlegs or modern reissues.

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