JEF GILSON & HAL SINGER SOUL OF AFRICA RARE ORIG '75 FRENCH LE CHANT DU MONDE LP

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·       JEF GILSON & HAL SINGER - SOUL OF AFRICA - ORIGINAL FRENCH PRESSING -VERY RARE ORIGINAL 1975 FRENCH-ONLY LE CHANT DU MONDE LP LDX-74556

·       ORIGINAL FRENCH PRESSING

·       ORIGINAL RED 'LE CHANT DU MONDE' LABEL WITH BLACK PRINT

THIS ITEM COMES FROM THE INCREDIBLE, SINGLE-OWNER COLLECTION WE ACQUIRED A WHILE AGO, IN WHICH ITEMS ORIGINALLY BOUGHT BY THE OWNER FROM THE MID-1970s to THE MID-2010s WERE KEPT STILL SEALED IN A NEAR-LABORATORY, TIME-CAPSULE CONDITIONS AND IN PRACTICALLY CLIMATE- AND HUMIDITY- CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT.  CONDITIONS OF SOME OF THESE ITEMS RANGE FROM IMPECCABLE TO TRULY UNBELIEVABLE. SOME OF THESE BEAUTIFUL MUSEUM PIECES LOOKED SO PERFECT THAT WE HAD TO REINSPECT AND RE-EXAMINE THEM A FEW TIMES TO MAKE SURE THEY OUR EYES ARE NOT DECEIVING US.

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

·       ORIGINAL GATEFOLD COVER

·       ORIGINAL, THIN CARDBOARD COVER (EUROPEAN STYLE)

·       ORIGINAL LAMINATED COVER

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       SURPRISINGLY THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

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Considered one of the most important Afro-Parisian jazz records of the '70s, Soul Of Africa sees Texas tenor sax giant Hal Singer team up with French pianist Jef Gilson, and his Afrocentric, big jazz band. Originally released in 1974 on legendary French imprint French Le Chant Du Monde, Soul of Africa is full of rhythmic modal jazz. Soul Of Africa plays off the talents of Singer and Gilson with great panache, all the while supported by the sublime percussive talents of Gilson's finely directed band. During the '60s, Gilson was equal to the likes of Miles Davis, and was responsible for unearthing the talent Henri Texier, one of jazz's unrivaled, brilliant bass players. His music spanned various modes of jazz, and was recognized primarily for his Malagasy works, inspired by his trips to Madagascar. Contemporary music fans will be familiar with his work, after a recent Four Tet project sampled, remixed, and compiled a selection of his work. Hal "Cornbread" Singer who, in his long career, played alongside Duke Ellington, Roy Eldridge, Billie Holiday, and far more, was a Mercury Records' legend whose work with rhythm and blues, and jazz is unparalleled.

The percussion is a dominant force throughout Soul Of Africa. Particularly colourful rhythmic details arise from 'Mother Africa', which swings through an overloaded jumble of drumming and complex upright basslines, while Singer cuts through the chaos with his clarion tenor lines. There seems to have been a good number of high quality spiritual jazz reissues in recent times, and Soul Of Africa is another to add onto that list

(EXCERPT FROM AN ANONYMOUS ONLINE REVIEW)

Track list

A1         Chant Inca         8:40

A2         Mother Africa    6:54

B1         The High Life    3:58

B2         Libertarian         5:27

B3         Garvey's Strut    6:05

Printed By – Est-Typo-Offset, Vincennes

Bass – Jacky Samson

Drums – Frank Raholison

Ensemble – Malagasy Rhythm

Layout – A.M. Dufour*

Liner  – Laurant Goddet

Percussion – Del Rabenja, Gerard Rakotoarivony

Photography By – J.J. Pussiau, J.P. Leloir, Thierry Trombert

Piano – Jef Gilson

Tenor Saxophone – Hal Singer

Vibraphone – Bernard Lubat

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               THE RECORD:

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(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS STRONG NEAR MINT. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)          The record comes in a hi-grade PVC inner sleeve, which has - apparently with success - shielded the record from the harmful impact of elements over many years!

(c)           The record is 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!

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

·       COVER (THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, LAMINATED, GLOSSY COVER):

THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT EXCELLENT OR VERY GOOD++ (VG++).

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Visible shelf wear noted on the spine and the bottom seam

-        Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging.

-        The cover has a few tiny scratch marks on the front side  (BARELY VISIBLE)

-        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.   Inside gatefold has some light ring wear as well.

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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