JOHN COLTRANE Ascension 1966 UK HMV 1st *STEREO* PRESS Nr MINT
£
132
$
175
£ 132
Sold For
Oct 21, 2011
Sold Date
Oct 11, 2011
Start Date
£ 40
Start price
8
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Great Britain
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JOHN COLTRANE Ascension 1966 UK HMV 1st *STEREO* PRESS Nr MINT
EJ DAY FLIPBACK, ORIGINAL HMV INNER, BEAUTIFUL COPY
JOHN COLTRANEAscension
UK HMV (CDS 3543) FIRST *STEREO* PRESSING (June 1966) OF COLTRANE'S "Ascension" LP
THE BEGINNINGS OF FREE JAZZ
INCREDIBLY HARD TO FIND IN THE ORIGINAL 1966 UK *STEREO* FORMAT AND IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION THROUGHOUT
* FROM A SMALL COLLECTION OF JAZZ LPs I RECENTLY ACQUIRED (and will be listing over the coming days) - FROM A SINGLE OWNER WHO TAPED THEM ONTO REEL-TO-REEL - SO ONLY PLAYED ONCE OR TWICE - AND THEN CAREFULLY STORED IN PLASTIC SLEEVES (so all the covers are practically like-new) - I GUARANTEE YOU WON'T FIND BETTER COPIES
PRESSED ON QUALITY HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL WITH THE FIRST ISSUE HMV LABELS WHICH CARRY ALL THE CORRECT FIRST ISSUE INFO - "SOLD IN UK…" STATEMENT AND "KT" TAX CODE EMBOSSED ON SIDE TWO
MARTIX: AS 95 A-1 / AS 95 B-1 (the original US Impulse matrix stamped, plus UK A-1/B-1, no mention of edition)
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/G and 1/G (one of the earliest copies - in the batch of the first 300 pressed)
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FRONT LAMINATED FLIPBACK SLEEVE “Printed and made by Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd., London” DATE CODED '6606' (1966, June)
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL 'PATENTS APPLIED FOR', HMV COMPANY, POLY- LINED ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE
John Coltrane – tenor saxophone, bandleader
Marion Brown – alto saxophone
Art Davis – upright bass
Jimmy Garrison – upright bass
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Dewey Johnson – trumpet
Elvin Jones – drums
Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone
Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone
John Tchicai – alto saxophone
McCoy Tyner – piano
Ascension is a jazz album by John Coltrane recorded in 1965 and released in 1966.
It is often considered to be a watershed album, with the albums released before it being more conventional in structure and the albums released after it being looser, free jazz inspired works.
In addition, it signalled Coltrane's interest in moving away from the quartet format.
Coltrane described Ascension in a radio interview as a "big band thing", although it resembles no big band recording made before it.
Jazz musician Dave Liebman, commenting on Ascension, recalled that the album was the "torch that lit the free jazz thing".
The album was identified by Chris Kelsey in his Allmusic essay "Free Jazz: A Subjective History" as one of the 20 Essential Free Jazz Albums
Side One: Ascension (Part 1) 18:35
Side Two: Ascension (Part 2) 19:15
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, bright and unmarked labels with only a couple of spindle traces per side.
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT+
Both surfaces retain their original deep glossy sheen with just light and superficial brush marks visible under normal light and some wispy hairlines visible under bright light - none of these have any audio impact
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Sensational copy which plays beautifully throughout with no audio issues of note.
Played just once or twice on top quality equipment the sound performance is flawless - crystal clear, clean, fresh and incredibly immediate
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT++
The flipback cover is also in superb condition with a deep glossy sheen to the laminated front and a remarkably clean back - with just one light dirty mark (please see close-up photo)
The edges and spine are practically unworn and all spine text is clear and bold
INNER SLEEVE: EXCELLENT++
The original HMV inner sleeve is clean and fresh with no seam splits
ALL RECORDS ARE PACKAGED WITH THE VINYL OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE TO PREVENT ANY 'KNIFING' DURING TRANSIT
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
POST & PACKING
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454 (GS 6.3 (454))
