JOHN COLTRANE w/ERIC DOLPHY IMPRESSIONS RARE SEALED ORIG 1963 IMPULSE STEREO LP

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·       JOHN COLTRANE with Eric Dolphy, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner –  IMPRESSIONS -  ORIGINAL 1963 IMPULSE RECORDS STEREO LP A-42

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

*** STILL SEALED 1963 IMPULSE STEREO LP BELIEVED TO BE THE ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING ***

·       BELIEVED TO BE PRESSED ON THE  ORIGINAL ORANGE AND BLACK IMPULSE LABEL

·       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.

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

·       Recorded (and almost certainly mastered) by ►Rudy Van Gelder

·       ORIGINAL GATEFOLD COVER, MADE OF THICK CARDBOARD (AMERICAN STYLE) 

·       ORIGINAL LAMINATED COVER

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

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This is serious music, not for the casual jazz fan. But for Baby Boomers like myself who witnessed the birth of the free jazz movement back in the 1960s, this was a seminal transitional album that opened ears and minds to new post-bop and post-cool jazz possibilities. The highlights of this album are two long and intense live jams that cemented Coltrane's reputation as the most important sax player of his generation. "India" features Coltrane on soprano sax, an instrument he single-handedly added to the jazz repertoire. On this track he explores the unique sonic as well as melodic possibilities of the instrument while evoking the imagery of the Indian snake charmer. He is ably supported by a brilliant rhythm section as well as fellow free jazz pioneer Eric Dolphy on clarinet. For me, Coltrane's tenor sax performance on the track "Impressions" is perhaps the single most awesome extended sax solo I've ever heard. The song is based on a simple modal chord structure similar to the Miles Davis/Coltrane collaboration "So What", but Coltrane infuses this track with an animal ferocity that is light years beyond the cool detachment of the famous Davis track. "So What" gets you in the mood, but "Impressions" takes you to the climax.As for the studio cuts, "After the Rain" is a pretty and evocative tone poem that perfectly captures the mood of the title. The other two tracks are relatively ordinary, but overall this is a special album for serious fans of Coltrane and modern jazz.

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Originally released in 1963, Coltrane's "Impressions" is one of his most brilliant and beautiful records, one that compiled a variety of performances from various sources by the great Quartet with Jones, Garrison and Tyner. After the enormous success of My Favorite Things made him a star, and after the release of the extraordinary free and ground breaking "Live at the Village Vanguard" in '61, Coltrane had spent much of his ensuing studio time recording sweeter, milder, more conservative (but nonetheless brilliant) projects such as the sessions with Duke Ellington and Johnny Hartman. Before later rocketing off with his ever-more spiritual and experimental muse on "Ascension" and other late-career recordings, "Impressions" did much to re-establish Coltrane's ferocious and eloquent creativity before the public. An ideal introduction to Coltrane's pre- "A Love Supreme" music, "Impressions" contains "India", one of his most compelling modal pieces, with Coltrane floating above an evocative pulse on soprano saxophone; "Impressions", Coltrane's perennial re-working of Miles Davis'"So What", a break through to free flowing modal music whose original creation he had shared in on "Kind Of Blue; and "Up 'Gainst The Wall" , a cool-headed blues work-out that finds Coltrane searching for fresh phrasings over pianoless bass and drums. These recordings were in the vaults during '61 and '62, originating respectively at the Vanguard live sessions, and as part of the sessions that produced another beautiful, searching Impulse release, called "Coltrane." The original "Impressions" set closed with one of the most gorgeous pieces in Coltrane's, or anyone's, catalogue: a tender and lilting piece of sweet and melancholy balladry called "After The Rain", a piece reminiscent in its way of Naima, Welcome or Central Park West, other great Coltrane ballads. "After the Rain" is the equal of any of 'Trane's most gorgeous and evocative recordings, and is worth the price of the LP. New listeners will get a terrific overview from it of much that Coltrane was doing in the early 60's. Highest recommendation.

 (EXCERPTS FROM TWO ANONYMOUS ONLINE REVIEWS)

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·       CONDITION:

·       RECORD

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(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 believed to come in its original stock inner sleeve.

(c)           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!

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

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

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

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

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

-         Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on back side, apparently from aging.

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

-        No split seams

-        No ring wear

-        No cut-out (drill) holes.

-        No cut-out corners

-        No saw-marks or indents

-        No dirt/dust rubbing stains (friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers)

-        No writing

-        No stamps

-        No tearing: no chips, dents or nicks on the seams

-        No peel-off marks

-        No stains

-        No mold or mildew spots

-        No stickers or labels

-        No water damage

-        No razor marks, scratches, pressure marks, lines, streaks, or  cuts.

-        No warping

-        No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover

-        No glue traces or wax residue.

-        No bar codes

-        No RIAA stamps or stickers. 

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