LANGSTON HUGHES w/CHARLES MINGUS WEARY BLUES ULTRA-RARE ORIG '58 MGM MONO LP

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·       LANGSTON HUGHES with CHARLES MINGUS, PHINEAS NEWBORN, HORACE PARLAN AND OTHERS – WEARY BLUES –  1958 VERVE/VSOP  MONO LP VSP-36

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       (NOTE: THE ALBUM WAS ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 1958 ON MGM LABEL WITH THE COLOR PHOTO OF THE DECREPIT, BOARDED-UP WOODEN DOOR [THE COPY WE HAVE HERE]; AFTER MGM WAS ABSORBED INTO VERVE LABEL CIRCA 1967, THE ALBUM WAS REISSUED ON VERVE’S VSOP BUDGET IMPRINT WITH A SIGNIFICANTLY ALTERED COVER SHOWING AN ABSTRACT PAINTING; THIS IS THE FIRST PRESSING, AS DESCRIBED ABOVE)

·       ORIGINAL YELLOW MGM LABEL WITH BLACK PRINT, MID-TO-LATE 50’S STYLE

·       DEEP GROOVE PRESSING

·       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)

·       ORIGINAL GLOSSY, LIGHTLY LAMINATED COVER

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       As far as we know, this album has NEVER been available on legitimate Compact Disc or in any other way, manner or format.

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

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you’ll get.  GUARANTEED!)

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The unofficial poet laureate of Harlem, Langston Hughes derived great inspiration from the everyday scenes and sounds of his surroundings. He was especially inspired by jazz and blues, spending hours in the nightclubs of Harlem and Washington, D.C., listening and writing. “I tried to write poems like the songs they sang on Seventh Street,” he said of his verse. This influence is apparent in much of his work and can be seen clearly in such poems as "The Weary Blues," "Jazzonia," "Harlem Night Club," "The South," and Montage of a Dream Deferred, a book-length suite of poems illustrating Harlem life.

In 1958, Hughes crossed into the jazz world by reading his work at the landmark Village Vanguard in New York City, accompanied by Charles Mingus and Phineas Newborn (NOTE: Phineas Newborn is NOT credited on the cover of the album, presumably for contractual reasons: he was an Atlantic artist at the time this album was recorded – op.ed). The collaboration eventually resulted in the album The Weary Blues, which united Hughes’s voice and words with the music of Leonard Feather and Mingus. The first half of the album is conducted by Feather and features a traditional blues and gospel sound, while the latter half, with Mingus and his band, provides an organic jazzy groove for the poet's mellifluous voice to ride upon

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ANONYMOUS ONLINE REVIEW /WWW.POETS.ORG/)

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               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)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS STRONG VG++. A few light abrasions  ARE VISIBLE, but they appear fairly  insignificant relative to the overall condition of the vinyl, and are only moderately visually distracting. For most part, the vinyl looks impeccable, without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)          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!

(c)           The record has a "deep groove" (an indent in the label about 1/2-inch from the edge of the label, which on SOME labels is associated with very early or first pressings).

(d)          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 3:1.

(e)           The record comes in the original stock inner sleeve.

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

·       COVER

THE COVER IS ABOUT VERY GOOD-   (VG-).

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-         Cover has some visible fraying/tattering on all three seams and, in particular, on the opening side

-         Cover has all four corners slightly worn / dinged / bent.

-        Cover has a visible "wrinkle"(crease)  in one of the corners.

-         Cover has all three seams (top, bottom and spine) partially split,  as follows:

-         Top seam: between 4 and 6 inches  / 10 to 15 centimeters.  This split seam was delicately taped by the previous owner with a piece of transparent scotch tape

-         Bottom seam: less than 1 inch / 2.5 centimeters.   This split seam was delicately taped by the previous owner with a piece of transparent scotch tape.

-         Spine: between 1 and 2 inches  / 2.5 to 5 centimeters.

-         Cover has a small peel-off mark, probably from the careless removal of the price sticker. (nothing significant) (less than ¼ square inch in size)

-         Cover has some light 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 3

-         The cover has circular tarnish (grayish, dust-covered sections, which closely follow the contour of the record),  probably caused by friction or by rubbing against other covers during the storage. The tarnish is similar in appearance to a common ring wear, but, UNLIKE ring wear, these grayish areas may be possible to clean up with a minor effort and with a right cleansing solution.

-         Cover shows some light yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging   (nothing significant).

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

-        No cut-out (drill) holes.

-        No cut-out corners

-        No saw-marks or indents

-        No writing

-        No stamps

-        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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