Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington Original Master Recording (MFSL 2-155) (2-LP)
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Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington Recording Together For The First Time / The Great Reunion (2-LP)
Original Master Recording (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab) (MFSL 2-155)
Armstrong (tpt, vcl) and Ellington (p, composer) with Trummy Young (tb); Barney Bigard (cl); Mort Herbert (b); and Danny Barcelona (d).Recorded on 3 and 4 april, 1961 for Roulette.
It was an all-Ellington repertoire, but the Maestro featured Satchmo on every tune, allowing him to decide whether he would just play trumpet or sing, too. The supremely assured Ellington might have been surprised - though he would never have let on - at how confident his star soloist was: He knew by heart every tune that the composer called.
Issue: This is the 1984 Mobile Fidelity release, licensed from Roulette's Birdland series. Plated and pressed on high definition super vinyl by Victor of Japan, with original static- and dust-free inner sleeves intact.
The original stereo master tape was mastered for this release with the Ortofan cutting system by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Chatsworth, California.
Record 1, side A runout: MFSL-2-155-1-A1 (stylized) JH/2 H 111 (stylized 'JH' almost a '#')
Record 1, side B runout: MFSL-2-155-1-B1 (stylized) JH/2 H 111 Record 2, side A runout: MFSL-2-155-2-C2 (stylized) JH/2 H 121 P Record 2, side B runout: MFSL-2-155-2-D1 (stylized) JH/2 H 111
Condition: NM. No marks; records are clean, very fine, play like new; no spindle wear. Flat edge.
Deluxe, gatefold LP cover photo and text are clean and clear. Spine is clean, too, with only very slight bump at top. Small blemish on upper right of back cover. Both bottom corners of gatefold cover - of records 1 and 2 - also have slight bump. Inside of gatefold photos and text are unmarked.
The copy that I bought had had a hole punched, from the front of the gatefold cover through to the back, near the lower right corner. The original inner sleeves, therefore, have the hole as well.
I'm an independent seller divesting his own record collection. I'm not selling from a store or warehouse, with multiple copies of titles, or on behalf of a professional collector. Online listings have copies of this 2-LP set for sale at over $100.
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N A record known to be new. This includes factory sealed records.
NM A record known or assumed to have been played. May have a surface scuff mark but only from removing and reinserting record in sleeve. May have slight spindle wear. Otherwise, appears same as N in all respects.
VG++ More handling marks visible than on N-, but should play like a new record.
VG+ No more than a few minor scratches or marks which are audible. Such scratches or other defects will usually be described in specific detail. Record will usually not have any groove wear.
VG More than a few minor audible defects, but no steady noise. No appreciable groove wear.
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