MILES DAVIS BARNEY WILEN FONTANA 660.213 10" LP

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MILES DAVIS 'ASCENSEUR POUR L'ECHAFAUD' (LIFT TO THE SCAFFOLD) FONTANA 660.213 MR 10" LP WITH BARNEY WILEN, RENE URTREGER, PIERRE MICHELOT, KENNY CLARKE. THE LEGENDARY FIRST ISSUE IN FRANCE (COUNTRY OF ORIGIN) OF THIS MOST FAMOUS FILM SOUNDTRACK MILES IMPROVISED TO PLAYBACK OF THE FILM BY THE GREAT FRENCH NEW WAVE DIRECTOR, LOUIS MALLE. ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER FIRST ISSUE 10" LP'S BY MILES DAVIS. VINYL IS VERY THICK AND HEAVY, DEEP GROOVE, FLAT EDGE, SOLID NM-, BEAUTIFUL RICH SURFACE SHEEN AND LUSTER WITH SOME VERY FAINT PAPER SCUFFS AND SLIGHT MARKS WHICH DO NOT SOUND AT ALL. VINYL IS VERY GLOSSY WITH NO GROOVE WEAR AT ALL. HI FIDELITY IS DEEP, HAUNTING, AND VERY CLEAN, WITH A MOODY DISSONANCE NO ONE BUT MILES COULD ACHIEVE. THE PLAYING BY THE MAGNIFICENT BARNEY WILEN IS A PERFECT COMPLIMENT TO MILES ON THIS SESSION AND IS AS WELL SO HAUNTING ON THE FINE HI FIDELITY OF THIS MAJOR LP. THE DEEP GROOVE LABELS ARE CLEAN AND BRIGHT WITH THE FIRST ISSUE GREEN AND WHITE FONTANA LOGOS AND THE HEAVY DOUBLE DEEP GROOVE MARK AROUND THE SPINDLE. LP AS WELL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL ONION SKIN INNNER 10" SLEAVE WHICH IS VERY RARE TO FIND ON THESE 10" VINTAGE LP'S (THEY WERE USUALLY THROWN AWAY AFTER THE LP WAS PURCHASED). COVER IS FIRST ISSUE, FEATURING THE FRENCH PHOTO ART OF STAR JEANNE MOREAU, USED IN THEATERS TO PROMOTE THE FILM AT THAT TIME. ALL WRITING ON THE FRONT AND BACK ARE OF COURSE IN ORIGINAL FRENCH. COVER IS SOLID VG++, NM- WITH SLIGHT EDGE WEAR AND SOME AGE BROWING ON THE BACK. IT IS GLOSSY AND VERY CLEAN AND SOLID, NO SPLITS. THIS IS A VERY RARE FIRST ISSUE OF A MILES DAVIS - MODERN JAZZ, AND MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK MILESTONE. VERY RARE - IN SUPERIOR CONDITION AND PRESERVATION. PLEASE SSE NOTE BELOW CONCERNING THE EUROPEAN MODERN JAZZ DEEP GROOVE FIRST ISSUES I AM LISTING. THANK YOU.

PLEASE SEE NOTE BELOW FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THESE EUROPEAN MODERN JAZZ FIRST ISSUES.

*NOTE: I WILL BE LISTING A LARGE COLLECTION OF THESE FIRST ISSUE EUROPEAN MODERN JAZZ 10”, 12”, EP’S, AND 78 SETS. IN SOME CASES THEY WERE ISSUED IN EUROPE DURING THE SAME PERIOD AS THE AMERICAN PRESSING IN THE USA, WHILE SOME OF THE LP'S WERE NEVER ISSUED IN THE USA DURING THE DEEP GROOVE PERIOD, OR AFTER. THE FIDELITY AND PRESSING QUALITY OF THESE EU DEEP GROOVE FIRST ISSUES IS AMAZING, IN SOME CASES THEY SOUND MUCH BETTER THAN THE AMERICAN ISSUES (IF THERE EVER WAS ONE). THE ALTERNATE COVER ART IS ALSO OF SPECIAL HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE COLLECTOR OF MODERN JAZZ AS IT IS CREATIVE, DRAMATIC, AND OFTEN USES NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED PICTURES AND INNOVATIVE GRAPHIC DESIGN. ALSO, THIS COLLECTION OF EU DEEP GROOVES ARE IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION (SAD TO SAY THE EUROPEANS FOR THE MOST PART SEEM TO HAVE TAKEN BETTER CARE OF THEIR LP’S THAN FELLOW AMERICAN COLECTORS OF THE PERIOD). THESE ORIGINAL LP’S WERE NOT PRESSED IN SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS DURING THE 1950’S (SAME AS CAN BE SAID OF THE MAJOR INDEPENDENT JAZZ LABELS IN THE USA) SO THEY ARE IN FACT OFTEN MUCH HARDER TO FIND THAN THE SAME USA PRESSED FIRST ISSUE. THESE EU DEEP GROOVES ARE IN EVERY CASE – AUDIOPHILE PRESSINGS, MADE OF VERY THICK PURE VIRGIN VINYL, WITH A VERY STRONG DEEP GROOVE IMPRESSION. I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WRITE THIS NOTE THANKS TO MANY YEARS OF COMMUNICATION WITH DISTRIBUTORS, AND COLLECTORS FROM EUROPE DURING THE PERIOD, AS WELL AS CONTEMPORARY MAJOR COLLECTORS AND JAZZ MUSIC HISTORIANS. I HOPE THIS INFORMATION WAS OF ASSISTANCE IF YOU ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH THESE LP’S.

OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, DOWNBEAT 2003 WILL BE LISTING A MAJOR COLLECTION OF VERY RARE VINTAGE JAZZ LPS, 78S, EPS, ETC. FROM A MAJOR COLLECTION ACQUIRED OVER 30+ YEARS OF INTERNATIONAL COLLECTING. SOME OF THE RAREST LPS OF BOP AND MODERN JAZZ WILL BE OFFERED, FROM ALL MAJOR LABELS INCLUDING BLUE NOTE, PRESTIGE, SAVOY, DIAL, ROOST, PACIFIC JAZZ, DEBUT, VOGUE, TO NAME A FEW. THE PIECES IN MOST CASES ARE IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION AND PRESERVATION. SERIOUS BIDDERS ONLY! PLEASE SEE MY ‘ME’ FOR ALL STRICT GRADING, SHIPPING AND PAYMENT TERMS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST.