Miles Davis ?Vol 1 1956 Blue Note White Label Test Pressing BLP 1501 EXCELLENT
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Oct 6, 2019 Sold Date
Oct 1, 2019 Start Date
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Miles Davis ?Vol 1 1956 Blue Note White Label Test Pressing BLP 1501 EXCELLENT

Up for auction is a 1955 white label test pressing of Miles Davis's Volume 1 on Blue Note Records. 
Record is in excellent condition with only minimal surface noise in some parts.
Record does NOT come in the original Blue Note sleeve, record will be shipping in a generic 12" black sleeve.
Record was cleaned using a Pro-Ject VC S vinyl cleaner and house in a MOFI sleeve.
Record has 9M/RVG in the grooves.

Miles Davis ?– Volume 1

Label: Blue Note ?– BLP 1501 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered, Test Pressing, Mono 
Country: US Released: 05 Dec 1955 Genre: Jazz Style: Bop

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 Tempus Fugit Written-By – Bud Powell A2 Kelo Written-By – Jay Jay Johnson* A3 Enigma Written-By – Jay Jay Johnson* A4 Ray's Idea Written-By – Fuller*, Brown* A5 How Deep Is The Ocean Written-By – Berlin* A6 C.T.A. (Alternate Master) Written-By – Jimmy Heath B1 Dear Old Stockholm Written-By [Varmeland] – Traditional B2 Chance It Written-By – Oscar Pettiford B3 Yesterdays Written-By – Kern*, Harbach* B4 Donna (Alternate Master) Written-By – McLean* B5 C.T.A. Written-By – Jimmy Heath B6 Would'n You (Alternate Master) Written-By – Gillespie*

Companies, etc.

  • Recorded At – WOR Studios
  • Pressed By – Plastylite

Credits

  • Alto Saxophone – Jackie McLean (tracks: A5, B1 to B4, B6) 
  • Bass – Oscar Pettiford (tracks: A5, B1 to B4, B6), Percy Heath (tracks: A1 to A4, A6, B5) 
  • Drums – Art Blakey (tracks: A1 to A4, A6, B5), Kenny Clarke (tracks: A5, B1 to B4, B6) 
  • Piano – Gil Coggins
  • Producer – Alfred Lion
  • Remastered By – Rudy Van Gelder
  • Tenor Saxophone – Jimmy Heath (tracks: A1 to A4, A6, B5) 
  • Trombone – Jay Jay Johnson* 
  • Trumpet – Miles Davis

Notes

Recorded on May 9, 1952 (tracks A5, B1, B2, B3, B4, B6) and on April 20, 1953 (tracks A1, A2, A3, A4, A6, B5). 

Plastylite test pressing from December 05th 1955, a few months before the actual release. Labels carry the 'deep groove' as stamped in both labels. 

Label of the a-side has a number 1 written at "class", which explains the matrix/runout number of the a-side, which ends with A1, whereas the b-side matrix/runout simply ends with B. The A1 may point to the fact that RVG discarded the first (A) lacquer that he cut and that the final lacquer to prepare stampers with, was the second one, the A1.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout: BN-LP-1501-A1 (ear) RVG
  • Matrix / Runout: BN-LP-1501-B. RVG (ear)


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