ONE OF THE WORLD'S RAREST JAZZ LP'S ERROLL GARNER NEW YORK RECORDS BLUE NOTE

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ONE OF THE WORLD'S RAREST JAZZ LP'S! THIS IS THE FIRST TIME (AND POSSIBLY THE LAST TIME) THIS LP HAS BEEN ON EBAY! THE VERY FIRST DANISH JAZZ LP (IT WAS RELEASED IN 1953, THE SECOND DANISH JAZZ LP WAS RELEASED IN 1956) AND IT IS ALSO THE RAREST DANISH JAZZ LP! NEW YORK RECORDS. UNNUMBERED 10 INCH LP, ORIGINAL BLUE NOTE DEEP GROOVE MONO PRESSING. ARTIST: ERROLL GARNER. THE MUSIC WAS RECORDED BY TIMME ROSENKRANTZ IN 1944. ONLY FIVE COPIES ARE KNOWN TO EXIST (THREE COPIES WITHOUT COVERS), AND THIS COPY IS ONE OF ONLY TWO KNOWN COPIES WITH THE ORIGINAL COVER. THERE IS ONE MORE COMPLETE COPY IN THE HANDS OF A SWEDISH COLLECTOR. THE NEW YORK LP IS VIRTUALLY UNKNOWN, ONLY VERY FEW COLLECTORS KNOW ABOUT THIS EXTREMELY RARE DANISH LP, AND IT IS LISTED IN ONLY A FEW DISCOGRAPHIES. I BOUGHT THE LP IN 1970 IN A SECOND HAND RECORD SHOP IN COPENHAGEN. I HAD NEVER HEARD OF THE LP BEFORE, NOR HAD I SEEN IT. THE MUSIC WAS RECORDED (IN TIMME'S APARTMENT) IN NEW YORK IN NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1944 BY THE DANISH "JAZZ BARON", JOURNALIST, CONCERT AND RECORD PRODUCER, BROADCASTER, WRITER AND COLLECTOR TIMME ROSENKRANTZ (1911-1969). TIMME'S LOVE FOR JAZZ INSPIRED MANY PEOPLE THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. HE BECAME A MENTOR TO ME, AND HE INTRODUCED ME TO THE WORLD OF BROADCASTING IN A WAY THAT CHANGED MY LIFE. TIMME WAS ALWAYS AN UNLUCKY BUSINESSMAN, AND HIS RECORD LABELS WERE SHORT-LIVED. IN 1952, TIMME CLOSED A DEAL WITH ALFRED LION, BLUE NOTE RECORDS. ALFRED LION BOUGHT THE U.S. RIGHTS TO THE RECORDINGS OF ERROLL GARNER, AND TIMME RETAINED THE EUROPEAN RIGHTS (TIMME NEVER TALKED ABOUT HIS DEAL WITH ALFRED, AND I DON'T THINK HE EVEN OWNED A COPY OF THE NEW YORK LP HIMSELF!). ALFRED LION THEN ISSUED FIVE 10 INCH LP'S ON BLUE NOTE: ERROLL GARNER, OVERTURE TO DAWN, VOL. 1-5: BLP 5007, BLP 5008 (RELEASED IN THE U.S., IN 1952), BLP 5014, BLP 5015 AND BLP 5016. TIMME RECEIVED ABOUT 150 PRESSINGS FROM BLUE NOTE OF BLP 5008, AS PART OF THE DEAL, SO HE COULD ISSUE THE MUSIC ON HIS NEW (VERY SHORT-LIVED) DANISH LABEL, NEW YORK, IN 1953. THE TITEL OF THE NEW YORK LP: ERROLL GARNER, "OVERTURE AT DAWN". SONGS: SIDE A: "AUTUMN MOOD" AND "ERROLL'S CONCERTO", SIDE B: "FLOATING ON A CLOUD" AND "I SURRENDER DEAR" (MISTITLED "BEG YOUR PARDON" ON THE LABEL). THE PAPER COVER WAS DESIGNED BY NISSE SKOOG, HE WAS A SWEDISH JAZZ MUSICIAN, ARTIST, SET DESIGNER AND BOOK JACKET DESIGNER. THE VINYL IS AN ORIGINAL BLUE NOTE DEEP GROOVE MONO PRESSING. DEAD WAX: SIDE A: BN-LP-5008-A BLUE NOTE, NO PLASTYLITE "EAR" SYMBOL, BUT IT HAS 9M ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX; AND SIDE B: BN-LP-5008-B BLUE NOTE, NO PLASTYLITE "EAR" SYMBOL, BUT IT HAS 9M ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX. LOW STARTING PRICE! THE RECORD IS AN ORIGINAL PRESSING. I DO NOT SELL MODERN REISSUES OR BOOTLEGS.

THE CONDITION IS GUARANTEED. SOLD AS IS. NO RETURNS. PAYPAL ONLY. PAYMENT IS EXPECTED WITHIN 5 DAYS.