Orig.BLUE NOTE-Donald Byrd-Byrd In Flight-47 West 63rd

$

417

I don't know what can be said about this treasure that hasn't been said many times over. Donald Byrd's "Bird In Flight", near mint with Deep Grooves on both sides, RVG & ear in the dead wax. Suffice it to say that this is a superb, NM copy that plays nice and quiet with great sound. The performances speak for themselves. The LP does have one light scuff on side two that can neither be felt or heard. The jacket would rate VG+ due to a couple of corner "wrinkles" and one minor corner "nick" but is otherwise nice, bright and clean with no splits, tears or writing.

The Stellar lineup:

Donald Byrd, Trumpet; Hank Mobley, Tenor; Duke Pearson, Piano; Doug Watkins, Bass and Lex Humphries, Drums Playing:

Ghana, Gate City and Lex. On Little Boy Blue, "Bo" and My Girl Shirl, substitute:

Jackie McLean, Alto for Hank Mobley, tenor and Reginald Workman for Doug Watkins.

The designation "Review Copy" generally assures that an LP is an early 1st pressing.

Over the next few months I will be selling selected gems from my personal collection. I have begun with some of the more modest offerings in order to build my feedback and have progressed to rarer items. While I may be new to Ebay I am NOT new to record collecting. All LP's offered by me have been owned (40+ years) since new - most have been played no more than 2 or 3 times. Note: All are guaranteed or your money back! So please bid with confidence.

All records are strictly graded according to GoldMine standards with one exception. I believe GoldMine has too large a gap between M- and VG+. I have added VG++ which, I believe, is MUCH better that VG+ but not quite M-. Play grading is done on a VPI HW-19 Mk-IV with SME-IV Tonearm and Shure V-15VxMR cartridge. All records are wet vacuum cleaned on a VPI HW-16.5 record cleaner using Record Research Labs Super Vinyl Wash and Disk Doctor brushes. I WILL NOT offer for sale any LPs with groove-damage distortion. I will not offer any graded below VG+.

SPECIAL NOTE RE: DEEP GROOVES. (Blue Note Only) Beginning with BLP-4061 very few first pressings were deep groove. Many second pressings were however. "Deep Groove" does not refer to the playing area but to a groove stamped in the label area. (Apologies to those who already know this - but I've had many questions).

All LP's will be packaged in sturdy cardboard mailers designed for the purpose and will include extra cardboards top and bottom. LP's are in new poly lined sleeves and original sleeves are included as well. LP remains in new sleeve but is packaged outside of the jacket. Both LP & jacket are encased in an outer poly sleeve. This is considered the safest way to avoid damage to LP and jacket.

WINNER PAYS $6.00 SHIPPING/HANDLING ($2.00 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL LP SHIPPED TOGETHER) PLUS INSURANCE: · $1-$50 VALUE = $1.30 · $51-$100 VALUE = $2.20 · ADD $1 FOR EACH $100 OF ADDITIONAL INSURANCE

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