Roland Kirk - The Inflated Tear 1968 Orignal Promo Issue Atlantic SC1502
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Roland Kirk
The Inflated Tear
1968 original Promo-Issue pressing.
Atlantic Records - SC1502
VINYL GRADE : EX+ to EX++, mostly EX++ (8.5/12)
Vinyl looks EX+ to EX++, mostly EX++ : light and mostly superficial, faint marks.
Vinyl plays EX+ to EX++, mostly EX++ : light background faint-crackle low in some short passages.
Labels with promo-stamp are EX++ to Mint-
Cover with promo-sticker is EX+ : intact seams; small bends, wear and indentations.
Includes a HQ inner-sleeves (pictured) which the vinyl is stored in after being thoroughly machine-cleaned and professionally graded.
Out of print original Promo-Issue ~
The debut recording by Roland Kirk (this was still pre-Rahsaan) on Atlantic Records, the same label that gave us Blacknuss and Volunteered Slavery, is not the blowing fest one might expect upon hearing it for the first time. In fact, producer Joel Dorn and label boss Neshui Ertegun weren't prepared for it either. Kirk had come to Atlantic from Emarcy after recording his swan song for them, the gorgeous Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith, in April. In November Kirk decided to take his quartet of pianist Ron Burton, bassist Steve Novosel, and drummer Jimmy Hopps and lead them through a deeply introspective, slightly melancholy program based in the blues and in the groove traditions of the mid-'60s. Kirk himself used the flutes, the strich, the Manzello, whistle, clarinet, saxophones, and more -- the very instruments that had created his individual sound, especially when some of them were played together, and the very things that jazz critics (some of whom later grew to love him) castigated him for. Well, after hearing the restrained and elegantly layered "Black and Crazy Blues," the stunning rendered "Creole Love Call," the knife-deep soul in "The Inflated Tear," and the twisting in the wind lyricism of "Fly by Night," they were convinced -- and rightfully so. Roland Kirk won over the masses with this one too, selling over 10,000 copies in the first year. This is Roland Kirk at his most poised and visionary; his reading of jazz harmony and fickle sonances are nearly without peer. And only Mingus understood Ellington in the way Kirk did. That evidence is here also. If you are looking for a place to start with Kirk, this is it.
-allmusic
Both scales below are the same; I am using the one on the left (some listings may have the right). Also there a point scale 1 thru 12 Half points & grades; (example: example EX++ to M-, mostly M- is a 10.5/12)
Replace the VG from GOLDMINE with EX; Its the NEW RECORD GRADING SYSTEM for the 21st Century
Please email with any questions ~
12 Point GRADING SCALE :
12 MINT aka MINT 11 MINT- MINT- 10 EX++ to MINT- VG++ to MINT- 9 EX++ VG++ 8 EX+ to EX++ VG+ to VG++ 7 EX+ VG+ 6 EX to EX+ VG to VG+ 5 EX VG 4 EX- to EX VG- to VG 3 EX- VG- 2 Poor/Worst to EX- Poor/G to VG- 1 Poor/Worst Poor/G
Note : possible camera-glare on the cover and other surfaces.
Packaged protectively for safe and secure shipping with USPS tracking.
Thank you ~ all the best to your vinyl endeavors ~
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