SONNY ROLLINS - WAY OUT WEST LP 1958 1st STEREO press CONTEMPORARY Hard Bop Jazz
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Sonny Rollins Way Out West
STEREO RECORDS S7017 In Association with Contemporary Records
SONNY ROLLINS, tenor sax; RAY BROWN, bass; SHELLY MANNE, drums.
Recorded at Contemporary's studio in Los Angeles - March 7, 1957. Produced by Lester Koenig. Sound by Roy DuNann. © 1957 by Contemporary Records
- Original 1st STEREO pressing - printed in USA - 1958 - DEEP GROOVE labels - Hard cardboard sleeve
Record: amazing EX+ shape close to NM. Sound is clean and vinyl is visually shining, only shows several paper scuffs on B side that minimally influences the deep sound of this early STEREO recording. Cover: damaged spine as visible in pics, the rest is in solid shape. Top right bumped corner. Overall VG condition. Conservative grading.
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from the guardian.com
Sonny Rollins's 1957 Way Out West (whose cover features Rollins dressed in a suit, tie, gunbelt and 10-gallon hat against a backdrop of cactuses and cattle bones) is one of the most influential Jazz landmarks. Hearing it was Courtney Pine's induction into jazz sax, and many others tell the same story. It comes from a prolific period for Rollins, and features Ray Brown on bass and the west coast drummer Shelly Manne. The cover shot and some of the titles (I'm an Old Cowhand, Wagon Wheels) suggest a send-up, but Rollins has always loved conjuring rich narratives from cheesy material, and after the intro to Cowhand he's off on one of his odysseys of seamless runs and biting accents over Brown's driving pulse.
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