Sonny Rollins, “Saxophone Colossus” Jazz Mono Prestige 7079 LP 1st Press
$
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Description
Beautiful excellent copy!!!
Album VG+ light scratches, not many.
Cover VG+ Sleeve tiny bits of corner wear. Black marks on cover. (Probably removable, I’m not taking the chance!) spine intact! Very shiny cover! Specks of foxing, back cover. Any questions please ask! We strive to make customers happy!
Will ship priority with insurance!
1st pressing with West 50th Street address on both labels and back cover.
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, June 22, 1956
Laminated sleeve (on front only).
CATALOG NUMBERS:
- Prestige 7079 on front and back of sleeve as well as on spine
- PRLP 7079 on labels
Saxophone Colossus was released by Prestige Records to critical success and helped establish Rollins as a prominent jazz artist.[5]
In 2016, Saxophone Colossus was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow called Saxophone Colossus "arguably his finest all-around set",[7] while German musicologist Peter Niklas Wilson deemed it "another milestone of the Rollins discography, a recording repeatedly cited as Rollins' chef d'oeuvre, and one of the classic jazz albums of all time".[19] In 2000 it was voted number 405 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.[20] The Penguin Guide to Jazz included the album in its suggested "core collection" of essential recordings, and in addition to its maximum rating of four stars awarded it a "crown", indicating an album for which the authors felt particular admiration or affection.[13]
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