THELONIOUS MONK, Genius Of Modern Music Vol 2 VAN GELDER 'ear' Blue Note USALP

$

97

Thelonious Monk – Genius Of Modern Music Volume 2 Label: Blue Note – BLP 1511 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Mono Country: US Released: 1959 Genre: Jazz Style: Bop Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Carolina Moon Written-By – Davis*, Burke* Written-By – Davis*, Burke* A2 Hornin' In A3 Skippy A4 Let's Cool One A5 Suburban Eyes Written-By – Quebec* Written-By – Quebec* A6 Evonce Written-By – Suliman*, Quebec* Written-By – Suliman*, Quebec* B1 Straight No Chaser B2 Four In One B3 Nice Work Written-By – Gershwin* Written-By – Gershwin* B4 Monk's Mood B5 Who Knows B6 Ask Me Now Companies, etc. Record Company – Blue Note Records Inc. Recorded At – WOR Studios Pressed By – Plastylite Credits Alto Saxophone – Danny Quebec West (tracks: A5, A6), Lou Donaldson (tracks: A1 to A4), Sahib Shihab(tracks: B1, B2, B4 to B6) Bass – Al McKibbon (tracks: B1, B2, B6), Robert Paige* (tracks: B4, B5), Gene Ramey (tracks: A5, A6, B3), Nelson Boyd (tracks: A1 to A4) Design [Cover] – Reid Miles Drums – Art Blakey (tracks: A5 to B6), Max Roach (tracks: A1 to A4) Lacquer Cut By – RVG* Liner Notes – Ira Gitler Photography By – Francis Wolff Piano – Thelonious Monk Producer – Alfred Lion Remastered By [Remastering By] – Rudy Van Gelder Tenor Saxophone – Billy Smith (tracks: A5, A6), Lucky Thompson (tracks: A1 to A4) Trumpet – George Tait* (tracks: B4, B5), Idresse Suliman* (tracks: A5, A6), Kenny Dorham (tracks: A1 to A4) Vibraphone – Milt Jackson (tracks: B1, B2, B6) Written-By – Monk* (tracks: A2 to A5, B1 to B2, B4 to B6) Notes Tracks A1 to A4, and A6 not previously issued on LP. "RVG" and the symbol of an ear are inscribed into the run out grooves of both sides. BN-LP-1511-A BN-LP-1511-B Label is blue and white, with "Blue Note Records Inc. * 47 West 63rd * NYC Back cover reads "43 West 61st St., New York 23".  

USA 1959 FLAT EDGE 47 WEST STREET NYC LABEL THIRD 12 INCH LP PRESSING WITH GENERIC INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: RVG 'ear' BN-LP-1511-A.  9M /  SIDE B: RVG BN-LP-1510-B. 'ear' 9M.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+.  SOME CORNER BUMPS, WEAR AND SPINE SCUFFING BUT NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: VERY GOOD+.  NO SCRATCHES, JUST SOME PLAY SCUFFS AND HAIRLINES.  DISC PLAYS WITHOUT SKIPS OR JUMPS BUT THERE WERE SOME SURFACE NOISES IN PLACES. CLEAN LABELS.

Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album?

First and early pressings are pressed from the first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues/re-issues (which, in recent times, are often pressed from whatever 'best' tapes or digital sources are currently available) - many so-called 'audiophile' new 180g pressings are cut from hi-res digital sources…essentially an expensive CD pressed on vinyl.  Why  experience the worse elements of both formats?  These are just High Maintenance CDs, with mid-ranges so cloaked with a veil as to sound smeared.  They are nearly always compressed with murky transients and a general lifelessness in the overall sound.  There are exceptions where re-masters/re-presses outshine the original issues, but they are exceptions and not the norm.

First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider.  Subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive.  Inner details are clearer, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant and you 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.  

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