ANDREW HILL:"POINT OF DEPARTURE".1965 USA BLUE NOTE MONO+VAN GELDER/EAR.SUPERB

	£		247
	$		327

ATTENTION BLUE NOTE LABEL AND 1960s AMERICAN JAZZ LP COLLECTORS!

HERE IS AN ORIGINAL 1965 AMERICAN PRESSING MONO USA ISSUE BLUE NOTE LABEL OF AN ESSENTIAL ANDREW HILL ALBUM:"POINT OF DEPARTURE".

ONE OWNER ONLY SINCE BOUGHT NEW AS AN IMPORT FROM A LONDON JAZZ SHOP IN 1965 AND HAS HAD ONLY A FEW DOZEN PLAYS SINCE THEN ON DECENT EQUIPEMENT AND AS SUCH IS STRICTLY GRADED IN EXCELLENT++++++++ CONDITION/MOST WOULD HAPPILY STATE NEAR MINT.

UNDER VERY STRONG LIGHT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF FAINT AND TINY WISPY SURFACE MARKS BUT THERE ARE GLEAMING SURFACES.

THE EARLIEST PRESSINGS ARE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN ANY CONDITION AND AS SUCH THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A CLASSIC IN SOLID MONO WITH A BEAUTIFULLY PRESERVED COVER.

PLEASE SEE ALL THE PHOTOS.

THE RECORD HAS BEEN PLAYED ON DECENT EQUIPMENT FROM A LONG TERM COLLECTOR AND CUSTOMER OF MINE OF MANY YEARS WHO WAS ALSO A MUSICIAN AND TOOK GREAT PRIDE AND CARE IN HIS RECORDS. AFTER MANY MONTHS OF THINKING ABOUT IT IS NOW PRUNING DOWN HIS BRILLIANTLY CARED FOR AND IMPRESSIVE COLLECTION BUT HAS ENTRUSTED ME DUE TO MY CARE AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL AS WELL AS BEING A LOVER OF THE MUSIC!     

THE PRESSING IS IN MONO:BLP 4167 WITH THE "GROOVED LABEL" DESIGNS AND THERE IS THE "RINGED" R UNDER THE E OF BLUE NOTE.

THERE IS THE "VAN GELDER" AND EAR LOGO IN THE DEAD WAX OF EACH SIDE.SEE THE PHOTOS.

VERY CLEAN LABELS WITH NO STAINING,WRITING OR FADING! 

THERE IS REMARKABLE QUALITY SOUND NOT LEAST TO THE TECHNICAL BRILLIANCE OF RUDY VAN GELDER. THE MONO SOUND HAS A BASS DEPTH AND WARMTH LACKING ON LATER STEREO REISSUES.

I TEST ON EQUIPMENT USING NO FILTERS,MONO SWITCH OR ANYTHING TO "SWEETEN" THE SOUND OR "HIDE" ANY SOUND FAULTS. IT REALLY IS A SPLENDED EXAMPLE.HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE!

THIS RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL BLUE NOTE LPs INNER SLEEVE WITH NO SPLITS,WRITING OR RIPS-BEAUTIFULLY CLEAN AND CRISP! JUST SOME SMALL CREASES. AN ADDITIONAL POLYLINED INNER SLEEVE HAS BEEN USED SINCE THE 1960s TO PRESERVE THIS! VERY FEW WOULD HAVE HAD SUCH TENACITY!

THE LAMINATED FRONT COVER IS AMAZING! JUST THE VERY SLIGHTEST EDGE WEAR AND A LITTLE MILD STAINING AT THE BACK. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF MINOR CREASES AND THAT IS BEING REALLY STRICT. THERE IS NO WRITING,NO SPLITS,NO MAJOR WEAR,NO SMOKEY OR DAMP SMELL. THE PREVIOUS OWNER WAS NOT  A SMOKER. IT IS AN ABSOLUTE JOY TO OFFER THIS ITEM FOR BIDS.

I WILL NOT TAKE OFFERS OR END THE AUCTION EARLY. I CANNOT ACCEPT BIDS FROM ABROAD DUE TO THE CONTINUAL GIFT OF BREXIT.

I WILL ONLY POST SPECIAL DELIVERY OR COLLECTION IN PERSON CAN BE MADE AT A MUTUALLY CONVENIENT TIME.

I WILL NOT ACCEPT REQUESTS OF "CAN I PAY YOU IN A MONTH'S TIME WHEN I GET PAID" AS IN THE CASE OF A RECENT TIMEWASTER ON ANOTHER AUCTION.

I THINK I HAVE COVERED EVERYTHING BUT ANY QUESTIONS DO GET IN TOUCH BUT YES! I HAVE PLAYED IT,TWICE INFACT TO TEST IT.

I HAVE  BEEN A DEALER SINCE 1986 AND LOVER OF JAZZ FOR OVER 50 YEARS.RESPECT ME AND I WILL RESPECT YOU-SIMPLE AS THAT.

A REALISTIC £200 STARTING PRICE.YOU ARE UNLIKELY TO GET ANOTHER ONE AS GOOD AS THIS FOR SOMETIME UNLESS YOU ARE VERY LUCKY.  

CHECKOUT THE OTHER BLUE NOTE LPs I HAVE FROM THE SAME COLLECTOR, GOOD LUCK!

YOU CAN HEAR ACTUAL TRACKS FROM THIS RECORD ON MY LATEST EDITION OF THE BEST OF JAZZ SHOW ON MARIANNE UK MIXCLOUD.

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