BLUE NOTE Sonny Rollins BLP 1542 LEX AVE RVG DG Ear Flat edge mono 1st press

	£		193
	$		256

Sonny Rollins
 Blue Note BLP 1542

BN1542  Mono - DG RVG Ear

Flat edge Lexington

You are bidding on an original first pressing of

Sonny Rollins Volume 1

Blue Note BLP 1542

Released 16th December 1956

Mono, first pressing

Hand etched matrices

 and 'Plastylite' 'ear'

in dead wax on both sides

Hand etched RVG both sides

  Deep Groove on both labels

Both labels have italic/script

767 Lexington Ave NYC' address

No Inc. & no 'r' on labels

 Flat edge vinyl

'Kakubushi' 'frame' sleeve.

Narrow spine with no title

Vertical 'Sonny photo and yellow band'

on right hand sleeve opening edge.

Sleeve address

  47 West 63rd Street, New York 23

Tracks: 

Decision / Bluesnote / How are things in Glocca Morra /

Plain Jane / Sonnysphere

Personnel:

Donald Byrd (trumpet) / Sonny Rollins (tenor sax)

Wynton Kelly (piano) / Gene Ramey (bass)

 Max Roach (drums)

VINYL:

The album has been cleaned using a VPI

  machine.  Both sides play very cleanly throughout.

  There is the occasional slightest surface noise

in quieter passages, and the very occasional light pop.

  There is one small imperfection, namely some slight

scuffing on the start of track 1, side 1 ('Decision').

  This is ca.3cm wide, by ca.1cm (see photos).

  It is not 'feel-able' to the fingertip, and is superficial,

and not deep. This mark does sound slightly

(as intermittent very light click), over the

first 50 seconds or so of the track, but not

loudly or obtrusively so; in my judgement,

the track remains very listenable.

  The 'Plastylite' and high quality original

pressing is also quite sonically 'forgiving'.

 There are no other scratches or serious marks,

only a few very slight surface marks,

none of which is 'feel-able' or unsightly.

This is a nice playing copy, and the Rudy Van Gelder

mastering and durability of the original mono vinyl

both ensure that it is still very listenable

even after 55 years!

  This recording has great 'in the room'

presence and immediacy!

 Both sides have hand-etched matrices

and 'RVG' in the dead wax,

together with the machine stamped Plastylite 'ear'.

  The vinyl has the 'flat edge' characteristic

of Blue Note albums of this vintage.

  The labels are quite clean, with no writing

 and only a few light marks;

there is minimal centre hole wear

and a few visible (but not unsightly) spindle marks.

SLEEVE:

The sleeve is of the original

Blue Note Kakabushi

'frame' design,

with the contemporary narrow spine

and 'vertical' front cover design.

  The edges have some moderate shelf wear

and there is some moderate corner bumping.

. The bottom sleeve edge has a split along

its full length,

which has at some stage been repaired

with cellotape (now cleanly removed).

  The non-laminated front cover is in good condition.

  The back cover shows visible signs of age,

with some discoloration, marks and wear (see photo);

I would therefore rate the sleeve as, at best, 'good'. 

The original Blue Note paper inner sleeve is missing,

so I will send this one in a plain white paper inner sleeve.

  (If desired, I can supply a spare Blue Note inner

bag from the original (i.e. first pressing but later)

 4000 series, but I don't have any 1500 series inners).

 As always, I'm more than happy to answer

any questions that you may have on this one.

A modest starting price and no reserve,

for a decent playing copy of the original

first pressing of this jazz classic.

Happy bidding!

Side one label, 767 Lexington Avenue address, deep groove

Side one RVG

Side one 'ear'

Side one matrix

Side Two (below)

Side two label, 767 Lexington Avenue address, deep groove

Side two matrix

Side two, 'ear'

Side two, RVG

Flat edge

Mark on track 1, side 1 - light surface scuff, ca. max 3cm wide, ca. 1 cm across grooves (below, 2 photos).

Narrow spine

Rear sleeve address - 47 West 63rd Street, New York 23

'vertical front' sleeve picture

Seam  split (clean) bottom  edge

Photo shows actual item.

Fully guaranteed.

Properly packaged.

 Please contact me via eBay messaging if you have any query regarding this item.