CHARLES MINGUS STRINGS AND KEYS DEBUT DLP 1 10” LP

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CHARLES MINGUS STRINGS AND KEYS DEBUT DLP 1 10” LP WITH SPAULDING GIVENS. THE VERY FIRST LP ISSUED BY THE LEGENDARY DEBUT COMPANY. AN AMAZING RECORDING AND ONE OF THE HISTORICAL CORNERSTONES OF MODERN JAZZ. MINGUS PRODUCED, WROTE, ARRANGED, AND HAD THIS LP PRESSED PRIVATELY WITH THE HELP OF LONG TIME FRIEND AND FELLOW MUSICIAN, MAX ROACH - IT WAS AFTER THIS LP THAT THEY INCORPORATED AND OFFICIALLY FORMED THE DEBUT RECORD CO. FLAT EDGE, DEEP GROOVE, RED AND GOLD LABELS, VERY HEAVY DEEP GROOVE IMPRESSION. CONDITION SOLID VG++, FEW LIGHT SURFACE MARKS AND SCUFFS DO NOT EFFECT VIVID CLEAN FIDELITY. THIS FIRST ISSUE WAS PRESSED ON THE SUPERIOR TYPE OF VINYL FOR DEBUT 10” LPS. PLEASE SEE NOTE BELOW FOR EXPLANATION OF THIS VINYL TYPE. VINYL IS VERY THICK AND HEAVY WITH A RICH SURFACE SHEEN AND LUSTER, NO GROOVE WEAR. I HAVE GIVEN THIS LP A VG++ RATING DUE TO A SMALL MARK ON SIDE A TRACK 2 WHICH CAN BE FELT, AND DOES CAUSE AN INOBTRUSIVE SLIGHT TICK FOR ABOUT 20 SECONDS. COVER IS SOLID VG++, NM- VERY THICK AND HEAVY, NO SPLITS, JUST A BIT OF EDGE WEAR AND A BIT OF SURFACE RUBBING TO THE GRAPHIC WHICH IS NOT AT ALL DISTRACTING. BACK AND FRONT COVER ART WORK ARE ORIGINAL PIECES CREATED FOR MINGUS BY THE ILLUSTRATOR, BRUCE MITCHELL. WHEN ONE CONSIDERS THAT THIS LP WAS SOLD FROM MINGUS’ APARTMENT BY MAIL ORDER, IT BECOMES APPARENT HOW EXTRODINARILY RARE A FIRST ISSUE OF THIS LP IS—A GEM!!

NOTE: THE DEBUT COMPANY WAS INDEPENDENTLY RUN AND FOUNDED BY CHARLES MINGUS AND MAX ROACH. IT WAS ACTUALLY RUN BY MINGUS’ WIFE OUT OF THEIR APARTMENT IN NYC. MINGUS HAD SMALL RUNS MADE OF EACH LP AND WHEN HE SOLD THOSE, HE WOULD PRESS MORE. MANY DIFFERENT PRESSING PLANTS WERE USED, OFTEN SO HE COULD FIND THE BEST PRICE. WITHIN THIS SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES, TODAY ONE CAN FIND FIRST ISSUE DEBUT 10” LPS THAT HAVE VERY NICE AND CLEAN FIDELITY OR SOMEWHAT MEDIOCRE FIDELITY WITH BACKGROUND NOISE WHICH WAS NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL RECORDING BUT WAS IN FACT A BYPRODUCT OF SOME POOR VINYL USED—THE LABEL WAS HOWEVER A SINCERE AND HEROIC EFFORT BY THESE JAZZ LEGENDS IN AN ATTEMPT TO CONTROL THEIR OWN MONEY, SESSIONS, AND TYPES OF MUSIC THEY WISHED TO EXPLORE.

OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, DOWNBEAT 2003 WILL BE LISTING A MAJOR COLLECTION OF VERY RARE VINTAGE JAZZ LPS, 78S, EPS, ETC. FROM A MAJOR COLLECTION ACQUIRED OVER 30+ YEARS OF INTERNATIONAL COLLECTING. SOME OF THE RAREST LPS OF BOP AND MODERN JAZZ WILL BE OFFERED, FROM ALL MAJOR LABELS INCULUDING BLUE NOTE, PRESTIGE, SAVOY, DIAL, ROOST, PACIFIC JAZZ, DEBUT, VOGUE, TO NAME A FEW. THE PIECES IN MOST CASES ARE IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION AND PRESERVATION. SERIOUS BIDDERS ONLY! PLEASE SEE MY ‘ME’ FOR ALL STRICT GRADING, SHIPPING AND PAYMENT TERMS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST.