CHARLIE PARKER ON DIAL 202 INSANELY RARE ORIG 1949 DIAL 10-INCH LP HOLY GRAIL

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CHARLIE PARKER 10" LP  
LABEL:  Dial 202  

·        CHARLIE PARKER with WARDELL GRAY,  HOWARD McGHEE,  DODO MARMAROSA, BARNEY KESSEL, RED CALENDER AND DON LAMOND (SIDE 1) - AND - ERROLL GARNER , RED CALLENDER, HOWARD WEST AND EARL COLEMAN (SIDE 2)– CHARLIE PARKER QUARTET  AND ALL-STARS ON DIAL (DIAL 202) –  INSANELY RARE  ORIGINAL 1949 DIAL  RECORDS MONO 10-INCH LP 202

·        ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·        ORIGINAL YELLOW AND ORANGE DIAL LABEL WITH OVERLAPPING ORANGE AND YELLOW CIRCLES  

·        INSANELY RARE ORIGINAL 1949 DIAL 10-LP, EASILY ONE OF TOP-20 RAREST JAZZ RECORDS IN EXISTENCE, AND ONE OF THE EARLIEST LONG-PLAY RECORDS EVER RELEASED  

·        DEEP GROOVE PRESSING

·        FLAT-EDGE PRESSING  

·        The record has an "EAR" symbol (a pretzel-like engravure about 1/4-inch/6mm long) in the trail-off vinyl, which on SOME jazz labels is associated with very early or first pressings)  

·        THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.  

·        ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)  

·        LABELS WITH MINOR WEAR & SPINDLE MARKS

·        VERY THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING  

 !!!!!PLEASE SEE THE IMAGES OF THE COVER & LABELS!!!!!

Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from a previous auction. What you see is what you’ll get.  GUARANTEED!)

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In December 1945 Dizzy Gillespie took a group including Charlie Parker to Los Angeles to play at Billy Berg's nightclub. After the engagement Dizzy returned to New York while Charlie Parker stayed behind. Parker approached George Russell, the founder of Dial Records, and they wrote an one-year recording contract. 

The first session took place in Los Angeles on March 28, 1946, followed by further six sessions until December 1947. The last three sessions were in in New York, and unlike the California sessions they were made with Parker's regular band including Miles Davis, Duke Jordan, Tommy Potter and Max Roach.

These recordings represent the cornerstone and the foundation block of the Modern Jazz. What Stravinsky and Berg are to the 20th century classical music, what Cezanne, Picasso and Braque are for abstract painting, what Brancusi is for the primitive-modern sculpture, what  Georges Méliès,  D. W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, Fritz Lang, Orson Welles and Lilian Gish are for the art of Film,  what WC Handy, Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters are for Blues,  what the Beatles are for the Rock in general and what Elvis Presley's Sun recordings are for the Rock & Roll in particular,  and what Jimmie Rodgers and Hank Williams Sr. are for the Country & Western,  Charlie Parker's Dial recordings are for the Modern Jazz. This is it, folks. This is where it all began and congealed. The Alpha (but not the Omega) of Modern Jazz.

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GRADING:

WE GRADE THE VINYL AS GOOD.  It plays without any skips or sticks, but has surface noise continuously throughout and some popping on two or three of the tracks. There is still some luster to the gloss of the vinyl, but many scratches and scuffs are visible and of light to medium depth.

HAS BEEN CLEANED ON A VPI CLEANER.

WE GRADE THE SLEEVE AS VG. Lower left corner is dented, side is split about 4" long, top left corner is split, significant wear all along edges. Front cover shows some wear, left corner has a crease mark. NO WRITING. Back cover has some wear and a few water marks. The back paper corners are loose where the corners are bent.  

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

-         No cut-out (drill) holes.

-         No cut-out corners

-         No saw-marks or indents

-         No writing

-         No stamps

-         No peel-off marks

-         No mold or mildew spots

-         No stickers or labels

-         No warping

-         No bar codes

I do my best to carefully describe any flaws or defects and package my shipments with extreme care. I do not accept returns for any reason, please see my feedback, you will see that I am an honest eBayer. Please only bid if you are serious.  Thank you!