CLIFFORD BROWN THE BEGINNING & THE END INSANELY RARE ORIG '73 COLUMBIA ACETATE

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·       CLIFFORD BROWN - THE BEGINNING AND THE END - ULTRA-RARE ORIGINAL 1973 COLUMBIA STEREO LP (NO MATRIX, NO CATALOG NUMBER)

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       *** ULTRA-RARE ORIGINAL COLUMBIAACETATE ***

·       PLAIN, WHITE, GENERIC COLUMBIA ACETATE LABEL WITHOUT ANY IDENTIFICATION MARKS WHATSOEVER EXCEPT FOR THE ARTIST NAME, PRESSING DATE (5-18-1973) AND SIDE (A/B) DESIGNATION

·       THIS ACETATE COMES IN ITS GENERIC, PLAIN, YELLOW INNER SLEEVE BEARING THE CRYPTIC NAME 'LANDAU' INSCRIBED ON ONE SIDE, AND MAY HAVE BEEN INTENDED FOR JON LANDAU , WHO WOULD BECOME COLUMBIA'S CO-PRODUCER OF BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN'S 'BORN TO RUN' ALBUM TWO YEARS LATER.

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

·       THICK, SOLID ALUMINUM CORE PRESSING

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

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The Beginning and the End has some incredible music. Trumpeter Clifford Brown is heard at the beginning of his tragically brief career, taking solos on a pair of R&B sides by Chris Powell's Blue Flames. The remainder of the package features Brown on the last night of his life, just a few hours before his death in a car accident. Performing in his hometown of Philadelphia before a loving crowd, the 25-year-old is heard playing at his absolute peak. He performs "Walkin" with a local sextet that includes Billy Root on tenor and pianist Sam Dockery (a future member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers), "A Night in Tunisia" with a quintet, and concludes both his night and his career with a quartet rendition of "Donna Lee" that is simply brilliant. Brown's death was one of the great tragedies in jazz history and his "goodbyes" to the audience are ironic and, in retrospect, quite sad; don't listen to them twice. But Clifford Brown's playing on this date is so memorable that this LP is essential for all jazz collections.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY SCOTT YANOW, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

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While this acetate is in a BEAUTIFUL state of preservation, we do expect bidders to understand that the aluminum-based, shellac-coated acetates can never be graded by using the exact, same stringent standards used by collectors for modern long-play, hi-fi LPs or singles. The buyer – if not familiar with acetate (reference) recordings - should be cautioned that these discs were intended for brief, limited use only; they were meant to be played only a few times, then discarded or destroyed. In view of this, the surface layer of the disc is manufactured in such a manner that it will wear off pretty quickly, even under normal conditions -- and specially if not handled with due care. Each subsequent playing increases wear and tear of the disc’s surface layer and diminishes the disc’s playability. This disc appears to have been unplayed recently and the grooves are still well-formed and fully visible.

This acetate is in about VERY GOOD ++ (VG++)  condition, with some minor, superficial scuffs. Absolutely NO part of the shellac (surface layer) of the disc is  missing, and the surface layer is NOT dented, chipped, broken or otherwise compromised.  

ON A SCALE FROM 1-10 (where 10 is the best), WE GRADE RECORD AS 7 TO 7.5

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PLEASE NOTE: THIS ACETATE APPARENTLY NEVER HAD A CUSTOM COVER;  ACETATES AND REFERENCE PRESSINGS ARE RARELY – IF EVER – FOUND IN CUSTOM (STOCK) COVERS.  This acetate will be shipped in its original, plain, generic, white cardboard cover (NOT SEPARATELY GRADED but in a fairly decent condition overall)

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