HELEN MERRILL - CLIFFORD BROWN - EMARCY BLUE BACK-MG 36006-LARGE DRUMMER LOGO
$
750
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Another Original pressing MG-36006 with LARGE drummer logo and blue back indicating very first pressing. From my personal collection. this is NOT a relist but a different copy than the one I sold a few weeks ago. vinyl would be vg++ but there is a tiny scratch that causes a quick skip that does not disrupt the continuity of the music going into a trumpet solo first song on one side so grade is vg+. Plays vg+ or better. Both sides are glossy. No cloudiness like most copies. cover is vg++ . front looks great, no damage to lamination. light crease bottom left. back cover has some browning around edges. split bottom seam middle and at opening bottom seam . Spine is legible. Please refer to pictures. record to be shipped insured for full amount. Domestic shipping is 10 dollars media insured. not 4 dollars. priority more. thanks and please check out my other auctions for fine jazz lps.
Though she eventually came to be known as a "singer's singer," Helen Merrill's 1954 debut is an unmitigated success of mainstream jazz. Besides introducing the uniquely talented young singer, the date also featured small-group arrangements by Quincy Jones and marks the introduction of another future star, trumpeter Clifford Brown. Formidable as his playing is, Brown never overshadows Merrill. She is fully up to the challenge on all fronts and enthusiastically tackles uptempo numbers such as "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" and "Falling in Love with Love" with aplomb. A winning stylistic combination of cool jazz and hard bop, Merrill particularly excels on Mel Tormé's "Born to Be Blue," making the sophisticated tune her own as she revels in Tormé's down-and-out lyric.
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