HORACE SILVER Finger Poppin BLUE NOTE 4008 NY USA DG

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  HORACE SILVER Finger Poppin BLUE NOTE 4008 NY USA DG





A VG PLUS ORIGINAL LP ON BLUE NOTE BST 4008

FROM 1963 A RARE DEEP GROOVE STEREO PRESSING WITH NEW YORK USA ON LABEL BOTH SIDES AND WITH WEST 61ST ADDRESS ON BOTTOM OF BACK COVER

RECORDED BY RUDY VAN GELDER WITH RVG STEREO AND THE EAR IMPRESSED IN THE DEAD WAX BOTH SIDES

WITH THE ORIGINAL BLUE NOTE BLACK AND WHITE THUMBNAIL INNER SLEEVE

WITH BLUE MITCHELL ON TRUMPET, JUNIOR COOK ON TENOR SAX, HORACE ON PIANO, EUGENE TAYLOR ON BASS AND LOUIS HAYES ON DRUMS

8 TRACKS INCLUDE FINGER POPPIN', JUICY LUCY, SWINGIN' THE SAMBA, SWEET STUFF, COOKIN' AT THE CONTINENTAL, COME ON HOME, YOU HAPPENED MY WAY, MELLOW D

COVER STOCK WITH LIGHT RUB AND RING WEAR AND AGE DISCOLORATION. BLUE NOTE GOLD STEREO STICKER ON FRONT COVER. CORNERS WITH SMALL ROUGH SPOTS AND OUTER LAYER LOSSES ON POINT.

SPINDLE HOLE WITH SOME VERY FAINT RUB MARKS. THE HIGH LUSTER VINYL BLANK AT FIRST GLANCE OUT OF THE THE ORIGINAL BLUE NOTE SLEEVE APPEARS TO HAVE NOT BEEN PLAYED. UNDER BRIGHT ANGLED LIGHT AND ASSIDUOUS EXAMINATION A FEW LIGHT SURFACE RUBS AND RUB SCUFF MARKS. I'VE TEST PLAYED THIS LP ON THE VPI TURNTABLE AND PROFESSIONAL SOUND SYSTEM AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL PLAY. THE ONLY LIGHT BACKGROUND NOISE THAT WAS NOTICED WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF JUICY LUCY ON SIDE ONE THEN TAPERING OUT. SOUNDED MINT MINUS OVERALL HERE.

RARELY SEEN LP WHICH NOW FETCHES 100 PLUS WHEN SEEING THE LIGHT OF DAY

PLEASE NOTE THE VINYL DESCRIPTION IS ONLY A VISUAL INSPECTION UNLESS OTHERWISE MENTIONED

FROM THE ALLMUSIC.COM WEBSITE:
Review
by Steve Huey
Finger Poppin' was the first album Horace Silver recorded with the most celebrated version of his quintet, which featured trumpeter Blue Mitchell, tenor saxophonist Junior Cook, bassist Gene Taylor, and (this time around) drummer Louis Hayes. It's also one of Silver's all-time classics, perfectly blending the pianist's advanced, groundbreaking hard bop style with the winning, gregarious personality conveyed in his eight original tunes. Silver always kept his harmonically sophisticated music firmly grounded in the emotional directness and effortless swing of the blues, and Finger Poppin' is one of the greatest peaks of that approach. A big part of the reason is the chemistry between the group -- it's electrifying and tightly knit, with a palpable sense of discovery and excitement at how well the music is turning out. As a bandleader, Silver helps keep the ensemble's solo statements as concise and rhythmic as his own, concentrating the impact of the performances and keeping the pieces moving along without ever letting the listener's attention span wane. There's a nice variety of tempos and moods over the well-paced program; particularly memorable are the hard-swinging, bluesy "Juicy Lucy"; the bopping, up-tempo "Cookin' at the Continental"; and the gritty groove of "Come on Home." Also breaking things up are a couple of spare, reflective ballads and a frenetic exploration of Brazilian rhythms, "Swingin' the Samba." Finger Poppin' is everything small-group hard bop should be, and it's a terrific example of what made the Blue Note label's mainstream sound so infectious.

AND, LASTLY, PLEASE DO REMEMBER SOUND QUALITY IS AFFECTED BY WHAT THE VINYL IS PLAYED ON! IF YOUR STEREO SYSTEM HAS BEEN CAREFULLY CHOSEN AND ASSEMBLED FOR IT'S AURAL QUALITIES AND YOU PERFORM BASIC MAINTENANCE LIKE CLEANING YOUR VINYL, CLEANING THE NEEDLE AFTER EACH PLAY, AND REPLACING THE CARTRIDGE WHEN NEEDED, YOUR LPS SHOULD SOUND QUITE GOOD.

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