OSCAR PETTIFORD CHARLES MINGUS DEBUT DLP 8 10” LP

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OSCAR PETTIFORD CHARLES MINGUS DEBUT DLP 8 10” LP WITH PHIL USRO, JULIUS WATKINS, WALTER BISHOP AND PERCY BRICE. THE NEW OSCAR PETTIFORD SEXTET. ONE OF DEBUT RECORDS MOST FAMOUS ISSUES. THE GREAT MEETING BETWEEN PETTIFORD AND MINGUS CAPTURED ON THE GROOVES OF THIS AMAZING LP WAS A SIGNIFICANT MOMENT IN JAZZ HISTORY AS THESE TWO BASSISTS WERE ONE OF THE HANDFUL OF THE GREATEST PLAYERS MUSIC HAD EVER KNOWN. THE ARRANGEMENTS OF THESE RECORDINGS WERE COLLABORATED ON BY PETTIFORD AND MINGUS, WHO BOTH HELD EACH OTHER IN A CERTAIN AWE MIXED WITH SUSPICION - THIS CAN READILY BE FELT IN THE MUSIC. IT IS ALSO FASCINATING THAT THE FRENCH HORN OF JULIUS WATKINS WAS ADDED TO THIS SESSION, AS IT ADDS A DIMENSION AND SCOPE TO THE SOUNDSCAPE THAT IS BREATH TAKING! VINYL - DEEP GROOVE, FLAT EDGE, VERY THICK AND HEAVY, RED AND GOLD LABELS. CONDITION SOLID NM-, FULL RICH LUSTER AND SHEEN WITH NO GROOVE WEAR, JUST A FEW VERY FAINT SURFACE MARKS ON SIDE 2 KEEP IT FROM PERFECTION. LP HAS MIRROR LIKE SHEEN AND GLOSS. FIDELITY IS VIVID, RICH AND DETAILED—VERY CLEAN. COVER SOLID VG++, NM- THICK AND HEAVY, SLIGHT EDGE WEAR AND SMALL 1” CLEAN SEAM SEPERATION ON BOTTOM RIGHT EDGE. THIS COVER IS AMONG THE MOST FAMOUS OF ALL 1950’S JAZZ GRAPHICS AND WAS DESIGNED AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY THE LEGENDARY HERMAN LEONARD. THE VINYL USED FOR THIS LP IS THE SUPERIOR TYPE DEBUT SOMETIME USED. PLEASE SEE NOTE BELOW FOR EXPLANATION OF VINYL TYPES. WHEN ONE CONSIDERS THAT THIS LP WAS FIRST 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.