THAD JONES CHARLES MINGUS DEBUT DLP 17 10” LP

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THAD JONES CHARLES MINGUS DEBUT DLP 17 10”LP WITH MAX ROACH AND JOHN DENNIS. JAZZ COLLABORATIONS. MINGUS PRODUCED, WROTE, ARRANGED, AND HAD THIS LP PRESSED. THIS SESSION WAS RECORDED BY THE MASTER RUDY VAN GELDER IN TRUE HI FIDELITY. FLAT EDGE, DEEP GROOVE, RED AND GOLD LABELS, VERY HEAVY DEEP GROOVE IMPRESSION. CONDITION SOLID VG++, FEW LIGHT SURFACE MARKS AND SCUFFS DO NOT EFFECT VIVID CLEAN FIDELITY. THIS FIRST ISSUE WAS PRESSED ON THE SUPERIOR TYPE OF VINYL SOMETIME USED FOR DEBUT 10” LPS. PLEASE SEE NOTE BELOW FOR EXPLANATION OF THIS VINYL TYPE. VINYL IS VERY THICK AND HEAVY WITH A RICH SURFACE SHEEN AND LUSTER, NO GROOVE WEAR. COVER IS SOLID VG++, NM- VERY THICK AND HEAVY, NO SPLITS, JUST A BIT OF EDGE WEAR. BACK AND FRONT COVER GRAPHICS DESIGNED AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY ESQUIRE ILLUSTRATOR TOMMY CORK, BASED ON A CONCEPT BY MINGUS. LINER NOTES BY THE GREAT DOWNBEAT WRITER BARRY ULANOV. 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.