THE ROLAND KIRK QUARTET Rip, Rig & Panic 1965 UK MERCURY 1st PRESS MINT
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THE ROLAND KIRK QUARTET Rip, Rig & Panic 1965 UK MERCURY 1st PRESS MINT

THE ROLAND KIRK QUARTET
Rip, Rig & Panic

1965 UK Mercury (SLML 4015) FIRST *STEREO* PRESSING
Recorded at Englewood, New Jersey, January 13, 1965 by Rudy Van Gelder
GREAT COPY WHICH HAS SEEN LITTLE USE AND PLAYS LIKE NEW

PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE MATT BLACK/SILVER MERCURY LABELS WITH "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1965" STATEMENT
MATRIX: 220019 1Y//1 420 11 2 / 220019 2Y//1 420 11
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN A FRONT LAMINATED COVER WITH PASTED-ON BACK PANEL
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL "BRITISH & OTHER PATENTS PENDING" POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE DATED OCTOBER 1965 ('105')

Rip, Rig, and Panic may be pre-Rahsaan Roland Kirk's greatest outing. Recorded in 1965 at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in New Jersey, Kirk is teamed with the most awesome rhythm section he ever recorded with: drummer Elvin Jones, pianist Jaki Byard, and bassist Richard Davis.
Five of the seven compositions are his, and reach through each of the phases that Kirk was interested in integrating into his compositional and improvisational voice. First there is the elegant modal music of "No Tonic Press," with its non-linear mathematic groove maintained with verve by Jones in all the knotty spots. Then there is the ethereal Middle-Eastern harmony juxtaposed against the changes in "Once in a While" by Bennie Green. But the whole thing comes together by the third tune, when Kirk sifts his hearing of New Orleans music into gear with "From Bechet, Byas, and Fats." Using his loopy manzello to approximate the soprano saxophone, Kirk and Byard trade fours on some odd open-D modal theme before shifting into the music of Bechet's time and coming out on tenor with direct quotes from the Don Byas book, with Byard and Davis turning around on a blues motif as Jones double times with a sheet of rim shots. Through the rest, the set moves consistently more outside, with Kirk flipping instruments and Jones and Davis turning the rhythmic patterns around on Byard, who takes it all in stride and shifts the harmonic levels to Kirk's intensity on the title track and "Mystical Dream." The set ends with the bluesy, somnambulant groove of "Slippery, Hippery, and Flippery." There's a paranoid opening with Jones running all over the kit, Byard slipping up and down the board, and Kirk making siren sounds before entering his bluesy post-bop nightmare of a jam that winds itself out over studio distortion, Kirk's noises, and a killer tenor solo that caps everything on the album. Positively smashing.

SIDE 1:
No Tonic Pres (4:30)
Once In A While (3:55)
From Bechet, Byas And Fats (7:25)
Mystical Dream (2:35)
SIDE 2:
Rip, Rig And Panic (6:58)
Black Diamond (5:20)
Slippery, Hippery, Flippery (4:50)

LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels with with just a few light spindle traces
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT / VERY GOOD
Both surfaces shine like new.
Side 1 is unmarked, Side 2 has several superficial thumbnail marks but these are purely cosmetic and have audible consequence
VINYL Audio: MINT
Plays beautifully throughout with nothing to fault.
No clicks, ticks or pops and beautifully clean
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Apart from a little storage rub to the front laminate and a few marks to the white untreated back the cover is good and solid with unworn edges and spine where all text is clear

POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Tracked)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £25.00 (International Tracked)
DUE TO THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES I WILL ONLY BE POSTING ONCE A WEEK ON FRIDAY

Combined Post: Additional records £1 (UK) £2 (Europe including Russia) £3 (International)
Guarantee: All records are unconditionally guaranteed (including sealed and/or unplayed) and I will offer a complete, no quibble refund upon return of the item should you not be pleased with it in any  1292 (GS 8.3.6 (1292))


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