THELONIOUS MONK PRESTIGE PRLP 7075 LP W.50 NYC 1ST

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THELONIOUS MONK PRESTIGE PRLP 7075 LP WITH SONNY ROLLINS, JULIUS WATKINS, ART BLAKEY, ART TAYLOR, AND OTHERS. FIRST ISSUE 446 W. 50TH ST. NYC. DEEP GROOVE, RVG AND EAR IN DEAD WAX. CONDITION VG+ TO VG++. PLEASE NOTE, AS WITH A FEW OTHER PIECES I’VE LISTED THIS LP DOES SHOW SOME LIGHT SURFACE MARKS AND A BIT OF GROOVE WEAR; HOWEVER, THE VINYL -THICK AND HEAVY, RETAINS A FINE LUSTER AND SURFACE SHEEN. AS WITH MANY OF THESE FIRST ISSUE NYC PRESTIGE LP’S FROM THE PERIOD SOMETIMES IF THE VINYL LOOKS AVERAGE, IT STILL PLAYS WITH A FINE FIDELITY AND WARM SOLID TONE. BUT KEEP IN MIND THE SURFACE MARKS MENTIONED ABOVE AS THEY ARE NUMEROUS WITH JUST SLIGHT INFREQUENT SURFACE NOISE WHICH IS MOSTLY OVERPOWERED BY THE MUSIC (THE ACID TEST HERE FOR FIDELITY WOULD BE THE TRACK ‘I WANT TO BE HAPPY’ WHICH IS QUIET AND SUBTLE BUT ON THIS DECENT LP SOUNDS FINE WITH NO NOTABLE BACKGROUND NOISE). WITH THE VINYL FAULTS MENTIONED ABOVE THIS IS STILL A VERY NICE AND FINE SOUNDING RARE FIRST ISSUE NYC PRESTIGE CLASSIC. COVER VG++ SOLID, LAMINATED, THICK AND HEAVY, HAS SOME EDGE WEAR, CLEAN FRONT COVER WITH TWO TINY BITS OF PAPER LOSS AT UPPER RIGHT EDGE. BACK OF COVER IS NICE WITH SOME LIGHT AGE BROWNING. CLASSIC TOM HANNAN ABSTRACT COVER DESIGN. EVEN THOUGH THE CONDITION OF THIS PIECE IS LESSER THAN MOST OF MY USUAL LISTINGS I HAVE PUT IT UP BECAUSE OF ITS RARITY AND IT IS IN FACT QUITE A NICE LP. BUT PLEASE KEEP IN MIND, IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A COPY OF THIS ORIGINAL FIRST ISSUE IN SUPERIOR SHAPE, THIS IS NOT THE ONE YOU SEEK – BUT IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A MORE AFFORDABLE DECENT ORIGINAL NYC DEEP GROOVE, I AM SURE YOU WOULD BE MORE THAN PLEASED WITH IT.

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 INCLUDING 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.