The Complete Candid Recordings of Charles Mingus (Mosaic 4-LP set)

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The Complete Candid Recordings of Charles Mingus (Mosaic 4-LP box set)

In 1960, Charles Mingus was the demanding principal of a nightly jazz academy, which he called Jazz Workshop and conducted at a small downtown NYC nightclub. The majority of these records document this daring, adventurous period of his career, in which he featured Eric Dolphy. In addition, this Mosaic box has music that recaptures, in the studio, the excitement that Mingus had created live with his Newport (Festival) Rebels in the same year, with a date including Roy Eldridge and Tommy Flanagan, neither of whom he had played with previously.

Personnel: Mingus (b) with, variously: Ted Curson, Roy Eldridge (t); Eric Dolphy (as, b cl, fl); Booker Ervin (ts); Paul Bley, Tommy Flanagan (p); Jo Jones (d).

Condition: LPs are N–. See detailed grading descriptions for LPs at end of this listing.

Box cover photo in excellent condition. Box inside and out is completely free of marks, splits, or scuffs. Tooled silver-lettering on spine is also pristine. LPs are all in their original, rice-paper sleeves. Large-format booklet has many fine photos, including Mingus with Ornette Coleman and Max Roach (two of his Newport Rebels). Set, one of a limited edition, was given to me to review; it has, therefore, my name on the inside cover of the booklet (written by Mosaic themselves).

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Packing: I place single LPs in protective plastic sleeves, then reinforce the corners with cardboard. With box sets, I use bubble wrap to protect and stabilize the box inside the mailer. All mailers are the standard ones for LPs.

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Note on condition:  I grade records visually. Following are the definitions of the grading that I use:

N A record known to be new.  This includes factory sealed records.
N-   A record that's known or assumed to have been played. May have some surface scuff marks from removing and reinserting record in sleeve. May have slight spindle wear. Otherwise, appears same as N in all respects.
VG++ More handling marks visible than on N-, but should play like a new record.
VG+ No more than a few minor scratches or marks which are audible.  Such scratches or other defects will usually be described in specific detail.  Record will usually not have any groove wear.
VG More than a few minor audible defects, but no steady noise.  No appreciable groove wear