VERY RARE: Free Jazz drummer MILFORD GRAVES on ESP-Disk

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"You Never Heard Such Sounds in Your Life" on ESP-DISK ( 1015 ) featuring Free Jazz percussion titan Milford Graves in a duo with percussionist Sunny Morgan.  The record is listed as being performed by "The Milford Graves Percussion Ensemble with Sunny Morgan" but for this session it is a duet performance throughout.

Here's what WIKIPEDIA has to offer regarding this legendary record label:

"ESP-Disk is a New York-based record label, founded in 1960[1] by lawyer Bernard Stollman. The label's discography was important in the history of jazz, and especially free jazz.[2]

From the beginning, the label's goal has been to provide its recording artists with complete artistic freedom, unimpeded by any record company interference or commercial expectations—a philosophy summed-up the ESP motto, printed on every release: “The artists alone decide what you will hear on their ESP-Disk”. Though it originally existed to release Esperanto-based music, starting with its second release ( Spiritual Unity by Albert Ayler ), ESP became the most important exponent of what is commonly referred to as free jazz. ESP also released recordings by uncommercial underground rock acts including the Fugs, The Godz and Pearls Before Swine. Though it largely ceased releasing records in the 70s, a few new releases have crept out from the label, and it still exists to this day, with nearly its entire catalog still available. Other artists who have recorded for this label include Ornette Coleman (the "Town Hall Concert"), Pharaoh Sanders (who made his recording debut on ESP), Sun Ra, Ronnie Boykins, Marion Brown, Sonny Simmons, Paul Bley, Ran Blake, and Perry Robinson."

This collector's item is in amazing condition. Believe it or not, the album cover is still in the shrink-wrap! It play-grades as a strong Near Mint and the vinyl looks as if it hasn't been played. This certainly appears to be original ESP vinyl from that fabled era but please see the record label photo below for additional deliberation regarding vintage.

A reasonable reserve has been set for a historic item of this stature.

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