ART BLAKEY “A Night In Tunisia”- VIK 1115, Rare 1st Mono (NM)
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Description
Recorded in RCA Studio No. 3, New York City on April 2 and 8, 1957 and an original 1958 RCA, Rockaway Pressing Plant release.
This an Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers “A Night in Tunisia” VIK Records LX-1115 mono from the RCA Victor subsidiary label VIK. It features a very early and rare sextet lineup of Bill Hardman (trumpet), Johnny Griffin (tenor sax), “Ferris Benda” (alto sax — actually Jackie McLean side-stepping his contract with Prestige), Sam Dockery (piano) and Spanky De Brest (bass) and is the only recorded instances of saxophonists Jackie McLean and Johnny Griffin playing together.
Album Description
· VINYL- NM: Album has never been played. A visual review of both sides shows no scuffs or scratches. Side-1: H4 JP4545-2S A1 R and Side-2H4 JP4546-2S A1 R stamped in runout. Vinyl cleaned using a VPI record cleaning machine before shipping. Any spindle wear occurred during the cleaning process.
· RECORD LABELS: Black with white text and multi-color “VIK” logo at top.
· COVER- VG++: Front and back covers show very little age wear. There is no writing, marks, edge wear, corner cuts or seam splits. “A Product of Radio Corporation of America” along bottom edge.
· SLEEVE: Original printed paper sleeve.
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