ART PEPPER QUARTET MODERN ART INTRO ILP 606 ORIG '57 MONO LP DG FLAT EDGE
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Description
The Art Pepper Quartet on Intro 606 is definitely the total package when it comes to an album that has both great cover art and great music. This is one of the rarest and desired Jazz LP’s from the 50's:
Label: Intro ILP-606 (Mono)
Year: 1957 (First released in 1957, despite the copyright year "misprint" on back cover - See release history below)
Condition:
Vinyl: VG +
Notes: There are some minor surface marks, abrasions and scratches, mostly light and superficial, although with only a minor surface noise here and there. This copy has a deep groove pressing indent on both sides, complete with flat edge.
The record comes in the original stock inner sleeve.
Cover: VG
Notes: The cover has some minor cover wear, staining and discoloration, with slight loss (flaking) along the edges and corners.
The seams have general flaking and corner wear, with partial splits on the side, and ¾ of the bottom edge that have been repaired from the inside with acid free tape.
(Refer to attached photos)
The short-lived history behind the label :
Prior to 1955, Aladdin had 3 subsidiary labels issuing albums. The jazz label Jazz:West , the classical music subsidiary Orfeo and the Intro label. The Intro label was the pop/jazz subsidiary of Aladdin Records. Intro issued a couple of 10-inch LPs in 1952, then did not issue albums until 1957 or so, when they started a 12-inch series.
Intro 602 and 603 were reissues of Lester Young’s Aladdin 801 and Aladdin 802. There were two new jazz albums issued, one by Art Pepper titled Modern Art [Intro 606] and an Art Pepper, Red Norvo, and Joe Morello album titled Recollections [Intro 608].
Although the output of parent company Aladdin was not great in quantity, it was outstanding in quality. The jazz recordings of Kenny Drew and Art Pepper are very much in demand today. Aladdin, Score and Jazz: West albums are some of the rarest in the record-collecting field. Eight Aladdin albums appear on the Goldmine list of “The 100 Most Valuable U.S. Albums”. George Moonoogian, in an article written for Goldmine in 1979, called Aladdin “The King of LP Rarities.”
Following the lead of Modern Records, who had introduced a successful line of budget albums on the Crown label, the Mesner brothers, owners of Aladdin Records, started a budget line of LPs in 1957 using their old subsidiary name, Score. All of the Score albums were $1.98 and most of the Aladdin, Jazz:West, Orfeo and Intro albums were reissued on Score. The establishment of the Score label may account for the scarcity of the Aladdin and Intro 12-inch albums, as they were only in print for a short time before being deleted and reissued on Score. In fact, several intended Aladdin releases may not have been issued at all before being transferred to Score. While the Crown label flourished, the Score line of LPs seemed to die a slow death.
