Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (Atlantic 1278) 1st pressing
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Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (Atlantic 1278) first pressing (157 West 57th street)
Blakey (d) and Monk (p) with Bill Hardman (t); Johnny Griffin (ts); and Spanky DeBrest (b).
Recorded probably in may 1957.
Five Monk originals and a funky blues by Griffin. Was Blakey Monk's best drummer?
Issue: Of two first pressings of the original 1958 Atlantic release, mine, the one that has on the upper-left corner of back cover "High Fidelity" (not "Full Dynamic Frequency Spectrum") is the more valuable - according to the authoritative LP-auction website.
Matrix / Runout (Side 1): 11513 AT Matrix / Runout (Side 2): 11514-B AT
Condition: VG + - (between VG and VG+). Many blemishes, some light scratches, other marks. Some spindle wear, dirt. I would be happy to VPI clean but winner should specify such; some buyers prefer to clean in their own way.
Like record, LP cover (front and back) shows signs of wear, has marks and dirt. Most of marks on front are on white border - the album is more than sixty years old - the closeup images of Blakey and Monk are fine. Back cover's dirt is mostly graying; there's one splotch on liner-note text. All of the small-print essay perfectly readable. Bottom edge has split, halfway.
Spine is clean, text legible; only corners, top and bottom, are bumped.
This album cover is from the vintage era of LP production: sturdy, stiff cardboard, with back cover track list and liner note on separate paper sheet, adhered to the cardboard.
I'm an independent seller divesting his own record collection. I'm not selling from a store or warehouse, with multiple copies of titles, or on behalf of a professional collector.
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NM A record known or assumed to have been played. May have a surface scuff mark but only 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 on record than on NM, but should play like new.
VG+ Some minor blemishes. Such marks may be described in detail.
VG More than a few scratches. No appreciable groove wear.
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