BOOKER LITTLE W/ERIC DOLPHY OUT FRONT ULTRA-RARE ORIG '61 CANDID TEST PRESSING

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·       BOOKER LITTLE with ERIC DOLPHY, MAX ROACH, JULIAN PRIESTER, RON CARTER, DON FRIEDMAN AND ART DAVIS– OUT FRONT - VERY RARE  ORIGINAL 1961 CANDID RECORDS STEREO LP CJM-8027/9027 [NOTE: DESPITE CANDID'S MONO PREFFIX CJM- IN THE MATRIX STAMP IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL, THIS IS A STEREO TEST PRESSING)

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       *** ULTRA-RARE ORIGINAL ONE-SIDED,TWO-DISC TEST PRESSING SET (EACH SIDE OF THE ORIGINAL ALBUM IS PRESSED ON A SEPARATE ONE-SIDED DISC)***

·       INCLUDES TYPEWRITTEN DATA SHEET, WITH A TENTATIVE TRACK LISTING,  PROPOSED TITLE, ARTIST- AND OTHER CREDITS; NOTE THAT ON THE TYPEWRITTEN SHEET, THE SONG 'HAZY BLUES' WAS MISSPELLED (TWICE) AS 'HAZY HUES'.

·       VERY RARE ORIGINAL STEREO PRESSING, MANY TIMES RARER THAN MONO

·       PLAIN, GENERIC WHITE CANDID TEST PRESSING LABELS WITH HANDWRITTEN TITLE AND A FEW OTHER DETAILS (PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED IMAGES); 

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       PLAIN YELLOW SLEEVE / RECORD ENVELOPE

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you'll get.  GUARANTEED!)

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Booker Little was the first trumpet soloist to emerge in jazz after the death of Clifford Brown to have his own sound. His tragically brief life (he died at age 23 later in 1961) cut short what would have certainly been a major career. Little, on this sextet date with multi-reedist Eric Dolphy, trombonist Julian Priester, and drummer Max Roach, shows that his playing was really beyond bebop. His seven now-obscure originals (several of which deserve to be revived) are challenging for the soloists and there are many strong moments during these consistently challenging and satisfying performances.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY SCOTT YANOW, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

Amazing !!! An unbelievable piece: What we have here is an unheard-of TEST PRESSING of this groundbreaking 1961 Avant/Free Jazz classic. While many test pressings often have alternate or demo- versions of known, later released songs, and while it is possible that this particular test pressing contains demo or alternate versions of some of the tracks, please don’t take our word that it does: unfortunately, we are not familiar with the entire album (we know only a few songs) and we regret  we cannot provide any competent information on how different this TEST PRESSING may be from the official release. Please contact us if you have any questions. The generic white test pressing label is (almost) entirely blank and without much details other than the catalog number, format (stereo),  track listing and matrix number, which appears to point out to a Columbia-owned pressing plant (most likely Pitman, NJ)

The album comes with the neatly typewritten album data sheet  which contains all the details of the test pressing, including artist name, song titles, performer credits, etc. However the generic test pressing labels are mostly blank.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS TEST PRESSING APPARENTLY NEVER HAD A CUSTOM COVER;  THE ALBUM WILL BE SHIPPED IN ITS ORIGINAL PLAIN, GENERIC [YELLOW] PAPER SLEEVE (RECORD ENVELOPE WITH A NAME OF THE PRESSING FACILITY) .. TEST PRESSINGS ARE RARELY – IF EVER – FOUND IN CUSTOM (STOCK) COVERS.

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS STRONG VERY GOOD+(+) . CAUTION: The vinyl is NOT MINT or NEAR MINT, but is nevertheless in a very nice and clean condition. There are some surface marks and abrasions, mostly light and superficial, although some may be longer than 1.1/4 inches (1 inch = 2.5 centimeters)

(b)          Stereo  pressing of this title is much rarer, and by far more preferable to its mono  counterpart. The mix is more graphic, the sound resolution more precise, and the channel separation (which does not exist on mono version) adds a whole new dimension to the music. Also, the stereo mixes are (by definition) somewhat different than on the mono version. We estimate that mono copies of this album outnumber stereo copies  by a ratio of at least 5:1.

(c)           The records are pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(d)          Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

COVER : This reference pressing comes without any custom jacket, and will be shipped in a plain, generic, yellow sleeve, and then packaged in a generic white cardboard cover (NOT GRADED SEPARATELY, BUT IN A NICE CONDITION OVERALL)

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