CHARLIE MINGUS-THE JAZZ EXPERIMENTS OF-1955 SUPER RARE EX BETHLEHEM MONO JAZZ LP

$

120

This is a very rare clean early deep groove mono pressing of Charlie Mingus, The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus, released on 12" LP format by Bethlehem Records in 1955. The original recordings were originally recorded and released on two 10 inch LPS under the title Jazzical Moods on Period Records in 1954. Near mint copies of this rarity are valued at $300 according to the most recent Goldmine guide.

The LP visually is in excellent condition displaying just a few barely visible short superficial lines. The LP overall plays very nicely with just a few barely noticeable light clicks. The original cover is in very good plus condition and very close to excellent condition. All corners are reasonably sharp with slight tip wear, except for lower mouth corner which has rub wear. The seams and spine are very strong with just slight rub wear with the exception of lower seam which has rub wear near corner to the extent of color loss and ever so slight split of about 1/8 of an inch. The front of the cover is very clean with just very slight ring wear and beautiful color. The back of the cover is relatively clean with some spot stains near top portion of cover. There is also a name written in ink at top of back cover. In grading I use Excellent instead of VG++ for those items deemed just a notch below near mint. Please understand that opened play graded copies may have been graded several weeks before listing so the LP should be cleaned again before play. LPs are cleaned manually as I no longer have machine

The LP will be shipped within 24 hours of payment, which is expected within 3 days of auction end, in specially made LP mailer with the LP separated from the cover (for unsealed items) and well packaged to protect the item from damage during shipment. Returns are accepted as long as LP is returned in the condition received. Sealed items will only be permitted if returned unopened.

Shipping cost is $4 per LP. To reduce shipping cost, I will combine shipping on multiple items bid and won during the same auction cycle. Please do not pay until I have had the opportunity to manually adjust the shipping cost. I cannot hold items for multiple auction cycles as it will affect my EBAY standing in so far as it concerns shipment time. I only accept bids from US based buyers and will only ship to the address recorded for the buyer on PAYPAL, which is the only method I can accept for payment.

Please keep in mind that I am a person looking to sell their collection and not a store or commercial seller. I play grade open items sold and do the best I can in the process to give an honest assessment of the item As is shown by my feedback I think I do a good job of satisfying most buyers. I leave feedback for all buyers and if you are satisfied with the transaction I would greatly appreciate positive feedback from the buyer as well. It does not take very long and is very important to me as seller. If for any reason you cannot leave positive feedback or are not satisfied, please have the courtesy of contacting me before leaving negative or neutral feedback. In almost all cases the issue can be worked out to the buyers satisfaction even if it means returning the item. If the item is not as described I will bear all shipping costs including return shipping. If a buyer behaves in a rude or unreasonable manner, and/ or fails to contact me to address issues they have with an item before negative or neutral feedback is left, I will block that buyer from further auction participation. I also reserve the right to block any buyer that leaves negative or neutral feedback when I have done everything possible to put the buyer in a position as if the transaction had not taken place.

I am auctioning almost 5000 records of my own collection, including rock. soul, blues and jazz, that are very clean and, included are some very rare items that rarely are available