Rare collectors Don Rendell/Ian Carr Quintet 'Change Is' 1969 Columbia SCX 6368

	£		550
	$		729

Incredibly rare collectors Don Rendell/Ian Carr Quintet 'Change Is' 
Released in 1969.  
This is an original 1st press copy of this album.  Catalogue number Columbia SCX 6368. 

THE MATRIX NUMBERS ARE: YAX 3890-1U / YAX 3891-2U

5th and last album by the seminal Don Rendell / Ian Carr Quintet, probably the most important British Jazz ensemble in the 1960s, which played a key role in establishing the “British sound” in Jazz, breaking away from the constraints of American Jazz traditionalism. The quintet comprised of brilliant instrumentalists and composers and after playing together for about five years they achieved a telepathic understanding of each other’s mannerisms and preferences, allowing them to perform in unparalleled unison and harmony. 
Don Rendell on saxophones and flute, Ian Carr on trumpet and flugelhorn, Michael Garrick on piano, Dave Green on bass and Trevor Tomkins on drums were together a mean and lean, unstoppable music machine, creating some of the most daring and adventurous Jazz music ever heard. 
However, as hinted by the album’s title, by the time this album was recorded the quintet reached the end of its life cycle. Both Garrick and Carr were extremely busy musically, composing and performing music outside the quintet’s frame, with Garrick leading his own ensemble and recording prolifically and Carr founding his own ensemble, the legendary Nucleus, which was to become the definitive Jazz-Rock Fusion point of reference. Two of the compositions found on this album would soon be recorded as title tracks on albums by Garrick (“Cold Mountain”) and Nucleus (“Elastic Dream”), clear evidence of the fact that the quintet was reaching the end of its days. 
Another indication of the imminent changes was the fact that the album includes, for the first time, guest musicians who augmented the quintet on several tracks. They were: Mike Pyne on piano, Jeff Clyne on bass, Guy Warren on percussion and Stan Robinson on saxophone, musicians who would soon play with the new ensembles formed after the quintet folded. It is somewhat unfortunate that the following decade would be extremely flourishing for both Carr and Garrick, but Rendell was to slowly step back from the limelight and record only sporadically. But all that aside, the final recording by the Rendell / Carr quintet is a masterpiece of British Jazz in every respect, full of superb compositions and brilliant performances.
Condition:
For an album which is over 50 years old this copy is in excellent overall condition.  The outer cover has no tears at the seams just some slight wear to the corners and some slight creases along the outer edges which is to be expected for a record of this age.  
Please note that there is some writing looks like 'SH 75' (?) on the rear of the outer cover in the left hand corner, there is also some slight damage to the EMI logo underneath looks like it might be where a sticky price label was peeled off?  Something else was also written above the 'SH 75' but has been crossed out, please see photo 5.  
Spine strong and in good condition with text legible and clear.  The original inner sepia coloured EMI advertising sleeve is also in superb condition with only a slightly jagged edge to the top where the sleeve opens to put the record in, little bit of creasing to bottom seam but looks excellent and very clean overall.  Visually the vinyl looks in excellent virtually un played condition with no visible scratches to side 1.  Only 2 x scratches visible on side 2.  Insert/sticker looks like new!      
This is a very hard to find 1st press original copy of this LP that every serious jazz collector will want to 
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