“THE THREE SOUNDS” self titled jazz LP BLUE NOTE 1600 orig ‘58 DG RVG NICE

$

48

Artists:  THE THREE SOUNDS

Title:   “The Three Sounds”

Label:   BLUE NOTE ~ BLP 1600.  Monaural first pressing on medium thick vinyl.  White label with blue text, with deep groove.  

Label address is “Blue Note Records * 47 West 63rd * NYC” on both sides, with no “R”.

Plastylite (“ear”) symbol is stamped in the runout groove.     

Personnel:

Gene Harris – piano & celeste

Andrew Simpkins – bass

Bill Dowdy – drums.

Year: 1958.

Condition: 

DISC:  Vinyl is EXCELLENT.  Plays cleanly with superb fidelity and clarity.  There are a couple places where there a few very soft, slight tics may be heard but they do not distract.  The entire LP plays very enjoyably with superb fidelity.  Labels are clean. 

JACKET:   Laminated jacket is EXCELLENT with nice bright artwork.   Seams, spine, and surfaces are excellent.  A bit of minor wear at corner tips.  Reverse has some darkening and light staining, due to age and storage.   No writing, stickers, or cutout indications.  Overall a very fine jacket.  

Track Listing: 

Side One:

• Tenderly
• Willow Weep for Me
• Both Sides
• Blue Bells  

Side Two:

• It’s Nice
• Goin’ Home
• Would’n You
• O Sole Mio

Review:

“What's remarkable about Introducing the Three Sounds is how the trio's lightly swinging sound arrived fully intact.  From the basis of this album, it sounds as if pianist Gene Harris, bassist Andrew Simpkins, and drummer William Dowdy have been playing together for years.  There's empathetic, nearly intuitive interplay between the three musicians, and Harris's deft style already sounds mature and entirely distinctive.  There's no question that this music is easy to listen to, but dismissing it because of that would be wrong -- there's genuine style in their light touch and in Harris' bluesy compositions.  The Three Sounds never really deviated from the sound they established on Introducing, but that's one of the things that is so remarkable -- they were fully formed on their very first album.  Even if it was a peak, it wasn't the only peak in their career.  They would often match the heights of this album, but this debut remains a shining jewel in their catalog, and the way to become acquainted with their sound…”

(review courtesy of Stephen Thomas Erlewine, allmusic.com)

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