WARDELL GRAY, Memorial Volume One [Esquire] VAN GELDER mono 1957 UK LP

$

100

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Twisted - Wardell Gray

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Wardell Gray ?– Memorial Volume One Label: Esquire ?– 32-016 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono  Country: UK Released: 1957 Genre: Jazz Style: Bop Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Twisted Written-By – Wardell Gray A2 Easy Living Written-By – Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger A3 Southside Written-By – Wardell Gray A4 Sweet Lorraine Written-By – Cliff Burwell A5 Blue Gray Written-By – Wardell Gray A6 Grayhound Written-By – Wardell Gray B1 So Long Broadway Written-By – Teddy Charles B2 Paul's Cause Written-By – Teddy Charles B3 The Man I Love Written-By – George Gershwin B4 Lavonne Written-By – Sonny Clark B5 A Sinner Kissed An Angel Written-By – Mack David, Ray Joseph B6 Treadin' Written-By – Wardell Gray Credits Alto Saxophone – Frank Morgan (tracks: B1 to B4)  Bass – Dick Nivison* (tracks: B1 to B4), Johnny Richardson* (tracks: A5, A6, B5, B6), Tommy Potter (tracks: A1 to A4)  Cover – Disley*  Drums – Art Mardigan (tracks: A5, A6, B5, B6), Larry Marable* (tracks: B1 to B4), Roy Haynes (tracks: A1 to A4)  Liner Notes – Ira Gitler Photography By [Cover Photo] – Ray Avery Piano – Al Haig (tracks: A1 to A4), Phil Hill (tracks: A5, A6, B5, B6), Sonny Clark(tracks: B1 to B4)  Remastered By – Van Gelder*  Tenor Saxophone – Wardell Gray Vibraphone – Teddy Charles (tracks: B1 to B4)  Notes UK Esquire release of US variant. Laminated flip back soft cover. Heavy vinyl: 320g. Recording Dates:  A1-A4: 11/11/1949, NYC A5, A6, B5, B6: 4/25/1950, Detroit B1-B4: 2/20/1953, Los Angeles

UK MONO PRESSING VINYL ALBUM ON DEEP GROOVE LABEL IN FRONT LAMINATED FLIP-BACK SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE. This is an unbelievable 320g weight pressing, a seriously thick slab of vinyl witha deep bass sound.  These UK Esquire pressings are pressed from the exact same first issue Van Gelder USA Prestige metalwork.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: RVG PRLP-7008-A-1 A  /  SIDE B: RVG PRLP-7008-B E7 A

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST SOME SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. CORNER BUMPS BUT NO SEAM SPLITS.  INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: VISUALLY DISC IS EXCELLENT MINUS WITH NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES AND ONE PLAY SCUFF.  WE HAVE PLAYED BOTH SIDES AND AURALLY GRADE IT VERY GOOD+, THERE ARE NO SKIPS OR JUMPS BUT SOME SURFACE NOISES IN PLACES. CLEAN LABELS.

Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album?

First and early pressings are pressed from the first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues/re-issues (which, in recent times, are often pressed from whatever 'best' tapes or digital sources are currently available) - many so-called 'audiophile' new 180g pressings are cut from hi-res digital sources…essentially an expensive CD pressed on vinyl.  Why  experience the worse elements of both formats?  These are just High Maintenance CDs, with mid-ranges so cloaked with a veil as to sound smeared.  They are nearly always compressed with murky transients and a general lifelessness in the overall sound.  There are exceptions where re-masters/re-presses outshine the original issues, but they are exceptions and not the norm.

First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider.  Subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive.  Inner details are  clearer.

On first and early pressings, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant.  The physics of sound energy is hard to clarify and write about from a listening perspective, but the best we can describe it is to say that you can 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.  

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