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This auction is for the privately pressed "ASHA"-LP by flutist LLOYD McNEILL, recorded in 1969.
This is the first release on Lloyd McNeillīs own Asha-label.
L@@k:
Seldom do I claim bragging rights for a record but here goes: "ASHA" is a ultra rare, ultra desirable, quintessential Spiritual Jazz record with so much Soul!!
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The first thing to know about Lloyd McNeill is that his are the very best soul-jazz flute LPs, and each is first-rate, a masterpiece of self-direction. The second thing to know is there is much more to him than his recorded legacy. He is one of those incredible, super-sensitive people who excels at every artistic idiom and endeavor; making wonderful music is just part of his flowing creativity. A professor (at Rutgers University, earlier Dartmouth), he has much to say about music and creativity as well as an impeccable gift for saying it...sensibly. McNeill's writings on his musical experiences provide invaluable documents of "the period" (late 1960s-1970s) as well as a rare glimpse at the joy of a relatively unsung master.
McNeill has played with jazz legends --Andrew White (his longtime collaborator/producer), Eric Dolphy, Sabu Martinez, Mulatu Astatke, among many others-- and he has had a significant hand in the arts scene of Washington, D.C. The major galleries of art, including those of the Smithsonian, sponsored multi-media "happenings" that soared far above the hippie caricature of acid rock with light show. During the first flowering of post-Civil Rights, African-American culture, the Lloyd McNeill Quartet's improvisitory, simultaneuous jazz and large-scale painting "happened" while a lucky, perhaps unsuspecting public drank it in.
(excerpts, taken from HipWax)
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___LLOYD McNEILL plays FLUTE and PICCOLO.
___GENE RUSH plays the PIANO.
___STEVE NOVOSEL is on the BASS.
___PAUL HAWKINS does the LATIN PERCUSSIONS.
___ERIC GRAVATT plays the DRUMS.
Compositions:
1. Asha (8:45)
2. As A Matter Of Fact (4:53)
3. Two-Thirdīs Pleasure (5:53)
4. Dig Where Datīs At! (3:27)
5. St. Margarets Church (6:50)
6. Effervescence (6:51)
7. Warmth Of A Sunny Day (10:22)
COVER: heavy cardboard sleeve with minimal shelf wear, slightly bumped corners
>> EX to NM-
VINYL**: minor streaking in parts, superficial scuffs nap, still shiny wax
>> EX to NM-
A very nice copy of this rare LP!!
!!! Thereīs a reasonable reserve on this rarity which will be met at $135.00 !!!
**Generally said:
Pls note that a privately pressed record never reaches the sound
quality of a new audiophile recording, there may always be a occasional
crackle here or there,
mostly from the static-only-type!
I have
had two sealed (!) copies of ASHA I and ASHA II, none of these were in
stone mint shape; it seams that these privately pressed albums never
reach
the high quality standards of a Major company pressing like Blue Note
and others. So you will never get a perfect Lloyd McNeill-LP displaying
without any flaw at all.
Payment:
Airmail shipment overseas: $17.00
Airmail shipment Europe: $12.00
Germany: 7.00 EURO (Paket)
Seller will not be responsible for items lost or damaged in transit if buyer does not pay for insurance!
Additional fee for registered shipment (delivery upon signature, trackable): $5.00
Record will be packaged very safely in a sturdy record mailer with additional bubbble-wrap and
cardboard stiffeners, jacket and vinyl separated to avoid any seam split in transit.
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