BYRON POPE SPEED OF LIGHT MUSIC FOR EARTHDWELLERS RARE ORIG FRANCE-ONLY '82 LP

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·       BYRON POPE'S SPEED OF LIGHT - MUSIC FOR EARTHDWELLERS AND STARSEEKERS - RARE ORIGINAL FRENCH-ONLY RELEASE (NOT RELEASED ANYWHERE OUTSIDE OF FRANCE UNTIL 2020) - ORIGINAL  1982 S.Q.L. STEREO LP OR-25 (ONLY 1000 COPIES PRESSED, AND WE HAVE ONE OF THOSE RARE SPECIMENS HERE)

·       ORIGINAL FRENCH PRESSING

·       ORIGINAL PINK S.Q.L.  LABEL WITH BROWN TOP.

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST FRENCH PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, THIN CARDBOARD COVER (EUROPEAN STYLE)

·       ORIGINAL GLOSSY, LIGHTLY LAMINATED COVER

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       As far as we know, this album has NEVER been available on legitimate Compact Disc or in any other way, manner or format.

(?PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

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Alto saxophonist Byron Herman Pope (born 1934) might be a rather unsung name on the bill despite being part of the avant-garde jazz circuit for more than half a century. Deeply committed to the ideas of John Coltrane, he has played with Alan Silva and Sunny Murray but only recorded sporadically over the course of his long career. Coming from a musical family: Byron's father was the band leader of his own orchestra and was a writer for Billie Holiday, his uncle Lee was the tenor sax player with Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson (until he retired & was replaced by a young man named John Coltrane) and his cousin was Darlene Love, the famous R&R Hall Of Fame singer/actress who was married to Phil Spector and godmother to Whitney Houston. Growing up in a segregated Monroe-Louisiana in the 1940's, at the age of 12, Byron Pope was exposed to concerts by African American bands at his high school... this became his principal motivation to become a musician himself. At the age of 19, Byron came to Germany as a US military serviceman... after two and a half years he returned to the States but was not able to accept the racism and political climate in his home country anymore. After accumulating three professorships as a jazz teacher (including the title of professor in Jazz and Blues at University of Washington, Seattle in 1968) in the early Seventies Byron crossed the ocean again, this time he went to France. Here he met (and started performing with) the legendary Burton Greene and became friends with main players from the likes of Georges-Edouard Nouel and Chris Henderson. Throughout his long career Byron kept close friendships with famous jazz and blues players including Sun Ra and John Coltrane (Coltrane wanted to record his song "This Way" but unfortunately passed away before he could do it). Byron Pope was a member of the Alan Silva Orchestra from 1972 to 1976, later he went on to play with Sunny Murray on a regular basis. Byron eventually settled in Geneva where he has lived ever since... dividing his time between his family, his love for spiritual yoga and his musical career. Byron Pope's 1982 LP Music For Earthdwellers And Starseekers (recorded at Studio Caroline, Paris) is a sublime modal jazz record with a nice cosmic spiritual touch. Enlisting a superb all-star line-up including Georges-Edouard Nouel on piano, Roger Raspail (Kassav) on percussion and Chris Henderson (Sun Ra) on drums. To top things off, the album was engineered by the legendary Jean-Philippe Bonichon (who later on went to become the engineer responsible for many of the early remixes of Dimitri From Paris). This is absolutely top-drawer material with superb grooves that astral travelers are looking for. The three percussionists unlock rhythms that move your bones and bring alive new levels of consciousness... pure raw cosmic energy turned into vibrations and notes at the speed of light. Today we are proud to present to you the first ever vinyl reissue of this rare album (original copies tend to go for large amounts since only 1000 copies were pressed upon it's release in 1982).

(EXCERPT FROM AN ANONYMOUS ONLINE REVIEW)

Track list:

A1                   Shades Of 4:50

A2                   No Boundries     5:02

A3                   Face Reality       5:10

B1                   Contemporary Folk     4:17

B2                   Third Eyes          5:12

B3                   This Way   4:50

Credits

Alto Saxophone, Composed By, Arranged By, Producer, Photography By, Concept By – Byron Pope

Bass – Varik Grant

Berimbau – Sebasteaò Perazzo

Drums – Chris Henderson

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               THE RECORD:

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL  AS  NEAR MINT. Some VERY LIGHT AND SUPERFICIAL abrasions – mostly sleeve scuffs -  are (barely) visible, but are probably inaudible,  and do not affect visual integrity or beauty of the vinyl. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)            The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(c)           Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·       COVER (THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, LAMINATED, GLOSSY COVER):

THE COVER IS NEAR MINT !

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine (nothing significant)

-         Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on back side, apparently from aging.

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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