CHARLIE ROUSE w/DAVE BAILEY YEAH LONG OUT OF PRINT CLASSIC RECS AUDIOPHILE LP

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·       CHARLIE ROUSE with DAVE BAILEY, PECK MORRISON AND BILLY GARDNER – YEAH! – 1961 EPIC RECORDS/CLASSIC RECORDS STEREO LP BA-17012

·       CLASSIC RECORDS LIMITED EDITION, 180-GRAM, VIRGIN VINYL AUDIOPHILE PRESSING MASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL ANALOG MASTER TAPES

·       U.S. AUDIOPHILE PRESSING

·       YELLOW EPIC LABEL WITH BLACK “RADIAL” LINES ALONG THE EDGE OF THE LABEL (EMULATING THE ORIGINAL 1961 EPIC RELEASE)

·       The record has Bernie Grundman's  initials (BG) hand-etched in the trail-off vinyl (dead wax)

·       THIS IS NOT AN IMPORT, RECORD CLUB RELEASE OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, THIN CARDBOARD COVER

·       ORIGINAL GLOSSY, LIGHTLY LAMINATED COVER

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

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

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you'll get.  GUARANTEED!)

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Tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse is best known for his work with Thelonious Monk, playing with the enigmatic pianist and composer during Monk's Columbia years from 1959 until 1970. Rouse's sound with Monk was so fluid and smooth that's it's easy to forget how many eccentric, jagged turns he had to navigate night after night, and that Rouse did it with quiet, steady grace is a testament both to his sax playing and to the space Monk built into his puzzle box compositions. Rouse headed up few sessions on his own as a bandleader, but as this calm, workmanlike set, recorded in 1960 and originally released in 1961 on Epic Records, clearly shows, he could rise to the occasion. Working with a rhythm section of Dave Bailey on drums, Peck Morrison on bass, and Billy Gardner on piano (this was actually Gardner's debut in a recording studio), Rouse's sax lines seem to float effortlessly over the top of things, feeling less urgent and angular than his work with Monk. Highlights include the opener, "You Don't Know What Love Is," the Gardner composition "Billy's Blues," and the pretty ballad, "(There Is No) Greater Love," that closes things out. It's all very pleasant, falling to the easy side of the hard bop spectrum with very few rough edges or surprises. Rouse arguably was at his best as a solid supporting player, but this session has its moments, and it shows a more romantic, gliding side to Rouse than was usually on display with Monk. Everything here on this Japanese reissue was included in Epic's Unsung Hero release, which also added three additional tracks, making it a marginally better purchase than this one.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY STEVE LEGGETT, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

The record you are looking at is the last word in the connoisseur pressings, made from the original analog master tapes and pressed on the ultra-high-quality HQ-180 gram virgin vinyl.  This is probably the very final generation of the original Epic  analog pressings, before the original master tapes start disintegrating and deteriorating beyond repair. Oh, I am sure the digital recordings will continue to be made from the enhanced and digitally restored tapes, but – as we all know by now – this is simply not the same thing anymore. Digital takes all the joy and the pizzazz out of Jazz.

If you don’t like your Jazz played on – yikes ! – heavily compressed MP3 and WAV- digital file formats (an audio straightjacket the recording industry is trying to impose on us all), then this gorgeous, luscious, full-bodied and thoroughly decadent analog sound is for you. Sit back, relax, put the stylus onto the record, take a light sip of Courvoisier, cuddle up with your significant other, and let the gorgeous sounds of the Jazz heyday fill your room, and your mind.  But you’d better rush – most of these limited-edition pressings are now themselves a part of the history: most of these titles are no longer made or distributed,  and the few remaining copies in circulation are being snatched away by Jazz cognoscenti worldwide as we speak. This is it, folks – perhaps the last time you hear this album the way it was really, really, meant to be heard.

Consider this record another view of the truly original artist that Charlie Rouse was. This is a recording that any music lover should own.

Track Listing:

1. You Don't Know What Love

2. Lil Rousin'

3. Stella By Starlight

4. Billy's Blues

5. Rouse's Point

6. No Greater Love

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               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. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)            The record comes in a poly-lined inner sleeve, which has - apparently with success - shielded the vinyl from the harmful impact of elements over many years!

(c)           The album comes with its original Classic records mail order form (self-addressed postcard)

(d)            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!

(e)           The record is pressed on a beautiful, high-quality, virgin-grade vinyl, which is usually used for audiophile, extended-dynamic-range, half-speed mastered and connoisseur pressings.

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

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

COVER IS STRONG NEAR MINT

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine   (VISIBLE ON BACK SIDE ONLY)

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

-        No split seams

-        No ring wear

-        No cut-out (drill) holes.

-        No cut-out corners

-        No saw-marks or indents

-        No dirt/dust rubbing stains (friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers)

-        No yellowing from aging

-        No writing

-        No stamps

-        No tearing: no chips, dents or nicks on the seams

-        No peel-off marks

-        No stains

-        No mold or mildew spots

-        No stickers or labels

-        No water damage

-        No razor marks, scratches, pressure marks, lines, streaks, or  cuts.

-        No warping

-        No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover

-        No glue traces or wax residue.

-        No bar codes

-        No RIAA stamps or stickers. 

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