CLASSIC RECORDS LP JP 5002-1: Dean Peer - Ucross - OOP 1990s USA SEALED

$

180

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Background on this eBay item -

Good luck trying to find one of these! The pop titles issued by Classic Records disappeared and went out of print rather quickly. Not many made it to market and are likely even rarer than their famous classical or jazz titles. This is one such title, in the folk music genre, and best of all, it's still factory sealed!

This Classic Records / Jazz Planet LP celebrates Dean Peer's 1991 critically acclaimed debut recording. Ucross was the first ever completely solo electric bass recording and is still considered to be an orchestral and technical triumph. Peer wrote the book on Bass harmonics - literally - so it's not surprising that his solo-bass disc is an extravaganza of ringing notes, chords and clusters. It's not just an academic demonstration, though, and Peer's pieces make a convincing case for the creative use of harmonic technique.

A true master on the electric bass guitar and famous for his groundbreaking harmonic techniques, Dean Peer from Boulder, Colorado, has always been into creating new sounds and for this album Think...It's All Good, bass player Dean Peer (b. 1959) put together an unusual ensemble in which equal parts of folk, funk, jazz and Indian music in an exciting amalgam using tablas and various other percussion, violin, jews' harp and harmonica. Recorded in a Mennonite church in Amsterdam, Peer teamed up with violinist Steve Trismen, percussionist Ty Burhoe and Howard Levy on harmonica, jews' harp and various types of ocarinas and even a Spa mineral water bottle. The musical ingredients reveal musical traces from all over the world, through the first impressions of freedom, funky grooves and virtuoso, sometimes electrically manipulated (violin) playing, give Think...It's all good a particularly Western, contemporary feel. After starting out on saxophone and tuba in a high school marching band, attending a Return to Forever concert at the age of fifteen got Peer hooked on the electric bass: "I was knocked out by Stanley Clarke". Over the years, Peer developed his advanced personal style that is characterized by the use of harmonic, alternate and open tunings, false harmonic, stopped notes and bends, chords and root notes, often all at once. This way his playing got layered: lots of -often subtle- things were going on simultaneously and according to Peer, this allows the listener to get involved on any level they want. His earlier albums Ucross and Travelogue also explored these concepts fully. To help other bassists understand his innovative use of harmonic, in 1988 Peer published a book on the subject which got rave reviews in leading magazines such as "Guitar World' and "Guitar player'. A seamless melding of dynamic fundamentals intertwined with the subtle overtones of each individual voice, without distortions of time or space. Few recordings have ever achieved such a sonically holistic effect. Fewer still with as diverse an array of musical elements. The music seems almost to bypass the senses, leaving an impression that remains in the mind long after the disc has ended.

• CLASSIC RECORDS / Jazz Planet LP item.

• Record Made in the USA

• Pressing is in STEREO

• Record Speed: 33 1/3 rpm

• Earliest (and best) version of this audiophile reissue by Classic Records - using 180-gram premium vinyl, this title is long out of print.
  

• Record Made in: circa 1990's - original LP was issued in 1991 by Angelfire Music.
  

• Record Catalog Number: JP 5002-1

Featured on this item:

Dean Peer

LP Title:

Ucross

Track Listing -

1. Risk & Missions
2. Lord's Tundra
3. Tommy
4. Blue
5. Ucross
6. Ms. Green Meets Ms. Jane
7. Antoine & Patty
8. Rodarte
9. Venusian Winter
10. Aaron's Interlude
11. Earth School
12. Meet Me At The Last Stone At Marina Green

CONDITION Details:

LP JACKET:

• The LP jacket is in Mint, FACTORY SEALED condition!

• The jacket has NO seam splits - it is completely intact and has a silver sticker from the manufacturer on the outside plastic wrap (see picture for more detail).

• The jacket has NO drill holes or saw marks of any kind.
  

• The outer plastic cellophane (bag) wrap is NOT torn in any way. 

• There is NO hand writing on the front or back of the jacket.

• The cover has clean and sharp colors - see pictures with this listing for more detail. 

The LP (vinyl) itself:

• The LP is assumed to be in MINT condition as well as this item is FACTORY SEALED!!

• This is the mint copy you have always wanted in your collection - any super picky audiophile would be happy with this one!

A Short Note About LP GRADING -

• Mint = Only used for sealed items.
• Near Mint = Virtually flawless in every way.
• Near Mint Minus = Item has some minor imperfections, some audible.
• Excellent = Item obviously played and enjoyed with some noise.
• Very Good Plus = Many more imperfections which are noticeable and obtrusive.

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