Charles Mingus Nostalgia Times Square CBS TEST PRESSING
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Description
Perhaps the most famous Charles Mingus recording sessions of 1959, "Mingus Dynasty" and "Mingus Ah Um." During the early years of the Contemporary Masters series, I determined that Ted Macero was forced to cut many of the selections on those recordings--due to their length. Hence, we listened to the original master tapes and determined that many were cut in half and others simply not able to fit on the limited time constraints of a single LP. We worked to restore the recordings to their original state and released them as "Nostalgia in Times Square--The Legendary 1959 Recordings." These test pressings were sent to Charles Mingues for his approval and returned to Bruce Lundvall, president of CBS Records. Although the recordings have since been reissued in their entirety as a CD package, the mixes on these recordings have some subtle changes--but the most important factor is the quality of this pressing. These pressings have not been listened to more than three times and are in excellent condition.
Almost 40 years ago, I worked as a producer at Columbia Records. Much of the work was with the jazz roster--including the deep and illustrious history of this company through its reissue programs, "Contemporary Masters" and "Jazz Masterpieces." This acetate/test pressing comes from my personal collection along with any information I may have written on the jacket. In many cases, we cut several generations of masters before we (and especially the artists) were happy with the final sound. Mastering is a very important step in the final production of a recording session. In most cases, this is the only copy that was "cut," and it was passed along to executives and artists for their signed approval. The sale of this acetate does not include any inherent rights, nor are they imploied. The recordings and music are owned by the record label and/or artists. To commercially release this material would violate those rights.
