GEORGE WALLINGTON TRIO PRESTIGE PRLP 158 10” LP NM
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GEORGE WALLINGTON TRIO PRESTIGE PRLP 158 10” LP. 446 W. 50TH STREET, NYC, BLUE AND SILVER ‘BUMBLEBEE’ STYLE DESIGN LABELS, FIRST ISSUE. DEEP GROOVE, FLAT EDGE, EAR ETCHED IN DEAD WAX, VERY THICK VINYL. VINYL IS A SOLID NM. LOOKS AND SOUNDS VIRTUALLY UNPLAYED. AGAIN, ONE OF THE FIRST ISSUES I’M LISTING THAT HAS A MIRROR LIKE SHEEN AND LUSTER WITH FIDELITY SO VIBRANT AND CLEAN - LOOKS AND SOUNDS TO HAVE BEEN UNTOUCHED IN OVER FIVE DECADES! COVER NM, SOLID, GLOSSY AND THICK, KAKUBUCHI FRAME LINES, ONE OF THE LEGENDARY PRESTIGE COVERS BY BURT GOLDBLATT WHO WAS THE MOST PROLIFIC MODERN JAZZ GRAPHIC ARTIST OF THE 1950’S AND 1960’S. THIS COVER IS FREQUENTLY REPRINTED IN BOOKS AS ONE OF THE CLASSIC JAZZ ALBUM COVERS OF THE 1950’S. NOTE THAT THIS LP WAS NEVER REISSUED BY PRESTIGE DURING THE 10" OR 12" DEEP GROOVE PERIOD - ONLY YEARS LATER IN THE LATE 60'S ON AN LP WITH TERRIBLE 'SIMULATED STEREO'. AN AMAZING FIND IN THIS PRISTINE CONDITION, COVER AND VINYL! YOU WILL NOT FIND A BETTER COPY OF THIS BOP CLASSIC FROM GEORGE WALLINGTON, WHO WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE DIZZY GILLESPIE QUINTET WHICH WAS THE FIRST BEBOP BAND WHO PLAYED ON 52ND ST, NYC. VERY RARE.
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, DOWNBEAT 2003 WILL BE LISTING A MAJOR COLLECTION OF VERY RARE VINTAGE JAZZ LPS, 78S, EPS, ETC. FROM A MAJOR COLLECTION ACQUIRED OVER 30+ YEARS OF INTERNATIONAL COLLECTING. SOME OF THE RAREST LPS OF BOP AND MODERN JAZZ WILL BE OFFERED, FROM ALL MAJOR LABELS INCULUDING BLUE NOTE, PRESTIGE, SAVOY, DIAL, ROOST, PACIFIC JAZZ, DEBUT, VOGUE, TO NAME A FEW. THE PIECES IN MOST CASES ARE IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION AND PRESERVATION. SERIOUS BIDDERS ONLY! PLEASE SEE MY ‘ME’ FOR ALL STRICT GRADING, SHIPPING AND PAYMENT TERMS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST.
On Nov-08-04 at 16:45:30 PST, seller added the following information:e © AP6.0
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