GERRY MULLIGAN SALLE PLEYEL SWING LDM. 30.008 LP MINT

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275

THE GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET FEATURING BOB BROOKMEYER VOGUE SWING LDM. 30. 008 LP. ONE OF THE RAREST (IF NOT 'THE' RAREST) GERRY MULLIGAN FIRST ISSUES! THE HISTORIC FIRST MODERN JAZZ WEST COAST 'COOL' CONCERT HELD IN PARIS AT THE SALLE PLAYEL ON JUNE 10, 1954. THIS LP WAS LATER ISSUED BY PACIFIC JAZZ AS 'PARIS CONCERT'. THIS LP IS FIRST 'COUNTRY OF ORIGIN' AND IS ONE OF THE VERY FIRST 12" LP'S RELEASED BY VOGUE/SWING IN FRANCE. ALONG WITH MULLIGAN AND BROOKMEYER ARE THE GREAT RED MITCHELL, AND FRANK ISOLA. VINYL IS DEEP GROOVE, FLAT EDGE, SUPER THICK AND VERY HEAVY VINYL, SOLID MINT! PERFECT FIDELITY AND MIRROR LIKE SHEEN, AS NEW IN APPEARANCE AND SOUND AS THE DAY IT WAS PRESSED 50 YEARS AGO. THE FIDELITY ON THIS ORIGINAL FRENCH LP IS VASTLY SUPERIOR TO THE PACIFIC JAZZ USA FIRST ISSUE, WHICH ALWAYS SOUNDED A BIT HOLLOW. IT IS LIKELY BECAUSE THEY RECEIVED A DUPE SUB MASTER OF THIS SESSION WHILE VOGUE USED THE ORIGINAL TAPES FOR MASTERING - IT IS VERY EVIDENT FROM THE MOMENT THE NEEDLE TAKES THE FIRST GROOVE ON THIS MAGNIFICENT LP - THE SOUND REALLY MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE THERE IN THE FRONT ROW. BEAUTIFUL RICH BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO COVER DESIGN IS BY THE GREAT FRENCH ARTIST JEAN PIERRE LELOIR. EXTREMELY RARE—AS GOOD AS IT GETS IN VINTAGE VINYL. YOU WILL NEVER FIND A CLEANER, MORE PERFECT COPY OF THIS MODERN JAZZ RARITY THAN THIS LP. AS WELL THE FIDELITY IS SO RICH & AMAZING - IT HAS TO BE HEARD TO BE BELIEVED.PLEASE, SERIOUS BIDDERS ONLY. A CORNERSTONE OF 'COOL' MODERN JAZZ AND A MAJOR PIECE IN JAZZ VINYL HISTORY. (NOTE: THIS LP HAS A VERY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATED VALUE IN THIS CONDITION, OVER $500.00 - I AM FORCED TO PLACE A RESERVE ON THIS AUCTION, WHICH IS NOT MY NORMAL PRACTICE, HOWEVER IT IS REASONABLE ONE). THANK YOU.

PLEASE SEE NOTE BELOW FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THESE EUROPEAN MODERN JAZZ FIRST ISSUES.

*NOTE: I WILL BE LISTING A LARGE COLLECTION OF THESE FIRST ISSUE EUROPEAN MODERN JAZZ 10”, 12”, EP’S, AND 78 SETS. IN SOME CASES THEY WERE ISSUED IN EUROPE DURING THE SAME PERIOD AS THE AMERICAN PRESSING IN THE USA, WHILE SOME OF THE LP'S WERE NEVER ISSUED IN THE USA DURING THE DEEP GROOVE PERIOD, OR AFTER. THE FIDELITY AND PRESSING QUALITY OF THESE EU DEEP GROOVE FIRST ISSUES IS AMAZING, IN SOME CASES THEY SOUND MUCH BETTER THAN THE AMERICAN ISSUES (IF THERE EVER WAS ONE). THE ALTERNATE COVER ART IS ALSO OF SPECIAL HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE COLLECTOR OF MODERN JAZZ AS IT IS CREATIVE, DRAMATIC, AND OFTEN USES NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED PICTURES AND INNOVATIVE GRAPHIC DESIGN. ALSO, THIS COLLECTION OF EU DEEP GROOVES ARE IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION (SAD TO SAY THE EUROPEANS FOR THE MOST PART SEEM TO HAVE TAKEN BETTER CARE OF THEIR LP’S THAN FELLOW AMERICAN COLECTORS OF THE PERIOD). THESE ORIGINAL LP’S WERE NOT PRESSED IN SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS DURING THE 1950’S (SAME AS CAN BE SAID OF THE MAJOR INDEPENDENT JAZZ LABELS IN THE USA) SO THEY ARE IN FACT OFTEN MUCH HARDER TO FIND THAN THE SAME USA PRESSED FIRST ISSUE. THESE EU DEEP GROOVES ARE IN EVERY CASE – AUDIOPHILE PRESSINGS, MADE OF VERY THICK PURE VIRGIN VINYL, WITH A VERY STRONG DEEP GROOVE IMPRESSION. I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WRITE THIS NOTE THANKS TO MANY YEARS OF COMMUNICATION WITH DISTRIBUTORS, AND COLLECTORS FROM EUROPE DURING THE PERIOD, AS WELL AS CONTEMPORARY MAJOR COLLECTORS AND JAZZ MUSIC HISTORIANS. I HOPE THIS INFORMATION WAS OF ASSISTANCE IF YOU ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH THESE LP’S.

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 INCLUDING 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.