Gil Melle"PRIMITIVE MODERN"LP NM/NM DG RVG Prestige

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Sep 16, 2009 Sold Date

Sep 9, 2009 Start Date

$ 100 Start price

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* EXCUSE the photo. New Camera and I haven't a clue on how to get a good picture.

PRESTIGE 7040, 1956
Condition: Cover/ NM Record/ NM (Visual Grade)
Record cleaned on VPI Record Cleaning Machine.
Deep Groove. RVG stamped in runoff groove.446 W. 50th Street. NYC address on label.

Gil Mellé (December 31, 1931 – October 28, 2004) was an artist, jazz musician and film composer.

In the 1950s, Mellé's paintings and sculptures were shown in New York galleries and he created the cover art for albums by Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins. Mellé played the tenor and baritone saxophone with George Wallington, Max Roach, Tal Farlow, Oscar Pettiford, Ed Thigpen, Kenny Dorham and Zoot Sims.

As a film and television composer, Mellé was one of the first to use electronic instruments (which he built himself), either alone or as an added voice among the string, wind, brass, and percussion sections of the orchestra. He was the first to compose a main theme for a television series arranged entirely for electronic instruments (Rod Serling's Night Gallery).

His film credits span 125 motion pictures including My Sweet Charlie, That Certain Summer, The Andromeda Strain, The Judge and Jake Wyler, several Columbo TV movies, Frankenstein: The True Story, The Six Million Dollar Man, Night Gallery and Kolchak: The Night Stalker.

1 Dominica
2 Mark One
3 Iron Works
4 Adventure Swing
5 Ballet Time
6 Dedicatory Piece to the Geo-Physical Year of 1957

Joe Cinderella: Guitar
Gil Melle: Sax (Baritone)
Bill Phipps: Bass
Ed Thigpen: Drums

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327 W. Nine Mile Rd.
Ferndale, Michigan 48220
Phone: 248-548-9888 Fax: 248-548-2180
Hours: Monday thru Saturday NOON to 9:00 PM (Eastern) Sunday: NOON to 6:00 PM.

GOLDMINE GRADING

MINT ---- It should appear to be perfect. No scuffs or scratches, blotches or stains, labels or writing, tears or splits. Mint means perfect.

NEAR MINT ---- Otherwise mint but has one or two tiny inconsequential flaws that do not affect play. Covers should be close to perfect with minor signs of wear or age just becoming evident: slight ring-wear, minor denting to a corner, or writing on the cover should all be noted properly.

VERY GOOD PLUS ---- The record has been handled and played infrequently or very carefully. Not too far from perfect. On a disc, there may be light paper scuffs from sliding in and out of a sleeve or the vinyl or some of the original luster may be lost. A slight scratch that did not affect play would be acceptably VG+ for most collectors.

VERY GOOD ---- Record displays visible signs of handling and playing, such as loss of vinyl luster, light surface scratches, groove wear and spindle trails. Some audible surface noise, but should not overwhelm the musical experience. Usually a cover is VG when one or two of these problems are evident: ring wear, seam splits, bent corners, loss of gloss, stains, etc.

GOOD ---- Well played with little luster and significant surface noise. Despite defects, record should still play all the way through without skipping. Several cover flaws will be apparent, but should not obliterate the artwork.

POOR ---- Any record or cover that does not qualify for the above "Good" grading should be seen as Poor. Several cover flaws.

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