MILES DAVIS ASCENSEUR POUR L' ECHAFAUD ULTRA-RARE TRUE FIRST ORIG U.S. MONO LP

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·       MILES DAVIS – ASCENSEUR POUR L’ECHEFAUD (THE ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS = OR = THE LIFT TO THE SCAFFOLD, DEPENDING ON TRANSLATION) - ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK TO THE SAME-TITLED FRENCH FILM NOIR BY LOUIS MALLE FROM 1957 – EXTREMELY RARE TRUE FIRST ORIGINAL AMERICAN PRESSING – ORIGINAL 1969 MERCURY RECORDS MONO LP660.213

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       ORIGINAL RED MERCURY LABEL WITH BLACK PRINT  (LATE 60’s TO MID 70’s STYLE)

·       BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THIS 1959 MERCURY RELEASE IS THE FIRST AND ONLY, TRUE ORIGINAL, INTEGRAL AMERICAN MONO PRESSING OF THIS CLASSIC MILES DAVIS FILM NOIR SOUNDTRACK RELEASED ORIGINALLY IN FRANCE IN 1958. THE AMERICAN VERSION OF THE SOUNDTRACK HAS A VERY CONVOLUTED PRESSING HISTORY: ABOUT ONE HALF OF THE TRACKS WERE ORIGINALLY RELEASED AS SIDE 1  OF MILES DAVIS' "JAZZ TRACK" ALBUM (COLUMBIA, 1958), BUT WITH NON-FILM TRACKS RECORDED WITH JOHN COLTRANE AND THE MILES DAVIS QUINTET APPENDED TO SIDE 2; THEN, FOUR YEARS LATER (1962) COLUMBIA REISSUED THE EXACT SAME ALBUM WITH THE EXACT SAME PROGRAM AND CATALOG NUMBER, BUT WITH A MASSIVELY DIFFERENT COVER AND TITLE ("FRANTIC"); THEN, IN 1965, FONTANA RECORDS (US) RELEASED AN ALBUM TITLED  "JAZZ ON THE SCREEN", WHICH COMBINES MOST OF THE TRACKS FROM THE ORIGINAL FRENCH SOUNDTRACK WITH FOUR UNRELATED TRACKS FROM ANOTHER FRENCH JAZZ SOUNTRACK BY ART BLAKEY AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS ("DANGEROUS LIAISONS"); FINALLY, AT LONG LAST, IN 1969, MERCURY RECORDS (A PARENT COMPANY OF FONTANA RECORDS) DECIDED TO ISSUE A FULL, INTEGRAL, VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL FRENCH SOUNDTRACK IN GLORIOUS MONO, AND YOU ARE LOOKING HERE AT THIS RARELY SEEN PRESSING, WITH ITS UNIQUE, AMERICAN-ONLY COVER ARTWORK. THE ALBUM RECEIVED MINIMAL PRESS RUN AND PROMOTION AND IS EXQUISITELY HARD TO FIND IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM (THIS IS ONLY THE THIRD COPY WE HAVE SEEN IN A LIFETIME OF COLLECTING)

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       NOTE:UNLIKE COLUMBIA'S TRUNCATED 1958 AND 1962 RELEASES ("JAZZ TRACK"  AND "FRANTIC"), THIS ORIGINAL FULL, INTEGRAL AMERICAN RELEASE WE HAVE HERE CONTAINS ONLY THE MUSIC FROM THE MOVIE BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY OF THE TRACKS FROM THE 1958 MILES DAVIS/JOHN COLTRANE QUINTET SESSIONS NOR  DOES IT INCLUDE ANY ART BLAKEY TRACKS)

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you’ll get.  GUARANTEED!)

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Jazz and Film Noir are perfect bedfellows, as evidenced by the soundtrack of Louis Malle's Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud (Lift to the Scaffold). This dark and seductive tale is wonderfully accentuated by the late-'50s cool or bop music of Miles Davis, played with French jazzmen -- bassist Pierre Michelot, pianist René Urtreger, and tenor saxophonist Barney Wilen -- and American expatriate drummer Kenny Clarke. These complete recordings, including multiple alternate takes, evoke the sensual nature of a mysterious chanteuse and the contrasting scurrying rat race lifestyle of the times, when the popularity of the automobile, cigarettes, and the late-night bar scene were central figures. Davis had seen a screening of the movie prior to his making of this music, and knew exactly how to portray the smoky hazed or frantic scenes though sonic imagery, dictated by the trumpeter mainly in D-minor and C-seventh chords. Michelot is as important a figure as the trumpeter because he sets the tone, whether on four takes of the ballad/blues "Nuit sur les Champs-Élysées," the last version a bit more swinging than the others; his probing one-note sound with the whispering horn of Davis during "Assassinat" and "Final"; and especially on his solo tracks, the slow walking "Ascenseur" (aka "Evasion de Julien") and the stalking "Visite du Vigile." While the mood of the soundtrack is generally dour and somber, the group collectively picks up the pace exponentially on the hard-swinging and freewheeling "Motel," the hotter "Sequence Voiture," and "Diner au Motel." These selections with the entire quintet featuring Wilen effectively realize chase scenes or mind gears crazily turning. At times the distinctive Davis trumpet style is echoed into dire straits or death wish motifs, as on "Generique" or "L'Assassinat de Carala," respectively, but the band can get kinda blue on takes of "Le Petit Bal," with Davis and Wilen more unified up front. Clarke is his usual marvelous self, and listeners should pay close attention to the able Urtreger, by no means a virtuoso but a capable and flexible accompanist. This recording can stand proudly alongside Duke Ellington's music from Anatomy of a Murder and the soundtrack of Play Misty for Me as great achievements of artistic excellence in fusing dramatic scenes with equally compelling modern jazz music.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY MICHAEL G. NASTOS, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL  AS  NEAR MINT. Some VERY LIGHT AND SUPERFICIAL abrasions – mostly sleeve scuffs -  are (barely) visible, but are probably inaudible,  and do not affect visual integrity or beauty of the vinyl. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)          The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(c)           Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·       COVER

THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT VERY GOOD++ (VG++).

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Cover has some visible ring wear; On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 3  (front side) and 5 (back side).

-        Cover has some visible fraying/tattering on the top seam (NOTE: this affects ONLY the paper slick, not the cardboard base itself)  (VISIBLE ON BACK SIDE ONLY)

-        Cover shows some light yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging   (nothing significant).

-        Minor shelf wear noted on the top and bottom seams (nothing significant)

-        Cover has some fraying/wear along the spine

-        Cover has all four corners slightly worn / dinged (nothing significant)

-        Cover has a partially split spine (less than 1 inch / 2.5 centimeters)

-        Cover has a partially split bottom seam (less than 1 inch / 2.5 centimeters)

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

-        No cut-out (drill) holes.

-        No cut-out corners

-        No saw-marks or indents

-        No dirt/dust rubbing stains (friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers)

-        No wrinkles or creases

-        No writing

-        No stamps

-        No peel-off marks

-        No stains

-        No mold or mildew spots

-        No stickers or labels

-        No water damage

-        No razor marks, scratches, pressure marks, lines, streaks, or  cuts.

-        No warping

-        No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover

-        No glue traces or wax residue.

-        No bar codes

-        No RIAA stamps or stickers.  

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