MILES DAVIS BLUE MOODS VOGUE UK LDE 191 10” LP MINT
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$ 100 Sold For
Nov 10, 2004 Sold Date
Nov 3, 2004 Start Date
$   10 Start price
10   Number Of Bids
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MILES DAVIS BLUE MOODS VOGUE DEBUT UK LDE 191 10” LP WITH BRITT WOODMAN, TEDDY CHARLES, CHARLES MINGUS, AND ELVIN JONES. FIRST UK ISSUE OF DEBUT DEB 120 12” LP (WHICH WAS AMONG THE FIRST DEBUT 12” LP'S RELEASED), THE DEBUT USA 12" REALLY COULD HAVE BEEN RELEASED AS A 10” LP IN THE USA - AS THERE IS MUCH DEAD WAX ON THE USA DEBUT DEEP GROOVE 12” ISSUE. THIS VOUGE UK DEBUT 10" LP IS LIKELY THE RAREST MILES DAVIS LP KNOWN. THIS SESSION (HIS ONLY FOR HIS FRIEND MINGUS’ DEBUT LABEL) WAS VERY DIFFERENT IN FEEL FOR MILES AND IS TOTALLY UNIQUE IN HIS MUSICAL LEGACY. THIS VOGUE UK LP IS ALSO THE ONLY 10” ISSUE OF THIS DEBUT RECORDS SESSION EVER RELEASED. VINYL, DEEP GROOVE, FLAT EDGE, RVG ETCHED IN DEAD WAX, SUPER THICK AND HEAVY, IS SOLID MINT! BOTH LP AND BEAUTIFUL COVER ARE MIRROR-LIKE, SOUND & LOOK TO HAVE BEEN HARDLY TOUCHED IN CLOSE TO 50 YEARS SINCE FIRST PRESSED. STUNNING HI FIDELITY BY RUDY VAN GELDER WHICH IS WARM, RICH, AND HAUNTING IN ITS DEPTH AND TONE - ALSO SO CLEAN AND PURE ITS SCARY! THIS VOGUE FIRST ISSUE DEEP GROOVE 10”LP IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS—AND THEN SOME! YOU WILL NEVER FIND BETTER FIDELITY OF THIS CLASSIC LP ANY WHERE ELSE IN ITS PURE UNALTERED STATE. I HAVE CALLED MANY OTHER LP’S I’VE LISTED ‘GEMS’, ALL I CAN SAY, THIS LP IS A FLAWLESS DIAMOND! VERY VERY RARE! AND A UNIQUE FIND AS A MILES DAVIS DEEP GROOVE FIRST ISSUE LP – IN 30+ YEARS OF COLLECTING WORLDWIDE, I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANOTHER COPY OF THIS FIRST ISSUE 10"LP – EVEN A BEAT UP ONE!

NOTE: THE DEBUT COMPANY WAS INDEPENDENTLY RUN AND FOUNDED BY CHARLES MINGUS AND MAX ROACH. IT WAS ACTUALLY RUN BY MINGUS’ WIFE OUT OF THEIR APARTMENT IN NYC. MINGUS HAD SMALL RUNS MADE OF EACH LP, AND WHEN HE SOLD THOSE HE WOULD PRESS MORE. MANY DIFFERENT PRESSING PLANTS WERE USED, OFTEN SO HE COULD FIND THE BEST PRICE. WITHIN THIS SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES, TODAY ONE CAN FIND FIRST ISSUE DEBUT 10” LPS THAT HAVE VERY NICE AND CLEAN FIDELITY OR SOMEWHAT MEDIOCRE FIDELITY WITH BACKGROUND NOISE WHICH WAS NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL RECORDING BUT WAS IN FACT A BY PRODUCT OF SOME POOR VINYL USED—THE LABEL WAS HOWEVER A SINCERE AND HEROIC EFFORT BY THESE JAZZ LEGENDS IN AN ATTEMPT TO CONTROL THEIR OWN MONEY, SESSIONS, AND TYPES OF MUSIC THEY WISHED TO EXPLORE. DEBUT USA FIRST DEEP GROOVE ISSUES ARE VERY RARE (ESP. WHEN FOUND PRESSED ON THE SUPERIOR VINYL TYPE), BUT THE EUROPEAN DEEP GROOVE FIRST ISSUES OF THESE CLASSICS RELEASED BY VOGUE ARE VASTLY SUPERIOR IN EVERY WAY. I WILL STATE WITHOUT HESITATION, IF YOU HAVE NOT HEARD THESE VOGUE DEEP GROOVE FIRST ISSUE PRESSINGS OF DEBUT RECORDINGS TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM THE SOURCE MASTERS – YOU HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED AT ALL THE TRUE BEAUTY OF WHAT THE DEBUT LABEL ACCOMPLISHED IN ITS VERY SHORT HISTORY. THESE VOGUE EU DEBUT 10” LP’S ARE IN EVERY WAY – AUDIOPHILE PRESSINGS. MADE FROM PRUE VIRGIN VINYL 180 TO 200g. ADDED INFORMATION IS BELOW CONCERNING THE HISTORY OF THESE EUROPEAN MODERN JAZZ FIRST ISSUES.

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 ALL CASES THEY WERE ISSUED IN EUROPE DURING THE SAME PERIOD AS THE AMERICAN PRESSING IN THE USA. 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 (ESP. IN THE CASE OF PRESTIGE & DEBUT 10” ISSUES). 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 COLLECTORS OF THE PERIOD). THESE ORIGINAL LP’S WERE NOT PRESSED IN SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS DURING THE 1950’S AND EARLY 60’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 WILL WITHOUT HESITATION STATE THESE EUROPEAN FIRST ISSUES FROM THE DEBUT MASTERS ARE VASTLY BETTER THAN THE USA 10" FIRST ISSUES – ABSOLUTELY STUNNING FIDELITY. 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 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.

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