SONNY ROLLINS Saxophone Colossus PRESTIGE 7079 LP 1957

$

265

I have recently acquired a large jazz record collection consisting of many rare, unusual, and hard-to-find items.  I will be listing them on ebay over the next several months.  All items will be listed at a reasonable starting price with no reserve.  All items will be shipped in secure new LP mailers, with the vinyl outside the cover to prevent seam splits.  I will gladly combine shipping for all auctions ending within one week.  All records are graded visually unless otherwise noted.  I try to grade conservatively, using Goldmine guidelines, in order to give the buyer the benefit of any doubt *(please see below).  I try to list all significant defects.  All photos are of actual item taken at time of listing.  Please email me with any questions.  Up for auction is:

SONNY ROLLINS

"Saxophone Colossus"

Prestige PRLP 7079

• With Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins, Max Roach!
• Black Print on Yellow Labels!
• 203 South Washington Ave., Bergenfield, N.J. Address on Both Labels!
•  Deep Groove on Both Labels!
• Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder!
• "RVG" Etched in Dead Wax Both Sides!
• Liner Notes by Ira Gitler!
• Original Prestige Inner Sleeve!
• A Fantastic Package!  Gorgeous!

1957

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on June 22, 1956. 
With SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS, Sonny Rollins created a personal vision of the tenor saxophone and modern jazz brimming over with joy and conviction.  SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS was a breakthrough recording, praised for its lyrical power, thematic logic, relentless swing and spontaneous invention.  Borrowing a page from his West Indian roots, Rollins' "St. Thomas" employed elements of Caribbean folk melodies and calypso rhythms to create an exotic, dancing tenor anthem--one of the most identifiable, beloved themes in all of jazz--driven along by Max Roach's melodic drumming, Tommy Flannagan's shimmering accompaniment, and the saxophonist's swaggering melodic invention.  Rollins displayed fresh harmonic power and innovative methods of thematic develpment throughout SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS.  On the swinging starts and stops of "Strode Rode" and the dreamy blues cycles of "Blue 7," Rollins began his solos with simple melodic motifs, and orchestrated them into grand, elongated thematic statements--every note made meaningful by Rollins' extraordinary sense of development and intuitive musical architecture.  In addition, his tenor timbre took on renewed vigor and complexity on two ballads: "Moritat" (our old friend "Mack The Knife") and his epic reading of "You Don't Know What Love Is."

Personnel:

• Sonny Rollins -- Tenor Sax
• Tommy Flanagan -- Piano
• Max Roach -- Drums
• Doug Watkins -- Bass

Tracks (Side 1): 

1. St. Thomas
2. You Don't Know What Love Is
3. Strode Rode

Tracks (Side 2):

1. Moritat
2. Blue Seven

Cover: VG+

Glossy; clean; great graphics; strong spine; minor wear to corners; 2" seam split bottom center; very minor wear at opening; displays great!

Vinyl: E

Glossy; clean; very minor scuffs &/or scratches; sounds great!

Super clean; extremely minor spindle wear and marks; gorgeous!

Shipping and Handling

US Postal Service Media Mail: $5.00 (each additional LP add $2.00)

US Postal Service Priority Mail: $8.00 (each additional LP add $3.00)

[Shipping insurance optional --contact me for rates]

Canada: $8.00 (Airmail); each additional LP add $3.00

Europe: $14.00 (Airmail); each additional LP add $6.00

Japan, Asia, Australia: $15.00 (Airmail); each additional LP add $7.00

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* A further note about my grading:  I rarely grade a previously owned record NM.  I do not use this grade unless the record is virtually flawless.  After NM, my highest grade is E, followed by VG+.  I do not use NM-, E-, VG++, or VG+++ or other so-called in-between grades.  VG+ should be very acceptable to most collectors.  I will only list a VG record if it is extremely rare and hard-to-find.

Guarantee: All records are unconditionally guaranteed.  I am a collector first, and make every effort to grade my records fairly and accurately.  Sometimes honest differences of opinion may arise.  If for any reason you are not satisfied with your purchase, please contact me before leaving negative feedback.  I will gladly refund your entire purchase price, including shipping, or make some other mutually satisfactory arrangement.  To activate this guarantee, you must notify me within one week of receipt of record and return the record to me in the same condition as received within two weeks.  Thanks.

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Please see my other gorgeous Sonny Rollins LP Blue Note BLP 4001 "Newk's Time" currently up for auction!

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