THELONIOUS MONK • THE UNIQUE • 1956 ORIGINAL MONO RIVERSIDE 12-209 WHITE LABEL

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$ 344 Sold For

Mar 4, 2016 Sold Date

Feb 23, 2016 Start Date

$ 99 Start price

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Bass – OSCAR PETTIFORD
Drums – ART BLAKEY
Piano – THELONIOUS MONK

THE   SEVEN–SONG UNIQUE THELONIOUS MONK (1956) PLATTER   WAS   THE PIANIST’S
SECOND DURING HIS REMARKABLE FIVE-YEAR TENURE ON “RIVERSIDE”. HIS DEBUT FOR
THE LABEL WAS THE APTLY TITLED “PLAYS DUKE ELLINGTON” (1955) .    THE WELL-CHOSEN
STANDARDS    INCLUDED EXEMPLIFY   AND   HELP FURTHER    ESTABLISH   THE PIANIST AND
BANDLEADER WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF FAMILIAR MELODIES AT THE HEAD OF A TRIO ---
CONSISTING OF OSCAR PETTIFORD (BASS) AND ART BLAKEY (DRUMS) –––– UP FOR AUCTION
AN ORIGINAL FIRST DEEP GROOVE MONO PRESSING FROM 1956 ON THE “RIVERSIDE” WHITE
LABEL... CRISP, UNMARKED FRAMED COVER. THE VINYL RECORD HAS SOLID SHEEN, APPEARS
AS HARDLY PLAYED ON SIDE ONE WHILE THE REVERSE DOES HAVE A FEWER ULTRA LIGHT
MARKS AND MILD INNER SLEEVE STORAGE IMPRESSIONS ... VERY NICE LISTENING EXPERIENCE
WITH A HINT OF BACKGROUND NOISE ON QUIET PASSAGES.

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