THELONIOUS MONK UNIQUE AUDIOPHILE 45 RPM LOW NUMBERED #138+BRILLANT CORNERS SET

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 Thelonious Monk THE UNIQUE  - 45 Speed AUDIOPHILE LIMITED TO 1000 PIECES - DOUBLE LP SET -  LOW NUMBERED Numbered 138 Pressing. THIS IS OUR LAST COPY FOREVER ONCE SOLD GONE FOREVER

+ FOR THE COLLECTOR WE HAVE A PRISTINE NEW COPY WITHOUT JACKET OF BRILLANT CORNERS -  WHEN THIS 45 SET WAS ORIGINALLY RELEASED AND THERE WAS A BIT OF SURFACE NOISE POTENTIALLY ON THE 2ND SIDE OF THIS  SEALED RELEASE AND ACOUSTIC SOUNDS SENT OUT A REPRESS OF THE SET TO ALL THAT HAD PURCHASED THE PRESSING TO CORRECT THIS FLAW. THE 2LP'S HAVE NO JACKET BUT HAVE THE AUDIOPHILE SLEEVE THAT WENT ALONG WITH THE NEW LP'S TO REPLACE THE OLD. WE ONLY HAD ONE COPY AND OURS HAD PLAYED PREFECTLY. SO WE HAVE THESE TWO OUT OF JACKET PRISTNE PIECES OF 45 RPM VINYL AND WE ARE ADDING THEM TO THIS LISTING SO SOME ELSE CAN EJOY THIS MASTER OF VINYL

Here's How it was done:

Using only the original analog master tapes, the renowned team of Steve Hoffman & Kevin Gray remastered and cut all of the titles at AcousTech Mastering, which features a pure Class-A disc-cutting system. AcousTech is located at Record Technology, Inc. the plant where the vinyl was pressed. It is a tremendous sonic advantage to have the pressing plant plating department & mastering room in the same facility as Steve & Kevin could cut a lacquer and plated immediately. This prevents the degradation of the grooves in a lacquer which is very fragile to quick deterioration.

And of course cutting at 45 speed is the audiophile choice for the highes quality. A 45-RPM record is sonically superior to a 33 1/3 variety because of a 35 percent reduction of groove curvature compared to a 33 1/3 cut.. It means that while you can't fit as much music into a 45, the undukations of the groove that your cartridge has to track are stretched over a longer distance. For these reissues, the music was displaced onto four sides, meaning each side contains about 10 minutes of music.

This is the ultimate reissues. The only way you'll get closer to this classic music is to listen to the master tapes or have been in the studio with the artist originally during the actual session.

THE UNIQUE Monk's second album for Riverside continued the label's initial plan to broaden his audience by the use of recognizable standard tunes instead of his somewhat frightening originals. Thelonious' uncompromising performances, along with major league support (Art Blakey and Oscar Pettiford) and strong material, helped to turn this concept into lastingly superior jazz. Particularly notable are Monk's sharp thrusts of humor on such well-worn pieces as "Honeysuckle Rose" and "Tea for Two." The album's impact was strengthened by one of the most unique covers ever devised. Riverside went so far as to print near-postage-sized Monk stamps, quite a few of which reportedly found their way through the actual mail.

Track Listings

                1.            Liza (All the Cloud'll Roll Away)

                2.            Memories of You

                3.            Honeysuckle Rose

                4.            Darn That Dream

                5.            Tea for Two

                6.            You are too Beautiful

                7.            Just You, Just Me

  BRILLANT CORNERS Monk's third Riverside album — the first to include horns and emphasize his orginal compositions — is recognized as the first major step in his rise from being considered a mere eccentric to rightful acceptance as a true jazz giant. Brilliant Corners has an all-star cast featuring Sonny Rollins, Max Roach, and Clark Terry — and it took real stars to master some of Thelonious's most difficult and brilliant music.

                Side 1

                Brilliant Corners

                Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues-are

Side 2

                Pannonica

                I Surrender, Dear

                Bemsha Swing

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