ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO Chi Congo 1971 Japan 1st Press Spiritual Free Jazz MINT

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ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO: “Chi-Congo”

Label: Odeon Records

Label Number: OP-88010

Original 1971 Japan 1st original pressing in TOP Condition. Mfd. By Toshiba Musical Industries – flawless high quality pressing.  

GRADING:

LP Record: Near Mint, ARCHIVAL condition

Jacket: Excellent – has lower middle seam split and very faint wear.

Some words on this issue: ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO: “Chi Congo” (Odeon – OP-88010) Freaking rare original Japanese pressing on black wax. A lost chapter in the career of the Art Ensemble Of Chicago -- an obscure early 70s album, issued by the mostly-blues Paula Records label in Louisiana, and one of the hardest to find albums in their catalog! The album features 3 long tracks -- "Chi-Congo", "Enlorfe", and "Hippparippp" -- played in an open and inventive style that recalls the best of the group's work in Paris at the end of the 60s. The core group manages to get their hands on more instruments than you'd hear from the entire percussion section of an orchestra -- and with amazing results! “Chi Congo is a wonderful primer to the fierce, chaotic and ever-shifting world that embodies their expansive sound and scope. Recorded in Paris in 1970, here AEC's lineup featured Lester Bowie, Malachi Favors, Roscoe Mitchell, Maurice McIntyre and Joseph Jarman, all playing an assortment of "little instruments," percussion, brass, and woodwinds--a list that's really too long to reprint. Most notably, however, is that this set features the first session by drummer Don Moye. Chi Congo is a barrage of noise, spirit, soul, restraint, and exuberance. As the liner-notes state, "The band's future is uncertain, but its past is quite glorious." Features a great cover shot of AEC in all their freaky, Afro-centric glory as a bonus. Great Black music for sure.” [DG for Other Music]. Rare Japanese pressing

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Our grading scale: Mint/ Near Mint/ Excellent/ VG++/. We don’t sell anything below VG++. VG++ grade is basically that the record has some scuffs and has wear. Excellent: record has hardly no visible defects and is preserved with care and attention, the condition most collectors take pride in to file away. Near Mint: a dash below mint, just perfect. Mint: like new.

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