Archie Shepp-John Tchicai – Rufus- NM Free Jazz Vinyl LP – Japan RE w/Insert

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Archie Shepp is one of my personal favorite tenor sax players, and one of my favorite jazz performers overall.  He was one of the leaders of the free jazz movement, performing with Coltrane on the classics A Love Supreme and Ascension.  His own library is filled with beautiful, compelling music.  For this collection he collaborated with another brilliant sax player.  John Tchicai is a Danish musician and composer who recorded primarily in Europe and released nearly 70 stunning albums. This is a beautiful free jazz experience. The album was released on the Japanese Fontana label in 1984, number 195J-26.  This is a reissue of the album originally released only in the Netherlands and in the UK in 1966. The album has never been released on any medium in the US. The insert liner notes sheet, written in Japanese, is included. The vinyl is in pristine condition with its bright original luster and no scratches or scuffs.  It plays with virtually no background noise.  The vinyl grades NM.  The album cover shows ring wear and corner and edge wear including a two inch split on the open side of the top seam and significant scraping on the spine.  The cover grades VG. 

Track List:
Rufus  (Swung, His Face At Last To The Wind, Then His Neck Snapped)
Nettus

Hoppin’
For Helved
Funeral

Grading Information

I use four grades in my grading:  NM, VG+, VG, and G.  The only exception is a sealed album which is presumed to have vinyl in mint condition.  My NM grading means that the vinyl looks and plays as though it is the first time out of the sleeve.  The VG+ rating is used on any album that plays great but has one or two small defects.  It may have a pop here and there or some occasional background static.  On a VG album you can expect that, typically, this album will play great, but you’ll see more defects on this than your VG+ rated album.   Most often the VG rated album may even play well enough to be graded VG+, but the color or blemishes drop the grading.  Likewise, you may occasionally find an album that looks almost NM but the sound quality just isn’t there.  That’s why I play every album first, because this does happen.  In this case the vinyl will be graded VG.  Occasionally I will list an album with a grade of G. This is one where I consider the collectible value of the album to be great enough that the copy being presented is worth having as a filler copy.

Shipping Information – Combined Shipping

Canada shipping is calculated based on weight using US Postal Service rates.  Combined shipping is also welcomed here and does result in significant per-album cost savings.  The first album will be shipped for $21.  Additional albums will be shipped for $6 per album, with up to four pounds able to be shipped before we need to use International Priority shipping.  At that point we will work together on final determination of shipping cost. 

Shipments to outside the US and Canada will vary depending on your country.  Typically the cost per album will be no more than $27.  Combined shipping is welcome here as well, at a cost of $10 per additional album up to the maximum of four pounds.

All albums will be shipped in specially designed album hard cardboard mailers with a cardboard insert to prevent damage upon opening.  The vinyl is removed from the cover and presented in a new poly sleeve.  I am committed to one day turnaround on shipments.  If I receive payment before 7:00 AM Central Time I will package and ship that same day.

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