Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Les Stances Sophie (Nessa) 1st US pressing - misprint

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Artist:        ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO

Title:         LES STANCES A SOPHIE

Label:         NESSA

Catalogue # :        N - 4 (1st U.S. pressing; misprint)

Vinyl / Cover:        G / VG+

Side A:  “Thème De Yoyo”, “Thème De Céline”, “Variations Sur Un Thème De Monteverdi (I)”

Side B:  “Variations Sur Un Thème De Monteverdi (II)”, “Proverbes (I)”, “Thème Amour Universal”, “Thème Libre”, “Proverbes (II)”

Personnel:

Vocals – Fontella Bass

Saxophone, Percussion – Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell

Trumpet, Percussion – Lester Bowie

Double Bass – Malachi Favors

Vinyl:  At first glance the vinyl looks like a clean, solid VG+ record.  However, on closer inspection you’ll notice that there’s a significant dish warp and some weird vinyl imperfections that I’m guessing came from problems during pressing.  Visually the imperfections are almost imperceptible on the A-side, but are quite noticeable on the B-side if you hold the record at the right angle (see photo).  The photo may seem like the wavy vinyl imperfections are just in the small spot where the light is hitting the vinyl, but it’s actually throughout all of the B-side.  Sonically, this vinyl situation (and possibly the aforementioned warp) contributes noticeable surface noise on the A-side and a lot more surface noise on the B-side. 

To give you a better understanding, here’s an unedited audio clip of the first couple minutes of Side A:

Excerpt from “Theme De Yoyo”):

And here’s an unedited audio clip of the first 3 minutes of Side B:

“Variations Sur Un Thème De Monteverdi (II)” + and excerpt from “Proverbes (I)”

Both sides play all the way through on my turntable (not fancy) without skipping.  The noise seems to be entirely from the vinyl.  I’d say the A-side plays like a VG minus record (maybe VG) and the B-Side is more like a G.

Cover:  Both sides of the cover are in nice condition.  They are fairly clean with no writing, stickers or ring wear (see photos).  There is a faint, thin, white line that runs down the left side of front cover (see photo).  I don’t know what made it, but it’s fairly subtle.  All four corners are slightly rounded and the upper right corner is a little bent (not apparent from the photo).  These issues are all quite minor.  Overall, the record looks quite nice.  

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