BILL EVANS SUNDAY AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD MFSL ULTRADISC ONE-STEP 45 RPM 2LP NEW

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ARTIST:  Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro, Paul Motian

TITLE: Sunday at the Village Vanguard

LABEL:  Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Ultradisc One-Step 45RPM 2LP

CATALOG #: UD-1S 002

COUNTRY: USA

CONDITION  (VISUAL GRADING):  FACTORY SEALED (FS), WITH CRISP CORNERS, ABOUT AS PERFECT A COPY AS YOU WILL FIND ANYWHERE

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Mastered from the Original Master Tapes With Mobile Fidelity's One-Step Process: Sunday at the Village Vanguard UD1S 45RPM Box Set the Ultimate Analog Version of Bill Evans' 1961 Jazz Staple

Deluxe Packaging Includes Opulent Box, Special Jackets and Unique Bonus Artwork: No Expense Spared, Strictly Limited to 3000 Numbered Copies

Gorgeous Romanticism, Seamless Chemistry, Group Interplay, and Symbiotic Trio Performances Forever Changed Jazz: Evans' Live Masterwork Boasts Brilliant Sound, Lyrical Pianism, Magical Feel

The gorgeous romanticism of Bill Evans' Sunday at the Village Vanguard cannot be overstated. Neither can the iconic record's place in history – nor what it signifies to generations upon generations of listeners hypnotized by the consummate playing, resplendent compositions, and seamless chemistry. Originally released in1961, the live set remains the gold standard for symbiotic trio performance, empathy, and communication. Because of Orrin Keepnews' brilliant recording, it also survives as one of the best-sounding jazz albums extant – a fact confirmed by its appearance on multiple reissues over the past few decades. But it's never sounded better than this.

Evans' masterwork reaches three-dimensional sonic and emotional heights never before attained by analog recordings on this opulent Mobile Fidelity UD1S box set complete with special jackets and a unique insert. Strictly numbered to 3000 copies, this ultra-hi-fi audiophile edition literally and figuratively brings you closer to the music of this Riverside staple that, along with the complementary Waltz for Debby, transformed Evans into a legend and became a blueprint for how jazz trios should work together. You'll enjoy deep-black backgrounds, pointillistic details, and staggering dynamics. Experienced via UD1S, Sunday at the Village Vanguard places Evans and his esteemed colleagues in your listening room. Every note, breath, and movement captured by the microphones are reproduced with exquisite accuracy and wowing clarity.

The deluxe packaging and gorgeous presentation of this Sunday at the Village Vanguard pressing befit its extremely select status. Housed in an opulent box, this UD1S edition contains special jackets and unique bonus artwork that further illuminate the splendor of the recording. No expense has been spared. Aurally and visually, this Sunday at the Village Vanguard is a curatorial artifact meant to be preserved, poured over, touched, and examined. It is made for discerning listeners that prize sound and creativity, and who desire to fully immerse themselves in the music – and everything involved with the album, from the graphics to the textures.

Recorded just ten days before bassist Scott LaFaro perished in a car accident, Sunday at the Village Vanguard changed the way jazz trios were perceived by audiences and musicians alike. Up until Evans, LaFaro, and drummer Paul Motian proved otherwise, a trio configuration meant two sidemen served as rhythmic support to spotlight the virtuosity of a headline performer or primary soloist. Here, the three instrumentalists operate in complete unison and achieve supreme democratic balance. Expressing their intent via shared conversations, they alight on sublime pieces flush with thematic discovery, improvisational dialog, and raw feeling.

A quest for discovery informs the music as well as the playing. Evans' lyrical pianism met at every turn by LaFaro's chorded responses and harmonic counterpoints. Indeed, Sunday at the Village Vanguard remains LaFaro's standout moment, his soloing helping shape the melodies and striking a keen equilibrium between modality and traditionalism. Joining poignant renditions of Miles Davis, Cole Porter, and Gershwin numbers, two LaFaro originals – "Jade Visions" and the opening "Gloria's Step" – further demonstrate his genius. They furnish the album a supernatural aura that matches the jovial mood of the musicians. It's impossible to think this album could be improved in any way. Particularly now that this UD1S pressing brings the Village Vanguard into your room. Prepare to witness history. Again and again.

More About Mobile Fidelity UltraDisc One-Step and Why It Is Superior:
Instead of utilizing the industry-standard three-step lacquer process, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab's new UltraDisc One-Step (UD1S) uses only one step, bypassing two processes of generational loss. While three-step processing is designed for optimum yield and efficiency, UD1S is created for the ultimate in sound quality. Just as Mobile Fidelity pioneered the UHQR (Ultra High-Quality Record) with JVC in the 1980s, UD1S again represents another state-of-the-art advance in the record-manufacturing process. MFSL engineers begin with the original master tapes and meticulously cut a set of lacquers. These lacquers are used to create a very fragile, pristine UD1S stamper called a "convert." Delicate "converts" are then formed into the actual record stampers, producing a final product that literally and figuratively brings you closer to the music. By skipping the additional steps of pulling another positive and an additional negative, as done in the three-step process used in standard pressings, UD1S produces a final LP with the lowest noise floor possible today. The removal of the additional two steps of generational loss in the plating process reveals tremendous amounts of extra musical detail and dynamics, which are otherwise lost due to the standard copying process. The exclusive nature of these very limited pressings guarantees that every UD1S pressing serves as an immaculate replica of the lacquer sourced directly from the original master tape. Every conceivable aspect of vinyl production is optimized to produce the most perfect record album available today.

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Records can provide fantastic, state-of-the-art sound quality, however, just like all other formats, they are not a perfect medium: very few records play perfectly without any surface noise.

IF you're looking for perfection, we wish you the best of luck, but PLEASE LOOK ELSEWHERE.

Also, please note: ANYTHING GRADED LESS THAN EXCELLENT WILL PLAY WITH MORE SURFACE NOISE.

How we grade:  All LPs are graded visually, under careful inspection by collector/dealers, with many years' experience at LP evaluation.  Some of the most sought-after (and/or more questionable-looking) LPs will be play-graded on a fine 2-channel analogue system.  IF the LP has been play-graded, that will be stated in the listing - - but in any case, all LPs are carefully scrutinized, and described to the best of our abilities. We do realize, of course, that a visual estimation can be mistaken - - in that unfortunate case, we plead humanity - - we are not perfect, either - - and offer our apologies, in that hopefully-rare instance where this occurs.

We do not automatically down-grade an LP for paper-rubs or light scuffs - -  only for scratches.  It has been our experience that often-times a scuff or paper-rub, or a discoloration in the vinyl might not sound at all. A further distinction is made between feel-able scratches, and those light scratches which are visible, but cannot be felt by careful, gentle probing. Any LP graded ABOVE the grade of VG should contain only non-feel-able scratches (IF any at all). If there is a feel-able scratch on an LP side, that side should be graded VG or lower.

RECORD JACKETS  We do not assign letter-grades to record jackets, preferring, instead, to simply list any particular defects, OR merits, of a particular cover. Defects would include sticker-pulls, seam-splits, cut-out holes, browning, foxing, ring-wear, or discoloration of the cover, etc. IF, on the other hand, a cover is like-new in appearance, or still has the original shrink-wrap, that, too might be mentioned.

INDIVIDUAL SIDES  We DO assign grades to EACH INDIVIDUAL SIDE of an LP; when, however, the grade assigned to each side is the same, then you will see only ONE letter-grade. When you see more than one grade given, with a slash-mark (/) between them (for example, E/- would signify that one side on an LP is excellent, and the other, excellent-minus.

BOX SETS  In the case of box sets, again, we grade EACH individual side: If you see, for example 6E/-/V+ for a grade, that would mean a four-record set, wherein six sides are graded excellent, one side, excellent-minus, and the last one, VG+...and so on.

OUR GRADING SCALE:

FS (or sealed, or factory-sealed)  A new LP, with the shrink-wrap never opened  (PLEASE NOTE): For this category only, we do not accept returns, if the LP has been opened.

E (or Ex, or Exc)  =  Excellent   This is our highest grade for a used LP.  Such an LP has been very well cared-for by a collector, and contains no scratches expected to sound. Theoretically, an LP listed in this condition should contain no more than (roughly) half-a-dozen ticks per side, often even better than some brand-new discs play out. Our E grade is the equivalent of some other dealers' NM, or possibly others' NM-minus, or yet others' A.

E- (or E-minus, or Exc-minus) This signifies that the LP is still quite well cared-for, but may contain one or two VERY light scratches, which are NOT expected to produce much surface-noise. This grade is roughly equivalent to some other dealers' NM-minus, yet others' NM-minus-minus, and yet others', A-, or A-minus.

V+ (or VG+, or Very Good-Plus)  An LP which is assigned this grade still is in VERY POSITIVE condition, with a few more light marks than an E-minus would have. A disc in this condition is expected to have some light surface-noise, however it should not be expected to interfere much with the enjoyment of the music for MOST collectors. Our V+ is roughly equivalent to some dealers' Exc-minus, some others' NM minus-minus, yet others', B+.

PLEASE NOTE: Below the above level is where we would expect the amount of surface-noise to begin to bother most collectors. If you are bothered by ANY surface-noise, please do us, and yourself, a favor, and do not buy anything graded less than E  (or look elsewhere, for those fortunate individuals who have the time to listen to every second of every LP, and grade them accordingly).

V (or VG, or Very Good):  This grade may (or may not) contain one or two feel-able scratches. It is possible, however (best-case scenario) that such an LP might tick loudly for, perhaps, half a minute or less, and yet, the rest of the LP might play flawlessly. We would generally encourage only those collectors who consider yourselves pretty tolerant of surface-noise to pursue an LP in this condition.  Our V is roughly equivalent to some dealers' VG or VG-minus, and yet others' B, or B-minus.  You will not generally see us list records below this condition, unless they are very scarce and/or desirable.

In decreasing desirability, the remainder of our grading scale would be V- (or VG-, or Very Good minus), then G+, or Good-Plus, then G (or Good, which really ISN'T so good (we didn't originate this grading-system, by the way - - it has been in conventional use since the early 1970s)  G-minus, or Good-minus, F (or Fair) and finally, P (or Poor) . If you see records listed in VG-minus or lower condition in our listings, they all describe what we consider to be just a stop-gap copy - - just so that the collector can say that he DOES have a copy of the title...or, that he/she "bought it for the cover".

One more note about grading:  We do occasionally buy records for our own collections from ebay, and have noted a trend among SOME of the dealers to list every disc as being in VG+ condition. Many times we buy these, hoping that they meet our own standards for that condition; some of them seem to have no audible defects at all, but others turn out to be in execrable condition. Our advice is to GET TO KNOW YOUR DEALERS - - and their grading. We certainly hope you will find our own to be as described, or better.

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