Blue Note COMPULSION Andrew Hill 4217 New York usa LP

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ANDREW HILL with FREDDIE HUBBARD, JOHN GILMORE and others - COMPULSION - ORIGINAL BLUE NOTE MONO LP BLP-4217

· ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

· ORIGINAL WHITE AND BLUE  'BLUE NOTE' LABELS WITH 'NEW YORK, USA' ADDRESS ON THE LABELS 

· THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING;

Compulsion !!!!!

Andrew Hill on Microgroove Blue Note with Van Gelder Stamp In Deadwax

 Cover (and original inner sleeve) :VG (to)VG+   aging signs usual, slight ring wear discoloration, the top & bottom right side two corners have 1'inch minor split. 

On back cover is the full address, " Blue Note Records Inc., 43 West 61st St., New York 23 ".

 Record:VG++ (to) NM-   close to like new –  just sleeve scuffs inflicted in storage over the years- [barely] visible. The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings.  Mono pressing of this title is much rarer, and by far more preferable to its stereo counterpart.

Compulsion continues Andrew Hill's progression, finding the pianist writing more complex compositions and delving even further into the avant-garde. Working with a large, percussion-heavy band featuring Freddie Hubbard (trumpet, flugelhorn), John Gilmore (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet), Cecil McBee (bass), Joe Chambers (drums), Renaud Simmons (conga), Nadi Qamar (percussion), and, for one track, Richard Davis (bass), Hill has created one of his most challenging dates. The extra percussion is largely used for texture, as is the dueling bass on "Premonition," and that's one of the reasons why the record is so interesting -- it's a provocative, occasionally unsettling set of shifting tonal colors. Hill's compositions often seem more like sketches and blueprints than full-fledged songs. This, of course, is not a bad thing, since this approach allows the musicians room to improvise and discover evocative new sounds. Overall, Compulsion doesn't hold together as well as Black Fire or Point of Departure, but the session has enough fiery, challenging highlights to make it necessary for Hill fans.

(EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY STEPHEN THOMAS ERLEWINE, ALL MUSIC GUIDE /ALLMUSIC.COM/)