Charles Mingus - Mingus Dynasty 1960 Original Columbia 6-Eye CS8236
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Charles Mingus ~ Mingus Dynasty
1960 Original, 1st (6-Eye) pressing.
Columbia Records - CS 8236
Vinyl is EX+ to EX++, mostly EX++
Vinyl looks EX++ : light marks and a few, faint, small scuffs.
Vinyl plays EX+ to Mint-, mostly EX++ to Mint- : light background crackle and faint, occasional clicks; some short segments with moderate crackle and clicks (EX+).
Labels are EX++ : light marks.
Cover is EX- to EX: 1" tear bottom-right; bends, wear and indentations.
Includes a HQ inner-sleeve which the vinyl is stored in after being machine-cleaned and thoroughly graded.
Out of print original ~
Mingus Ah Um catapulted Charles Mingus from a much-discussed semi-underground figure to a near-universally accepted and acclaimed leader in modern jazz. Perhaps that's why his Columbia follow-up, Mingus Dynasty, is often overlooked in his canon -- it's lost in the shadow of its legendary predecessor, both because of that album's achievement and the fact that it's just a notch below the uppermost echelon of Mingus' work. Having said that, Mingus Dynasty is still an excellent album -- in fact, it's a testament to just how high a level Mingus was working on that an album of this caliber could have gotten lost in the shuffle. There's a definite soundtrack quality to a great deal of the music here, and indeed the majority of Mingus' originals here were composed for film and television scores and an expanded, nine- to ten-piece group. On some pieces, Mingus refines and reworks territory he'd previously hit upon. "Slop," for example, is another gospel-inflected 6/8 stormer, composed for a TV production that requested a piece similar to "Better Get It in Your Soul." The ferocious "Gunslinging Bird" follows a similar pattern, and it's the same piece whose full title -- "If Charlie Parker Were a Gunslinger, There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats" -- is given elsewhere. There are a couple of numbers from the Ellington songbook that both feature cellos -- "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" and a fantastic, eight-minute "Mood Indigo" -- and a couple of pieces that rely on the even more tightly orchestrated approach of Mingus' pre-Pithecanthropus Erectus days -- "Far Wells, Mill Valley" and the atonal but surprisingly tender and melodic "Diane." The CD reissue of Mingus Dynasty -- like that of its predecessor -- restores the full-length versions of some songs that had portions of solos edited for time on the original LP release.
-allmusic
There may be some camera-glare on the cover and other surfaces from the lighting.
The last picture is of a blank sleeve (not included) to show the water-mark that is faintly in the pictures.
Packaged protectively for safe and secure shipping.
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