FREDDIE McCOY Beans & Greens FROM 67-COOLY FUNKY GROOVES WITH FREDDIE ON VIBES
  $   31

 


$ 31 Sold For
Oct 14, 2015 Sold Date
Oct 6, 2015 Start Date
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FREDDIE McCOY Beans & Greens FROM 67-COOLY FUNKY GROOVES WITH FREDDIE ON VIBES






A MINT MINUS LP ON PRESTIGE 7542

FROM 1967 IN STEREO AND STILL WITH SHRINK WRAP OVER COVER!

PRODUCED BY CAL LAMPLEY AND RECORDED BY RUDY VAN GELDER WITH Van Gelder IMPRESSED IN THE DEAD WAX

WITH WALLY RICHARDON & DAVE BLUME ON ORGANS, WILBUR BASCOMB & EDDIE WILLIAMS ON TRUMPETS, JOANNE BRACKEEN ON PIANO, JOSEPH MACHO ON FENDER AND RAY LUCAS ON DRUMS

TRACKS AS SHOWN ON THE LABEL PHOTOS

BACKGROUND INFO FROM ALLMUSIC.COM WEBSITE:
Soul-jazz vibraphonist Freddie McCoy was never a hit with the critics, spending most of his time laying down coolly funky grooves and covering contemporary R&B and pop tunes (or doing original material in a similarly accessible vein). However, his albums later became underground collector's items among acid jazz and rare-groove enthusiasts. McCoy started out with Johnny "Hammond" Smith in 1961, then signed with Prestige and cut his first album, Lonely Avenue, in 1963. Over the next five years, McCoy cut seven albums for the label, highlighted by 1965's Spider Man, 1967's Beans and Greens, and 1968's Listen Here. His groups usually featured pianist/organist Joanne Brackeen, in some of her first work after temporarily retiring to raise her family. McCoy later recorded for the small Buddah subsidiary Cobblestone, debuting with Gimme Some!, a circa-1971 jazz-funk session featuring some trippy electric piano work. However, the label was short-lived, and McCoy disappeared from jazz after its demise.

COVER STOCK IN NEAR FINE CONDITION, SINCE IT HAS BEEN STORED IN A PLASTIC SLEEVE SINCE PURCHASE AND STILL HAS ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP. EDGES AND CORNERS ARE CLEAN AND SHARP. NOTCH CUT SLEEVE SIDE. NOTWITHSTANDING, A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS, SO PLEASE DO LOOK AT THE COVER PHOTOS TO ASCERTAIN COVER CONDITION.

VIRGIN SPINDLE HOLE. THE HIGH LUSTER VINYL
BLANK AT FIRST GLANCE OUT OF THE SLEEVE APPEARS UNUSUALLY PRISTINE AND TO HAVE NOT BEEN PLAYED, MUCH LESS TOUCHED, BEFORE NOW. UNDER BRIGHT ANGLED LIGHT AND ASSIDUOUS EXAMINATION A FEW LIGHT SURFACE RUB MARKS AND OR PAPER SLEEVE STORAGE IMPRESSIONS.

FROM A NOTED REVIEWER'S PRIVATE COLLECTION

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