HANK MOBLEY AND HIS ALL STARS : BLUE NOTE DEEP GROOVE
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HANK MOBLEY AND HIS ALL STARS. BLUE NOTE 1544. FIRST PRESSING in HEAVY VINYL with DEEP GROOVE on both sides. “47 West 63rd. New York 23.” writing on the labels with The EARS & the RVG STAMPS on the dead wax on both sides, a matrix number "BN - LP- 1544 – A – I" on face one and "BN - LP – 1544 - B" on side two. There's and also a "9 M" stamps on face one.-------- Presented for auction, this is a beautiful copy of this mono album.---------- The JACKET, a nice first pressing, is in VG condition with a small hand signature (?) on the back left cover. Of course, it does have some unavoidable spine wear but the front is mostly clean and solid.------- The VINYL is in VG++ condition with NO VISIBLE SCHRATCHS at the exception of few small and very superficial marks that you will NOT HEAR on the first cut ("Reunion") on the side one and a very small hairline at the beginning of the second title (“Ultramarine”) of the same side that you will NOT HEAR either.----------- The rest of the vinyl is UNMARKED, CLEAR and BRIGHT.------------- When played (on a THORENS 150 turntable with a SME arm, model 3009, and an ORTOFON SPU CLASSIC GM CARTRIDGE) the heavy vinyl sounds really amazing, clear and with a dynamic like only the DEEP GROOVES of the fifties can provide.----------- There is a very little background noise that you will notice only in the most quiet moment of the recording (in fact, during a short bass solo and at the end of both sides). There’s also few “clicks” on both sides but nothing annoying and nothing that you can’t eliminate, if not completely, at least partially with a good cleaning by a VPI machine. -------------------------------------------------- About the Music: This LP features the "Who's Who" of late-'50s hard bop: the tenor-leader, vibraphonist Milt Jackson, pianist Horace Silver, bassist Doug Watkins and drummer Art Blakey . The quintet performs five Mobley compositions (best is the lyrical "Mobley's Musings). One's attention is constantly drawn to the inventive solos and Art Blakey’s roaring "accompaniment." An above-average effort from some of the best. (from All Music Guide)
