HANK MOBLEY SEXTET HANK INSANELY RARE ORIG '57 BLUE NOTE MONO LP 1560 63d EAR DG

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·      HANK MOBLEY SEXTET FEATURING DONALD BYRD, JOHNNY JENKINS, BOBBY TIMMONS, PHILLY JOE JONES AND WILBUR WARE – THE SELF-TITLED 1957 BLUE NOTE ALBUM (“HANK”) – ULTRA-RARE ORIGINAL 1957 BLUE NOTE MONO LP BLP-1560

·      ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·      ALTHOUGH NOTHING ON THIS ALBUM WILL SPECIFICALLY INDICATE SO, WE CAN CONFIRM THAT THIS ALBUM COMES FROM THE ESTATE OF NONE OTHER THAN HORACE SILVER, ONE OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF THE MODERN JAZZ, LEGENDARY JAZZ PIANIST AND HANK MOBLEY'S LABEL MATE AND OCCASIONAL BANDMATE. WHEN HORACE SILVER PASSED AWAY IN 2014, HIS COLLECTION WAS BEQUEATHED TO HIS SON, GREGORY SILVER (A/K/A RAP ARTIST 'G WISE'). GREGORY SILVER HIMSELF PASSED AWAY IN 2021, AND FRAGMENTS OF HIS FATHER'S COLLECTION - SUCH AS THIS AMAZINGLY RARE ITEM - WERE ACQUIRED BY THIS SELLER THROUGH THE THIRD PARTIES.

·      ORIGINAL WHITE AND BLUE 'BLUE NOTE' LABEL WITH 63RD  STREET, NEW YORK',  ADDRESS ON THE LABEL

·      DEEP GROOVE PRESSING

·      The record has an "EAR" symbol (a pretzel-like engravure about 1/4-inch/6mm long) in the trail-off vinyl, which on SOME jazz labels is associated with very early or first pressings)

·      The record has a Rudy Van Gelder’s name or  his initials (RVG) clearly stamped or hand-etched in the trail-off vinyl (dead wax)

·      NO Registered Trademark symbol  [®] at the bottom part of the label !

·      THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·      ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·      ORIGINAL LAMINATED COVER

·      CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·      THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

 (►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you’ll get.  GUARANTEED!)

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Hank Mobley is cool. So is the Blue Note 1500 series. There's something about those early Blue Note recordings of the mid-1950s. They've got just a little bit of edge, a little more "rawness" to them than the slicker sounding 4000 series of later on--almost like everything was not as rehearsed and therefore the musicians are slightly on guard and maybe slighly more adventurous. I don't know. Anyway, so far I've not heard a Mobley recording I haven't liked. And Blue Note in the 1500 series excelled in the cover art department. Grab this one while it is still out there. The LP sounds great.

TRACK LISTING:

A1 - Fit For A Hanker

A2 - Hi Groove, Low Feed-Back

B1 - Easy To Love

B2 - Time After Time

B3 - Dance Of The Infidels

Tenor Saxophone – Hank Mobley

Trumpet – Donald Byrd

Alto Saxophone – John Jenkins

Bass – Wilbur Ware

Drums – "Philly" Joe Jones

Piano – Bobby Timmons

Cover Design – Tom Hannan

Liner Notes – Ira Gitler

Photography – Francis Wolff

Producer – Alfred Lion

Recorded and mastered by Rudy Van Gelder

Recorded on April 21, 1957.

Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey

Pressed By – Plastylite

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·      CONDITION:

·      RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)         WE GRADE THE VINYL AS STRONG VERY GOOD+ . CAUTION: The vinyl is NOT MINT or NEAR MINT, but is nevertheless in a very nice and clean condition. There are some surface marks and abrasions, mostly light and superficial, although some may be longer than 2 inches (1 inch = 2.5 centimeters)

(b)         A note about the condition of this record: as you can see,  the condition of this album is not mint or near mint; however, we will never stop marveling at how these old Blue Note records, despite their wear STILL manage to play almost two levels above their visual grade. Simply put: the record plays much better than it looks. This record WAS play-graded.

(c)         The record has a "deep groove" (an indent in the label about 1/2-inch from the edge of the label, which on SOME labels is associated with very early or first pressings)

(d)         The record has a ►Rudy Van Gelder name, or  his initials (RVG) stamped or hand-etched in the trail-off vinyl (dead wax). On SOME  Jazz labels (Blue Note, Savoy, Regent, Prestige, Impulse, Verve…) this stamp signifies highly professional masterings either done by - or  personally authorized by - the legendary engineer himself.

(e)         The record has an "ear" symbol (a pretzel-like engravure about 1/4-inch/6mm long) in the trail-off vinyl, which on SOME  jazz and blues labels (such as Blue Note; Folkways; Period, etc…) is associated with very early or first pressings). The 'ear' symbol is actually a letter 'P' in italic script, denoting a pressing made by Plastilite Corporation’s pressing plant.

(f)          Stereo copies of this album are NOT known to exist.

(g)         Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·      COVER (THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, LAMINATED, GLOSSY COVER):

THE COVER IS ABOUT VERY GOOD+ (VG+)

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-       Cover has a partially split bottom seam (between 1 and 2 inches  / 2.5 to 5 centimeters)

-       Cover has some light ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 1  (front side) and 4 (back side)

-       Back cover has circular tarnish (grayish, dust-covered sections, which closely follow the contour of the record),  probably caused by friction or by rubbing against other covers during the storage. The tarnish is similar in appearance to a common ring wear, but, UNLIKE ring wear, these grayish areas may be possible to clean up with a minor effort and with a right cleansing solution.

-       Back cover has a few yellowish dust speckles scattered here and there.

-       The laminated cover has a slight loss (flaking) of lamination along the opening edge (this is a common problem with most laminated 50’s and 60’s covers; lamination is just beginning to peel-off along the opening edge; however, since the underlying layer of the cover is ALSO laminated, the peeled-off spots are only a minor visual distraction

-       Back cover has a small peel-off mark, probably from the careless removal of the price sticker (less than ¼ square inch in size)

-       Cover has a minor wrinkle (crease) in the cardboard base on the front panel

-       Cover has one corner slightly worn / dinged (nothing significant)

-       Cover shows some yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging.

-       Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the bottom seam (VISIBLE ON FRONT SIDE ONLY)

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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