JONI MITCHELL Mingus 1979 UK ASYLUM 1st PRESS TRI-FOLD COVER - BARELY PLAYED
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£ 33
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Feb 12, 2016
Sold Date
Feb 2, 2016
Start Date
£ 24
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JONI MITCHELL Mingus 1979 UK ASYLUM 1st PRESS TRI-FOLD COVER - BARELY PLAYED
JONI MITCHELLMingus
UK ASYLUM (K 53091) FIRST PRESSING (July 1979)
AN OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL COPY - POSSIBLY PLAYED JUST ONCE OR TWICE
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE ASYLUM LABELS
MATRIX: K 53091 - A1 STRAWBERRY / K 53091 - B1 STRAWBERRY
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL "Garrod & Lofthouse" TRI-GATEFOLD SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE WITH UK PATENT NUMBERS AND "MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN" PRINTED IN BLACK
In the months prior to the passing of legendary jazz bassist Charles Mingus, Joni Mitchell had been personally summoned by the jazz-bop pioneer to collaborate on a musical version of T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets. The project would entail Mitchell to condense the text for Mingus to score instrumentally. He planned on utilising a full orchestra, as well as the more traditional guitar and bass. They would accompany Mitchell's vocals and the narration of selected portions of the text.
After a few weeks of consideration, Mitchell's reaction was that "[she]'d rather condense the bible." Mingus then bestowed Mitchell with six melodies -- "Joni I" through "Joni VI" -- penned specifically for her.
Mitchell spent a few weeks with Mingus -- who was totally immobilised from amyotropic lateral sclerosis (aka Lou Gehrig's Disease) -- during the spring of 1978. Their partnership advanced the half-dozen tunes. More importantly, it shook Mitchell from a three-month long writer's block - yielding two of her best late-'70s compositions: "God Must Be a Boogie Man" and the revisitation and completion of a track she'd been working on, now titled "The Wolf That Lives in Lindsey."
Initial recordings during Mitchell's stay with Mingus in New York City produced several interesting experimental sessions with the likes of Stanley Clarke (bass), Jan Hammer (keyboards), John McLaughlin (guitar), Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax), and Tony Williams (drums). A few of these recordings -- while rumoured to have been lost surfaced in the late '90s.
Arguably, Mitchell could not have chosen any finer musicians than the sextet she ultimately incorporated into this work. The luminaries include Herbie Hancock (electric piano), Wayne Shorter (soprano sax), Jaco Pastorious (bass/horn arrangements), Peter Erskine (drums), Don Alias (congas), and Emil Richards (percussion). Sprinkled amongst these soulfully jazzy pieces are five "raps," or aural snapshots of the time Mitchell and Mingus spent together. Sadly, Charles Mingus passed before he was able to listen to this timeless and ageless paean to his remarkable contributions to bop and free jazz
Side 1:
Happy Birthday 1975 (Rap) (0:57)
God Must Be A Boogie Man (4:33)
Funeral (Rap) (1:07)
A Chair In The Sky (6:40)
The Wolf That Lives In Lindsey (6:33)
Side 2:
I's A Muggin' (Rap) (0:07)
Sweet Sucker Dance (8:06)
Coin In The Pocket (Rap) (0:11)
The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines (3:22)
Lucky (Rap) (0:03)
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (5:41)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels with one/two spindle traces
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both vinyl surfaces shine like-new
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT+
This barely played and carefully handled copy delivers superb sound quality throughout and plays beautifully with nothing to fault bar an odd one-off static tick but I did not clean this copy as it looks immaculate so these will no doubt disappear after a clean/few spins - practically as-new
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT+
Slight bumps to the corners - nothing really - otherwise NEAR MINT - clean and sharp
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: FREE (2nd class standard)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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