Lee Morgan – Sidewinder – Hard Bop Vinyl LP – Original Blue Note Deep Groove
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Description
Lee Morgan was one of the greats of the bop era. He recorded with the greats of the 50’s and 60’s. He was a sideman with Dizzy Gillespie’s band, and perhaps his most celebrated performance is his solo on the title track of John Coltrane’s “Blue Train” album. In addition he recorded over 30 solo albums in his all too short life. This is one of his most highly regarded albums, with the title track now a jazz standard. It’s a beautiful, classic album. The album even made the top 25 on the pop charts in 1965, which was not easy to do when competing with the British Invasion and all the other emerging rock performers. This is one of those classic albums all music fans should own. It is particularly rare as it is an original release, and according to the label, only about 4000 copies were made originally. The album was released on the legendary Blue Note label in 1964, number BLP 4157. This is the original mono release with the deep groove label. The vinyl still has its bright original luster. Side one has a couple of significant scratches that result in a couple of hops on the title track. Side two has a couple of light surface scratches. Overall the vinyl plays with light background noise throughout and grades VG. The side one label is missing. The album cover shows age wear and discoloration. There is a ten inch split on the open side of the bottom seam. The top seam and spine show wear but are intact. There is a name written in pen on the back and another name scratched on the front. There is also an ink scribble mark on the front. The cover grades VG.
Album Tracks:
The Sidewinder
Totem Pole
Gary’s Notebook
Boy, What A Night
Hocus-Pocus
Grading Information
I always clean and then listen to every record I list on eBay. I do this to make sure I can give as accurate a description of each record as possible. I will do both a visual check and an audio check. I absolutely attempt to give as objective a grading as I can. I don’t ever want you to be disappointed in the quality of the album you receive. My promise is that I will never put up for auction any album that I would not be proud to play for others on my own turntable.I only use four grades in my grading: NM, VG+, VG, and VG-. The only exception is a sealed album which is presumed to have vinyl in mint condition. My NM grading means that the vinyl looks and plays as though it is the first time out of the sleeve. The VG+ rating is used on any album that plays great but has one or more small defects. It may have a pop here and there or some occasional background static. On a VG album you can expect that, typically, this album will play great, but you’ll see more defects on this than your VG+ rated album. Most often the VG rated album may even play well enough to be graded VG+, but the color or blemishes drop the grading. Likewise, you may occasionally find an album that looks almost NM but the sound quality just isn’t there. That’s why I play every album first, because this does happen. In this case the vinyl will be graded VG. Very occasionally I will grade an album VG-. This is one where I consider the collectible value of the album to be great enough that the copy being presented is worth having as a filler copy.
Shipping Information – Combined Shipping
Shipping is $4.00 in the continental U.S. I happily combine records from multiple auctions to reduce total shipping cost. In fact, I welcome it! The $4.00 cost for U.S. shipping applies regardless of the number of auctions won in any 5-day period.Canada shipping is calculated based on weight using US Postal Service rates. Combined shipping is also welcomed here and does result in significant per-album cost savings. The first album will be shipped for $13. Additional albums will be shipped for $2 per album, with up to five albums able to be shipped before we need to use International Priority shipping. At that point we will work together on final determination of shipping cost.
The Canada cost determination also applies for all other International shipping, except that the first album is shipped for $19 and each subsequent is an additional $2.50.
All albums will be shipped in specially designed album hard cardboard mailers with a cardboard insert to prevent damage upon opening. The vinyl is removed from the cover and presented in a new poly sleeve. I am committed to one day turnaround on shipments. If I receive payment before 7:00 AM Central Time I will package and ship that same day. Payment by Paypal is preferred.
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