Live Shelly Manne & His Men At The Manne Hole a vg+/ex 1961 LP LAC 12305/06

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Shelly Manne And His Men ?– Live! Shelly Manne & His Men At The Manne Hole

Label: Contemporary Records ?– LAC 12305/06

Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Mono

Country: UK

Released: 1961

Produced by Contemporary Records (a division of Vogue) 113-115 Fulham Rd London SW3.

Style: Bop, Cool Jazz

Tracklist

A1  Love For Sale Written-By – Cole Porter                                       10:29

A2  How Could It Happen To A Dream  Written-By – Duke Ellington  7:00

B1  Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise Written-By – Sigmund Romberg  8:59

B2  The Champ Written-By – Dizzy Gillespie                                      10:55

C1  On Green Dolphin Street Written-By – Kaper, Washington          13:00

C2  What's NewWritten-By – Bob Haggart                                            6:47

D1  If I Were A Bell Written-By – Frank Loesser                                  12:27

D2  Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye  Written-By – Cole Porter                   4:25

D3  A Gem From Tiffany  Written-By – Bill Holman                                2:35

Credits

Drums – Shelly Manne

Bass – Chuck Berghofer

Piano – Russ Freeman

Tenor Saxophone – Richie Kamuca

Trumpet – Conte Candoli

Cover Design – Kershaw, Guidi

Liner Notes – Leonard Feather

Photography – Roger Marshutz

Producer – Lester Koenig

Recorded By – Howard Holzer

Recorded at The Manne Hole in Hollywood, March 3, 4 & 5, 1961.

Cover photo taken at the July 20th recording session.

Gatefold sleeve. Yellow Contemporary labels with black text.

'Recording first published 1961' on labels.

Matrix / Runout (A Runout, Stamped): VMGT-1834-1B

Matrix / Runout (B Runout, Stamped): VMGT-1835-1B

Matrix / Runout (C Runout, Stamped): VMGT-1836-1B

Matrix / Runout (D Runout, Stamped): VMGT-1837-1B

Condition

All records are played and cleaned with the latest AudioQuest Anti-Static Brush before listing.

Record : Very Good+/Excellant

The vinyl looks glossy and has only been played a few times. Minor wear and surface noise on side 4 Sides 1, 2 & 3 are Excellent with evidence of minimal handling,  sound is as good as new  The record is flat without warping.  Label is clean and original yellow is bright, undimmed by their near 60 years. 

Inner Sleeves are clean, off white with a few creases.

Gatefold Cover Very Good. It remains fully intact with moderate storage dinting on the corners and moderate wear on the open edge. Front and back cover colour is clean, bright and retains much of its gloss finish. The albums title and company brand are clearly visible on the spine.  It has a 2 x 2 cm pen mark on the top RH back corner and a tiny tear on the opening edge. Inside cover is generally clean, off white with minor margin tanning and a sprinkling of dot stains.  No splits.

Nice.

On my retirement I said to my children “my collect ion of records, books and comics will be yours”, “ not interested, get rid of them” was their reply.  I’m well on with the comics and books and it’s now time to sell my vinyl.

Most of my jazz was purchased during my late teens through my mid-twenties.  Many remained unplayed for 30+ years some having been replaced by CDs while others just stored, their music unheard.  In preparation for their sale I have played each one to check for sound quality and to make sure there were no flaws.  I used my new AudioQuest Anti-Static brush each time.  It was so good listening to this wonderful music and revisting my younger self. I was amazed at what good taste I had when I was young!

Hope you enjoy them as much as me.  

See below for notes on my Grading Strategy

Tom Fisher of near-mint second hand emporium Rat Records describes the fairly universal grading system he uses.  If it's good enough for Tom, It’s good enough for me.

Cover and Record are graded separately.

Vinyl Grading System

Mint (M) – Absolutely perfect in every way. Never been played and usually sealed.

Near Mint (NM) – The record has been on a shelf between other records. The vinyl looks glossy and clearly has only been played a few times. There are no marks on the vinyl and the whole package is complete.

Excellent (E) – Same but I’d tolerate very light marks where the vinyl has been in and out of the inner sleeve a few times, or tiny signs of use generally.

Very Good Plus (VG+) – A few further faults are acceptable, but nothing that really compromises the record visually or audibly. A little rub, light inaudible marks, a little background crackle.

Very Good (VG) – It’s seen a bit of life, but is still usable. Light pops and clicks, an edge split, light visible scratches. You can still listen to it and enjoy looking at it, but it is visually and audibly USED.

Good (G) – To be honest you’re making trouble for yourself here, as Good means Bad. I’d only be selling something really desirable in this condition, with a bargain price and a full, no holds barred description to match.

Poor (P), Fair (F) Attempting to listen will be a disturbing experience. Expect major noise issues, skipping or repeating. The record itself is cracked, badly warped and has deep scratches. The cover is also approaching death.