Near Mint 1st Pressing. Europe 1989. 'Spy vs Spy': John Zorn. [Ornette Coleman].
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Description
1st Pressing of 'Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman' by John Zorn.
Label: Elektra Musician ?– 960 844-1.
Format: Vinyl 12” LP, 33rpm.
Country: Europe.
Released: 1989.
Credits
Alto Saxophone [Left Channel] – Tim Berne
Alto Saxophone [Right Channel] – John Zorn
Artwork [Cover Art] – Mark Beyer
Bass – Mark Dresser
Drums – Joey Baron, Michael Vatcher
Engineer [Mixing] – Martin Bisi
Engineer [Recording] – Steve Rinkoff
Mastered By – Robert C. Ludwig*
Producer – John Zorn
Notes
Recorded August 18 and 19, 1988 at Power Station, New York City
Mixed October 18 and 19, 1988 at B.C. Studio, Brooklyn, New York
Barcode: 0 7559-60844-1 3
Matrix / Runout (Side A): R/B Alsdorf 960844-1-A
Matrix / Runout (Side B): R/B Alsdorf 960844-1-B
Label Code: LC 8355
Record Condition: Near Mint.
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint.
Includes insert in Near Mint condition.
Light blemishes and ringwear on outer (see photos).
Spy vs Spy: The Music of Ornette Coleman is a 1989 album by American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist John Zorn, featuring the compositions of Ornette Coleman performed in the brief intense style of Zorn's hardcore miniatures.
The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
The liner notes thank Ornette and Denardo Coleman, Mick Harris of Napalm Death, Ted Epstein of Blind Idiot God, Pil of Lip Cream (a Japanese thrashcore group), The Accused, Craig Flanagan, DRI, CBGB, and "the New York-London-Tokyo Hardcore Triangle".
The cover artwork was created by indie comics personality Mark Beyer (of Amy and Jordan fame). The album itself approaches free jazz from the perspective of hardcore punk, particularly taking note of the contemporary innovations of thrashcore and grindcore. Zorn would later pursue these preoccupations in the thrash jazz group Naked City.
Like some classic free jazz albums (Free Jazz, Ascension, Archie Shepp's Mama Too Tight), different saxophonists improvise simultaneously in stereo. Tim Berne appears on the left channel, while John Zorn is recorded on the right channel.
I am selling a record collection that I have bought over the past 40 years - see https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/soundsofmusic.
I have owned this album since it was new. It has been kept in a smoke-free, pet-free home.
Item will be professionally packed for shipping in a high quality cardboard record mailer. The record will be further protected by two cardboard stiffeners and a poly sleeve.
All records have been listened to prior to sale.
This record plays well. Any surface marks do not affect sound quality.
Please see my feedback as a seller for references.
Records are graded according to the standard vinyl grading system: https://community.ebay.com/t5/Record-Grading-Guide/Goldmine-Grading-Standard/gpm-p/28364978
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