THELONIOUS MONK MISTERIOSO RARE ORIG'65 COLUMBIA MONO PROMO LP 1A/1A SHRINK MINT

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·       THELONIOUS MONK with CHARLIE ROUSE - MISTERIOSO: RECORDED LIVE ON TOUR -  ORIGINAL 1965 COLUMBIA RECORDS MONO LP CL-2416 (NOTE: THIS ALBUM IS NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE SAME-TITLED 1958 RIVERSIDE RELEASE, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT ALBUM ALTOGETHER)

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       *** PROMOTIONAL COPY; THE RECORD HAS STOCK LABELS; HOWEVER, THE PROMOTIONAL STICKER ON THE LABEL CLEARLY IDENTIFIES THE ITEM AS PROMOTIONAL ***

·       ORIGINAL RED & WHITE "360 SOUND" COLUMBIA MONO LABEL WITH A ‘NONBREAKABLE’ BANNER ON THE LABEL

·       RARE ORIGINAL MONO PRESSING, MANY TIMES RARER THAN STEREO

·       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)

·       COVER IS STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK (CELLOPHANE) WRAP

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       MACHINE-STAMPED MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) OF THE RECORD

·       MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) ENDS WITH '-1A/-1A'.  ON SOME LABELS,  SUFFIX '–1...'  DENOTES THE VERY FIRST, ORIGINAL PRESSING)

·       MONO version of this album has NEVER been available on legitimate Compact Disc or in any other digital format.

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

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Not to be confused with the Misterioso album which was recorded at the Five Spot, this Misterioso came a few years later and was recorded all over the place, some tunes from the Newport Jazz Festival (the aptly titled "Light Blue"), some stuff even came from Japan ("Evidence"). Maybe this was a statement. Monk was denied work in many clubs due to a petty drug conviction during the late fifties, and perhaps this album was a dedication to the first Misterioso album and the famous Five Spot, as here he was with an album recorded though various venues and taking in a few countries. All round the album is a cool and breezy collection of Monk in both lazy and vibrant form. Though when he is lazy he still produces a vivid ambient and blows with a quirky style. Among the eight cuts on the album there is little to get disappointed about, yet hardly an album to play every day, no, you'd just get sick of it. Sunday mornings, nice Autumn bleeding into Winter mornings flicking though the Sunday papers seems just about the perfect time to play Misterioso, Recorded On Tour, but then again, I seem to say that about every jazz album! What I find is the strength of the album, and can be said for Monk in general, is that when he starts to play in an almost esoteric, angular way it's when the band kick in and join the tune that it all fits into place with an ease, especially the saxophone of Charlie Rouse which blends seamlessly with Monk's piano but with very different and contrasting dynamics. Great production work from the patient Teo Macero who could really give a jazz album that special feeling, capturing the essence and mood of the musicians.

The PROMOTIONAL, RADIO STATION-, AUDITION OR DEMONSTRATION COPIES AND RELEASES (such as the one we have here) were often distributed among the radio stations before the record was released to the public, sometimes as much as four months ahead. These records are generally considered to be the "first among equals", which is to say the VERY FIRST generation and the VERY FIRST pressings of the particular title; a PROTOTYPE and the earliest known official pressing of the record.

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               THE 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 NEAR MINT. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)          The record comes in a poly-lined inner sleeve, which has - apparently with success - shielded the vinyl from the harmful impact of elements over many years!

(c)           The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(d)          Mono pressing of this title is much rarer, and by far more  preferable to its stereo counterpart. We think that the mix is more natural, humane, "organic" and that the mixes are somewhat different than on the stereo version. We estimate that stereo copies of this album outnumber mono pressings by a ratio of at least 5:1.

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

·                               THE COVER

COVER IS NEAR MINT,  STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL ►SHRINK WRAP

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine (nothing significant)

-        Cover has three corners slightly dinged (nothing significant)

-        Cover has JUST A HINT of 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 2.

-        Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on back side, apparently from aging.

-        Minor shelf wear noted on the opening side (nothing significant)

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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