The Three Japan Direct Cut LP Joe Sample/Ray Brown/Shelly Mann NM Vinyl is high gloss, no scratches, scuffs, little evidence of play (some spindle marks). Jacket is excellent, high gloss heavyweight, very minor creasing. No OBI or lyric insert.
Please see Discogs notes below to distinguish this press from others with the same catalog #. (i.e. "Take 2" on label above recording info) Also has Nautilus sticker affixed to rear of jacket.
Info from Discogs:

Joe Sample / Ray Brown / Shelly Manne – The Three

Label: East Wind – EW-10001 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold Country: Japan Released: 1976 Genre: Jazz Style:

Tracklist

A1
Yearnin' Composed By – Oliver Nelson 5:04 A2
On Green Dolphin Street Composed By – B. Kaper*, N. Washington* 5:17 A3
Satin Doll Composed By – B. Strayhorn*, D. Ellington*, J. Mercer* 5:38 B1
Manha Do Carnaval Composed By – A. Maria*, F. Llenas*, L. Bonfa* 5:59 B2
Round About Midnight Composed By – B. D. Hanighen*, C. Williams*, T. Monk* 4:34 B3
Funky Blues Composed By – J. Sample*, R. Brown*, S. Manne* 5:10

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd.
• Distributed By – Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd.
• Recorded At – Warner Bros. Studios

Credits

• Bass – Ray Brown
• Design [Album] – Heyqlow Kobayashi
• Drums – Shelly Manne
• Engineer [Cutting] – Bobby Hata
• Engineer [Maintenance] – Al McPherson
• Executive-Producer – Toshinari Koinuma
• Liner Notes – Chiaki Iwasaki, Yozoh Iwanami*
• Mixed By – Lee Herschberg
• Photography By [Cover] – Masaaki Tagekami
• Photography By [Liner] – Frederic Golchan
• Piano – Joe Sample
• Producer – Kiyoshi Itoh, Yasohachi Itoh

Notes

Recorded November 28, 1975 at Warner Brothers Studio, L.A.
Presented by Ai Music Co., Ltd. Tokyo
Manufactured and Distributed by Nippon Phonogram Co, Ltd. Tokyo
?1976 Printed in Japan

Direct Cutting

Differences from other East Wind release with same cat# Joe Sample / Ray Brown / Shelly Manne - The Three:
- matrix on labels have a "2" appended
- labels have "Take 2" above recording info

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A label matrix): EW-10001 A 2
• Matrix / Runout (Side B label matrix): EW-10001 B 2

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