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WE CURRENTLY HAVE MORE THAN 300 LISTED ITEMS Click here to see ALL our ROCK auctions Our PSYCH PROGRESSIVE auctions Our PUNK NEW WAVE auctions Our JAZZ auctions Our BLUE NOTE JAZZ auctions Our BLUES auctions Our CLASSICAL auctions Our COUNTRY auctions Our FUNK auctions Our LATIN auctions Our METAL auctionsOur REGGAE auctions Our SOUL auctions Our STILL SEALED ITEMS Our PROMO auctions Our ACETATE auctions Our TEST PRESSING auctions Our AUDIOPHILE auctions MILES DAVIS with THE GIL EVANS ORCHESTRA - SKETCHES OF SPAIN - ORIGINAL 1960 COLUMBIA RECORDS MONO LP CL-1480 ORIGINAL U.S.
PRESSING PROMOTIONAL COPY THE RECORD HAS STOCK LABELS HOWEVER, THE PROMOTIONAL STICKER ON THE LABEL AS WELL AS PROMO STAMPS ON THE COVER CLEARLY IDENTIFY THE ITEM AS PROMOTIONAL ORIGINAL RED AND BLACK COLUMBIA SIX EYE MONO LABEL DEEP GROOVE PRESSING 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 CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL DEAD WAX ENDS WITH -1B/-1B .
ON SOME LABELS, SUFFIX 1 DENOTES THE VERY FIRST, ORIGINAL PRESSING MACHINE-STAMPED MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL DEAD WAX OF THE RECORD MONO version of this album has NEVER been available on legitimate Compact Disc or in any other digital format ALTHOUGH IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE MILES DAVIS MONO BOX SET .
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GUARANTEED Along with Kind of Blue, In a Silent Way, and Round About Midnight, Sketches of Spain is one of Miles Davis most enduring and innovative achievements.
Recorded between November 1959 and March 1960 -- after Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley had left the band -- Miles teamed with British arranger Gil Evans for the third time.
Davis brought Evans the album s signature piece, Concierto de Aranjuez, after hearing a classical version of it at bassist Joe Mondragon s house.
Evans was as taken with it as Miles and set about to create an entire album of material around it.
The result is a masterpiece of modern art.
On the Concierto, Evans arrangement provided an orchestra and jazz band -- Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb, and Elvin Jones -- the opportunity to record a classical work as it was.
The piece, with its stunning colors and intricate yet transcendent adagio, played by Davis on a fl gelhorn with a Harmon mute, is one of the most memorable works to come from popular culture in the 20th century.
Davis control over his instrument is singular, and Evans conducting is flawless.
Also notable are Saeta, with one of the most amazing technical solos of Davis career, and the album s closer, Solea, which is conceptually a narrative piece, based on an Andalusian folk song, about a woman who encounters the procession taking Christ to Calvary.
She sings the narrative of his passion and the procession -- or parade -- with full brass accompaniment moves on.
Cobb and Jones, with flamenco-flavored percussion, are particularly wonderful here, as they allow the orchestra to indulge in the lushly passionate arrangement Evans provided to accompany Davis, who was clearly at his most challenged here, though he delivers with grace and verve.
Sketches of Spain is the most luxuriant and stridently romantic recording Davis ever made.
To listen to it in the 21st century is still a spine-tingling experience as one encounters a multitude of timbres, tonalities, and harmonic structures seldom found in the music called jazz.
EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY THOM JUREK, ALL MUSIC GUIDE /ALLMUSIC.COM/ 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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Some VERY LIGHT AND SUPERFICIAL abrasions mostly sleeve scuffs - are barely visible, but are probably inaudible, and do not affect visual integrity or beauty of the vinyl.
The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.
b The record has a deep groove an indent in the label about 1/2-inch from the edge of the label, which on SOME labels is associated with very early or first pressings .
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 Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording THE COVER THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT VERY GOOD VG .
The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover: - Cover has some writing on its back side name of the previous owner written in blue ballpoint pen, about 1 x 3 inches in size - The cover has a razor-like line cut on the front panel, as if someone attempted to cut away the shrink wrap with a razor, but inadvertently left the mark on the cover as well.
The paper slick is intact and no part is missing, but the razor line is visible.
- Cover has some light 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 3 - Back cover has circular tarnish grayish, dust-covered sections, which closely follow the contour of the record , probably caused by friction or by rubbing against other covers during the storage.
The tarnish is similar in appearance to a common ring wear, but, UNLIKE ring wear, these grayish areas may be possible to clean up with a minor effort and with a right cleansing solution.
- Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on back side, apparently from aging.
- Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine - Cover has a partially split top seam less than 1 inch / 2.5 centimeters - Cover has a partially split bottom seam between 1 and 2 inches / 2.5 to 5 centimeters - Visible shelf wear noted on the bottom seam.
- Cover has two corners slightly worn / dinged / bent.
- Cover has a light wrinkle crease in one of the corners.
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