Vinyl: Paul Chambers – Quintet – Blue Note – BLP 1564 – 47W 63rd – Ear – 1st press – NM

Quintet (with D.Byrd, C.Jordan, T.Flanagan and E.Jones)

Paul Chambers

1957

Label : Blue Note

BLP 1564

Original mono 1st pressing :

--- Label (on both sides) : 47 West 63rd – NYC ; « RVG » « 9M » and the Ear stamped ; Deep Groove.

--- Cover (address) : BLUE NOTE RECORDS, 47 West 63rd St., New York 23

RECORD GRADING (see photos) :

This is a 1st press original copy in fantastic condition ! (NO reserve price !)

Cover : NM (beautiful !)

A gorgeous laminated cover really well preserved !

--- Front is NM+ (very close to MINT).

--- Back is NM (would be NM+ without the tiny small pen marks on the area presenting the "Blue Note releases").

--- Slices are NM+ (very close to MINT).

--- Corners are EXC+ (VG++) : 3 corners are NM ; Top left corner is EXC (very slight wear signs).

--- Original plain paper inner sleeve : No

Audio : NM (superb !)

The sound quality is impressive !

NO tics ; NO clicks ; NO skips.

Few very slight surface noises (on quiet moments only).

Visual : NM (superb !)

The vinyl is beautiful. Looks played only few times with care !

NO scratches ; NO hairlines ; NO paper sleeve marks.

Few very slight superficial surface traces (NON feelable ; NO impact on Audio quality).

Label : clean ! (just a small mark on Side 2 near the spindle hole, and only few extremely slight spindle marks).

See the grading policy in the store pages.

All records are carefully inspected and listened before grading. So you can buy with confidence.