Vinyl: CURTIS FULLER & MOBLEY THE OPENER BLUE NOTE 1567 47W 63 DG ear No R 1st ED M-

Dear Jazz Vinyl Collectors all over the world:

Sorry for the long break, but here I am, back again,

and will continue to list extremely rare Jazz Records in mostly perfect condition, collected within the last 50 years.

Please bid with confidence and good luck!

CURTIS FULLER

THE OPENER

BLUE NOTE BLP 1567

CAST

Curtis Fuller (trombone) Hank Mobley (tenor sax -1,2,5,6) Bobby Timmons (piano) Paul Chambers (bass) Art Taylor (drums)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, June 16, 1957

RECORD

Original 1st US MONO pressing with 47 West 63rd NYC address on both labels.

„RVG“ engraved by machine both sides, „ear“ engraved by hand both sides.

No 'R' under E of Blue Note, Deep Groove on both sides.

Labels are absolutely clean on both sides, wearless spindle hole, NO spindle wear on label Side 1.

Label Side 2 has a very light spindle trace (only visible under bright bulb light).

Deadwax Side A: BNLP 1567 A – engraved by hand

Deadwax Side B: BNLP 1567 B - engraved by hand

VISUAL GRADING

Side A: M-

The playing surface looks rarely played and retains nice gloss.

There are NO visual blemishes, so visual grade is M-

NO scuffs, NO marks, NO scratches, NO hairlines!

Perfect!

Side B: M-

Same as Side A, NO scuffs, NO marks, NO scratches! NO blemishes of any kind!

Perfect!

AUDIO GRADING: M-

Plays perfect on both sides with NO noticeable acoustic imperfection of any kind.

NO tics, NO pops, NO clicks.

No surface or background noise.

Superb High Fidelity sound! There might be no better one!

COVER GRADING: M-

1st original thick laminated front cover in beautiful condition with sharp corners, tight seams and spine fully readable.

NO ringwear, NO seamsplits, NO tears. NO stains.

Backside (liner notes) is white.

Cover address on back: 47 West 63rd St. New York 23

Comes with the original inner sleeve, which is unprinted.

NOTE:

- cleaned on a Loricraft PRC 6 record cleaning machine with use of 'L'Art du Son' cleaning liquid.

- playgraded on a Linn System with use of mono or stereo cartridge

- graded by Goldmine Standard.

- all records will be shipped in very sturdy cardboard mailers,

additional protected by double bubble wrap.

Vinyl will be put outside the cover, hosted in a new antistatic inner sleeve (after cleaning) to prevent seamsplits during shipping process.

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