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Collectors' Item - W. 50th N.Y.C.

MILES DAVIS Collector's Item (Stunning 1956 US mono vinyl LP, on the famous 'fireworks' black & yellow Prestige label with 'W. 50th St. N.Y.C.' address & a 'deep groove' in the label both sides. 'RVG' [Rudy Van Gelder] is etched in both the run-outs & 'AB' is engraved one side [Abbey Manufacturing]. The edge of the run-ins have a slight raised edge, pasted picture sleeve. See 'more info' for details of why this incredibly rare pressing is the one to own... PRLP7054)

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Product Availability Currently Unavailable - You can request the next copy of this item
Release Year 1956 - 68 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label Prestige
Complete Stock List Go to Miles Davis
Product Catalogue No PRLP7044
Music Genre Jazz, Progressive, Male Solo
Country Comes from USA Comes from 'USA'
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Tracklisting & More Information

Tracklisting :-
Serpent's Tooth [Take 1]
Serpent's Tooth [Take 2]
'Round Midnight
Compulsion
No Line
Vierd Blues
In Your Own Sweet Way
Recorded January 30, 1953 (1-4) at the WOR Studios, New York City
Recorded March 16, 1956 (5-7) at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack

Personnel :-

January 30, 1953:
Miles Davis – Trumpet
Sonny Rollins – Tenor Saxophone
Charlie Parker ("Charlie Chan") – Tenor Saxophone
Walter Bishop – Piano
Percy Heath – Bass
Philly Joe Jones – Drums

March 16, 1956:
Miles Davis – Trumpet
Sonny Rollins – Tenor Saxophone
Tommy Flanagan – Piano
Paul Chambers – Bass
Art Taylor – Drums

The Prestige office was located at 446 West 50th Street & 'NYC' label releases ran for approximately two years. Most of the famous Bop recordings for Prestige were made by Rudy Van Gelder in his home studios in Hackensack, NJ & when Van Gelder moved to Englewood Cliffs in July 1959, label boss Bob Weinstock moved the Prestige office to nearby Bergenfield, NJ. 'Bergenfield' label releases were next in line, but the stature of the short-lived 'NYC' label releases means that the original 'NYC' label address pressing for this album is the more desirable. The sound quality is considered the very best & most natural representation of what occurred for the sessions that produced this historic album.

Condition :-

The pasted heavyweight sleeve is a gorgeous example. As is often the way with US manufactured sleeves of this vintage, edge wear comes with the territory, & there is an inevitable 3" split in the top opening & a more trickier to see 1" split in the top spine. These are very thin hairlines & do not detract from an otherwise fine copy. The album notes remain sharp, with just a little natural fading, the spine looks majestic & the colours remain rich & vivid.

The heavyweight vinyl is the star of the show & remains clean & in Excellent condition. There is barely any suggestion of play by the spindle area. Under a bright light, a couple of very faint hairlines are detectable which are of no consequence & do not affect play. The wax appears as clean & near perfect as you can get for a fifty-nine year old record of this magnitude. It doesn't get much better!


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Recording Artist Miles Davis
Product Title Collectors' Item - W. 50th N.Y.C.
Product Information Miles Davis Collectors' Item - W. 50th N.Y.C. USA vinyl LP album (LP record).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info Deleted - A deleted or out-of-print item is one that is no longer manufactured. However, we stock thousands of out-of-print formats and we specialise in tracking down out-of-print, deleted and hard-to-find releases.
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