ART PEPPER ... The Way It Was! (1977 Japanese issue of the 1972 7-track LP including Japanese insert, picture sleeve reproducing the original album artwork & 'Contemporary Jazz 1500' series obi-strip LAX3131) more...
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ART PEPPER ...The Way It Was! (2009 US exclusive strictly limited edition GAIN 2™ Ultra Analog Half Speed Mastered 7-track LP pressed on 180gram VIRGIN VINYL - released in 1972 by Contemporary Records, '...The Way It Was!' is a compilation of phenomenal tracks recorded by the alto sax giant at four separate dates between November 1956 and November 1960. Anchored by a session with tenor saxophonist Warne Marsh, everything here is stellar. A natural ease, delightful flow,a more...
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ART PEPPER ... The Way It Was! (80s German Boplicity issue of the 7-track LP, comprising previously unreleased 1956-60 recordings until their release in 1972 on Fantasy. Includes The Man I Love, an outtake from the Meets The Rhythm Section session with Red Garland on piano. The picture sleeve shows light wear & the vinyl appears barely played COP041) more...
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ART PEPPER The Way It Was ~ 1950's (1975 US 8-track stereo LP featuring tracks recorded in 1956 with Russ Freeman or Marty Paitch on Piano, Ben Tucker or Buddy Clark on Bass & Gary Frommer or Frank Capp on Drums, pasted picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear with some creasing at the corners & the vinyl remains excellent, showing little sign of play VJR-111453) more...
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ART PEPPER ...The Way It Was! (Limited Edition 2009 US Analog Half Speed Mastered 7-track LP pressed on 180gram Virgin Vinyl, a compilation of phenomenal tracks recorded by the alto sax giant at four separate dates between November 1956& November 1960, expertly mastered directly from the original master tapes, deluxe & numbered gatefold picture sleeve with series card insert. Due to the sheer weight, the sleeve has suffered slightly with a 2" hairline split in one of the top ed more...
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ART PEPPER The Marty Paich Quartet Featuring Art Pepper (1957 UK 9-track 10" mono LP, recorded by Tampa in Hollywood in July the previous year, this was Art's first album in over two years even though it was released under the quartet name, with Buddy Clark on bass & Frank Capp, drums, fully laminated picture sleeve with scalloped '57.8' dated flipbacks. The delicate sleeve [VG] has some faint cosmetic ring wear, a 1" split in the back opening & a small paper tear to a top flipback more...
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ART PEPPER True Blues (1981 UK 4-track LP, the second and final vinyl release to feature live tracks from the classic Ronnie Scotts performances in June 1980, also featuring Milcho Leviev on Piano, Tony Dumas on Bass & Carl Burnett on Drums. This album, like its predecessor 'Blues For The Fisherman', was released as The Milcho Leviev Quartet to bypass contractual difficulties, but was an Art Pepper album through and through. This copy has been beautifully AUTOGRAPHED and ded more...
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ART PEPPER The Marty Paich Quartet Featuring Art Pepper (Very scarce 1957 UK 9-track 10" mono vinyl LP, recorded by Tampa in Hollywood in July the previous year, this was Art's first album in over two years even though it was released under the quartet name, with Buddy Clark on bass & Frank Capp, drums, fully laminated picture sleeve with scalloped '57.8' dated flipbacks. The sleeve has survived in excellent condition, with only faint discolouring at the edges. The vinyl is clean & more...
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ART PEPPER ...The Way It Was! (1972 US yellow label 7-track stereo LP, featuring previously unreleased sessions from the late fifties & early sixties. Paul Chambers, Jimmie Cobb, Wynton Kelly, Warne Marsh & Ronnie Ball all appear on these restored & historic dates. Includes two blinding versions of Autumn Leaves plus The Way You Look Tonight, not to be missed. The pasted picture sleeve [VG+] shows some minor ring wear scuffing & the vinyl is clean & in Excellent condition with minimal more...
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ART PEPPER QUARTET The Art Of Pepper Vol. 2 (1975 Japanese-only stereo issue of the extremely rare 1958 5-track vinyl LP, also starring Carl Perkins on piano, Ben Tucker on bass & Chuck Flores on drums, housed in a unique picture sleeve with 'AllTime Jazz 1500' obi-strip ULS-1534-V) more...
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ART PEPPER Rediscoveries (1986 German 14-track LP compilation featuring alternate takes from sessions dated 10/08/52 & 08/25/54 that were never released at the time, glossy picture sleeve with extensive notes on the recordings. The sleeve shows minimal shelfwear whilst the vinyl shows only light signs of play WL70828) more...
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ART PEPPER Plays Shorty Rogers & Others (Sealed 1978 US 9-track LP of original West Coast 1957 recordings, including songs released on record for the first time & a second side featuring the Chet Baker Sextet with Pepper, picture sleeve with deletion punch hole. This copy is factory sealed from new, still mint & unplayed PJ-LA896-H) more...
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ART PEPPER Meets The Rhythm Section (80s German issue of the classic 1957 9-track vinyl LP for Contemporary, where Art 'borrows' the incredible rhythm section of Miles Davis - At the time, even Miles said; 'I have the best rhythm section in the world' - Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass & Philly Joe Jones on drums, glossy picture sleeve OJC338) more...
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ART PEPPER Meets The Rhythm Section (Extremely rare classic 1957 9-track mono vinyl LP on a 'deep groove' label, where Art 'borrows' the incredible rhythm section of Miles Davis - At the time, even Miles said; 'I have the best rhythm section in the world' - Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass and Philly Joe Jones on drums, textured pasted picture sleeve with blue text title & red box on the back & tape reinforced spine. The sleeve exhibits the sort of shelfwear that you would more...
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ART PEPPER Meets The Rhythm Section (Classic 1957 first UK issue 9-track mono LP where Art 'borrows' the incredible rhythm section of Miles Davis - At the time, even Miles said; 'I have the best rhythm section in the world' - Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass & Philly Joe Jones on drums. This is an advance issue with rough textured lime green stock labels & a 'Sample Copy - Not For Sale' stamp on the Side 2 label for review before release. This copy originates from the priva more...
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ART PEPPER Meets The Rhythm Section (1982 Japanese issue of the classic 1957 9-track stereo vinyl LP, where Art 'borrows' the incredible rhythm section of Miles Davis - At the time, even Miles said; 'I have the best rhythm section in the world' - Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass & Philly Joe Jones on drums, picture sleeve complete with Japanese insert & obi. The sleeve shows minimal wear & the vinyl is clean & in excellent condition P-7563) more...
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ART PEPPER The Art Pepper Quartet (1958 US 7-track second issue black vinyl mono LP on the magenta Tampa label, also featuring Russ Freeman on piano, Ben Tucker on bass & Gary Frommer on Drums, front pasted picture sleeve. Recorded in a rare moment in the fifties when he was not in Jail, you can see even in these early sessions that whatever his personal problems, he projected soul whenever he played, as perfected in his mid seventies comeback albums after a long period in rehab. As i more...
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ART PEPPER Living Legend (80s UK Boplicity issue of the 1975 6-track LP first released on Contemporary, with a particularly scary rhythm section comprising Hampton Hawes, Charlie Haden & Shelly Manne. This was Pepper's comeback album after fifteen years of fighting drug addiction & prison time, caught here putting the 'hard' into 'hard bop'. The picture sleeve shows only a little light wear & the vinyl looks barely played COP014) more...
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ART PEPPER Meets The Rhythm Section (Mid 80s UK issue of the classic 1957 9-track stereo LP, where Art 'borrows' the incredible rhythm section of Miles Davis - At the time, even Miles said; 'I have the best rhythm section in the world' - Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass & Philly Joe Jones on drums. The picture sleeve shows minimal wear with the shop price sticker attached & the vinyl is Excellent & still looks barely played COP004) more...
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ART PEPPER Meets The Rhythm Section (1979 Japanese issue of the classic 1957 9-track stereo LP, where Art 'borrows' the incredible rhythm section of Miles Davis - At the time, even Miles said; 'I have the best rhythm section in the world' - Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass and Philly Joe Jones on drums, complete with Japanese insert & obi-strip. The picture sleeve is Excellent with some light foxing & the vinyl is Near Mint with few signs of play GXC-3101) more...
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ART PEPPER Meets the Rhythm Section (70s US issue of the classic 1957 9-track stereo LP, where Art 'borrowed' the incredible rhythm section of Miles Davis - at the time, even Miles said; 'I have the best rhythm section in the world' - Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass & Philly Joe Jones on drums, non-barcoded picture sleeve. The pasted sleeve [VG+] shows some minor ageing around the edges & the vinyl is clean & in Excellent condition with the odd faint paper scuff not affect more...
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ART PEPPER Meets The Rhythm Section (1974 Japanese issue of the classic 1957 9-track LP where Art 'borrows' the incredible rhythm section of Miles Davis - At the time, even Miles said; 'I have the best rhythm section in the world' - Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass & Philly Joe Jones on drums, includes Japanese insert, picture sleeve reproducing the original album artwork & wide obi-strip LAX-3011) more...
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ART PEPPER Pepper Jam (2004 Japanese-only 3-track CD recorded live in San Diego in March 1975 with Harold Land & Buddy Collette on tenor, Blue Mitchell on trumpet, Butch Lacy on electric piano, Jeff Littleton on bass & Jim Plank on drums. A raresession at the beginning of Art's classic late seventies comeback, actually recorded by Harold Land in mono at the time & given its first CD release here, picture sleeve with obi-strip MTCJ1065) more...
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ART PEPPER The Complete Village Vanguard Sessions (Not much to say about this 1995 Japanese NINE CD boxed set as it features the true beginning of Art's majestic comeback and is consequently essential. Recorded over three nights in July 1977 & for the first time you get to hear every performance including 24 previously unreleased tracks, complete with 44-page English/Japanese booklet & housed in a superb hard slipcase box. As Art put it - 'You have come to see history made' - It was) more...
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ART PEPPER QUINTET Smack Up (Japanese 6-track promo sample vinyl LP recorded on 24 & 25 October 1960, featuring Jack Sheldon, Pete Jolly, Jimmy Bond and Frank Butler. Smack Up was Pepper's next-to-last album before his lengthy spell away from recording, counting bars in prison rather than the studio. Picture sleeve with 'Sample' sticker on the front, Japanese insert + obi-strip P-7566) more...
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ART PEPPER With The Sonny Clark Trio Vol. 2 (1989 Japanese 4-track mono vinyl LP manufactured by Century, the second part of a rare date recorded early in Pepper's career on May 30th 1953 at the famous Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, California, shelved until it was eventually picked up by Straight Ahead Jazz for release decades later. Glossy pasted picture sleeve complete with fold-out insert and obi - mint condition 24EL6006) more...
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ART PEPPER On Pacific (Rare 1979 Japanese-only 9-track stereo vinyl LP, featuring a 1957 date arranged by Shorty Rogers and issued here for the first time in its entirety, also includes a previously unheard location recording at the old ForumTheater on Pico Blvd. in LA the same year with a Sextet co-led by Chet Baker. The unique pasted picture sleeve comes with a Japanese insert & obi-strip GXF-3130) more...
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ART PEPPER Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section (2010 issue UK 10-track digitally remastered CD album - By all accounts, this early 1957 session should have been a disaster. Recently released from federal prison, Pepper was still struggling with aheroin addiction and severely out of practice. The gig had been set up by Pepper's girlfriend [unbeknownst to him until just hours before the sessions were to begin], and he discovered at the last minute that - after several months of not pla more...
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ART PEPPER Sideman (1983 Japanese-only 7-track LP, drawing from a number of recordings for Yupiteru-Atlas that Pepper led in all but name due to being contracted to Galaxy at the time. The album includes 'Funny Blues' & 'Angel Eyes' from the Funk'n Fun [1979] album by the Bill Watrous Quintet, plus further sessions from albums with Pete Jolly [Strike Up The Band], Jack Sheldon [Angel Wings], Lee Konitz [High Jingo] & Shelly Manne [Hollywood Jam]. Complete with a fold-out illustrated b more...
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ART PEPPER With The Sonny Clark Trio Vol. 2 (1992 Japanese high quality Norma pressing 4-track mono vinyl LP, the second part of a rare date recorded early in Pepper's career on May 30th 1953 at the famous Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, California,shelved until it was eventually picked up by Straight Ahead Jazz for release decades later. The glossy picture sleeve is a design variant to the Century issue, complete with Japanese/catalogue insert & obi NLP5013) more...
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