THELONIOUS MONK Straight, No Chaser (2022 Impex Records stunning double album 2-LP edition cut at 33RPM. This mid-period masterwork finds Monk and his quartet - Charlie Rouse on tenor, Ben Riley on drums and Larry Gales on bass - exploring every texture, tone and melodic turn across seven expansive tracks. Pressed at RTI on 180-gram vinyl, Kevin Gray and Robert Pincus used analogue master tapes and minimal processing to great effect. High quality gatefold picture sleeve inside a re more...
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THELONIOUS MONK Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington (Rare 1956 UK first press 8-track mono LP on the white 'reel & mic' label with hand etched matrices in the run-outs, featuring backing from Oscar Pettiford & Kenny Clarke. Comes housed in astunning front laminated flipback picture sleeve with striking 'Repast Of The Lion' artwork from French painter, Henri Rousseau. The sleeve is Excellent with a little minor edge discolouring & the vinyl grades Excellent with few signs of play RLP1 more...
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THELONIOUS MONK The Riverside Trios (1979 French 15-track double LP repackaging of the 1979 Monk Plays Duke Ellington & The Unique Thelonious Monk albums on Riverside, also starring Oscar Pettiford on bass & either Kenny Clarke or Art Blakey on drums, gatefold picture sleeve with extensive liner notes. The sleeve shows a little edgewear and light scuffing, whilst the vinyl reveals minimal signs of play M.470052) more...
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THELONIOUS MONK The Thelonious Monk Quintet (1962 UK repackaging of the 1959 5-track stereo LP, formerly entitled 5 By Monk By 5, also starring Charlie Rouse, Thad Jones, Sam Jones & Art Taylor & including the classic, Straight No Chaser, fully laminated picture sleeve variant. The sleeve shows little of its age, with just a couple of faint scuffs & a little light creasing on the edges. The vinyl appears barely ever played) more...
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THELONIOUS MONK Big Band And Quartet In Concert (1964 UK 7-track live mono LP on the rough textured CBS label, front laminated pasted picture sleeve. The sleeve shows a little light shelfwear & the vinyl remains in excellent condition with fewsigns of play BPG62248) more...
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THELONIOUS MONK Straight No Chaser - Music From The Motion Picture (1989 US 11-track LP, compiled from original source-material tapes. The picture sleeve [VG+] shows the odd crease from ring wear & the vinyl is clean & grades EX/EX- with a fewfaint paper hairlines not affecting play C45358) more...
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THELONIOUS MONK Two Hours With Thelonious (1982 French issue of the 1963 18-track double live LP, a limited edition of European concert recordings by the Monk Quartet, front laminated gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows only light shelfwear and has a little foxing on the interior. The vinyl discs grade Excellent with only light signs of play. ) more...
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THELONIOUS MONK Palo Alto (2020 UK/EU 6-track vinyl LP. After the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968, racial tensions across the country rose. Palo Alto, a largely white college town in Cali, wasn't immune. Danny Scher, a juniorat the high school, had a dream to have Thelonious Monk perform and help bring about racial unity the community while raising funds for the International Committee. After many twists and turns, the triumphantly successful concert eventually h more...
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THELONIOUS MONK Greatest Hits (1983 Dutch 9-track LP of sixties recorded material, a great introduction to the man who reinvented the piano with his angular, discordant style perfected on numerous seminal jazz originals. The picture sleeve shows light wear & the vinyl looks barely played) more...
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THELONIOUS MONK TRIOS Monk's Moods (Original 1961 UK Esquire issue 10-track mono LP, comprised of three separate sessions. The first four numbers were taped on October 15th, 1952 with Monk alongside Gary Mapp [bass] and Art Blakey [drums], thelast four with Max Roach on drums in place of Blakey ('Blue Monk' and 'Just A Gigolo' recorded two years later), picture sleeve variant, front laminated flipback sleeve. The sleeve shows some noticable laminate creasing and ring/shelfwear especia more...
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