THE BLUES AND THE ABSTRACT TRUTH - BILL EVANS/ROY HAYNES/ERIC DOLPHY/OLIVER NELSON/PAUL CHAMBERS/FREDDIE HUBBARD

IMPULSE A-5

MONO

FIRST PRESS

RUDY VAN GELDER MASTER

dead wax: side 1 A5-A

                 side 2 A5-B

                 RVG stamped on both sides

VINYL IS A STRONG VG+. THERE ARE A FAIR NUMBER OF LIGHT SCUFFS THAT DO NOT AFFECT PLAY, AND THERE IS A DEFINITE SCRATCH/GOUGE ON SIDE ONE RUNNING FROM THE END OF TRACK 2 INTO THE START OF TRACK THREE (see pics). I HAVE CLEANED (VPI) AND PLAY GRADED BOTH SIDES OF THE ALBUM. THIS SCRATCH DOES CAUSE SOME LIGHT TICKS AS THE SECOND TRACK CLOSES AND THE THIRD TRACK BEGINS BUT THEY ARE VERY SLIGHT ( I was surprised at how smooth the transition was) LOOKING AT THE SCRATCH YOU WOULD EXPECT A LOT MORE IMPACT ON PLAYBACK, BUT OVERALL THE SLIGHT TICKS ARE ALL THAT RESULT. OVERALL, THIS FIRST MONO PRESS PLAYS AND SOUNDS BOSS ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

GATEFOLD COVER IS VG++. SOLID WITH NO TEARS OR SPLITS. THERE IS SOME SLIGHT DISCOLORATION TO THE INSIDE SLICKS FROM AGE. OVERALL, A VERY NICE COPY OF THIS RARE FIRST ISSUE COVER.

LABELS ARE IN OVERALL NICE CONDITION. THE RECORD HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN PLAYED OVER THE YEARS, BUT HAS BEEN GENERALLY WELL CARED FOR AND THERE ARE NO MAJOR SPINDLE MARKS.

PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE REPLACES (?) ORIGINAL PRINTED LABEL SLEEVE

tracks:

STOLEN MOMENTS

HOE-DOWN

CASCADES

YEARNIN'

BUTCH AND BUTCH

TEENIE'S BLUES

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