Monk Montgomery - Bass Odyssey

Rare 1st US pressing vinyl of Monk Montgomery's 1971 full length album BASS ODYSSEY. This is the stereo variant released on thin, almost flexi, vinyl with the machine-stamped matrices "Z4RS-4079-1-B", "Z4RS-4078-1-B" and "H" and the rest of the code, hand-etched.

Media Grading: VG

High gloss, some very light whisp marks on surface and a couple of light scuffs that were difficult to photograph. Light spindle marks.

Cover Grading: VG

Still in original shrink. Some light disc impression. Edge wear and scuffing where the shrink has been exposed. Slightly bumped, shelf worn corners. Small indentation on the spine. No rips, no tears, no splits.

Record is ultrasonically cleaned and housed in a premium Mobile Fidelity inner sleeve. No inserts or other promo material included.

Please see photos for more information regarding the condition. We are more than happy to provide more photos or answer any questions!

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Label: Chisa – CS 806

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo

Country: US

Released: 1971

Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul

Tracklist

A1   Journey To The Bottom   6:27

A2   Personage   6:03

A3   Sister Lena   4:00

B1   Fuselage (Part 1)   2:38

B2   Fuselage (Part 2)   5:28

B3   Foxy Gypsy   6:10

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Chisa Records, Inc.

Record Company – Motown Record Corporation

Distributed By – Motown Record Corporation

Recorded At – The Village Recorder

Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Hollywood

Published By – Monk Music

Designed At – Camouflage Productions

Credits

Bass [Fuzz Bass] – Monk Montgomery (tracks: B1, B2)

Bass [Lead Electric Bass] – Monk Montgomery (tracks: A1 to A3, B3)

Bass [Upright Bass] – Andy Simpkins* (tracks: A1 to A2, B3), Kent Brinkley (tracks: A3)

Design [Album Design], Photography – Barry Feinstein, Camouflage Productions, Tom Wilkes (2)

Drums – "Stix" Hooper (tracks: A3), Mike Carven (tracks: A1, A2, B3), Wayne Henderson (tracks: B1, B2)

Electric Piano – Joe Sample

Engineer – "Doc" Siegel* (tracks: A3), Gene Shively* (tracks: A1, A2, B1 to B3)

Mastered By – Randy Kling

Producer – Stewart Levine, Wayne Henderson

Notes

Released on thin, almost flexi, vinyl.

On labels every song is credited to "M. Montgomery". Back cover carries slightly different writing credits.

In runouts: matrices "Z4RS-4079-1-B", "Z4RS-4078-1-B" and "H" are machine-stamped, the rest is hand-etched.

Barcodes and Other Identifiers

Pressing Plant ID (Stamped in runouts): H

Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): Z4RS-4079-1-B CS-806 H ⁄|⁄ǀ⁄|⁄ǀ⁄|⁄K CHI.511

Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): Z4RS-4078-1-B CS-806 H ⁄|⁄ǀ⁄|⁄ǀ⁄|⁄K CHI-512