BEN WEBSTER  The Ben Webster Quintet Soulville AUDIOPHILE OUT OF PRINT 200 GRAM 45 rpm SPEED  2 LP SET (Mono)  LOW Numbered Limited Edition #109 OF 1000 PRESSINGS WORLDWIDE  WITH VERIFYING COLLECTORS ORIGINAL  RELEASE 1ST EDITION 45 RPM 200 GRAM MASTERED BY STEVE MARINO WITH QUALITY RECORDS MARKETING/HYPE STICKER ON THE FRONT PLASTIC WRAP & LIMITED EDITION NUMBERED ON THE BACK OF JACKET PROVING THAT THIS LP SET IS THE ORIGINAL RELEASE AND IS STILL ATTACHED TO THE SEALED PLASTIC WRAP PROTECTING THE LP JACKET & VINYL INSIDE. IF THAT QUALITY RECORDS STICKER IS NOT ON THE FRONT PLASTIC WRAP OR DOESN'T HAVE A LIMITED EDITION NUMBER THEN YOU ARE NOT PURCHASING THIS ORIGINAL 45 RPM ACOUSTECH RELEASE. 

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Each set has 2 LPs at 45 Speed, 180 Gram Vinyl on a 12” LP.  ALL INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED FOR COLLECTORS. - And of course cutting at 45 speed is the audiophile choice for the highest quality. A 45-RPM record is sonically superior to a 33 1/3 variety because of a 35 percent reduction of groove curvature compared to a 33 1/3 cut.. It means that while you can't fit as much music into a 45, the undukations of the groove that your cartridge has to track are stretched over a longer distance. For these reissues, the music was displaced onto 2 sides, meaning each side contains about 10 minutes of music. The only way you'll get closer to this classic music is to listen to the master tapes or have been in the studio with the artist originally during the actual session.

The Ben Webster Quintet Soulville 200g 45rpm 2LP (Mono) LOW NUMBERED 109

Limited Edition 200 Gram, 45rpm 2LP Set!
Only the 1st 1,000 Copies are Numbered!

Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound & Cut from the Absolute Original Analog Master Tapes!
Pressed at Quality Record Pressings!

Ben Webster, wrote the jazz historian J. E. Behrend, "was two men in one; in fast pieces he was a musician with a throaty croaking vibrato, while in slow ones he was a master of erotic and intensive ballads." In this compilation of both his own works and standard numbers with the promising title of Soulville, "Big Ben" shows the gentle and the rougher sides of his nature. No session in which black jazz musicians take part would be worth its salt without a good and honest opening blues number, as the first two tracks on this LP show.

Soulville is quintessential Ben Webster: intimate, tender, endlessly expressive. Webster was internationally recognized as one of jazz's elder statesman when he recorded this album in 1957, but the youthful fire that had marked his playing with the Duke Ellington Orchestra two decades earlier was undiminished. Leading a stellar combo through a program consisting mostly of vintage pop tunes, the great tenor saxophonist is at his peak. And this reissue includes three rare recordings of Webster on piano, the first instrument he played as a young professional musician.

"...these are all truly classic Verve titles that you simply don't want to miss...most importantly, the sound of these reissues is nothing short of astounding. Particularly the early Billie and Ella mono records are incredible treasures of sonic beauty. I'd definitely ask Santa for the whole set, or, if you want to cherry pick, the most classic titles. Whatever you decide, you owe yourself at least a half dozen!" Winner of a 2012 Positive Feedback Online Writers' Choice Award - Danny Kaey, Positive Feedback Online, November/December 2011

Recorded in 1957.

Features:
• Limited Edition
• Mono
• Only the 1st 1,000 Copies are Numbered!
• Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound!
• Cut from the Absolute Original Analog Master Tapes!
• 200 Gram, 45rpm 2LP
• Pressed at Quality Record Pressings

Musicians:
Ben Webster, tenor saxophone
Ray Brown, bass
Herb Ellis, guitar
Stan Levey, drums
Oscar Peterson, piano

Selections:
1. Soulville
2. Late Date
3. Time on my Hands
4. Lover Come Back to Me
5. Where Are You
6. Makin' Whoopee
7. Ill Wind

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 You should never pass up the opportunity to upgrade your collection. They're each very limited in their pressings and disappear with extraordinary quickness from the vinyl market. This causes prices to skyrocket because once they are gone, they are gone forever! Don't second-guess yourself with this chance to upgrade your collection because before you know it, the opportunity will have passed forever. ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THE MOST RARE ALBUMS OF ALL-TIME.

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