Description
Media Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Disc looks like its barely been played, clean and shiny. Case and insert art in great shape too. Shop small.
Notes:
In clear tray 2CD jewel case with a 12-page booklet and obi.
Obi reads: This CD contains all of Gil Mellé's classic Blue Note material on two CDs taken from four 10" and one 12" LP.
Traycard reads: Five 10" LPs on Two CDs.
Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey between 1952 and '56.
1-1 to 1-4: recorded March 2, 1952.
1-5 to 1-8: recorded January 31, 1953.
1-9 to 1-15: recorded October 25, 1953.
1-16 to 1-19, 2-1, 2-2: recorded August 5, 1954.
2-3 to 2-6: recorded February 27, 1955.
2-7 to 2-12: recorded April 1, 1956.
1-1 to 1-8: previously released on [r8216978
1-9 to 1-14: previously released on [r8408388
1-15: previously unreleased.
1-16 to 1-19, 2-1, 2-2: previously released on [r8491120
2-3 to 2-6: previously released on [r9912755
2-7 to 2-12: previously released on [r3376799
Caption for uncredited photo on page 9 of booklet: Gil Mellé playing the worlds first drum machine, Percussotron III, in 1969 - for the "Andromeda Strain" (Michael Crichton) film score. It was designed and built by Mellé as well as two earlier versions in 1965.
Cat. No. on front cover and back of obi: 95718.
Cat. No. on traycard back and spines and obi spine: 7243 4 95718 2 2.
SBM ™ Super Bit Mapping
1-1. Four Moons 2:23
1-2. The Gears 3:06
1-3. Mars 2:46
1-4. Sunset Concerto 2:03
1-5. Cyclotron 3:13
1-6. October 3:41
1-7. Under Capricorn 2:58
1-8. Venus 3:40
1-9. Lover Man 5:55
1-10. Spellbound 3:18
1-11. Transition 5:12
1-12. A Lion Lives Here 3:50
1-13. Timepiece 3:10
1-14. Gingersnap 3:17
1-15. The Nearness Of You 4:17
1-16. Lullaby Of Birdland 3:46
1-17. Ballade For Guitar 3:53
1-18. Metropolitan 2:50
1-19. Newport News 4:55
2-1. Summertime 3:59
2-2. Quadrille For Moderns 3:31
. Five Impressions Of Color 12:37
2-4. Life Begins At Midnight 4:24
2-5. Night Train To Wildwood 4:10
2-6. Threadneedle Street 4:15
2-7. Weird Valley 5:13
2-8. The Set Break 4:48
2-9. Moonlight In Vermont 4:52
2-10. Long Ago And Far Away 4:32
2-11. The Arab Barber Blues 9:05
2-12. Nice Questions 8:17
Barcode and Other Identifiers:
Barcode 7 2434-95718-2 2
Other 7243 4 95719 2 1
Other 7243 4 95720 2 7
Matrix / Runout 1-0-1 724349571921 MASTERED BY EMI MFG.
Matrix / Runout 1-2-1 724349571921 MASTERED BY EMI MFG.
Matrix / Runout 1-1-1 724349572027 MASTERED BY EMI MFG.
Mastering SID Code IFPI L043
Mould SID Code ifpi 163I
Mould SID Code ifpi 163F
Mould SID Code ifpi 1634
Mould SID Code ifpi 1637
Copyright (c) Capitol Records, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Capitol Records, Inc.
Manufactured By Capitol Records, Inc.
Recorded At Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Glass Mastered At EMI MFG.
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