Charles Mingus – Pre-Bird (LP, Album) (Near Mint (NM or M-))

Media Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)

Location: WAREHOUSE JAZZ M

OUTER SLEEVE HAS PROMO HOLE IN MIDDLE AND IS VG – STICKY TAPE RESIDUE UPPER LEFT – CORNERS HAVE JUST LOST THEIR SHARPNESS – INNER SLEEVE IS FACTORY ISSUED – VINYL IS CLEAN – STAMP ON BACK READS: *DISTRIBUTED IN CANADA BY QUALITY RECORDS LIMITED* – COMES IN A DURABLE PLASTIC SEE THRU OUTER SLEEVE PROVIDED BY ROAMYS RECORDS *****EXQUISITE 1961 COPY*****

Notes:

Recorded May 24, 1960 were tracks A4, B2 & B3. Recorded May 25 1960 were tracks A1, A2, A3, A5, & B1.
“Take the “A” Train” interpolates “Exactly Like You” (Jimmy McHugh-Dorothy Fields).
“Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me” interpolates “I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart” (Duke Ellington-Henry Nemo-John Redmond).
Both sessions were recorded in New York City on Ampex tape recorders at 15 inches per second.
Front cover of sleeve is laminated.

A1. Take The “A” Train 3:34
A2. Prayer For Passive Resistance 3:49
A3. Eclipse 3:45
A4. Mingus Fingus No. 2 3:22
A5. Weird Nightmare 3:35
B1. Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me 3:33
B2. Bemoanable Lady 4:22
B3. Half-Mast Inhibition 8:12

Matrix / Runout SR 60627-A-MS1
Matrix / Runout SR 60627-B-MS1

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