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Freedom Suite
LP (Item 43255) Riverside, 1958 — Condition: Very Good
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A crucially important record in Sonny Rollins' career – one that had him breaking out of the straight bop sound, and emerging as a major power on the tenor sax – one with limitless creative power! The set features Rollins working with only drum and bass accompaniment – played by Max Roach and Oscar Pettiford, respectively – and the lack of piano or other horns gives Rollins a free space in which to work his magic, doing so incredibly on the album's "Freedom Suite", an extended piece that runs for nearly 20 minutes, and which pushes all conceptions of the tenor's ability to solo freely on record. The other side of the record features shorter tracks – "Shadow Waltz", "Someday I'll Find You", and "Will You Still Be Mine?" – blown with no less creativity. © 1996-2024, Dusty Groove, Inc.
(Blue label pressing, with silver text, microphone logo, and deep groove! Vinyl is nice and clean, but has a mark that clicks for about five minutes on side one. Cover has light wear, but looks nice.)
(Blue label pressing, with silver text, microphone logo, and deep groove! Vinyl is nice and clean, but has a mark that clicks for about five minutes on side one. Cover has light wear, but looks nice.)
Very Good
- Vinyl can have some dirt, but nothing major.
- May not shine under light, but should still be pretty clean, and not too dirty.
- May have a number of marks (5 to 10 at most), and obvious signs of play, but never a big cluster of them, or any major mark that would be very deep. Most marks should still not click under a fingernail.
- May not look near perfect, but should play fairly well, with slight surface noise, and the occasional click in part of a song, but never throughout a whole song or more.
- This is clearly a copy that was played by someone a number of times, but which could also be a good "play copy" for someone new.
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