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52nd St Theme (aka Hank Mobley's Message)

LP (Item 52845) Status, Late 50s — Condition: Very Good
Excellent early hard bop from Mobley – perhaps not as tightly conceived as his mid 60s genius work on Blue Note, but excellent nonetheless! The group's an open-ended one in the Prestige blowing session mode, and includes Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean, Barry Harris, and Art Taylor. Tracks are all around 6 minutes long, and tighter than your usual blowing session jam. Titles include "Minor Disturbance", "Au Prive", "Little Girl Blue", and "Alternating Current". Status label repressing of an album originally titled Hank Mobley's Message.  © 1996-2024, Dusty Groove, Inc.

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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