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Brilliant Corners

THELONIOUS MONK Brilliant Corners (Rare and sought after original 1957 US 5-track LP on the white & blue Riverside label also featuring Sonny Rollins, Clark Terry, Ernie Henry, Max Roach, Paul Chambers & Oscar Pettiford, front laminated pasted picture sleeve. Both sleeve & vinyl are in wonderful condition! RLP12-2269)
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Release Year 1957 - 67 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label Riverside
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Product Catalogue No RLP12-2269
Music Genre Jazz
Country Comes from USA Comes from 'USA'
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Tracklisting & More Information

This legendary album seldom surfaces on the collector's market & when it does it isn't often in this amazing condition.

Recorded in New York in December 1956 & featuring the cream of the East Coast set :-

Personnel :-

Thelonious Monk - Piano
Ernie Henry - Alto Sax
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Sax
Oscar Pettiford - Bass
Max Roach - Drums
Clark Terry - Trumpet
Paul Chambers - Bass on 'Bemsha Swing'

This issue is on the predominantly white Riverside label with 'Released By' text & light blue box, indicating a 1957 first pressing. This label was replaced with a mainly solid blue label the following year.
The Riverside pressings were reknowned for their quality & deep grooves.

Condition :-

The vinyl is superb with only light inaudible surface marks to show for its nearly fifty years. The deep grooves of this pressing ensure that surface noise is negligible, even between tracks.

The labels are clean & bright with just some slight yellowing in places, but this is insignificant.

The sleeve is fantastic with minimal shelfwear.
The back pasted slick has darkened slightly with age, but is unscuffed & undamaged. I've only mentioned it for completeness' sake as it's so marginal it really won't bother anyone !

The front laminate is clean & bright, retaining its shine with no cracking at the spine.
There is some light age yellowing at the opening, but nothing significant.
The only obvious defect is about 5mm laminate loss in the bottom left hand corner where it has cracked with age. Other than that, edge scuffing is negligible & even the corners have not suffered unduly.

All in all an incredible copy that was obtained from the vast personal collection of the former Director of Publicity & Marketing for [The] Blue Note in the USA, so is actually a part of Jazz history in more ways than one - Fantastic !!

Tracklisting :-

1. Brilliant Corners
2. Ba-Lue Bolivar
3. Pannonica
4. I Surrender Dear
5. Bemsha Swing




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Recording Artist Thelonious Monk
Product Title Brilliant Corners
Product Information Thelonious Monk Brilliant Corners USA vinyl LP album (LP record).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
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