MILES DAVIS +19 Miles Ahead (Rare 1957 first US issue 10-track deep groove mono LP on the six 'eye' 'nonbreakable' label with machine stamped matrices ending '1G/1F', housed in the original withdrawn pasted 'sailboat' sleeve complete with catalogue inner. The ever forthright Miles, a man not known to mince his words, objected to this first design cover depicting a young white woman & child aboard a sailboat - Miles supposedly asked Columbia executive George Avakian, "Why'd you put that white bitch on there?". The sleeve is outstanding & shows just the lightest beginnings of paper splitting to a few edges, only natural with American sleeves of this vintage, with no writing or deletion marks. Both panels are beautifully clean with no blemishes. The vinyl is stunning Excellent to Near Mint with barely any evidence of play. A beaut! CL1041)
