JOHN COLTRANE Lush Life (1961 UK first issue 5-track mono LP on the Esquire label, featuring different cover from the usual purple tinted artwork. Assembled from three separate recording sessions in 1957 & '58, this is a wonderful collection of hard bop tunes which includes Coltrane's masterful interpretation of the Billy Strayhorn title tune. The sleeve shows most of its more notable wear on the reverse with 3" of the bottom flipback removed, a wide seam split on the bottom edge, some paper loss obscuring only a few words of the extensive liner notes and a little bit of wear to the opening edge. Despite this the vinyl remains in excellent condition showing minimal wear and no obvious signs that indicate considerable play 32-129)