Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges Back To Back: Play The Blues LOW Numbered 109 Limited Edition 200g 45rpm 2LP

 - 1ST EDITION EVER ON 45 RPM SPEED LIMITED EDITION 200 GRAM 2 LP SET - VERIFIED 2013 LOW NUMBERED 109 OF 1000 NUMBERED 1ST STAMPER EDITION - THE 1ST TIME EVER ON 45 SPEED VINYL. NOW OUT OF PRINT AND TREMENDOUSLY RARE AUDIOPHILE COLLECTOR'S MASTERPIECE.  THIS TITLE NEVER HAD A STORE PRICING STICKER ATTACHED TO THE PLASTIC WRAP 

NOTE: THIS ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS 200 GRAM 45 RPM SET STILL HAS THE ORIGINAL COLLECTORS VERIFYING MARKETING QUALITY RECORDS LIMITED EDITION STICKER STILL ATTACHED TO THE PLASTIC WRAP. ALSO VERIFIED AS AN ORIGINAL WITH IT'S LIMITED EDITION NUMBER 109 SILVER FOILED STAMPED ON THE BACK OF THE JACKET PROVING THIS IS THE ORIGINAL RELEASE 200 GRAM 1ST STAMPER PRESSING. IF THIS QUALITY RECORDS STICKER AND SILVER FOILED NUMBERED ON THE BACK OF THE JACKET AND YOUR ITEM DOESN'T HAVE THESE FEATURES THEN YOU DO NOT OWN A 1ST EDITION OF THIS 45 RPM 200 GRAM 1ST STAMPER EDITION OF THIS SERIES.

Please ALSO note: MANUFACTURES ARE CHEATING THE COLLECTOR THESE DAYS WHEN THEY DO A RE-ISSUE ALMOST A DECADE LATER AND IN A 200 GRAM EDITIONS AND USE THE SAME UPC CODE AS THEY DID IN THE ORIGINAL RELEASE BLACK VINYL 200 GRAM NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION WHICH IS OUT OF PRINT ORIGINAL 2013 RELEASE - - IN THE OLD & HONEST DAYS MANUFACTURES NEVER PLACED THE SAME UPC CODES ON A RE-ISSUES ONCE THEY SOLD OUT OF THE ORIGINAL 200 GRAM NUMBERED 2013 RELEASE JUST TO SELL AN ITEM. BUT LUCKY THAT SELLERS LIKE US CAN PROVIDE COLLECTORS WHO WANT TO PURCHASED THE 1ST EDITIONS FOR THEIR COLLECTION THAT WE ARE ABLE TO POINT THE DIFFERENCES THAT SEPARATE THE 1ST GENERATION 200 GRAM RELEASE FROM THE 2ND NONE NUMBERED 200 GRAM RE-ISSUES THAT WERE PRESSED MUCH LATER FOR COLLECTORS.


Here's How it was done ON 45 SPEED VINYL: Of course cutting at 45 speed is the audiophile choice for the highes quality. A 45-RPM record is sonically superior to a 33 1/3 variety because of a 35 percent reduction of groove curvature compared to a 33 1/3 cut.. It means that while you can't fit as much music into a 45, the undukations of the groove that your cartridge has to track are stretched over a longer distance. For these reissues, the music was displaced onto four sides, meaning each side contains about 10 minutes of music.

This is the ultimate reissue. The only way you'll get closer to this classic music is to listen to the master tapes or have been in the studio with the artist originally during the actual session.

 


Numbered LOW 109, Limited Edition 200 Gram, 45rpm 2LP Set!
Only the 1st 1,000 Copies are Numbered! 

Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound & Cut from the Absolute Original Analog Master Tapes! 
Pressed at Quality Record Pressings!
  


The Blues! Played again and again. Rediscovered and reinvented again and again. The foundation of all different types and styles of popular music from 1890 to the present day! Although not always recognizable as such, and often labeled Blues although not adhering to the strict form, it has provided the basis for music by such diverse artists as Louis Armstrong, Elvis Presley, the Beatles, and Eric Clapton. It was obvious that the Duke, too, should devote a complete LP to this theme. But instead of inviting his whole orchestra into the studio, he only chose the rhythm group and Johnny Hodges, his star soloist on the tenor saxophone. In addition he asked Harry 'Sweets' Edison, who played muted trumpet in the Count Basie Band, to join them. Did they consult with one another? These musicians don't need that sort of thing! Arrangements? What for? For the Blues? Absolutely unnecessary! It's in our blood! Playing the Blues is outdated? No way! Just listen to our "Royal Garden Blues"! Modern Riffs in every single second! By the way: this latter number is the only true blues - strictly speaking - among these nine titles.

And there is something less well known to discover among the numbers recorded at the 1959 session: although he himself described his orchestra as his most important and best instrument, as a pianist the Duke proves to be an excellent accompanist in this small combo.

Features: 
• Numbered, Limited Edition
• Only the 1st 1,000 Copies are Numbered!
• Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound!
• Cut from the Absolute Original Analog Master Tapes!
• 200 Gram, 45rpm 2LP
• Pressed at Quality Record Pressings

Musicians:
Duke Ellington, piano
Johnny Hodges, alto saxophone
Harry "Sweets" Edison, trumpet
Les Spann, guitar
Al Hall, bass
Sam Jones, bass
Jo Jones, drums

Selections:
1. Wabash Blues
2. Basin Street Blues
3. Beale Street Blues
4. Weary Blues
5. St. Louis Blues
6. Loveless Love
7. Royal Garden Blues

Recorded February 1959 in New York City.


 


 

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