Description
Offered for sale is a limited edition Japanese mono pressing of Basie by Count Basie and his orchestra, including the original obi.
This LP was later reissued as The Atomic Mr. Basie.
About this copy: This copy of Basie is a 1991 pressing on the Roulette label of an album that was originally released in 1958.
The cover is M-. The obi is M-. The insert is M-.
The disc is M- and looks unplayed. Clean disc!
A beautiful copy of a classic LP that looks like new!
Background: Released in 1958, Basie, also known as The Atomic Mr. Basie, was an album by Count Basie and his orchestra.
Allmusic.com gave Basie a 5 star review:
The release of this album in late 1957 marked the beginning of a glorious new phase in Count Basie’s career. Signed to Roulette Records, the newly formed label owned by Morris Levy, the New York recording entrepreneur, jukebox mogul, club owner, and quasi-underworld figure, it took Basie’s core audience and a lot of other people by surprise, as a bold, forward-looking statement within the context of a big-band recording — if not as daring as what Duke Ellington had done at Newport in 1956, still a reminder that there was room for fresh, even dazzling improvisation (especially courtesy of Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis’s contribution) within the framework of a big-band jazz unit.
| Country of origin: | Japan |
| Size: | 12″ |
| Record Label: | Roulette |
| Catalog Number: |
SGD-73 |
| Year of Release: | 1991 |
| Format: | mono |
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