Mingus Ah Um Vinyl Original

Mingus ah um is a studio album by american jazz musician charles mingus released in october 1959 by columbia records.

Mingus ah um vinyl original.

Vinyl is beautiful and plays well. It s a mix of be bop soft bop hard bop and a little bit of old 30 s chicago jazz. Ending friday at 9 00am pdt 4d 1h. Charles mingus mingus ah um vinyl lp 9 tracks jazz rock new.

The big surprise was the red columbia label with the 6 eyes. As far as mingus you either like him or don t. Mingus ah um columbia cs 8171 featuring an all star group including jimmy knepper john handy booker ervin and curtis porter aka shafi hadi was charles mingus first lp for columbia. Charles mingus mingus ah um original columbia lp 6 eye label mono.

The cover features a painting by s. If all vinyl was pressed to this standard nobody with a half decent ear would buy another cd or mp3 again. The pressing is flawless and the mastering which is entirely analog from the original 3 track tapes is impeccable. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 1959 vinyl release of mingus ah um on discogs.

When columbia first issued this album 6 of the 9 tracks were shortened drastically to fit them on the lp. This section does not cite any sources. It is 180 gram contrary to what another reviewer wrote. Charles mingus oh yeah 1 bonus track new vinyl lp bonus track 1.

By the mid 50s mingus had formed his own publishing and recording companies to protect and document his growing repertoire of original music. He s all over the place on this album. There was no one more multi faceted than mingus between the 1950s and 1970s and of his many albums mingus ah um 1959 is considered to be a jazz classic.