Steve Lacy, Roswell Rudd, Kent Carter, Beaver Harris Trickles (Black Saint BSR 0008) IREC Milano Lacy (ss); Rudd (tb, chimes); Carter (b); and Harris (d).
Recorded, in New York City, on 11 and 14 march 1976.
This Issue: On front cover: Kenneth Noland painting, with musicians' names above, in capital letters, and album title above that, also in capitals. No label logo or other information. On back: painting of same idea, with different colors, positioned in same way, with musicians' names laid out in the same way as on front. No album title, though. Lower right: "(P) 1976 Black Saint", "IREC" (in boldface), and "MILANO" on three lines. Bottom center: Black Saint logo with, underneath, "BSR 0008". Bottom right corner: "Made in Italy".
Center Labels and Runouts: ​Side A: "BLACK SAINT" in black, stylized letters in semi-circle at top, with long statement, "All rights . . . reserved . . . " in semi-circle above company name. Large caricature/image of saxophone player in center, above and below center hole. All on multicolor background. Side B has all production information, including artists' names and track titles, and red-ink stamp. "33 rpm" and "S.I.A.E." (in a box) left of center hole; "Black Saint" and "BSR 0008" right of hole.

​Side A: [stamped] BY0008 A 1520 (P)
Side B: [stamped] BY0008 B 1 520 (P)
Condition of Record: NM. There's not a mark or imperfection anywhere on either side. This is as close to a N as any record that I've sold. The only thing that the record has acquired since it left the factory is a little dust.
Condition of Cover: Album cover would get at least a NM if I rated covers. It's more than forty years old, but there's absolutely no ringwear, and not a mark or a bend on either side. Front has one tiny crimp, toward closed end, a third of the way up from bottom; but spine is perfect, no corner is at all bumped, and the horizontal edges have no shelfwear at all.
I'm the original owner of the record. I have carefully kept it stored upright on a shelf, away from sunlight, in its paper sleeve and cover. The paper sleeve is the original one, with photos of the musicians on one side and all production information on the other.

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N A record known to have never been played. A CD that has never been removed from its jewel case.

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