Sold Date: March 27, 2016
Start Date: October 16, 2014
Final Price: $200.00 $145.00 (USD)
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Jimmy Woods - Awakening!! - Contemporary M3605 - Original MONO - 1st Pressing - 1962 - Near Mint - Vinyl LP - Mega RARE

ONE OF THE MOST RARE AND SOUGHT AFTER JAZZ RECORDS IN THE WORLD. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1st PRESSING FROM 1962 of "Awakening!!" by Jimmy Woods.

LKL 12374 D2 and LKL 12373 D3, ETCHED IN THE DEAD WAX. Original Contemporary Records original yellow label on vinyl with "CR" logo. Deep Groove . This is the genuine article. 100% AUTHENTIC ORIGINAL Contemporary Records Mono First Pressing.

THIS RECORD IS FROM OUR PERSONAL COLLECTION. Well maintained. Very Rare.

*Because our clients are mostly jazz collectors and connoisseurs, as we are, we made it our policy to only sell vinyl that we grade in VERY GOOD PLUS (VG+) condition or better. This vinyl is in our opinion a Near Mint, looks and plays great.

Record Grade VG++  = Very well maintained. The vinyl is in beautiful condition. The vinyl is stunning with only 2 minor scratches that have no effect on sound.. Just listened to both sides of the whole album with headphones on and it plays beautiful, little to no surface noise at all. Amazing condition and quality. Shiny vinyl. Difficult to find this rare vintage record in such great condition. (see pictures) 

Jacket Grade VG+ = Shiny, clean, well maintained. No staining. No writing. Has been kept in plastic since we bought it new in 1962. One owner. minor corner dents in jacket from regular use. A very clean jacket for a 60 year old album. It comes with the original 1962 inner sleeve. (see pictures)

The pictures were taken of the exact vinyl record and album cover you will receive, moments before this listing was written. Please make sure to review the images and ask any questions prior to bidding.

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Contemporary Records was a jazz record label founded by Lester Koenig in 1951 in Los Angeles. Koenig maintained extremely high audio standards. He hired Roy DuNann from Capitol Records in 1956, who, out of the label’s shipping room turned studio, turned out some of the best sounding records of the time.

Jimmy Woods (born October 29, 1934 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American jazz alto saxophonist.

Woods played with the R&B band of Homer Carter in 1951, and served in the Air Force from 1952 to 1956. He played with Roy Milton after his discharge, and was with Horace Tapscott in 1960 and Joe Gordon in 1961. Following this he played with Gerald Wilson (1963) and Chico Hamilton (1964-1965).

Jimmy Woods
"Awakening!!"

Label:  Contemporary M3605
Format: 33 rpm 12" LP mono
Country: United States
Vinyl Condition: NM (NM)
Cover Condition: VG+ (Very Good)
Year Released: 1962
LP Quantity: 1

Alto Saxophone – Jimmy Woods
Bass – Gary Peacock , Jimmy Bond
Drums – Milt Turner
Piano – Amos Trice, Dick Whittington 
Producer – Lester Koenig
Recorded By – Roy DuNann
Trumpet – Joe Gordon, Martin Banks

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GRADING
*We have over 50 years experience in grading vintage collectable vinyl jazz albums. We use a consistent and conservative method for objectively grading and describing the condition of everything we sell. All recordings are visually inspected under high-intensity lights and listened to personally before we even list an album for sale.