Sold Date: March 26, 2021
Start Date: March 26, 2021
Final Price: £295.00 £260.00 (GBP)
Seller Feedback: 562
Buyer Feedback: 52

Condition is "New". Dispatched with Royal Mail 1st Class.

PRESALE - ships last week April, limited to 1000 copies

Note from Craft Recordings below:

Yusef Lateef’s 1961 classic, Eastern Sounds, is the second release in our Small Batch series — a carefully curated one-step process vinyl collection that is devoted to creating the highest quality reissues of legendary recordings from our vast catalog. Originally released on Moodsville (an imprint of the legendary jazz label, Prestige Records), this pressing of this groundbreaking album will be limited to 1,000 copies.

For this reissue, the original analog tapes were sent to mastering engineer Bernie Grundman, who utilized a custom tube pre-amp and analog mixing console with discrete electronics—both made in-house—as well as a Scully solid-state lathe with custom electronics. Grundman’s lacquers were then sent to Record Technology Incorporated (RTI) for plating using the plant’s one-step process where the lacquers are used to create a “convert” that becomes the record stamper. Utilizing Neotech’s VR900 compound, Eastern Sounds was then pressed on to 180-gram vinyl.

Each pressing is individually numbered and housed in a foil-stamped, linen-wrapped slipcase featuring an acrylic inset of the original artwork. The vinyl disc is housed in a reproduction of the original album jacket, complete with tip-on jacket, and protected by an archival-quality, anti-static, non-scratching inner sleeve. New liner notes from liner notes from GRAMMY®-winning music historian, Ashley Kahn accompanies the title.

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Please note that as a collector myself, all my records are sent as I would like them to be received - in an oversized, double walled protective mailer with 2 stiffeners, to ensure maximum protection in the post. Rest assured that I’ll do everything I can to make sure your record arrives in the condition it is sent in!

In stock items are almost always in the post within one working day.

As always with vinyl records, if the photo is a mock up, the actual vinyl itself may be slightly different in colour / pattern than the one received.

If you would like any more information or pictures, please ask

Can ship multiple items together for no additional charge (up to 2kg), please request invoice upon confirming purchases if this is the case

Shipping in UK £5 - 1st class signed (orders over £100 sent special delivery at no extra cost)

Shipping to Europe £15 - tracked, signed & insured

Rest of world £25 - tracked, signed & insured

If it shows any different from these rates, please let me know and I can send an invoice (the app isn’t very good for allowing to set table of rates up, have to log into a computer every time I want to do it!)

For PRESALE items, these will be shipped within a day of receiving them, however I cannot control any delays that occur from the distributor, I can only provide updates and tracking when I receive them myself - if you’d like an accurate ETA before purchasing or an update after purchasing, please get in touch and I’ll share with you everything I know at that time.

I’m extremely responsive to messages and will always provide any updates from the suppliers as soon as I get them.

PRESALE items are assumed mint, for any which arrive with imperfections from the distributor, I will get in touch before sending to show pictures of the item / offer a partial refund and check you still want it before posting - I will NEVER send out a record that arrives with imperfections before getting in touch.

Thanks