Rare THE LLOYD MCNEILL QUARTET “Asha" LP 2nd Run ORIGINAL 1969 Asha-1 Ltd SHRINK

ORIGINAL 1970 (ALTERNATE COVER)

THE 

LLOYD MCNEILL

QUARTET

“ASHA"

LLOYD MCNEILL (FLUTE & PICCOLO)

STEVE NOVOSEL (BASS)

ERIC GRAVATT (DRUMS)

GENE RUSH (PIANO)

PAUL HAWKINS (LATIN PERCUSSION) 

ORIGINAL

12” [VINYL] LP

SECOND ISSUE COVER ART

ASHA RECORDING CO., INC.

WASHINGTON, DC

℗1969

A really special album of deep spiritual jazz released in very limited quantity in 1969 on Lloyd McNeill and Robert Bialek’s DC based label, Asha Records. The nearly immediate demand for a second run of this album was released with the cover art above and reissue referenced on the back cover. I believe you can authenticate the originality of this LP by the address printed on the rear cover, 1340 Connecticut Ave, N.W., Washington, DC. Note the recording engineer, Ed Green(e) (Edgewood Studios) produced several of the all time best selling jazz albums ("Jazz Samba", "The In Crowd") and had a legendary career with Sinatra ultimately producing huge TV music specials. This album has been re-issued on vinyl and CD by a Japanese label, which constitute most copies sold on eBay. Mr McNeill is an African-American flautist, painter, poet and photographer born in DC in 1935. His multi-disciplinary creative life led to encounters and friendships with Nina Simone, Picasso, Eric Dolphy, Nana Vasconceles and other legendary cultural figures. Mr. McNeill grew up through the era of the Civi Rights Movement in the 1960s and his life and work is a reflection of those ideals. 

CONDITION: Vinyl in MINT MINUS (M-) condition, tested to play well except for slight crackling in certain passages / cover in EXCELLENT (EX) condition having been stored in the original shrinkwrap (although not sealed), shows slight shelf wear / for best view, please super-size photo of actual item at top left of this webpage and review all photos carefully for condition / from my personal collection 

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PACKAGING: Industrial Strength in corner protected LP mailer

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