Sold Date: November 8, 2020
Start Date: March 9, 2020
Final Price: $219.99 (USD)
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I am an experienced audiophile and all vinyl stored in a VERY SAFE environment.   I pack and ship my records with care because that is the way I expect to receive them.
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Strictly Limited to 6,000 Numbered Copies, pressed on MoFi SuperVinyl at RTI, and mastered from the original master tapes, Mobile Fidelity's ultra-hi-fi UltraDisc One-Step 180g 45RPM 2LP collector's edition pays tribute to the 1963 album's merit and enhances the music for generations to come. Surpassing the sonics of every other prior version, this spectacular collector's edition strips away any remaining film and limiting ceilings to provide a clear, transparent, and up-close view of a set that inspired DownBeat to award the record a five-star review in which critic Pete Welding correctly proclaimed it "a stunning reaffirmation of [Monk's] powers as a performer and composer."
The lavish packaging and gorgeous presentation of the UD1S Monk's Dream pressing befit its extremely select status. Housed in a deluxe box, it features special foil-stamped jackets and faithful-to-the-original graphics that illuminate the splendor of the recording. No expense has been spared. Aurally and visually, this UD1S reissue exists as a curatorial artifact meant to be preserved, poured over, touched, and examined. It is made for discerning listeners that prize sound quality and production, and who desire to fully immerse themselves in the art ? and everything involved with the album, from the images to the finishes.
Such potency reveals itself as all the more obvious on a vinyl set afforded full-range reproduction of the multi-layered complexities, challenging tonalities, and nontraditional rhythms that conspire to place Monk's finest outings in a league of their own. Accurately portraying the complete scale of a piano remains one of the most difficult tasks to accomplish on a recording. And yet the sound of Monk's instrument here captures its wide-bandwidth frequency response and inner cavity, allowing notes to individually register all the while pairing with succeeding and decaying chords in seamless fashion. The presence, tones, and contributions of the colleagues surrounding Monk ? tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse, bassist John Ore, and drummer Frankie Dunlop ? register, too, with a lifelike realism rivaled only by sitting in an intimate club.
DISC 1: 1. Monk's Dream 5:42 2. Body and Soul 4:29 3. Bright Mississippi 7:54 4. Five Spot Blues 3:15
DISC 2: 1. Bolivar Blues 6:26 2. Just a Gigolo 2:29 3. Bye-Ya 5:25 4. Sweet and Lovely 7:48