PRE-ORDER . Not expected to ship to me until Mid August . Edition of 345. NEW. SEALED. I will ship it in the ERC's original box and then another box for added protection . Signature required upon receipt. The package will also be insured.No refunds or exchanges. NO international shipping. Buyer must have at least 10 feedback and have been on Pricetronic at least 6 months. Abide With Me Well, You Needn't Ruby, My Dear Off Minor Epistrophy Crepuscule With Nellie Recorded in New York City on June 26, 1957, and released in October the same year "Monks Music" features some of the most influential musicians in the history of jazz music on some of Thelonious Monk's most important compositions. Released: Mid August 2023 True Mono LP - Catalogue Number. ERC084 Only 345 copies of each will be sold. ERC will not undertake a repress of any release at any future point. Recorded in New York City on June 26, 1957, and released in October the same year “Monks Music “ features some of the most influential musicians in the history of jazz music on some of Thelonious Monk’ s most important compositions. A trumped up charge for possession of drugs deprived Monk of his New York performers license in 1951 and a subsequent six year ban from playing live in the city damaged his career. Regaining his work permit in 1957 Monk assembled an all star cast for a residency at the Five Spot Club in New York featuring tenors John Coltrane and Coleman Hawkins , altoist C. Gryce , trumpeter Ray Copeland , bassist Wilbur Ware and drummer Art Blakey . Although the group was never recorded live the two resulting studio albums (“Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane” and “Monks Music”) were the only time Coltrane and Hawkins recorded together. This helped to ensure that both albums became instant classics while also resulting in Monks career finally beginning to blossom. Cut directly from the dedicated original mono analog master tapes, in True Mono * through our unique all valve . No equalisation, compression or any other processing was added during the cutting process. All sleeve artwork authentically and . * Where everything in the chain from the tape head, the tape pre-amplifier, the cutting amplifier and the dedicated mono cutter head is a single channel pathway: This early technology avoids phase issues (smearing of the sound) that is frequently encountered when cutting with todays dual” or “pseudo” mono cutting systems