Pure Pleasure Records 180g vinyl reissue. This is the inaugural version of the Jazz Messengers, with Art Blakey, Horace Silver, Hank Mobley, Doug Watkins, and Donald Byrd. Originally issued by Columbia in 1956, I have been waiting a long time for a high quality reissue. Pure Pleasure Records can do no wrong in my book. This is the way to do a quality vinyl reissue. You get two 180g LPs pressed at Pallas Records in Germany, in a beautiful high gloss gatefold jacket. On the first LP you get the original album that was issued in 1956. On the second LP you get a number of bonus tracks that were previously unreleased. It's a fantastic package that sounds superb and is worth every bit of the $49.95 price. Highly recommended.
--Jerome
