Classic stuff and the birth of one of the most famous groups in jazz. The music is lovely as you would expect. A great early taste of this classic quintet and a milestone in the history of jazz.
This is a second issue with NYC labels from 1957, the first being pressed in 1956. The only things that differs between the two is that the first has a different Prestige logotype on the front, frame jacket, is non-laminated and has a blank spine. This second issue has a laminated cover, printed spine and the more modern typeface logotype. The typeface on the labels differs a bit as well. The third pressing has a blue tint front cover with NYC labels. There is a blue tint version with NJ labels as well I believe.
I’ve been after the first issue forever, but I’ve relaxed a lot towards the notion of having the absolute 1st art cover. This has NYC labels, green tint, sounds good and I’ve now settled on keeping this one as my forever copy. I’ve had it for a long time, probably something like 12 years and never posted it. Have a few other Prestige titles which are early as well, but not absolute 1st pressings.