Thelonious Monk – The Unique Thelonious Monk

This pressing sounds great! Rich bass, soundstage is quite deep. Glad to have picked this up.

Got the new sealed copy now, opened it and it was with audable scratch on the side B. The sleeve was without any damages. So i think it's factory issue. Sounds pretty different, not the worst, but shure not the best, especially for the new heavyweght record. I'm not disappointed but not satisfied either.

Wouldn't lack of barcode make 80's more likely? My copy with 1" circle includes "GH" and "P" engraved in runout on each side. I don't know if this makes it yet another variant.

This is a surprisingly good pressing, not sure how it was sourced, but dead quiet.

Anybody has just the cover for sale?
Then please me.

Does anyone else's pressing sound like complete garbage? I love this album but this is hands down the worst sounding record I own.

Love this album - Like his début with Riverside this is Thelonious' aptly named unique take on standards, and again whilst it's not necessarily representative of his main body of work it is one of my favourite Monk albums. Again it's a very strong trio, retaining Oscar Pettiford on bass, and replacing Kenny Clarke on drums with Art Blakey. There are no duds here, and worth getting just for the iconic cover.

Maybe not the best example of what thelonious does, but this album is astonishing has some of the best sounding jazz out there.