Sonny Rollins / The Bridge
Japan Rare LP


RCA RCA-6011

Appendices: "Black OBI” & “Insert”

Description: This is scarce Japanese copy ( released in 1972 ) of his original album, coming with complete appendices. Back cover shows “English liner notes” and “Photos of Sonny”, while an enclosed insert is with “Japanese liner notes”. It’s hard to find Japanese copy of this album even in our country nowadays. Scarce item from Japan to serious collector.

Bass – Bob Cranshaw
Drums – Ben Riley, H. T. Saunders
Guitar – Jim Hall


Condition: G+/VG ( Cover / Disc )


COVER: Cover is partly worn on corners & outer-edges. It’s tanned around rims of back side. Light ring-wear is on upper portion of front. Bottom-rim of front is lightly discolored. Both of right corners are creased short. Otherwise it has no tear, strip, dent & writing...OK.

DISC: Disc is good in condition, keeping glossy. It has a few slight scuffs on Side A with a light scratch on Side A-1, B-2 & 3 ( inaudible each ). There’re a few spindle-marks on each label. Otherwise it has none of any hairline, which is to be rated as "VG. Flaws are not many but just a few to several on each side. And it plays fine on each side.

OBI: G+, being rippled on the surface of each side, while being lightly tanned on that of back side. A top-flap of back side is creased. A tiny tear is in lower left-rim of back and bottom corner.

INSERT: G+, being lightly tanned with minor brown stain-marks on the surface of each side.