CTI's cult item "Stonebone" available on Ebay!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280731448209&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123

Considered by CTI expert Doug Payne as "the holy grail of CTI albums," J&K's "Stonebone" is available on Ebay. According to the Japanese seller, these are the conditions of the used copy:
sleeve (g-) seam splits, edge wear, scratches
disc (ex-) very light scuffs
tears & creasing on the obi

Anyway, a miracle. A very expensive one, with a starting bid of US$699,99!

J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding: "Stonebone" (A&M/CTI) 1970

One of the rarest albums in the CTI history. The last LP of Creed Taylor's association with the A&M label. Never released outside Japan. Never reissued on CD not even in Asia.
Also the last collaboration between the genius Pete Turner (my favorite photographer in the world) and Sam Antupit (the album designer during the A&M/CTI era).
Excellent liner notes by the master Ira Gitler, the top jazz historian along with the late Leonard Feather.
Two intriguing J.J.Johnson's tunes - "Musing" and "Mojo" - plus an extended funky version of Rudy Stevenson's "Dontcha Hear Me Callin' To Ya?" and a typical Joe Zawinul fusion theme, "Recollections" (Kai Winding quotes the Beatles' "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" during his inspired solo). Bob James, who plays celeste on the track, arranged "Recollections"; all others were scored by J.J. Johnson.
Featuring: George Benson, Herbie Hancock, Bob James, Ron Carter, Grady Tate and Ross Tompkins. Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder.

For more infos and pics:
http://jazzstation-oblogdearnaldodesouteiros.blogspot.com/2008/12/vinyl-of-day-j-stonebone.html