ZBIGNIEW NAMYSLOWSKI MODERN JAZZ QUARTET Lola (Rare and desirable test pressing of the 1964 UK 8-track LP in its STEREO form. Not only are stock copies rare, stereo issues appear to be harder still, let alone a stereo test pressing! The custom two-colour label has 'factory sample not for sale' print and hand annotated catalogue and artist information enscrawled to the centre. These copies were made in extremely small numbers for sonic review purposes only, and not to be issued to journalists or radio before the promotion stage. Stars the acclaimed alto saxophonist Namyslowski alongside Wlodzimierz [Wlodek] Gulgowski on piano, Tadeusz Wojcik bass and drummer Czeslaw Bartkowski. Recorded at London's Decca Studios, this is historically the first album by a Polish jazz musician outside of Poland. Opens with the marvellous original Pekna Lola, Kwiat Polnocy (Beautiful Lola, Flower Of The North) and closes with a lively version of Ol' Man River! Housed in a die-cut inner, the vinyl appears to have hardly been played at all. A wonderful piece of European jazz history SKL4644).