Title: Miroslav Vitous Mountain In The Clouds
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre: 1970 / Jazz
Matrix #: SD1622
Condition: G+ shows wear, but plays okay
Cultural Facts:
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Vitous came out of Pragues conservatory world and jumped to the U.S. scene right as jazz was colliding with rock volume and studio experimentationhes one of the key European imports who helped shape early fusion culture.
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By the time this record dropped, he wasnt just a bassist on sessionshe was a bandleader with serious credibility from the late-60s New York jazz circuit, where the lines between avant-garde, post-bop, and electric fusion were getting blurry fast.
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If someone knows Vitous mainly from his later fame, this era is the origin story: a moment when a young virtuoso is carving out identity in the open-ended, anything-goes early-70s jazz world.
Price Suggestions (realistic):
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NM: $18$28
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VG+: $10$16
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VG: $7$12
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G / G+: $4$8
Date: 1/6/26 TC
