VARIOUS Introduction To Jazz (Something from the "World of The Strange" now, as the Reverend A. L. Kershaw takes you on a tour of the exciting world of Jazz, from its early adoption in Europe while America was still wondering what to do with it,to the early fifties. This amazing 1956 12-track LP is complete with the original details insert which documents the tracks & personnel from King Oliver's Savannah Syncopators in 1926 through to George Lewis & His Ragtime Band in 1952. The ful more...
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VARIOUS-JAZZ The 'This Is Jazz' Broadcasts - Vol. 1 (70s Danish only 16-track LP featuring two rare 'This is Jazz' broadcasts from January & March 1947 featuring an all-star collective assembled especially for each program, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just some light shelfwear with a little creasing & the vinyl is flawless) more...
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VARIOUS Jazz At The Metropole (This really is wonderful - Original 1956 UK 5-track LP featuring the combined talents of both the Red Allen & Charlie Shavers Orchestras together in New York, also featuring Cozy Cole & many others with narrations by Al 'Jazzbo' Collins. Fully laminated picture sleeve with scalloped flipbacks and extensive notes. The laminate is so solid, it is fair to say it has chipped in places at the edges, but the sleeve is otherwise in remarkable condition. The hea more...
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VARIOUS-JAZZ From West Coast To East Coast (1983 French 40-track 3-LP box set, featuring outstanding recordings spanning the fifties up to the seventies and including everyone from Chet Baker, Lars Gullin, Andre Previn, Helen Merrill, Marty Paich and more, with liner note booklet. The box has a sticker mark in the corner and has annotations to the reverse, whilst the vinyl has just the odd light sign of play PM45694) more...
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VARIOUS Jazz Swings Broadway (1957 US 12-track LP featuring The Chico Hamilton Quartet, The Bud Shank - Bob Cooper Quintet, The Stu Williamson Quartet & The Russ Freeman Trio playing songs from hit musicals, pasted picture sleeve with tape repaired seams. The sleeve has obviously seen better days, but is complete and readable. There is less that the normal amount of shelfwear but there are a few tears to the back slick at the bottom. The vinyl too, whilst not mint, remains in acceptab more...
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VARIOUS Guide To Jazz (1956 US 16-track mono LP, compiled to accompany the book by Hugues Panassié, featuring classic tracks from the twenties, thirties & forties including Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Earl Hines, Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins & more, pasted picture sleeve with tape reinforced top & spine. The sleeve shows a little light shelfwear with some edge scuffing but the vinyl remains in EX-/EX condition with just light surface scuffs to show for its fi more...
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VARIOUS A Tribute To Monk & Bird (1978 US 6-track double LP tribute to the compositions of Charlie Parker & Thelonious Monk, recorded that year in New York with a star cast including Thad Jones, George Adams, George Lewis, Stanley Cowell, Reggie Workman & Lennie White, gatefold picture sleeve with deletion saw-cut. The cover is Excellent with some minor shelf wear & the vinyl grades EX/EX- with just a few faint paper hairlines to show play) more...
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VARIOUS-JAZZ Swing To The 30's & 40's (1982 UK 20-track compilation vinyl LP featuring big band greats including Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Woody Herman, Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw, picture sleeve. The sleeve has a small split to the top and the vinyl appears barely played MCM1001) more...
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VARIOUS 8 Ways To Jazz The Music Of Cole Porter (1993 Japanese issue of the 1958 8-track mono LP compilation, a very scarce competition winner only album exclusive to the Japanese market. Features the harmonies and melodies of one of America's greatest composers, as interpreted by Sonny Rollins, Donald Byrd, Bill Evans, Zoot Sims & many more. The picture sleeve replicates the album's original artwork & notes, complete with Japanese translated insert & obi SLP-57) more...
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VARIOUS-JAZZ Dance Bands USA - Vol. 3 (UK 1987 16-track digital stereo vinyl LP compilation from various artists throughout the classic years of Jazz age dance bands in the US, featuring Ace Brigode, Glen Gray, Ted Lewis and more, as heard onBBC2 from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Robert Parker, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows light wear, with a little scuffing to the back, this copy has a small sticker to the left hand corner, the vinyl looks barely played REB650) more...
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VARIOUS Spirituals To Swing Volume 1 (1962 UK repackaging of the 1959 16-track mono LP, recorded live at Carnegie Hall in 1938 & 1939 & featuring The Benny Goodman Sextet, Count Basie Band, Kansas City Six & New Orleans Feetwarmers, front laminated flipback picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear and the vinyl remains in excellent condition with just a few light surrface hairlines to show for over fifty five years FJL401) more...
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VARIOUS A Tribute To The Grand Order Of Water Rats (Rare 1961 UK 14-trck compilation LP issued to raise funds for the charity & starring an amazing array of US performers including The Platters, Sarah Vaughan, Billy Eckstine, Duke Ellington, Errol Garner, Sidney Bechet & many more, unique front laminated flipback picture sleeve with list of Water Rats members on the back. Both sleeve & vinyl are in superb condition EMB3335) more...
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VARIOUS One World Jazz (Scarce 1960 6-track LP that was the first ever to be recorded at different places & times by different people - seven musicians in New York, four in Paris, three in London & one in Stockholm. Being 1960, the master tapes had to be jetted around the world for this to happen, with the basic rhythm tracks being recorded in New York & various solo interpretations added as the tapes travelled around. Carefully orchestrated & controlled, the blends of style, pace & i more...
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VARIOUS John Hammond's Spirituals To Swing (Superb pair of 1962 mono LPs, issued as Volumes One & Two, featuring thirty one classic tracks recorded at the legendary Carnengie Hall concerts of 1938 & 1939 & featuring a bevy of superstars includingthe Kansas City Six, Benny Goodman Sextet, Big Bill Broonzy & Count Basie amongst others, captured at their peak as live touring bands. The set also includes a nice double sided narrative insert to complement the extensive sleeve notes with c more...
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THE PARIS ALL-STARS Homage To Charlie Parker (1991 Japanese promotional sample 9-track CD, featuring a genuine all-star line-up paying tribute to Bird, including Stan Getz, Jackie McLean, Phil Woods, Dizzy Gillespie, Milt Jackson, Hank Jones,Percy Heath & Max Roach. This copy remains factory sealed from new, with promo stickered back insert & obi PCCY-10183) more...
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VARIOUS A Tribute To Monk & Bird (1988 UK 6-track double LP tribute to the compositions of Charlie Parker & Thelonious Monk, recorded on January 17-19 & 25, 1978 at CI Studios, New York City with a star cast including Thad Jones, George Adams,George Lewis, Stanley Cowell, Reggie Workman & Lennie White, gatefold picture sleeve with price sticker. The sleeve shows minimal wear & the vinyl is Excellent with light play AFFD187) more...
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VARIOUS The Saturday Night Swing Club Is On The Air - Volume 1 (70s Jamaican 13-track LP featuring tracks recovered from no fewer than twenty three 78RPM Broadcast acetates & split over two LP volumes, to represent the entire ninety minute Anniversary Show from June 12th 1937, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows minimal shelfwear & the vinyl is flawless LP-1013 more...
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VARIOUS A Visit To Jazzland No. 3 (1955 UK 8-track 10" vinyl LP featuring tracks by Rampart Street Paraders, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Teddy Wilson with Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Erroll Garner & the Dave Brubeck Quartet,selections recorded between 1937 & 1954, fully laminated flipback picture sleeve. The sleeve shows a bit of light shelfwear but the vinyl remains in great condition with just a couple of light surface scuffs to show for its fifty five years BB more...
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VARIOUS Giants Of Small-Band Swing Volume 1 (1990 US limited edition [to 3000] premium virgin vinyl issue of the 1960 12-track vinyl LP, starring the likes of Dicky Wells, Buster Bailey, Buddy Rich, Sandy Williams, Jimmy Crawford and many more, picture sleeve with notes by Orrin Keepnews on the reverse. This copy is still sealed [although there is a split to the pvc seam] with the original hype stickers intact and is therefore mint and unplayed OJC-1723) more...
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VARIOUS Jazz, Swing & Boogie (A bit of an oddity, this one. To look at it, it looks like a 78, with small label & thick pressing, but is actually an eight track 33RPM 10" vinyl LP. The label is an original Varsity blue, so I would estimate the year to be between 1949 & 1952, but that is just a best guess based on the manufacturing style. The flipback picture sleeve gives absolutely no details about the artists featured, other than that they are 'Varsity Men Of Modern Music', so I can't e more...
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VARIOUS Spectrum - Tribute To Monk (1982 UK 6-track LP, a late release in the Lawsdowne series, featuring a stellar cast of British jazzmen paying homage to the great Thelonious Monk; Peter King, Bobby Wellins, Art Themen, Kenny Wheeler, Roy Babbington plus Stan & Clark Tracey, including an outstanding version of Misterioso. The picture sleeve shows minor wear from storage & the vinyl looks barely played SWLP001) more...
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VARIOUS Trombone Scene (1974 UK 12-track compilation LP that does exactly what it says on the tin - featuring Jack Teagarden, George Brunis & Miff Mole, front laminated picture sleeve. Both sleeve & vinyl are in fantastic near 'as new' condition!HMC5007) more...
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VARIOUS-JAZZ This Is Dixieland (70s Dutch 12-track LP compilation of original and inspired by Dixieland, including the Dutch Swing College Band, New Orleans Syncopaters, Riverboat Five, Chris Barber, Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet and more, picture sleeve and mint vinyl) more...
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VARIOUS Harlem Comes To London (1978 UK 20-track LP featuring recordings made by the stars of Harlem between 1926 & 1938, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows a little light shelfwear but the vinyl is flawless SH265) more...
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VARIOUS-JAZZ The Best Of The Big Bands (1983 German 20-track vinyl LP, features Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, tommy Dorsey and others, picture sleeve. This copy is still sealed from new and is Mint and unplayed) more...
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STAN KENTON / LES BROWN / HARRY JAMES / BILLY MAY / WOODY HERMAN / RAY ANTHONY Dance To The Bands! - Part Two (UK black & silver Capitol label 9-track vinyl LP, fully-laminated scalloped flipback picture sleeve LCT6125) more...
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VARIOUS Come To Happy Dixieland (1980 German only 20-track LP including selections from the Dutch Swing College Band, Chris Barber's Jazzband, Old Merry Tale Jazzband, Louis Armstrong & more, picture sleeve. Both sleeve & vinyl are in fantastic condition TG1251) more...
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VARIOUS-JAZZ Back To The Forties (1987 UK 20-track vinyl LP compilation, featuring all the big names of the swing era including Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller & Frank Sinatra, picture sleeve NE1397) more...
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VARIOUS-JAZZ The Jazz & Vocal Collection (1996 UK 23-track CD album - a fantastic compilation of 23 classic and rare recordings from 1920 to 1945, that have all been converted from mono to stereo using 3 dimensional sound. Issued in a vibrant rainbow picture sleeve) more...
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VARIOUS Best From The West - Modern Sounds From California Volumes 1 & 2 (1984 Spanish 12-track MONO double LP, billed as a 'Blindfold Test' compilation of West Coast jazz, circa 1954-55. Is your jazz knowledge up to guessing the performers? Gatefold picture sleeve complete with Spanish translated insert. This copy is in great shape, with just a small seam split on one of the edges & some light foxing to the inner sleeve, whilst the vinyl is near 'as new' - we have play tested & en more...
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