STAN KENTON / LES BROWN / HARRY JAMES / BILLY MAY / WOODY HERMAN / RAY ANTHONY Dance To The Bands! (Rare 1956 US 18-track double compilation LP, pasted gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve has some edge scuffing but is otherwise in superb condition & the vinyl has only a few light inaudible surface marks to show for its fifty years. This LP has come from the vast personal collection of the former Director of Publicity & Marketing for Blue Note in the USA & has been stamped on the back of the gatefold as being part of his Jazz Archive - A true piece of Jazz history! TBO727) more...
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VARIOUS The Playboy Jazz All Stars (Rare original 1957 US 21-track compilation double LP featuring HUNDREDS of the greatest names in Jazz to celebrate the winners of the first annual Playboy Magazine Jazz poll, superb laminated gatefold picture sleeve with integral biography/discograpy booklet on all the major artists. The sleeve shows just light shelfwear & edge scuffing & the vinyl is superb - A fantastic set! PB#1957) 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-JAZZ The World Of Swing (1974 UK 20-track mono double LP, featuring Woody Herman And His Swingin' Herd, Duke Ellington, Count Basie And Their Orchestras, Benny Goodman And His Orchestra, plus Cab Calloway, Coleman Hawkins,Benny Carter,Chick Webb and their respective orchestras, gatefold picture sleeve - a perfect primer on swing!) more...
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VARIOUS This Is The Big Band Era (1972 UK 20-track double vinyl LP compilation of original Big Band recordings, including classics such as 'Begin The Beguine' by Artie Shaw, 'In The Mood' by Glenn Miller & Ellington's 'Take The A Train'. Someof the great sidemen of jazz are featured, from Harry James, Jess Stacy & Gene Krupa, to Tony Pastor, Johnny Hodges & Buddy Rich, gatefold picture sleeve with extensive liner notes. The sleeve has an area of paper loss, which has been re-colou more...
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VARIOUS-JAZZ The Golden Era Of Swing (1973 German 24-track double LP compilation, featuring the kings of swing, from Tommy Dorsey, Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie and their respective orchestras, with recordings dating from the mid-thirties through to the early sixties, glossy gatefold picture sleeve COPS6222/1-2) more...
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VARIOUS Those Classic Years 1948-1956 (1974 UK 20-track compilation LP, taken from the end of the big band era through when swing was the thing to the solo stars of the late fifties & beyond, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows minimal wear [small year annotation on back] & the vinyl is near mint E-ST23368) more...
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VARIOUS A Decade Of Jazz Volume One 1939 - 1949 (1973 US 21-track compilation double LP, gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows a little bit of edge scuffing but the vinyl is flawless BN-LA158-G2) more...
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VARIOUS The Swinging War Years (1974 Canadian limited edition 16-track LP compiled by the International Association Of Jazz Record Collectors from rare 'lost' 78RPM recordings, broadcast transcription archives, movie soundtracks & private recordings, remastered for best possible sound quality and pressed onto 'members only' vinyl that was not available for widespread commercial sale, picture sleeve. Apart from a small split to the centre of the top seam, both sleeve & vinyl remain nea more...
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VARIOUS Newport Jazz Festival: Live (1982 Dutch 18-track compilation double LP featuring previously unreleased live tracks from the 1956, 1958 & 1963 Newport Jazz Festivals, including tracks by The Louis Armstrong All-Stars, Rex Stewart & The Ellington Alumni, Ben Webster with Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, Willie 'The Lion' Smith, Jimmy Rushing, Benny Goodman, George Wein, The Newport All-Stars, Teddy Wilson, Newport Jazz Festival House Band with Coleman Hawkins, Zoot Sims, Howard 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-JAZZ Big Sound Tenors (70s French 16-track vinyl LP of recordings that showcase the sax abilities of Julian Dash, Al Sears, Eddie Chamblee and Ben Webster, laminated picture sleeve with album notes in French and English) more...
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VARIOUS Blue Note's Three Decades Of Jazz - 1939 To 1949 - Vol. 1 (1969 US 21-track stereo double compilation LP, pasted gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just light shelfwear with a bit of edge scuffing and the vinyl remains in excellent condition with few signs of play BST89902) more...
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VARIOUS Kansas City Memories (Sealed 1985 US 18-track LP, featuring a wide range of historic music born out of Kansas City [1927-58], which, despite economic depression, encouraged a wide open policy for nightclubs & taverns for musicians to run riot. Bennie Moten, Charlie Parker, Count Basie, Mary Lou Williams & many more perform. The picture sleeve lists all dates & names & this copy is sealed from new, the vinyl unplayed IAJRC44) more...
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VARIOUS Stompin’ At The Savoy (1983 UK 20-track LP packed with ''Honkers, Screamers, Shouters, Be-Boppers, Crooners & Jazz Babes' from the the archives of Savoy, America's pioneer jazz, be-bop, rhythm & blues record manufacturer. This compilation was originally an NME mail order cassette. The die-cut sleeve shows just a spot of light edge wear & the vinyl is near mint STOMP1) more...
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STAN KENTON / LES BROWN / HARRY JAMES / BILLY MAY / WOODY HERMAN / RAY ANTHONY Dance To The Bands! (Early 80s Dutch issue of the 1956 18-track Mono double LP, gatefold picture sleeve reproducing the original album artwwork. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear & the vinyl remains in excellent condition & looks barely played) more...
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VARIOUS-JAZZ The Swing II (1982 Japanese promotional sample 32-track double vinyl LP compilation, featuring recordings from 1931-47 by Artie Shaw, Benny Carter, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Earl Hines, Fats Waller, Fletcher Henderson, Glenn Miller, Johnny Hodges, Lionel Hampton, Tommy Dorsey & their respective orchestras, housed in a gatefold picture sleeve with integral Japanese booklet & obi with '82.10.21' release date stamp RJL-2021~22) more...
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VARIOUS The Changing Face Of Harlem (1976 US 32-track double LP pulling together some of the lesser known names, along with the more familiar, that helped shape the Harlem sound, gatefold picture sleeve with extensive liner notes by Dan Morgenstern & mastering by Rudy Van Gelder. The sleeve shows some shelfwear with a little foxing & the vinyl remains Excellent with little sign of play SJL2208) more...
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VARIOUS The Changing Face Of Harlem Volume Two (1977 US 32-track double compilation LP pulling together some of the lesser known names, along with the more familiar, that helped shape the Harlem sound between 1944 & 1946, gatefold picture sleeve with extensive sleeve notes inside by Dan Morgenstern & mastering by Rudy Van Gelder. The sleeve shows minimal shelfwear & the vinyl remains near 'as new' with little sign of play SJL2224) more...
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VARIOUS Spirituals To Swing 1 & 2 (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 including the Kansas City Six, Benny Goodman Sextet, Big Bill Broonzy & Count Basie amongst others, captured at their peak as live touring bands. Both parts are housed in their respective front laminated flipback picture sleeves, & the set is Excellent to Ne more...
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VARIOUS The Encyclopedia Of Jazz On Records Vol. 1 & 2 - Jazz Of The Twenties & Thirties (Mid 60s UK 24-track deep groove mono 2-LP compilation set on the black & silver Brunswick label, documenting the evolution of Jazz through the great works of King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Count Basie & more, as selected by Leonard Feather, with both parts housed in their respective front laminated sleeves. The covers show little of their age & both vinyl discs are more...
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VARIOUS Jazz Tribune (1976 French only 26-track compilation double LP issued as a sampler for the 'RCA Masters' Black And White series of releases, featuring tracks from the twenties to the mid seventies, front laminated gatefold picture sleeve with sleeve notes in French and English. The sleeve shows a little light shelfwear with some age yellowing at the edges but the vinyl remains excellent, showing little sign of play FXM27217) more...
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VARIOUS-JAZZ The Changing Face Of Harlem (1976 US 32-track double LP compilation. Contains historic recordings from Charlie Parker, Hot Lips Page's Band starring Ike Quebec, the Buck Ram All-Stars featuring Red Norvo & Cozy Cole and many more, all recorded in 1944 and including twelve previously unissued performances. Gatefold picture sleeve with deletion saw-cut corner and extensive details printed inside, which won the 1977 Grammy Award for best album notes. Still factory sealed< more...
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VARIOUS-JAZZ Black British Swing (2001 UK 24-track CD compilation, billed as 'the African diaspora's contribution to England's own jazz of the 1930s and 1940s'. Compiled from the jazz collection of the British Library National Sound Archive, thisoffers a fascinating glimpse of times gone with early recordings by the seldom heard groups led by Ken 'Snakehips' Johnson, Leslie 'Jiver' Hutchinson, Cyril Blake and more, picture sleeve booklet with black & white photos and extensive album more...
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PETE JOHNSON-COZY COLE ALL STAR SWING GROUPS The Savoy Sessions (1977 US Savoy label 29-track double LP, originally recorded between 1944 and 1946, featuring Ray Conniff, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins and more, gatefold picture sleeve with album notes from renowned jazz critic Stanley Dance, still factory sealed from new and therefore mint & unplayed! SJL2218) more...
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VARIOUS-JAZZ The Swing Era - Encore! (1971 US mail order only 30-track 3-LP vinyl boxed set featuring a selection of classics in the style of Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Duke Ellington and more, great laminated box plus 64-page hardback book documenting the era and musicians - all housed in a textured outer picture slipcase! STL351) more...
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VARIOUS-JAZZ Une Histoire Des Geants Du Jazz (1969 French-only 24-track stereo double LP compilation, a superb primer on jazz, starting with early innovations from Louis Armstrong & Sidney Bechet, and including vital works by the likes of DjangoReinhardt, Charlie Parker and the modernist Thelonious Monk. Typical of French condition, the laminated gatefold picture sleeve is in EX condition [name penned inside & small split in spine], yet the vinyl looks barely played CLVLX342) more...
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VARIOUS The Legendary John Hammond's Carnegie Hall Concerts 1938/39 - From Spirituals To Swing (1978 UK 31-track double LP, with the full programme notes listed inside the gatefold. The picture sleeve shows very little wear & the vinyl is in Excellent condition with just the odd faint sign of play VJD550) more...
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PETE JOHNSON-COZY COLE ALL STAR SWING GROUPS The Savoy Sessions (1977 US Savoy label 29-track double LP, originally recorded between 1944 and 1946, featuring Ray Conniff, Ben Webster, Cozy Cole, Coleman Hawkins & more. The gatefold sleeve is excellent and the vinyl near mint SJL2218) 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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