JOHN LENNON Commerative Coin 1940-1980 (UK unofficial commemorative silver-coloured coin. The double-sided coin measures 32mm diameter and features an embossed picture of John's head on one side with various song titles and motifs on the reverse. A nice collector's item) more...
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LESTER YOUNG & CHARLIE CHRISTIAN Lester Young - Charlie Christian 1939-1940 (1978 US 15-track LP, including recordings from the Famous Door [summer 1939] & a rehearsal from October, 1940, gatefold pasted picture sleeve with extensive liner notes. The sleeve shows a little shelf wear with age yet the vinyl reveals only light signs of play JA-42) more...
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BLIND WILLIE MCTELL 1940: The Legendary Library Of Congress Session (Wonderful 1971 reissue of the 1965 US 15-track vinyl LP, featuring the old time religion blues of a legend. The vinyl looks barely played within the back-pasted picture sleeve with extensive album notes printed on the back MLP7323) more...
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LESTER YOUNG Historical Prez - Lester Young 1940-1944 (1984 US 15-track LP collection of rare radio broadcasts, picture sleeve with extensive album notes & credits on the recordings. The sleeve is still in open shrink & the vinyl is fresh as adaisy & near mint EV-3002) more...
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VARIOUS The Roots Of Rockabilly 1940-1953 (2004 UK 75-track 3-CD album compilation including tracks by Muddy Water, Sonny Boy Williamson, Chet Atkins, Ella Mae Morse, The Carlisles, Hank Penny and many more. Each disc is comes in a title/tracklisting card sleeve, with a 12-page illustrated booklet and picture box IGOTCD2556) more...
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LEADBELLY Good Mornin' Blues - Early Leadbelly 1935-40 (70s US 14-track LP, featuring previously unissued recordings narrated by Woody Guthrie, pasted picture sleeve. The sleeve is mostly still in the original (opened) factory shrink and showsonly the lightest shelf wear & the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with little play BLP-12013) more...
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VARIOUS-JAZZ The Great British Dance Bands 1940-41 - Hits Of World War II (1978 UK 15-track vinyl LP compilation, a fascinating time capsule of the British dancehalls, featuring the stiff upper lip attitudes of Carroll Gibbons & The Savoy Hotel Orpheans, Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra, Joe Loss & His Orchestra & more, front laminated picture sleeve SH344) more...
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BILL GAITHER & HONEY HILL 1936-1940 (1988 Dutch 20-track LP of mostly previously unreleased Blues recordings, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows minimal wear & the vinyl reveals little play OT-1212) more...
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DORIS DAY 1940-1941 With The Les Brown Orchestra (1980 US 14-track mono LP issued as part of the Big Bands' Greatest Vocalists series, pasted picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear with minor creasing at the corners & the vinyl remains near 'as new' with few signs of play JOYCE6004) more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON An Explosion Of Genius 1938-1940 (1979 US 96-track 6-LP box set, complete with a lavish 24-page illustrated booklet containing extensive notes on the recordings. The 12" square box shows only a little light corner scuffing & each vinyl disc appears near mint) more...
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THE TOMMY DORSEY ORCHESTRA with FRANK SINATRA The Dorsey-Sinatra Sessions 1940-1942 (Rare 1972 UK promotional-only 12-track stereo LP sampler for the box set, housed in a unique front laminated tracklist sleeve. The sleeve shows little of itsage & the vinyl is near mint FS1) more...
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TOMMY DORSEY America Dances Broadcast 1940 (1978 US 12-track LP, featuring rare & unusual recordings & announcments from the 'American Dances' series, picture sleeve with extensive notes on rear sleeve. This copy remains sealed from new, mint & unplayed) more...
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FRANK SINATRA In Hollywood 1940-1964 (2002 German pressed 160-track six CD set which offers a remarkably complete chronology of a major aspect of the singer's legendary accomplishments. The set features two black hessian bound embossed books:oneholding the 6 discs and the other is a superb 120-page picture book with comprehensive notes by historian Scott Allen Nollen. Both are housed within a 11½" x 5½" x 2" hessian bound slipcase with a lenticular 'Frank Sinatra In Hollywood' image more...
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN'S HAWAIIAN SERENADERS Aloha On The Steel Guitar 1940-1945 (1977 UK 16-track mono vinyl LP that will transport you to exotic palm-studded beaches quicker than you can say 'aloha!', front laminated picture sleeve SH259) more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON The Complete 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion & Okeh Small Group Sessions (Limited Edition 2006 US Mosaic audiophile 176-track 7-CD box set, complete with unnumbered twenty eight page illustrated booklet featuring stunning black & white session photographs including portraits & pictures with extensive notes on the tracks & a complete session discography, all housed in a beautiful textured outer black box with front pasted picture cover. Each CD comes with an individual cr more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON Fargo 7th Nov, 1940 (Limited Edition 1968 UK-only 86-track set of three LP volumes featuring tracks recorded from rare transcription discs of performances at Fargo on 7th November 1940, with each volume in its own flipback picture sleeve. The sleeves shows just a little light shelfwear with some minor fading in places & the vinyl remains excellent with little sign of play P30-03/09/11) more...
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VARIOUS "1940" The Bands Of Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Andy Kirk & Jimmie Lunceford (Sealed 1985 US 14-track LP compilation, picture sleeve with extensive album notes & dates on the back. This collector's copy is sealed from new, the vinylmint & unplayed EV-3006) more...
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EARL HINES The Indispensable Earl Hines Vol. 1/2 (1979 French 33-track double LP of Big Band recordings from 1939-40, housed in a gatefold picture sleeve with extensive & historical album notes. The sleeve & the vinyl appears nearmint PM42412) more...
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COLEMAN HAWKINS The Chocolate Dandies And Leonard Feather's Allstars 1940 And 1943 (1979 German 15-track vinyl LP, featuring Roy Eldridge, Cootie Williams, Benny Carter and others, includes five alternative versions. picture sleeve with Germansleeve notes. The sleeve shows some light corner wear and the vinyl is in near mint condition) more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON The Ellington Era Volume One: 1927-1940 (1963 US export issue of the 56-track mono 3-LP set, where the 'two eye' Columbia labels have been specially banded round the perimeters in red with custom 'CBS' print sticker in order to avert any worldwide trading issues, picture box with 26-page booklet including photographs and comentary for each song. The box shows light wear and the vinyl is in near mint condition C3L27) more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON Duke Ellington, Volume 2 - The Cotton Club To Sweden (1929-1940) (2007 UK FOUR CD box set, fully remastered & annotated, documenting the early historic playing years of the greatest jazz leader of all time, with each parthoused in an album jewel case with booklet insert, all snugly kept in a slipcase picture box JSP936) more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON The Ellington Era, 1927-1940: Volume Two (1966 UK 47-track 3-LP set, covering a productive era of Ellington's career, picture box with 26-page booklet including photographs, essay on Ellington by Ralph Gleason, Sonny Greer reminices as told to Stanley Dance and comentary for each song. The box shows light wear and the vinyl Excellent with just the odd cosmetic blemish having little or no impact on play) more...
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JIMMIE LUNCEFORD The Complete Jimmie Lunceford (1939-1940) (1981 French 73-track FOUR vinyl LP box set, covering all his best known tracks from the era, picture box with track listing booklet including photographs. The box shows light edgewear with annotations to the booklet and the vinyl is in Excellent condition with light hairlines having little or no impact on play CBS66421) more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA The Ellington Era 1927-1940: Volume One, Part One (1963 UK 16-track vinyl LP, also features The Washingtonians ad The Harlem Footwarmers, front laminated flipback picture sleeve with sleevenotes insert. The sleeve has light wearwith annotations to the reverse, whilst the vinyl is Excellent with little sign of play BPG62178) more...
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VARIOUS B.B.C. Scrapbook For 1940 (Parts 1 & 2 1963 UK mono LP written & compiled by Leslie Baily, featuring the voices of numerous public figures, BBC war reporters & announcers, from Sir Winston Churchill to Neville Chamberlain. Comes housedin a gatefold pocket picture sleeve stapled together with a very informative 12-page history booklet. The packaging shows just light wear & the vinyl is near 'as new') more...
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LOUIS JORDAN and his TYMPANY FIVE Hoodoo Man Vol. 1 (1938-1940) (1986 Italian 16-track vinyl LP, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows minimal wear and the vinyl has little sign of play ST1011) more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON 1940 - Live From "The Crystal Ballrom", Fargo, North Dakota (70s French 27-track double LP of radio broadcast recordings from November 7th 1940, front laminated gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows minimal wear & the vinylis Excellent & appears barely played 30JA5229/30) more...
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FATS WALLER The Last Years 1940-1943 (1989 German 63-track digitally remastered 4-LP box set compilation, includes tracks previously unreleased on RCA Records label in the US. Housed in a superb metallic embossed picture box with 40-page CD-sized illustrated booklet. The box and contents remain in near as new condition NL90411(4)) more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON The Ellington Era 1927-1940: Volume One, Part Three (1963 UK 16-track compilation LP featuring tunes recorded between 1938 & 1940, front laminated flipback picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear & the vinyl remains in excellent condition with just a couple of light surface scuffs to show for over fifty five years BPG62180) more...
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JELLY ROLL MORTON The Complete Jelly Roll Morton Volumes 7/8 [1930-1940] (1985 German 31-track double compilation LP issued as #38 in the 'Jazz Tribune' series & featuring tracks recorded between 1930 & 1940, gatefold picture sleeve with sleeve notes in English and French. The sleeve has some minor general wear whilst the vinyl looks barely played NL89748) more...
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