This Rare Original 12" LP Box Set is part of an Amazing Collection I have been fortunate enough to have been granted permission to sell on behalf of the original owner.

This is a unique opportunity to acquire some of the rarest, most desirable Jazz & Blues Records ever pressed.

JOHN HAMMOND'S

SPIRITUALS TO SWING

The Legendary Carnegie Hall Concerts of 1938/9

Superb Original 1959 Vinyl 2LP Box Set!

Outer Box & 4-Panel Insert with 2 Original Vanguard Inner Sleeves

VANGUARD - VRS-8523/4

Matrix / Runout (Etched, Side 1 Runout): -

Matrix / Runout (Etched, Side 2 Runout): K8OP-8899-1 A4

Matrix / Runout (Etched, Side 3 Runout): K8OP-8900-A3

Matrix / Runout (Etched, Side 4 Runout): K8OP-8901-A4

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Rare USA Original 1959 Vinyl LP Box Set

1ST PRESS GENUINE 1959 VINYL 2xLP BOX SET

Made in THE USA

A Rare Opportunity to own this Wonderful 2LP

VERY FIRST PRESS USA 'VANGUARD' VINYL 2LP SET

FROM MY OWN PERSONAL COLLECTION OF SUPERB COLLECTIBLES, PLEASE CHECK MY LISTINGS FOR MORE!

VERY RARE ORIGINAL USA FIRST PRESSING

SEE BELOW FOR FULL DETAILED DESCRIPTION

SERIAL NUMBER: VRS 8523/4

PRESENTED IN THE ORIGINAL BOX WITH INSERT & ORIGINAL VANGUARD INNER SLEEVES

Track Listing:

Side 1.

1. Benny Goodman Sextet - I Got Rhythm

2. Benny Goodman Sextet - Flying Home

3. Benny Goodman Sextet - Memories Of You

4. Helen Humes And Band - Blues With Helen

5. Members Of Basie Band - Mortgage Stomp

6. Count Basie Band - One O'Clock Jump

7. "Hot Lips" With Basie Band - Blues With Lips

8. Count Basie Band - Rhythm Man

Side 2.

1. Kansas City Six - Good Morning Blues

2. Kansas City Six - Way Down Yonder In New Orleans

3. Count Basie Trio - I Ain't Got Nobody

4. Members Of Basie Band - Don’t Be That Way

5. James P. Johnson, piano - Mule Walk

6. James P. Johnson, piano - Carolina Shout

7. New Orleans Feetwarmers - Weary Blues

8. New Orleans Feetwarmers - I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate

Side 3:

1. Benny Goodman Sextet - Stompin' At The Savoy

2. Benny Goodman Sextet - Honeysuckle Rose

3. Golden Gate Quartet - Gospel Train

4. Golden Gate Quartet - I'm On My Way

5. Ida Cox And Band - Four Day Creep

6. Jam Session - Lady Be Good

Side 4.

1. Sonny Terry - Mountain Blues

2. Sonny Terry And Bull City Red - The New John Henry

3. Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - It's All Right Baby

4. Pete Johnson/Meade Lux Lewis/Albert Ammons - Cavalcade Of Boogie

5. Big Bill Broonzy - Don't Got Wise

6. Big Bill Broonzy - Louise, Louise

7. Mitchell's Christian Singers - What More Can My Jesus Do

8. Mitchell's Christian Singers - My Mother Died A’Shoutin’

9. Kansas City Six - Paging The Devil

Recorded Live: December 23rd, 1938 and December 24th, 1939, Carnegie Hall, New York City

IN GREAT CONDITION

VINYL IS IN CLEAN BARELY PLAYED SUPERB (M-) CONDITION

ONE TINY SUPER FAINT SPINDLE TRACE ON LABEL 1!

NO SPINDLE WEAR TO LABEL HOLES!

NO WRITING OR PEN MARKS ON LABELS!

UNDER BRIGHT HALOGEN LIGHT: NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES, SUPERB!

BARELY PLAYED!

AT FAIRLY HIGH VOLUME: GREAT PLAYBACK, MAYBE JUST SOME VERY FAINT SLIGHT SIGNS OF AGE DURING SILENCE ON OPENING RUN-INS

NO SKIPS OR JUMPS!

THE BOX IS IN VERY GOOD PLUS (VG+) CONDITION

A SPLIT ON ONE EDGE OF LOWER BOX

ONE LIGHT CORNER BUMP

A FAINT VERTICAL CREASE ON BOX LID, NEAR SPINE

A FEW LITTLE WEAR TRACES TO EDGES OF FRONT PANEL

GOLD SPINE TEXT A LITTLE FAINT

4 PAGE INSERT IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, FAINT AGE SPOTS TO COVER WITH ONE OR TWO SLIGHT LITTLE CREASES

INNER SLEEVES IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, SOME SMALL SPLITS, BUT CLEAN

INCLUDES ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVES & NEW POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVES

ALL IN ALL A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THIS WONDERFUL VERY FIRST USA PRESS 1959 2LP VINYL BOX SET!

Year: 1959

Label: VANGUARD

Serial No: VRS 8523/4

MADE IN THE USA