ELLA FITZGERALD SINGS GEORGE & IRA GERSHWIN SONGBOOKS 5 LP FLIP BOX LITHOS BOOK
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NOTE: I will be on vacation from March 4th THROUGH March 29th. I will have sporadic internet access at best and limited ability to answer most questions. During that time, I will be unable to ship merchandise, obviously. Unless I can get to them, combined item invoices will have to wait until I return as will all orders paid for while I am away, but as in the past, I promise to respond and send out all paid orders immediately upon my return. Until then and after, it's business as usual!
ORIGINAL FIRST RELEASE - 1959 With FLIP TOP BOXELLA FITZGERALD SINGS THE GEORGE AND IRA GERSHWIN SONG BOOK
FLIP TOP - BOX SET
5 12" VINYL LPs
5 LITHOGRAPHS and HARDCOVER BOOK
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Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book is a box set by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald that contains songs by George and Ira Gershwin with arrangements by Nelson Riddle. Fifty-nine songs were recorded in the span of eight months in 1959. This original 1959 set comes with five lithographs by Bernard Buffet and a special hardcover book The Gershwin's Words Upon Music(both shown below).
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ABOUT THIS EDITION: When this box originally came out, it was offered in a box with a flip-top opening, as this copy is. These are exceedingly difficult to find in any condition, yet alone as clean as this set is. I'm not sure how long this original box ran, but it was far too expensive for Verve to continue to producing the set in that format, so they shortly thereafter changed the packaging to a more common coffin-style box. I do have one of those listed as of this writing. It's not less expensive and it is complete, with book and lithos and even comes with a 45 RPM extra.
Collectors for years have been scampering for this edition due to it's rarity and fidelity of the listing, however I do have both copies available. If you cannot find the other one and want it instead, drop me a line and I'll send you a link.
ABOUT ME: I am a SERIOUS collector of Music with over 10,000 vinyl albums and half as many CD's in my personal collection. Unless otherwise stated, all vinyl records I sell come from my personal collection. I owned a high end Audio Salon for over 20 years so my personal equipment is of the highest quality money can buy (Mark Levinson, Audio Research, Oracle, etc). If it is in my personal collection, then it will absolutely be good enough for yours, and you can buy with confidence knowing you are going to get the genuine article, in the condition stated. I have just begun to sell off rare treasures from it, so if you have any requests, drop me a line. A physical description follows...
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**This is a gently handled and previously played box set of vinyl records in excellent condition, currently housed in Mobile Fidelity rice paper sleeves, however the original inner sleeves are also included but are not currently housing the vinyl.This comes from my private collection. There is no spiderwebbing at the spindle holes but there are some VERY minor surface scratches which did not affect play on my system. The box shows a minor amount shelfwear from handling with some chipping near the top and the hinge is loose but still intact. I did obtain this second hand and it has been kept in a temperature controlled environment for the last 35 years.The last set I sold was back in 1999 and sold in 8 hours to someone in Japan. Clearly I priced it too low. The price at which I have this listed is a fair price for this set, but I will accept reasonable offers. Don't bother sending ridiculously low offers as they will be summarily ignored and the buyer banned for wasting my time. (sorry to those serious onlookers!). It will be well packaged and insured, and a signature will be required by an adult due to the amount of the listing. Enjoy..
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