SET OF 5 ERROLL GARNER BLUE NOTE 10" LP NYC 1ST ISSUE

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COMPLETE SET OF ERROLL GARNER'S OVERTURE TO DAWN BLUE NOTE 10" LP SERIES. BLP 5007, 5008, 5014, 5015, 5016. FIVE LPS TOTAL. THIS IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE THE COMPLETE SET OF THESE HISTORIC NEW YORK RECORDINGS BY GARNER PRIVATELY RECORDED DURING THE 1940s AND ISSUED BY ALFRED LION FOR THE FIRST AND ONLY TIME ON THIS SET OF EARLY BLUE NOTE 10" LPS. ALL VINYL DEEP GROOVE, THICK, HEAVY, FLAT EDGE, 767 LEXINGTON AVE, NYC, EAR IN DEAD WAX. ALL COVERS HAVE KAKUBUCHI FRAME LINES. CONDITION AS FOLLOWS:

BLP 5007 VOL. 1: SOLID NEAR MINT, AMAZING VINYL AND COVER. BEAUTIFUL TONE AND CLARITY. (NOTE, THE COVER HAS 2 VERY SMALL LIGHT BROWN STAINS ON THE LEFT EDGE BUT IN NO WAY DETRACTS FROM ITS BEAUTY.) ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF THIS LP ONE WOULD HOPE TO FIND.

BLP 5008 VOL. 2: VINYL SOLID VG++, FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES AND MARKS, DO NOT DETRACT. FULL RICH LUSTER AND SHEEN AS ABOVE, FINE FIDELITY. COVER SOLID, NM-, VERY FAINT RUB WEAR DOES NOT DETRACT. FINE EXAMPLE.

BLP 5014 VOL. 3: VINYL SOLID VG++, FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES AND MARKS, DO NOT DETRACT. FULL RICH LUSTER AND SHEEN AS ABOVE, FINE FIDELITY. COVER VG+, SEAM SPLITS 1" EACH TOP AND BOTTOM LEFT OPENING, MODERATE EDGE WEAR, MODERATE RUB WEAR ON FRONT, ACCEPTABLE BUT AVERAGE VINTAGE CONDITION. STILL OVERALL NOT A BAD FIRST ISSUE COVER. DESIGNED BY PAUL BACON.

BLP 5015 VOL. 4: VINYL SOLID VG++, FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES AND MARKS, DO NOT DETRACT. FULL RICH LUSTER AND SHEEN AS ABOVE, FINE FIDELITY. COVER VG++, NM-, SOLID WITH JUST SLIGHT EDGE WEAR, FINE EXAMPLE. DESIGNED BY PAUL BACON.

BLP 5016 VOL. 5: VINYL SOLID VG++, FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES AND MARKS, DO NOT DETRACT. FULL RICH LUSTER AND SHEEN AS ABOVE, FINE FIDELITY. COVER NM-, SOLID WITH JUST SLIGHT EDGE WEAR, FINE EXAMPLE. DESIGNED BY PAUL BACON.

ERROLL GARNER IS NOT USUALLY IN VOGUE AMONG SERIOUS COLLECTORS. I THINK THIS HAS MUCH TO DO WITH THE SHEER VOLUME OF LPS HE RELEASED. HOWEVER, THIS SET ALONG WITH HIS SOLE DIAL 10" ARE AMONG HIS BEST AND EARLIEST BOP INFLUENCED RECORDINGS AND ARE RARITIES AS THEY WERE NEVER REISSUED BY BLUE NOTE AS DEEP GROOVES OR SIMILAR PERIOD ISSUES. THEY ALSO REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT PART OF JAZZ HISTORY IN NEW YORK CITY WHEN YOUNG ENTHUSIASTIC FANS MADE PRIVATE RECORDINGS SOMETIMES IN SMALL APARTMENTS OR SMOKE FILLED CLUBS WITH PRIMATIVE, HEAVY WIRE RECORDERS. THANK GOD THEY DID!

OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, DOWNBEAT 2003 WILL BE LISTING A MAJOR COLLECTION OF VERY RARE VINTAGE JAZZ LPS, 78S, EPS, ETC. FROM A MAJOR COLLECTION ACQUIRED OVER 30+ YEARS OF INTERNATIONAL COLLECTING. SOME OF THE RAREST LPS OF BOP AND MODERN JAZZ WILL BE OFFERED, FROM ALL MAJOR LABELS INCLUDING BLUE NOTE, PRESTIGE, SAVOY, DIAL, ROOST, PACIFIC JAZZ, DEBUT, VOGUE, TO NAME A FEW. THE PIECES IN MOST CASES ARE IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION AND PRESERVATION. SERIOUS BIDDERS ONLY! PLEASE SEE MY ME FOR ALL STRICT GRADING, SHIPPING AND PAYMENT TERMS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST.