1950s PRIVATE PRESSING ACETATE 10"LP: CHET BAKER SEXTET

	£		45
	$		60

ATTENTION SERIOUS JAZZ COLLECTORS!

HERE IS A REAL ONE-OFF ITEM!

AN ORIGINAL MONO 1950s BRITISH PRESSED 10 INCH ACETATE L.P. WITH MUSIC ON BOTH SIDES-MANY ACETATES ARE SINGLE SIDED!

CARROWAY-COX RECCO LABELS. 

CHET BAKER SEXTET.

ALONGSIDE CHET BAKER ARE:BOB BROOKMEYER/BUD SHANK/RUSS FREEMAN/CARSON SMITH AND SHELLEY MANNE. 

ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING ITEMS YOU WILL SEE ON EBAY FOR YEARS AND UNLIKELY TO BE EVER OFFERED FOR SALE AGAIN!

POSSIBLY THE ONLY COPY IN EXISTENCE!

THIS IS LOVELY TUNEFUL BOP JAZZ BUT ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS SIMPLY THE LIST OF PRINTED TITLES AND THAT THE TRACKS ARE NOT LIVE AND SOUND LIKE A FINISHED ALBUM WITH NO SPEAKING,FALSE STARTS OR SUDDEN FADE OUTS.

I AM NOT SURE IF THERE WAS A COMMERCIAL ISSUE OF THIS ACETATE AND EVEN IF THERE WAS,THESE MAY BE ALTERNATIVE VERSIONS!!

EITHER WAY IT IS A FASCINATING AND WONDERFUL ITEM AND IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION WHEN MOST ACETATES DO NOT SURVIVE MORE THAN A FEW PLAYS,NOT BEING MADE FOR LONG TERM USE IN MIND!

JUST TO EXPLAIN ACETATES WERE USUALLY MADE TO TEST OUT A PROPOSED ISSUE BEFORE PRODUCTION BEGAN AT THE FACTORY.

THEY WERE SOMETIMES MADE FOR THE ARTISTS INVOLVED OR FOR SELECTIVE MANAGEMENT OR IMPORTANT RECORD REVIEWERS/DJs.

THIS WAS IN THE DAYS OF THE MID 1950s WHEN HARDLY ANYONE HAD A PORTABLE TAPE RECORDER,TAPE BEING VERY EXPENSIVE AND THE INDUSTRY PREFERRED DIRECT TO DISC TESTING!

BEING A METAL BASED DISC,THEY ARE HEAVY,LOOK UNUSUAL AND HAVE A WONDERFUL SMELL(!!!)BUT THE GROOVES ARE DELICATE,VOLUME LEVELS OFTEN LOWER THAN THE VINYL VERSIONS AND THERE ARE SOMETIMES VARIOUS ODD"POPS"AND"HISSES"BUT I HAVE TESTED THE DISC ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO ENSURE NO MAJOR FAULTS SUCH AS JUMPS,STICKS OR NASTY CLICKS.THE GRADING AS SUCH IS NEAR EXCELLENT CONDTION BUT AS MOST ACETATES THAT SURVIVE ARE UNPLAYABLE,MY NEAR EXCELLENT GRADING SHOULD BE REGARDED AS ULTRA STRICT AND AS SUCH THE GENERAL CONDITION BY MOST WOULD EASILY RATE AS EXCELLENT! 

THE TRACKS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

STELLA BY STARLIGHT

TOMMYHAWK

LITTLE MAN YOU'VE HAD A BUSY DAY

DOT'S GROOVY

THE HALF DOZEN'S

I'M GLAD THERE IS YOU 

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THIS ACTATE IS MEGA RARE,QUITE POSSIBLY THE ONLY SURVIVING COPY IN THE WORLD AND IN DECENT CONDITION WITH THE WONDERFULLY CLEAN CARDBOARD COVER BEAUTIFULLY PRESERVED+ A WHITE INNER!

In the 1950s MOST ACETATES were used with not much care and quickly damaged on the primitive and heavy equipment of the time,even sometimes getting mixed up with 78s with disastrous consequences!

MOST WERE THROWN OUT AFTER A FEW PLAYS!THE MAJORITY WOULD NEVER LEAVE THE RECORD COMPANY BUILDING!!!! 

This UNIQUE item is from the collection of the former Esquire jazz label boss,Peter Newbrook who passed away nearly two years ago.

I have been selling many of his carefully preserved records over the last year on ebay and you are welcome to trawl through my feedback to see more examples to prove the amazing quality of his collection!

ESQUIRE RECORDS WAS ONE OF THE BEST BRITISH JAZZ RECORD LABELS OF THE 1950s AND 1960s WITH STRONG AMERICAN LINKS AND PETER NEWBROOK WAS ALSO A MUSICIAN,WELL KNOWN TO JAZZ ARTISTS AND OTHER RECORD LABEL BOSSES WORLDWIDE!

HE WAS A VERY MAJOR JAZZ RECORD COLLECTOR AND A HI-FI BUFF!!

NO WONDER HE HAD THIS EXCITING ACETATE IN HIS COLLECTION AND HAD THE VISION TO KEEP IT SAFELY STORED FOR OVER 50 YEARS,EVEN ADDING CLEAN WHITE PAPER INNERS WHEN MOST ACETATES TURN UP IN BROWN PAPER BAGS OR WITH NO COVER AT ALL!! 

I HAVE KEPT THIS ACETATE FOR A WHILE IN MY OWN COLLECTION BUT HAVE DECIDED TO SELL IT WHICH I KNOW I SHALL REGRET LATER ON,BUT BILLS MUST BE PAID! 

IT IS QUITE PROBABLE THAT ONLY A FEW COPIES WERE MADE OF THIS ACETATE,10 AT THE VERY MOST AS EACH ONE WOULD HAVE TO BE DIRECTLY CUT BY AN ENGINEER!

 THIS COPY HAS SOME FAINT SURFACE MARKS AND LIGHT,TINY SCUFFS IN STRONG LIGHT BUT NO CLICKS,STICKS OR JUMPS AND ONLY MINOR SURFACE NOISE.

CLEAN LABELS WITH NO STAINING OR PEELING. 

THE ACETATE IS SIMPLY STUNNING WITH NO HORRIBLE AGE STAINING OR NASTY DAMP,SMOKEY SMELL!

NO NASTY PATCHES OR SPILLAGES!!

THE VERY EARLIEST PRESSING POSSIBLE!!

 A LOW £20 STARTING PRICE AND FREE UK RECORDED DELIVERY POSTAGE INCLUDED!!!!

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A GREAT AND RARE 1950s JAZZ MUSIC 10 INCH ACETATE LP-

THIS COULD BE THE ONE FOR YOU!

BE THE ENVY OF YOUR JAZZ COLLECTOR FREINDS AND OF COURSE THIS IS AN EXCELLENT INVESTMENT FOR THE FUTURE! 

MOST COPIES THAT SURVIVE ARE IN DREADFUL CONDITION.

THIS COPY IS IN NEAR EXCELLENT CONDITION.

PLAYS EXCELLENT!!! 

 IT IS BETTER THAN MOST ACETATES THAT TURN UP AND IS VERY STRICTLY GRADED AND TESTED. 

TIME FOR A LITTLE ABOUT ME! FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH ME ON EBAY SINCE 2002 AND INDEED ELSEWHERE BEFORE SINCE 1986, WILL PROBABLY KNOW I HAVE BEEN A RESPECTED DEALER,  MUSIC EXPERT AND COLLECTOR FOR MANY YEARS CALLED UPON BY RADIO,TV AND PRICE GUIDES FOR MY ADVICE AND KNOWLEDGE ESPECIALLY REGARDING JAZZ!!!            

MOST ACETATES THAT SURVIVE ARE IN POOR,UNPLAYABLE CONDITION-THIS ONE IS IN NEAR EXCELLENT CONDITION AND THAT IS BEING STRICT!  

GREAT SOLID MONO SOUND!

I TEST ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITHOUT FILTERING OR A MONO SWITCH.

I HAVE PLAYED IT TO CHECK FOR ANY FAULTS.

Look elsewhere on ebay and you WON'T see other copies. 

AT WORSE AND IN THE STRICTNESS OF POTENTIAL BUYERS,THE DISC IS IN NEAR EXCELLENT CONDITION. FAR BETTER THAN MOST PEOPLES USE OF THE "NEAR EXCELLENT"GRADING BUT IT IS DOWN TO MY STRICT GRADING POLICY. .    

REMEMBER I AM GRADING STRICTLY! PLEASE STUDY THE PHOTO!

IF YOU GO THROUGH MY FEEDBACK YOU WILL SEE MANY OTHER RARITIES -PAY NOTE TO THE FEEDBACK RESPONSES!! INFACT VERY HAPPY CUSTOMERS WHICH IS PROOF OF MY CAREFUL,DETAILED AND STRICT GRADING!!!

THIS IS A GREAT CHANCE TO OWN A PIECE OF 1950s JAZZ  HISTORY. A GREAT INVESTMENT! 

Postage is FREE AND RECORDED DELIVERY TO THE UK.YOU WILL GET IT IN FINE SHAPE!!

Outside UK extra depending on destination.£5 EUROPE £7 REST OF THE WORLD. PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO SEVERAL ITEMS OVERSEAS BEING"LOST", IF THE OPTION TO SEND INSURED IS REFUSED THEN I CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST ITEMS. I DO NOT DRAMATICALLY INCREASE POSTAGE ON SEVERAL ITEMS BOUGHT.Paypal or cheque within 7 days please.

CHEQUE WILL NEED TIME TO CLEAR BEFORE DELIVERY. 

SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES FOR SEVERAL ITEMS BOUGHT

DO NOT BUY UNLESS YOU INTEND TO PAY.Feedback always left. BE AWARE!!!! NON PAYERS AND TIMEWASTERS WILL BE DEALT WITH AND REPORTED TO EBAY AS WELL AS CIRCULATED VERBALLY AND BY EMAIL TO MY MANY DEALER AND COLLECTOR FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!

Checkout my  feedback of OVER 11,000 comments of my standards and service many from some of the world's most respected collectors and dealers. BUY with confidence! Always adding quality Records, cd's and related items to ebay several times a week. Customers from all over the world regard my  ebay selections as the #1 for QUALITY,VARIETY AND SERVICE.

I HAVE BEEN A DEALER SINCE 1986 WITH OVER 8 YEARS ON EBAY.

I ACTUALLY LISTEN TO MY ITEMS ON GOOD QUALITY EQUIPMENT, USUALLY TWICE TO ENSURE THE VERY BEST POSSIBLE AND ACURATE GRADE-I WANT LONG TERM REGULAR CUSTOMERS WHO WANT TO RETURN TO BUY FROM ME WITH FAITH AND TRUST.

LOOK AT MY FEEDBACK AND SEE WELL KNOWN RESPECTED COLLECTORS AND DEALERS WHO BUY FROM ME OVER AND OVER-NOTE WHAT THEY SAY-PAGE AFTER PAGE OF GLOWING STATEMENTS! 

UK Customers are very welcome to collect ebay winnings  by prior email arrangement.  8 YEARS ON EBAY and many more before as a keen collector! Thanks for looking and good luck.

OTHER STYLES OF MUSIC ON EBAY FROM ME-SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE-LOOK NO FURTHER!!!!!

DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS OPPORTUNITY!

A VITAL PART OF ANY JAZZ LP COLLECTION!

IT COULD BE THE ONLY COPY I WILL EVER FIND!

I HAVE MENTIONED EVERYTHING BUT IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK. KEEP WATCHING IN 2010 AND BEYOND!

THANKYOU FOR YOUR INTEREST!GOOD LUCK!!

THE COUNTDOWN IS ON FOR YOUR CHANCE TO OWN A VERY RARE 1950s ACETATE PRESSING 10 INCH JAZZ LP!

AN IMPRESSIVE SELECTION OF RARELY SEEN 10 INCH AND 12 INCH JAZZ ACETATE LPs ENDING FROM ME ON THE SAME EVENING AS THIS ONE!