BIG BILL BROONZY STORY INSANELY RARE VERVE 5-LP BOX SET w/DAVID STONE MARTIN ART

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·       BIG BILL BROONZY - THE BILL'S BROONZY STORY - ULTRA-RARE   1958 VERVE RECORDS 5-LP MONO BOX SET MG-V-3000-5

·       EASILY, AND BY FAR, THE RAREST BIG BILL BROONZY ALBUM IN EXISTENCE

·       GENUINE  U.S. PRESSING

·       VERY EARLY PRESSING CIRCA 1961/62 ON BLACK VERVE LABEL WITH SILVER PRINT AND  LARGE T-SHAPED VERVE LOGO

·       DEEP GROOVE PRESSING (RECORDS 1 & 2/SIDES 1, 2, 3 & 4 ONLY)

·       BEAUTIFUL AND PAINFULLY EXPRESSIVE COVER ARTWORK BY DAVID STONE MARTIN IS EASILY ONE OF HIS FINEST AND BEST KNOWN WORKS.

ACCORDING TO THE INDIVIDUAL FROM WHOM WE ACQUIRED THIS ITEM, THIS ALBUM COMES FROM THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF THE LEGENDARY SINGER , ACTOR AND CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER ►HARRY BELAFONTE. WE HAVE NO WAY OF VERIFYING THIS CLAIM AND CANNOT VALIDATE IT, BUT WE DO WISH TO NOTE THAT THE CLAIM IS CREDIBLE, BECAUSE A LARGE NUMBER OF ITEMS ACQUIRED FROM THE SAME SOURCE ARE RCA VICTOR RELEASES (BELAFONTE'S HOME LABEL), AND APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO HIM AS COMPLIMENTARY COPIES.

·       THIS IS NOT AN IMPORT, RECORD CLUB RELEASE OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (1-INCH THICK BOX)

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       This album is currently out of print and unavailable on Compact Disc, or in any other format.

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

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This 5-lp set was a product of three recording sessions, held on July 12 and 13, 1957, immediately before Broonzy entered the hospital for surgery on the lung cancer that would end his career and take his life just a year later. He sounds in good enough spirits, and the voice and guitar are still in excellent form as he runs through the songs that evidently mattered most to him on those two days: "Key to the Highway," "Take This Hammer," "See See Rider," "Alberta," "Frankie and Johnny," "In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)," "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," and more than two dozen others. Producer Bill Randle didn't get a lot of the songs he'd hoped to record, such as "Stack O Lee" and "Night Time Is the Right Time," which Broonzy didn't want to sing, but he got enough for five LPs' worth of music out of the ten hours of recordings. (Did the rest survive, one wonders, and might there be anything that was left off that's worth hearing?) The sound is state of the art, with the singer and his solo acoustic guitar clean and close. The set is a vital and important document, as well as great listening, not only for the music but for Broonzy's between-song banter -- he was one of the great raconteurs of the blues -- although it isn't quite as indispensable as one might think.

(REVIEW REPRINTED COURTESY OF BRUCE EDER, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

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·       CONDITION:

·       RECORDS:

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS EXCELLENT. This is one of those albums that are somewhat difficult to grade. It is somewhere between VG++ and NEAR MINT, just a notch below NEAR MINT. A few light abrasions ARE visible, but they are extremely shallow, superficial  and only moderately visually distracting (nothing significant).For the most part, the vinyl looks impeccable without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)          The records are pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(c)           The records have a "deep groove" (an indent in the label about 1/2-inch from the edge of the label, which on SOME labels is associated with very early or first pressings).

(d)          Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·       COVER (BOX)

THE COVER (BOX) IS NICE --- ABOUT EXCELLENT OR VERY GOOD++

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Visible shelf wear noted on the bottom seam

-        One corner of the lid (top part) has separated/split; the other three corners are intact

-        The box has one corner slightly worn

-        The box has some fraying (bald spot) on the lower seam

-        The box has JUST A HINT of ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 2 (VISIBLE ON FRONT SIDE ONLY).

-        The box has a partially split spine (between 8 and 10 inches  / 20 to 22 centimeters); This split seam was  taped by the previous owner with  3 pieces of black electric isolation tape

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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