Count Basie •• 88 BASIE STREET •• 2 LP 45rpm 180g Audiophile •• #0808 SEALED

$

200

Count Basie & His Orchestra

• “88 Basie Street” •

One of Basie’s last and best, from 1983, with guests Joe Pass (guitar) and Kenny Hing (tenor sax)

(Attention: please see double-box packaging photos below, great effort is made to ensure that your record album arrives safely) 

Analogue Productions Limited Edition # 0808 of 1,000

180g Virgin Vinyl, 2 LPs at 45rpm (AJAZ-2310-901)

Mastered by Steve Hoffman for Analogue Productions from the original Master Tape in 2002.

Fantasy Jazz 45rpm Series Master Tape Background

All 100 of the classic Jazz recordings (four sets of 25, with two released per month over a period of about four years) reissued by Analogue Productions beginning in 2002 were from the original Master Tapes, which were tracked down by Concord/Fantasy Records in-house expert archivist Stuart Kremsky (search “Kremsky Iron Mountain” on Hoffman forum for more details). 

In 2007, to cut costs, Concord let Mr. Kremsky go (along with many others) and moved all of the Fantasy Record Label tapes to a facility called “Iron Mountain”, where they were entered on a computer database without regard to which boxes contained original masters and which boxes contained copy tapes.  Many of the boxes are not properly marked to begin with, and the people who understood the decades old filing and storage system are now gone.

All of which makes any remaster from 2007 onward of albums on the Fantasy, Riverside, Contemporary, Prestige and Specialty Labels, at least from the actual Master Tapes, highly unlikely.  That won’t prevent any reissue label from claiming they used the real tapes, but I wouldn’t believe it without a photo of the Master Tape box next to the front page of a current Wall Street Journal, and a testimonial quote by the mastering engineer.

Fortunately, this series was mastered and pressed before these events occurred.  Some of the original LPs of this album can sound great, but many don't, for a variety of reasons.  Most often condition will be a problem, but even a Mint example won't sound its best if it was pressed from a worn stamper.  If you really like this music, you owe it to yourself to hear it at the best it has ever sounded — on quiet 180g premium vinyl, from the real original master tape, cut on an all vacuum-tube system, at 45rpm.

Analogue Productions Catalog Number:  AJAZ 2310 901

Still Sealed, Long Out of Print

This title is from 1st Set of 25, issued in 2002 by Analogue Productions.  One of the hardest to find early titles from the 45rpm Fantasy Jazz Series, rarely offered or even seen in Sealed condition anymore.  It will never sound better than this, unless you have the master tape.

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Condition: Sealed Album Cover

(M-) No edge wear, no seam-splits, no ring-wear, straight corners, this example is as good as it gets.  The “AcousTech Mastering” sticker reads “Mastered at Acoustech by Kevin Gray and Steve Hoffman”.  The perforated plastic along the opening edge of the loose-fit outer plastic cover is completely intact and sealed.  Top condition.  The bright spot on the left side of the back cover photo is just light glare, the covers with black backgrounds are difficult to photograph with overhead lighting.

Condition: Record LPs

Sealed, factory new.

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Track Listing:

Record 1

1. Bluesville

2.  88 Basie Street

3.  Contractor’s Blues

Record 2

4. The Blues Machine

5. Katy

6.  Sunday at the Savoy

Double-Box Packaging:

The sealed Album will be placed inside an additional new clear poly outer protective album cover, sandwiched between two album-sized cardboard stiffeners which are then carefully taped, lightly squeezing the album between the cardboard stiffener edges, enough to prevent the album from sliding up and down or side to side, preventing any seam splits to the sealed album during transit.  The album is packaged in a record LP mailer box with cardboard stiffeners and sealed.  The record mailer box is then placed inside a larger heavy cardboard (200Lb. Test) shipping box, surrounded by foam peanuts and/or bubble-wrap.  Your record album will be packaged securely and insured. (see photos below)

There is no reason to take chances with substandard packaging methods or materials!

Combined shipping available for multiple purchases to save on shipping costs.

Insurance, Tracking & Signature Confirmation:

Insurance, Tracking & Signature Confirmation with every package.

eBay History of Record LP sales:

Please check my feedback, you will find only positives, with zero negatives and zero neutrals.  Most of my eBay Seller feedback is from record LP sales, going back 12+ years.  If you click on my Feedback number and then click the “Feedback as a Seller” tab, you will see that nearly half of my total is from Sales, and nearly all of that is from the sale of vinyl record albums.  I have not sold anything on eBay for a few years, eBay reset my 100% positive feedback rating to zero when they changed over to the new “DSR” (detailed seller ratings) system.  Please do check my Seller feedback comments with regard to accurate LP grading, safe packaging and timely shipping.

Feedback:

I leave positive feedback for the Buyer when payment is made, and request the same when your package is received and you are happy.  If there is any problem, please contact me before leaving any feedback, so that I have the opportunity to resolve the issue.  My goal is to have happy customers, positive feedback and repeat business.  

Payment, Shipping and Return Details:

Payment: I accept Paypal, and ship to the confirmed Paypal address.  Payment required within 4 days, per eBay rules.  If payment is not made in 4 days, the sale will be canceled and the album will either be re-listed, or if a regular auction listing, it may be offered to the second highest bidder.

Shipping and Handling Time: Items normally ship the second day after payment (excluding weekends and holidays) with email notification and tracking info.

No Returns on sealed LPs: This record album is in new and still sealed condition, as described in the text and photos.

Packaging Photos:

These are the packaging materials and sequence:

2) Next the album, sealed inside a standard Record Mailer box, with cardboard stiffeners (the way most sellers ship albums) is placed on the layer of foam peanuts.

3) Every side of the Record Mailer box has approximately 1” of foam peanuts for padding protection.

4) Final layer of foam peanuts, filled to the top.

5) Large outer box sealed.

6) Comparison photo #1 showing a Bob Dylan album cover (NOT INCLUDED!) on top of standard white Record Mailer box, on top of large outer shipping box.

7) Comparison photo #2 again showing a Bob Dylan album cover (not incuded!) on top of a white standard Record Mailer box, which is sitting on top of the large outer shipping box, to demonstrate how the standard Record Mailer box is barely larger than your valuable LP, providing little protection.

8) Comparison photo #3 showing side view (thickness) of standard Record Mailer box compared to the outer shipping box that I use to protect your record album.

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