DAVID STONE MARTIN Porgy And Bess NUDE Grand Award DSM

$

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very rare
Play-Tested vinyl lp
very rare David Stone Martin
Cover Artwork

offered with no reserve

~ Porgy And Bess ~
George Gershwin's Memorable Porgy And Bess plus
Gershwin Hit Songs From Other Broadway Shows

released c. 1954 ? by Grand Award # 33-304

Mono original Deep Groove pressing with very
rare David Stone Martin illustrated Cover Artwork
featuring a Sexy Risque portrait of Bess with one of
her breasts and nipples bared (this is NOT the same
artwork that DSM did for the Verve LP of Ella Fitzgerald
doing Porgy And Bess) & in fact, we have never seen
another copy of this LP and we consider it to be
of the finest DSM covers we've come across

and the album features great music by
Robert Trendler And his Orchestra with vocals by
Jerry Abbott, Evelyn Wyckoff, Bruce Foote
and June Forrest

see our other eBay listings for other LPs
with artwork by David Stone Martin + Andy Warhol
Robert R. Crumb and David MaCaulay and Jim Flora in
addition to a batch of LPs with odd and unusual covers


~ contents ~


SIDE 1 ("Porgy And Bess")

I've Got Plenty Of Nothing
Summertime
Bess, You Is My Woman Now
Leaving For The Promised Land
It Ain't Necessarily So
A Woman Is A Somtime Thing

SIDE 2 ("Six Gershwin Hit Songs From Hit Shows")

Of Thee I Sing
Someone To Watch Over Me
Ridin' My Time
Song Of The Flame
The Man I Love
Embraceable You


~ condition ~


record is in Excellent Condition and has been
fully Play Tested and it Sounds Fantastic with a
loud warm full tone & plays with just mellow crackle
and there are a few spots with stray soft pops but
there are no skips or repeats & the vinyl is shiny & clean
but with just a little bit of very light visible wear

cover is in Very Good + Condition (the front cover
with the DSM Artwork is actually incredibly bright and
clean) with bold bright printing with no writing or markings
(other than a small # 3 stamped onto the back cover)
but the cover does have soiling to the white background
of the back cover + the cover has corner & edge wear
including a 1" split to the bottom opening edge but
overall this great DSM cover displays really nicely

displays & plays well


~ matrix #s ~


side one : ARHOOLIE   3011A
side two : ARHOOLIE   3011BRE

the above is 'scrawled' into the dead wax


~ David Stone Martin ~


illustrator David Stone Martin was one of the most
prolific and influential graphic designers of the postwar
era, creating over 400 Lp Album Covers (mostly Jazz) with his
signature hand-drawn style that perfectly captured the energy
and spontaneity of the idiom. he was from Chicago & studied at
the Art Institute of Chicago & began his career assisting social
realist painter Ben Shahn designing murals for the '33 World's Fair
and then became the TVA art director & also worked as an artist
for Life Magazine during WW II until later entering the music biz
through his longtime friendship with Norman Granz designing
covers for his Verve, Norgran Clef & Down Home record labels
and is the most famous and collected artist of all jazz era
with work has exhibited at Metropolitan Museum of Art
and even at the great MOMA in New York City


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~ Our Record Condition Guide ~


since everyone has their own ideas about grading the condition
of records, we've decided to spell out how we do it. our descriptions are
also extremely thorough & individually note flaws that a generic condition grade
cannot. we also occasionally assign a + and - for in-between grades

Mint

perfect, never played & usually still factory sealed

Near Mint

nearly perfect with almost no signs of handling

Excellent

the slightest visual wear that in no way interferes with the sound

 Very Good +

light visible signs of handling & wear but well taken care of
and plays with only mellow occasional crackle and/or soft pops but 
nothing interfering with enjoying the record/artwork

Very Good

obviously used & handled, but not mishandled, with no skips,
repeats or bad noise, but with noticeable crackle, pops & soft tics or
artwork defects, but nothing too bad overall

 Very Good -

considerable visible wear & background noise with possible
skips, repeats, tics and cover flaws, but still enjoyable & would
be obviously well-used and somewhat mishandled

So-So

anything below VG- which we rarely sell, except
for really rare records that are worth listing only because
they're so hard to find & sought-after in any condition

Disclaimer

not everyone's turntable sounds & functions the same, but we
have a nice sensitive set-up that makes flaws very obvious to us and we try
to note everything we ear and see. while vinyl is an awesome sounding format,
there is almost always some sort of background noise while listening to a
record. we are just about as picky as anyone, so trust us
but be sure to read our descriptions carefully!