Ella Fitzgerald / The Harold Arlen Songbook 2 LP Set - Ultrasonically Cleaned
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For sale in this listing: an excellent copy of the 1984 Polygram reissue of the classic Verve Ella Fitzgerald / The Harold Arlen Songbook, catalog number 817-526-1. This gatefold double LP set includes 26 Arlen classics from film and stage, including "Over the Rainbow," "I've Got the World on a String," "Stormy Weather," "It's Only a Paper Moon" and over 20 more Arlen classics. Norman Granz produced the original sessions, with all selections arranged and conducted byBilly May.
The jacket is in nice shape for a 30+ year-old album, with only minor ring wear. I would rate it as Excellent Minus (E-). The vinyl itself is pristine. All four sides are in superb condition, meriting a solid Near Mint (NM). And it gets better: all four sides SOUND even better than they look.
Here's why:
This double LP began with nice, shiny vinyl. This was enhanced by cleaning on a VPI 16.5 record cleaning machine, and then deep-cleaning on an ultrasonic record cleaning system to reduce the amount of groove noise to extremely low levels.
Cleaning a record on a vacuum record cleaning machine such as the VPI 16.5 will remove airborne debris, dirt, fingerprint residue and other environmental contaminants the LP surfaces have accumulated over the years since it was manufactured. You can hear an immediate improvement.
The ultrasonic cleaning goes even further, removing oils, microscopic bits of dirt and even pressing lubricants from the disc mastering process that may be trapped deep within the grooves. This is the sort of debris and junk that other record cleaning systems often fail to remove. Following the ultrasonic cleaning, the LP surfaces will be quieter, perhaps quieter than most other records in your collection.
Ultrasonic cleaning of a vinyl record, especially a near mint copy such as this, removes a lot of grunge and debris from deep in the record grooves, often resulting in cleaner sound, less distortion, blacker backgrounds between notes, quieter vinyl surfaces and a lower noise floor. With proper care (perhaps a light dusting with an Audioquest record brush before playing) and really excellent playback gear, you will often hear details you never noticed before.
Ella Fitzgerald rarely sounded better than this. This gatefold double LP set will be carefully packed in a new record mailer, and comes with audiophile-grade inner and outer record sleeves. This LP set ships only to U.S. addresses. No overseas bidders, please!
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