Five ANITA O'DAY LP's on VERVE-- Trav'lin' Light, MISTER KELLY'S, Evening, MOST

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This lot contains five 12-inch 33 rpm albums by jazz singer Anita O'Day, all mono, all very heavily played, and all on the Verve label (plain black and silver labels, except as noted below). Another thing they all have in common is they have been separated from their covers, so they are sold as records only, no covers. 
In the order shown in the pictures, they are:
Verve # V-2157 - "Trav'lin' Light"
Verve # MG-V-2043 - "Pick Yourself Up with Anita O'Day"
Verve # MG-V-2050 - "An Evening with Anita O'Day"
Verve # MG-V-2143 - "Anita O'Day at Mister Kelly's" (blue label)
Verve # MG-V-8259 - "Anita Sings the Most" (black "trumpeter" label).
As a footnote, the only one that mentions Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on the labels is "Trav'lin' Light."
So, as I've already warned you, they are all in "very heavily played" condition - not as shiny as they used to be, with a lot of visible scuffs and scratches. As a test, I played a randomly selected side of each one on my Audio-Technica turntable, and, I'm not going to sugar-coat it but I was pleasantly surprised. (I guess that happens when your expectations are low enough, and it helps when the underlying music is of a really high quality in the first place.) To be more specific, every one of the sides that I played had multiple forward jumps (I didn't experience any repeats), along with varying levels of fairly constant background crackle, punctuated with passages of rhythmic ticking. But the music always shone through, making it - in my opinion - an enjoyable listening experience overall. No guarantees, but I would expect similar results from the sides I didn't play. Also, because of variations in tracking ability, filtering technology and needle weights, I can offer no guarantees as to how well they will play on your equipment. 
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