High Society Soundtrack Frank & Bing 1956 Capitol W-750 1st Gray Label Press VG+

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   For sale is High Society, the soundtrack of the MGM picture, released in 1956 by Capitol Records. This record has Louis Armstrong and His Band, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Grace Kelly. The album has the original gray labels with the "Capitol" logo in silver at the top and "Long Playing", also in silver, on the bottom. In the dead wax between the labels and the last tracks are the matrix numbers  N-2 #3/N-2, indicating that a very early stamper was used to make this first edition, a hallmark of state-of-the-art engineering, sought after by collectors and music lovers for their superior sound quality. I bought this used, professionally cleaned it on my VPI HW-17 machine and immediately put this album into a MFSL archival inner sleeve. Doing this protects the integrity of vinyl and any original inner sleeve(s) or insert(s) that may have come with the release. There is no original inner sleeve with this listing. The cover is graded as VG+ because of ring wear, corner blunts and a two small tears on the front of the jacket with color loss. The spine has some color loss at each corner. The vinyl is visually graded as VG+ because of faint sleeve marks and slight surface scratches. The vinyl is play graded between as VG+ because of an occasional pop and low level surface noise, more noticeable during the quiet parts of playback. This is the best copy of a hard to find album that I have ever seen or heard. Being that it is 60 years old, you would be hard pressed to find a first pressing with the gray labels in any condition. I have more Sinatra records, as well as albums of all different genres, in my Ebay store. Please take a look. They're predominately Near Mint. Thank you for viewing my listing.    I've been collecting records for about 50 years now and have always cleaned them and put them away carefully in plastic inner sleeves. Over the years I've used Dust Bugs, Disc Washers and have finally invested in a professional VPI record cleaning machine. Now that I'm retiring, I'm selling my very esoteric collection. I'm not a professional grader of records, but will use record guides, as well as my personal experiences as a basis of my grading all records. Since grading is subjective, I will be conservative. I offer discounts for multiple sales. Photos are of the actual item for sale, not a stock photo. Please review all descriptions and photos because I do not accept returns. Thank you for looking!