Charlie Parker Dial # 201

$

1,500

Please keep attuned to my site because I am now selling an extraordinary collection of near mint records that I have hand picked from probably the most legendary private collection on earth.  In the 1980s and 1990s,  my special friendship with the famous jazz auctioneer Leon Levitt resulted in my being invited to his home in Sun Valley, California and given the opportunity to acquire the best of the best of any jazz record in which I expressed an interest.  If he had twenty or thirty copies of a particular record, which was not unusual, he would allow me to take them all home and choose the best cover and the best sounding and cleanest copy of the bunch.  I did this methodically for at least ten years and accumulated a collection that in terms of condition rarity is second to none on the face of the earth.  I am now going to be selling these records in small groupings on ebay.  This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to acquire some amazing records.  I have a perfect record on ebay and, if you check the commentaries on my transactions, you will and should be perfectly comfortable with my representations.  These sales are going to continue throughout the year.  I cannot emphasize enough that these records are all  the original first pressing, thick and chunky, and have been play graded as well as sight graded, and they will all be  in extraordinary condition.

 This is the second installment of extraordinary records from the Leon Leavitt special collection that I was allowed to accumulate.

This is the finest example I have ever seen of any Charlie Parker ten-inch Dial series.  The record and label are in perfect NM condition and the cover is bright, flawless and pristine in every way except for a small inconsequential nick at the top near the left hand corner.  The record plays beautifully.  This is an extremely rare record and is unfindable in this condition.  It features Charlie Parker on Alto, Howard McGhee on Trumpet, Jimmy Bunn on piano, Bob Kesterson on Bass, and Roy Porter on Drums.  It includes some of his most celebrated performances including, but not limited to, ‘A Night in Tunisia’, ‘Yardbird Suite’ and ‘Ornithology’.  You will never have to upgrade this extraordinary copy and it is not likely you will ever find another copy at this level.

I will ship to USA or overseas and Insurance is required because of the rarity and value of the record.  Shipping in the USA will be $15.00 plus charges for insurance.  Shipping overseas will depend on location and postal rates.  Payment must be made within three days of winning the auction by Paypal or postal money order and must be made in legal tender of the USA