Charlie Parker - LIMITED EDITION (4000) - 6 LP Box Set

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Extremely Rare - Limited Edition 6LP Box Set

Charlie Parker: Charlie Parker

Your chance to own this fantastic box set -

virtually impossible to find on the WWW let alone buy!

Only 4,000 copies were pressed and of those 1,200 were reserved for America.

This auction is for number 2077.

Warner brothers had six artists paint pictures about the aforementioned music.

The art alone is fantastic ... CHECK OUT THE PICTURES BELOW!

In the box is a 20 page booklet in excellent condition with some great articles and pictures.

Plus the 6 LP's in individual sleeves.

As for the music ... these recordings have not been electronically enhanced

or rechanneled in any form. What you hear is exactly as it was recorded.

Label: Warner Bros. Records Inc 1977 (6BS 3159)

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volume one  (art by Ben Schonzeit)

Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen / Charlie Parker Septet / Charlie Parker Quintet / Howard McGhee Quintet

Side 1

• Diggin' For Diz
• Moose The Mooche (x3)
• Yarbird Suite (x2)
• Ornithology (x2)

Side 2

• Ornithology
• Famous Alto Break
• Night in Tunisia (x2)
• Max Making Wax
• Lover Man
• The Gypsy
• Be-Bop

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volume two  (art by Raymond Saunders)

Charlie Parker Quartet

Side 1

• This is Always (x2)
• Dark Shadows (x4)

Side 2

• Birds Nest (x3)
• Cool Blues (Hot Blues) (x4)

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volume three  (art by Larry Rivers)

Charlie Parker All Stars / Charlie Parker

Side 1

• Relaxin' At Camarillo (x4)
• Cheers (x3)

Side 2

• Cheers
• Carvin' The Bird (x2)
• Stupendous (x2)
• Home Cooking I
• Home Cooking II
• Home Cooking III

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volume four  (art by William T. Wiley)

Charlie Parker Quintet

Side 1

• Dexterity (x2)
• Bongo Bop (x2)
• Dewey Square (x3)

Side 2

• The Hymn (x2)
• Bird of Paradise (x3)
• Embraceable You (x2)

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volume five  (art by Lowell Nesbitt)

Charlie Parker Quintet / Charlie Parker Septet / Charlie Parker Quartet/ Rod Norvo & His Selected Sextet

Side 1

• Bird Feathers
• Klact-oveeseds-tene (x2)
• Scapple from the Apple (x2)
• My Old Flame

Side 2

• Out of Nowhere (x3)
• Don't Blame Me
• Moose the Mooche
• Dark Shadows
• Hallelujah

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volume six  (art by Romare Bearden)

Charlie Parker Sextet

Side 1

• Drifting on a Reed (x3)
• Quasimodo (x2)
• Charlie's Wig (x3)

Side 2

• Bongo Bop (x2)
• Crazeology (x4)
• How Deep Is The Ocean (x2)

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Condition:

Box - Good+ (slight wear on the corners and inside binder could do with a little re-glueing)

Covers - All excelent (or mint if you prefer)

Vinyl - All excellent (probably unplayed)

A fantastic box set for all Charlie Parker, Jazz or Vinyl lovers & collectors

Recorded delivery only - Worldwide postage price on request

(As I am not a Jazz expert - I reserve the right to change this description when neccessary)