Complete COMMODORE Jazz Recordings VOL 1 - 23LP box set *SEALED* one MOSAIC

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Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings VOL 1 - Mosaic 23LP box set MR 23-123, 1988 - SEALED original, limited pressing 
Audiophile special limited edition box set. Mosaic 1988. Long sold out.

Allmusic:

The punchline for this 23-LP limited-edition box set is in its title, Vol. 1. On a total of 66 albums, Mosaic has reissued the entire jazz output of Milt Gabler's Commodore label, one of the most important jazz record companies of all time. There is an incredible amount of music included on this first set (the most essential of the three). After five early titles that Commodore acquired from other labels (featuring Cow Cow Davenport, Fletcher Henderson, and Django Reinhardt), one hears the birth of Commodore with the exciting January 17, 1938, outing by Eddie Condon. In addition to a lot more of Condon's freewheeling sessions (much of his best work was for Commodore), there are dates led by Bud Freeman, the Kansas City Five and Six (with Lester Young), Teddy Wilson, Jess Stacy, Chu Berry, Willie the Lion Smith, Billie Holiday, Stuff Smith, Jelly Roll Morton, Jack Teagarden, Art Hodes, Joe Marsala, Joe Bushkin, Coleman Hawkins, Lee Wiley, Pee Wee Russell, Bunk Johnson, Mel Powell (with Benny Goodman), Wild Bill Davison, George Brunies, and Edmond Hall. There are many previously unissued performances (not just alternate takes) and literally dozens of classics. Fans of Chicago jazz and small-group swing should bid as much as necessary to acquire this out of print box (along with the other two volumes). Recorded: April, 1929 - December 21, 1943

Tracklist: 

http://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Complete-Commodore-Jazz-Recordings-Volume-I/release/2179935

The 23 LP's have no individual covers, but are bundled in two separate hard boxes that go into an outer hard box. Includes 64 page booklet with credits and company and artists history by Dan Morgenstern and interview with Milt Gabler included. The tracks on the complete set are organized chronologically releasing the complete sessions held by Commodore from January 1938 to December 1943 - except for the first five tracks on record 1 that were recorded: 1929 (1-A1), 1931 (1-A2,1-A3) and 1935 (1-A4,1-A5).

COVER: SEALED, NM
LPs: SEALED, mint
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