Duke Ellington, Black, Brown, and Beige 4LP Box Set

$

27

Duke Ellington, Black Brown and Beige. This is a 4 LP box set, containing the 1944-46 band recordings. Includes a nice, 20 page booklet.

The records have never been played.

The box is in very good condition, but one edge has come undone a bit.

Payment is expected within four days.
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A word about me

What I am selling is from my own collection, mostly duplicates I need to clear out to make room for new albums. ;-) I have been collecting records for almost thirty years, and I am a serious audiophile. The condition of the vinyl matters very much to me. I rarely buy anything that I do not believe to be in outstanding condition, unless it is an original pressing I know to be rare, and even then I only buy what I think will clean up well. I handle everything with great care, and what I play I play on a VPI HW-19 Mk IV with SAMA and SDS, a Graham 2.2 arm, and a Shelter 501 II cartridge. You will generally find my vinyl to be in very good shape. The condition of the cover does not matter as much to me, since I can't listen to it, so those can sometimes be in a bit rougher condition.

Shipping Info

The record will ship in an LP mailer. Shipping is a flat $4.00 in the continental US for USPS media mail; shipping will be discounted for multiple items. Records will normally ship the next business day after I receive payment. How long they take to get to you is not under my control; please note that media mail can take up to ten days.

International Bidders: I am happy to ship internationally. The shipping costs shown below are almost certainly too high, as EBay listing don't allow for precise enough weights to be entered. The cost to you will be the actual shipping cost. Please check usps.gov for rates. The box weighs about 7 ounces. Single records can weigh anywhere from 7 ounces (thin vinyl, thin cover) to 18 ounces (200g LP, heavy cover). Typical total weight is about 1 pound 2 ounces.

The best method is Priority Mail International, which includes some insurance and is trackable "to major destinations", whatever that means. But it is expensive and will typically be $26.00 to $30.00, depending upon your location. Note, however, that it is only expensive for the first record. Additional records should be no more than $3.00 each and may not cost any additional to ship. This all depends upon weight, and weight can vary.

The cheapest method of shipment is First Class Mail International, which should be between $12.00 and $14.00, in most cases. But this is not trackable and cannot be insured. I cannot accept responsibility for items that go astray if they cannot be tracked or insured. The invoice will therefore include the following text:

Please do not bid if you are not prepared to accept these terms.