The Bill Broonzy Story *Rare* Verve Mono 5 LP Box Set - David Stone Martin cover
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This is an awesome set. Listening to this recording of Bill Broonzy singing and telling stories is wonderful. The mono recording is superb, and you feel like BB is in the room with you. The winner will be thrilled to own this piece of history! I have it conservatively rated overall as Exc/Exc, but much of it is NM-. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1958 BLUE LABEL WITH SILVER LETTERS AND T-SHAPE LOGO, WITHOUT "DIVISION OF MGM RECORDS" PRINTED ANYWHERE.
"This 5-lp set was a product of three recording sessions, held on July 12 and 13, 1957, immediately before Broonzy entered the hospital for surgery on the lung cancer that would end his career and take his life just a year later. He sounds in good enough spirits, and the voice and guitar are still in excellent form as he runs through the songs that evidently mattered most to him on those two days: "Key to the Highway," "Take This Hammer," "See See Rider," "Alberta," "Frankie and Johnny," "In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)," "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," and more than two dozen others. Producer Bill Randle didn't get a lot of the songs he'd hoped to record, such as "Stack O Lee" and "Night Time Is the Right Time," which Broonzy didn't want to sing, but he got enough for five LPs' worth of music out of the ten hours of recordings. (Did the rest survive, one wonders, and might there be anything that was left off that's worth hearing?) The sound is state of the art, with the singer and his solo acoustic guitar clean and close. The set is a vital and important document, as well as great listening, not only for the music but for Broonzy's between-song banter -- he was one of the great raconteurs of the blues -- although it isn't quite as indispensable as one might think" (REVIEW REPRINTED COURTESY OF BRUCE EDER, ALL MUSIC GUIDE /ALLMUSIC.COM/)
International buyers, please check the shipping calculator before bidding. This item weighs about 4 lbs.
China buyers - if you can wait until March 15 for delivery - shipping is only USD $5. I can have it hand carried to Dalian on March 11 and sent by SF Express.
A few notes -
2. On Grading -These are records out of my personal collection. Every LP has been play graded and carefully inspected under bright light. Being a collector, I know how bad it feels receiving a mis-described LP, or an LP that looks great and plays noisily, or a cover that was damaged in shipping. I put in a lot of effort in to make sure these don't happen here. I won't sell anything that doesn't play truly VG+ or better - unless it's a rarity. To me, that means NO persistent or intermittent crackle - not even under the music. It means no degradation of the overall listening experience, Maybe some occasional light ticks are VG+ (but not loud or repeating CLICKS). I play-check and describe all visual flaws that I find.
3. I pack very securely to prevent the dreaded USPS Corner-Bump!!! You should receive your record in the same condition that you see it appear here.
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