78 SET: SMASH SONG HITS OF RODGERS & HART- RODGERS CONDUCTING -COLUMBIA C-11
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RODGERS & HART -SMASH SONG HITS -conducted by RICHARD RODGERS AT THE LEGENDARY IMPERIAL THEATRE- COLUMBIA C- 11 ( 4×78 set of LPs) THIS 1940 RELEASE IS IN AMAZING SHAPE 79 YEARS LATER ! THIS COLLECTORS GEM SHOCKINGLY HAS EXCELLENT VINYL ( NOT A SCRATCH OR CHIP ON ALL 8 SIDES , ONLY MINIMAL SPARSE SUPER FINE HAIRLINES LIKELY FROM SLEEVE REMOVAL ON A COUPLE OF SIDES THAT MUST BE SUPER-FOCUSED TO SEE AND HAVE ABSOLUTELY ZERO EFFECT ON SOUND FROM THIS GOLDEN ERA ALL 8 labels are IMMACULATE NOT A SINGLE TEAR ,STICKER ,DISCOLORATION AND HAVE RETAINED GLOSS/ SHEEN !!. AS YOU WILL SEE FROM THE PLETHORA OF PICTURES NOT A SINGLE RIP, WRITING OR VISIBLE DEFECT ON ALL 8 SIDES OF FOUR SLEEVES ....VERY VERY SOLID ONLY SLIGHT EDGE WEAR on THIS 1ST EVER ALEX STEINWEISS COVER HE FINISHED IN 1938 WHEN COLUMBIA RECORDS HIRED THIS ICONOCLASTIC PIONEER WHO WAS 10000% THE FIRST EVER TO USE ARTWORK ON ANY LP IT WAS UNHEARD OF PRIOR , HIS LONG MEGA TALENTED CAREER WAS BRILLIANT AND MOST NOTABLY BEGAN RIGHT HERE ( THIS ACTUAL SLICE OF HISTORY WAS HIS & THE ENTIRE INDUSTRIES FIRST EVER ALBUM COVER WITH ANY DESIGN) —RODGERS & LORENZO HART DID OVER 500 numbers -songs together starting in 1924 and ending in 1940 ...what you see is what you get I NEVER use stock or copied Photos ....ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE FEEL FREE ANYTIME and THANKS AGAIN AS USUAl ! THIS ULTRA RARE SET COMBINED WITH ITS SUPERB CONDITION HAS BECOME “EXTINCT “!?
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