ELLA FITZGERALD"COLE PORTER SONGBOOK"USA VERVE 2LPs+G/F

	£		51
	$		68

ELLA FITZGERALD +

THE BUDDY BREGMAN ORCHESTRA.

"THE COLE PORTER SONGBOOK"

A SUPERB AND ESSENTIAL DOUBLE LP FROM 53 YEARS AGO IN NEAR MINT CONDITION!

USA VERVE"GROOVED" LABELS!!

MONO ISSUES MGV 4001-2.

THESE WERE SOLD AS INDIVIDUAL LPs IN THE UK (ON H.M.V.LABELS)AT THE TIME,BUT THE AMERICAN ONE HAD A GATEFOLD SLEEVE AND HOUSED BOTH LPs TOGETHER! 

THE FIRST DECENT SET IN MONO TO BE SEEN ON EBAY OR ANYWHERE IN MONTHS FROM A RELIABLE POWER SELLER AND LONG TERM COLLECTOR!  

BARELY BEEN PLAYED!

TOTALLY WONDERFUL MUSIC!

THE FINEST/DEFINITIVE VERSIONS! 

A SUPERB EXAMPLE HOUSED IN A CLEAN GATEFOLD COVER WITH VERY THICK CARD USED!

NO SPLITS OR MAJOR SIGNS OF WEAR AS WITH MOST AMERICAN COVERS OF THE 1950s-JUST A LITTLE SURFACE AND SLIGHT RING WEAR AND SOME MINOR"SPOT"STAINING.

NO WRITING! NO REPAIRS!

PHOTOS INSIDE OF THE ARTISTS AND IN DEPTH SLEEVE NOTES! 

MY CAMERA DOESN'T DO THEM JUSTICE BUT LOOK BACK AT MY RECENT FEEDBACK FOR OTHER JAZZ LPs FROM THIS EXCITING COLLECTION! 

TH EARLIEST POSSIBLE USA PRESSINGS OF THIS TRIUMPH! 

A DOUBLE ALBUM THAT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN RARE BUT 53 YEARS LATER IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN ANY CONDITION,LET ALONE AS GOOD AS THIS SET!

THE MAJORITY WERE PLAYED ON RADIOGRAMS,PORTABLE PLAYERS AND EVEN THE MOST CAREFUL FANS WOULD HAVE PLAYED IT DOZENS OF TIMES,THIS SET HAS HAD HARDLY ANY PLAYS AT ALL!

1950s EQUIPMENT WAS QUITE CRUDE-HEAVY TONEARMS OR WORN STYLI RUINING THEM FOREVER!!!!

YOU WILL NEVER,EVER FIND A BETTER SET THAN THIS!!! 

GLEAMING SURFACES!   

BARELY PLAYED WITH OUTSTANDINGLY QUIET VINYL!  

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR AN UPGRADER/ULTIMATE SET THAN THIS COULD BE THE SET FOR YOU!

REALISTIC START £15 FOR THE 2 LPs

INCLUDING FREE RECORDED DELIVERY POSTAGE TO THE UK.

(USUAL COST TO ME ABOUT £5!!!)

EUROPE £6 REST OF THE WORLD £8 AS THEY ARE A DOUBLE LP SET! 

IT IS TIME FOR ANOTHER DELIGHT FROM ONE OF THE UKs LEADING RECORD  EXPERTS/DEALERS.

MUSICALLY ELLA FITZGERALD RECORDED ALMOST ANY SONG WORTH SINGING FROM THE LAST CENTURY.SHE COULD HANDLE BIG BAND JAZZ STYLED SINGING AS WELL AS DELICATE BALLADS-BOTH STYLES ON THESE TWO LPs WITH LUSH BACKINGS ARRANGED BY THE NELSON RIDDLE INFLUENCED STYLE OF BUDDY BREGMAN.

ELLA AND BUDDY WERE AN INSPIRED COMBINATION!

ELLA WAS IN HER PRIME AT THIS TIME AND THESE RECORDINGS ARE TIMELESS.

THE ELLA 1950s SONGBOOKS(MORE OF WHICH END FROM ME ON THE SAME EVENING AS THIS SET)HAVE BEEN REGARDED FOR YEARS BY CRITICS/MUSIC EXPERTS/MUSICIANS/BROADCASTERS AND FANS AS THE ULTIMATE INTERPRETATIONS OF THE ART OF THE POPULAR SONGS OF THE 20TH CENTURY.

ALAN DELL/STEVE RACE/BENNY GREEN/DAVID JACOBS AND SO MANY OTHER TOP BROADCASTERS OF THE PAST AND PRESENT HAVE PLAYED THEM.

THINK YOU CAN SING A BIT? WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE SHEER PERFECTION OF THESE RECORDINGS!

ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF FEMALE SINGERS HAVE COME CLOSE TO HER SENSE OF JAZZ,TIMING AND PITCH.YOU WILL NEVER HEAR BETTER VERSIONS!

COLE PORTER WAS ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING AMERICAN SONGWRITERS-JUST LOOK AT THE TRACK LISTING BELOW-MANY OF THE SONGS ARE KNOWN EVEN TODAY BY MILLIONS OF MUSIC FANS,EVEN KIDS WHO ARE NORMALLY ONLY EXPOSED TO MUSICAL JUNK ARE AWARE OF SOME OF THEM!  

RECORDED IN THE USA UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYES AND EARS OF NORMAN GRANZ FOR HIS VERVE LABEL!

THEY WERE REISSUED IN THE 1970s ON WAFER THIN VINYL-THE ORIGINAL PRESSINGS ARE BEST!

NORMALLY I DO NOT RATE AMERICAN PRESSINGS AS MUCH AS UK ONES BUT THE QUALITY ON THESE VERVE DISCS WAS USUALLY FAR BETTER THAN MOST! 

THE TRACKS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

ANYTHING GOES

MISS OTIS REGRETS

TOO DARN HOT

IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT

I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU

DO I LOVE YOU

ALWAYS TRUE TO YOU IN MY FASHION

LET'S DO IT

JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS

EVERY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE

ALL OF YOU

BEGIN THE BEGUINE

GET OUT OF TOWN

I AM IN LOVE

FROM THIS MOMENT ON

I LOVE PARIS

YOU DO SOMETHING TO ME

RIDIN' HIGH

IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH ME

WHY CAN'T YOU BEHAVE

WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE

YOU'RE THE TOP

LOVE FOR SALE

IT'S DELOVELY

NIGHT AND DAY

ACE IN THE HOLE

SO IN LOVE

I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN

I CONCENTRATE ON YOU

DON'T FENCE ME IN 

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FROM A RECENTLY PURCHASED COLLECTION OF TOP QUALITY  LPs OWNED FROM NEW BY THE OWNER OF ESQUIRE RECORDS(THE LATE,PETER NEWBROOK)WHO HARDLY USED HIS LPs AND STORED AWAY FROM LIGHT AND HEAT ON STURDY SHELVES FOR OVER 50 YEARS!

THERE IS HARDLY ANY SURFACE  NOISE OR SIGNS OF USE.

NO CLEANING WAS NECESSARY! AMAZING!!! 

A SONG STYLISH/FEMALE SINGERS COLLECTORS DREAM-PLEASE READ ON FOR IN DEPTH DETAILS!!

I HAVE NOT FOUND SUCH BREATHTAKING QUALITY FOR A SET OF TWO  LPs OF THIS VINTAGE FOR QUITE SOMETIME.THEY ARE SIMPLY NOT TURNING UP AS FREQUENTLY AS THEY DID,EVEN FIVE YEARS AGO.MOST HAVE NOW LEFT THE UK FOR THE COLLECTIONS OF JAPAN,AMERICA AND THE FAR EAST NEVER TO RETURN TO THE SELLING MARKET.

THIS MAY BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET SUCH A SET OF 2 BRILLIANT LPs(A DOUBLE ALBUM) LIKE THESE IN ALMOST AS NEW CONDITION!

NO CLEANING WAS NEEDED,THE SURFACES GLEAM,NO FINGERPRINTS,PATCHES OR BAD STORAGE ISSUES,NO WARPING,NO SCUFFS,NO SCRATCHES,NO FADING etc.

PLEASE LOOK AT  THE PHOTO OF THE BRIGHTNESS AND SHARPNESS OF THE LABELS AND THE COVER!

NO WRITING,NO RIPS,NO SPILLAGES,NO REPAIRS,NOT EVEN ANY TINY EDGE CREASES.

EVEN THE INNERS ARE AS NEW AND VERY CLEAN!

DON'T FORGET JUST HOW EXPENSIVE  LPs WERE FOR THE AVERAGE BUYER 53 YEARS AGO.A DOUBLE LP,LET ALONE BOTH VOLUMES WAS USUALLY A CAREFULLY CONSIDERED PURCHASE OVER WEEKS AND EVEN MONTHS,WHICH EXPLAINS WHY SO FEW TURN UP.

THOSE THAT DID WERE OFTEN SCARED OF HAVING THEM STOLEN OR BORROWED WITHOUT RETURN AND WOULD WRITE NAMES ON THE COVER-JUST COMPARE WITH ANY OTHER SIMILAR LPs ON EBAY-THE MAJORITY HAVE WRITING,SELLOTAPE REPAIR OR WORSE STILL DRAWINGS AND DOODLES ADDED.

THIS IS ABOUT THE BEST SET I HAVE SEEN IN YEARS AND YEARS.

CHECK OUT YOUR COLLECTION AND SEE IF YOU HAVE BOTH DISCS-CAN YOU REALLY PUT UP WITH THE ONE OR ONES YOU HAVE GOT AND WILL YOU REGRET IT LATER?

IF NOTHING ELSE THIS IS A FANTASTIC INVESTMENT!

I AM SURE TO REGRET NOT KEEPING THEM BUT THAT'S LIFE!

THE HOUSE IS FULL AS IT IS! 

THE PREVIOUS OWNER WAS ALSO A HI-FI BUFF. THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF THIS SET OF 2 RECORDS TO APPEAR ON EBAY FOR YEARS! 

THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH ME ON EBAY SINCE 2002 AND INDEED ELSEWHERE BEFORE SINCE 1986, WILL PROBABLY KNOW I HAVE BEEN A RESPECTED  MUSIC EXPERT AND COLLECTOR FOR MANY YEARS CALLED UPON BY RADIO,TV AND PRICE GUIDES FOR MY ADVICE AND KNOWLEDGE.

WHILST I AM IN THE BUSINESS TO SELL, I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE ITEMS I AM SELLING.

IN A COMPETITIVE MARKET SUCH AS EBAY, THIS IS GETTING RARE SO YOU CAN BID WITH COMPLETE CONFIDENCE!

VERY NICE PRESSINGS!  

MOST COPIES THAT SURVIVE ARE IN POOR CONDITION-THIS SET IS IN  NEAR MINT CONDITION WITH HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE WHATSOEVER ,EVEN AT HIGH VOLUME WITH THE TREBLE FULL ON TO"CATCH"ANY GROOVE WEAR AND THAT IS BEING STRICT! 

NO STICKS!/NO JUMPS!/NO CLICKS!/NO SWISHES!/NO DISTORTION!

A SET THAT HAS BEEN PLAYED ONLY A HANDFUL OF TIMES,POSSIBLY AS FEW AS 4-5 HAVING SPOKEN AT LENGTH TO THE PREVIOUS OWNERS SON.

Just how many were preserved like this one FROM A RELIABLE INDUSTRY SOURCE ??!!!!!!  

The SOLID MONO mixes are Superb,Rich,warm and full of bass, with a natural warmth from those VERY EARLY LP days OF 53 YEARS AGO!

In the MID 1950s, many were using terrible old and heavy equipment and using worn styli or nasty autochangers that would scuff the discs forever in seconds at the time not aware that years later even the slightest damage would be evident on more sophisticated audio.

The 1950s equipment was quite often a bit basic and it was suggested to play LPs at between 5 and 8 grammes, which of course after a few plays would produce on later plays that nasty"film of fizzy distortion"so often IGNORED by sellers and in MY LISTENING GRADING is ALWAYS LISTENED OUT FOR WITH THE TREBLE FULL ON AND PLAYED TWICE TO ENSURE THE BEST AND MOST ACURATE GRADING!!!! 

 To find immaculate copies all these years later is getting almost impossible!FACT!

THEY ARE SIMPLY DRYING UP! 

These mixes are far punchier but are rather flat on the CDs that have come out!

Vinyl is still the best way to hear ELLA FITZGERALD and always will be!  

GREAT WIDE RANGE SOUND WITH GREAT BASS!

I TEST ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITHOUT FILTERING OR A MONO SWITCH.

There is NO spindle wear.  

Look elsewhere on ebay and you will see other copies-Look closer and you will find they are often reissues or lower grade copies with all manner of faults.  

MOST RECORDS ON EBAY ARE IN DIABOLICAL, BAD CONDITIONS ATTEMPTED TO BE  SOLD BY PEOPLE WHO DO NOT KNOW HOW TO GRADE OR BOTHER TO ACTUALLY PLAY THEM FOR AN ACURATE DESCRIPTION!

This is A POSSIBLE UPGRADER SET-EXAMINE YOURS IF YOU HAVE ONE AT ALL AND IT MAY NOT BE AS GOOD AS YOU THINK!

ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVES!!  

THE LPs AS USUAL WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE COVERS BEFORE SENDING!   

REMEMBER I AM GRADING STRICTLY! PLEASE STUDY THE PHOTO! 

As both a collector and dealer,I AM VERY STRICT ON GRADING but DO CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR GRADING PROOF!!!!

Realistic  £15 STARTING price with no annoying reserve. 

HARDLY ANY  LPs OF THIS VINTAGE SELL FOR LESS AND I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH HOW GOOD THEY ARE.DO NOT BE SURPRISED IF IT SELLS QUICKLY.

DON'T LEAVE IT AND REGRET IT LATER!!!!!!!!!!!THIS MAY NOT BE REPEATED FOR A LONG TIME! 

THIS IS A GREAT CHANCE TO OWN A SUPER AND RARE SET OF 2 LPs. A GREAT INVESTMENT! 

Postage is FREE AND  RECORDED DELIVERY -TO THE UK.SOLID PACKING FAR BETTER THAN THE MAJORITY OF SELLERS-LOOK AT THE FEEDBACK FOR PROOF! YOU WILL GET IT IN FINE SHAPE!!

Outside UK extra depending on destination.EUROPE £6 REST OF THE WORLD £8. PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO SEVERAL ITEMS OVERSEAS BEING"LOST", IF THE OPTION TO SEND INSURED IS REFUSED THEN I CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST ITEMS. I DO NOT DRAMATICALLY INCREASE POSTAGE ON SEVERAL ITEMS BOUGHT.Paypal or cheque within 7 days please.

CHEQUE WILL NEED TIME TO CLEAR BEFORE DELIVERY. 

SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES FOR SEVERAL ITEMS BOUGHT

DO NOT BID UNLESS YOU INTEND TO PAY.Feedback always left. BE AWARE!!!! NON PAYERS AND TIMEWASTERS WILL BE DEALT WITH AND REPORTED TO EBAY AS WELL AS CIRCULATED VERBALLY AND BY EMAIL TO MY MANY DEALER AND COLLECTOR FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!

Checkout my power seller status and my own feedback of OVER 9000 comments of my standards and service many from some of the world's most respected collectors and dealers. BUY with confidence! Always adding quality Records, cd's and related items to ebay several times a week. Customers from all over the world regard my  ebay selections as the #1 for QUALITY,VARIETY AND SERVICE.

I HAVE BEEN A DEALER SINCE 1986 WITH OVER 7 YEARS ON EBAY.

I ACTUALLY LISTEN TO MY ITEMS ON GOOD QUALITY EQUIPMENT, USUALLY TWICE TO ENSURE THE VERY BEST POSSIBLE AND ACURATE GRADE-I WANT LONG TERM REGULAR CUSTOMERS WHO WANT TO RETURN TO BUY FROM ME WITH FAITH AND TRUST.

LOOK AT MY FEEDBACK AND SEE WELL KNOWN RESPECTED COLLECTORS AND DEALERS WHO BUY FROM ME OVER AND OVER-NOTE WHAT THEY SAY-PAGE AFTER PAGE OF GLOWING STATEMENTS! 

UK Customers are very welcome to collect ebay winnings  by prior email arrangement.OVER 7 YEARS ON EBAY and many more before as a keen collector! Thanks for looking and good luck.

OTHER STYLES OF MUSIC ON EBAY FROM ME-SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE-LOOK NO FURTHER!!!!!

DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS OPPORTUNITY,MAYBE FOR THE LAST TIME FOR THIS SET OF TWO LPs IN THIS CONDITION!

I HAVE MENTIONED EVERYTHING BUT IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK.

MANY MORE FANTASTIC  LPs TO COME IN FUTURE WEEKS FROM THIS COLLECTION FROM THE SAME ERA OF THE LATE 1950s AND EARLY 1960s!

MORE IMMACULATE ELLA FITZGERALD LPs ENDING FROM ME ON THE SAME EVENING AS THIS DOUBLE LP FROM 1956!

KEEP WATCHING!

 DON'T LEAVE YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN!

THIS COULD BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET SUCH A WONDERFUL SET LIKE THIS ONE!

GOOD LUCK AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST.