TONY SCHWARTZ Exchange LP BOX Folkways FP 62 WITH booklet World in my Mail Box

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Exchange
by Tony Schwartz
RARE FOLKWAYS LP box set WITH booklet
Folkways FP 62
Issued in 1955
Great and rare Folkways box with EXCELLENT condition, original booklet, see photos in our embedded picasaweb gallery below.
From a web review of this project:
"Tony Schwartz, the father of the mix-tape!  Tony was homebound but traveled the world through the audio recordings he traded for with friends around the globe.  Long before the web brought people together with instantaneous communication and digital recordings and downloadable files, Tony built a network of like-minded anthropologists, sociologists and collectors."

THIS is the original and mega-rare configuration, with a different track listing and title.
The revised version was retitled "The World in My Mail Box", with the same catalog number, and then that number was changed again to FD 5562
Here are the official notes for the revised edition, directly from the Smithsonian Institute / Folkways web-page:
"Sound archivist Tony Schwartz spent much of his life documenting the sounds of his New York City neighborhood, largely because his agoraphobia prevented him from traveling far from home. Schwartz nonetheless amassed a large collection of recordings from international musicians through audio exchanges via the mail. The World in My Mail Box features music from this exchange. The collection spans a number of continents and ranges from intimate solo vocal performances ("Norwegian student sings") to live club performances ("Song from African nightspot"). The liner notes include some of Schwartz’s correspondence with the performers on the album."

FOLKWAYS RECORDS FP 62  
CLEAN DEEP GROOVE LABEL
THICK, HEAVY PRESSING

Title: EXCHANGE
subtitle: FRIENDSHIP AROUND THE WORLD THROUGH TAPE EXCHANGE 

Conceived and Edited by TONY SCHWARTZ

the Vinyl is VISUALLY Graded: Vinyl looks vg++ both sides look very clean, and we spot-checked the intros and the the record plays with no obvious surface noise where we checked. The original, thick, semi-circular plastic innersleeve is in amazing condition, and looks very fresh considering it's more than almost 65 years old!

condition of cover: VG++  THIS COVER IS A THIN BOX (EVEN THOUGH IT'S ONLY ONE RECORD) 
and the corners are intact. There's a bit of partial splitting of the paper seam that connects the top and bottom sections, see our embedded photo gallery below for all photos, including each page of the booklet, and close-ups of the corners and edges of the box.