1968 Columbia Records CBS Convention HISTORY OF LP Bob Dylan Streisand Cronkite

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WANNA KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE LONG-PLAYING LP?  Then this lot is for you!  Here is a very rare 1968 2-RECORD VINYL LP BOX SET (WITH BOOKLET) distributed to attendees of the 1968 COLUMBIA RECORDS NATIONAL CONVENTION held that year in San Juan, Puerto Rico on July 24, 1968.  This particular convention was a lavish celebration of the 20th anniversary of the long-playing microgroove (LP) record album, which was introduced by Columbia back on June 21, 1948!  This box set is entitled "20/20: Vision For The Future" (Columbia Masterworks ANS-201/2).  Includes a 12" x 12" 28-page booklet and two 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm vinyl records all housed in a 12 3/8" x 12 3/8" x 7/8" box.  The two LPs contain music excerpts, interviews, and commentary from Columbia executives and artists regarding the DEVELOPMENT, INTRODUCTION, and EVOLUTION of the LP RECORD! Narrated by legendary CBS newsman, the late WALTER CRONKITE!  Fascination and historical!  Hear the voices of President HARRY S. TRUMAN, CBS director of engineering and research, DR. PETER GOLDMARK (one of the inventors of the LP), Columbia executive EDWARD "TED" WALLERSTEIN, Columbia Group President GODDARD LIEBERSON, former Columbia President JAMES B. (JIM) CONKLING, MITCH MILLER, CBS engineering and development director, WILLIAM BACHMAN, and CBS RECORDS chief, CLIVE DAVIS.  Special sections devoted to BARBRA STREISAND (My Name is Barbra and People music samples, a clip of Barbra talking, and some Cronkite commentary, plus CBS President GODDARD LIEBERSON recalls in detail how he first discovered her, his first meeting with her, and seeing her in the original cast production of I Can Get It For You Wholesale) and BOB DYLAN (The Times They Are A-Changing and Like a Rolling Stone music samples, some audio of Bob talking to a reporter from Time magazine, from the documentary Don't Look Back, a few words from Esquire music critic ROBERT CHRISTGAU, and some commentary from Cronkite)!  Also, hear music samples from South Pacific (Original Cast), LIBERACE (including talking), VICTOR BORGE (including talking), MICHEL LEGRAND, JOHNNIE RAY, ERROL GARNER, The Confederacy: 1861-1865, BRUNO WALTER, My Fair Lady (Original Cast), JOHNNY MATHIS (Chances Are, Don't Go Breaking My Heart), RAY CONNIFF (As Time Goes By), PERCY FAITH (La Cucaracha), MITCH MILLER (That Old Gang of Mine), West Side Story (Original Cast), Flower Drum Song (Original Cast), The Sound of Music (Original Cast), LEONARD BERNSTEIN, Camelot (Original Cast), the DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET (Take Five), MARTY ROBBINS (White Sport Coat), JOHNNY HORTON (Battle of New Orleans), ANDY WILLIAMS (Days of Wine and Roses, Moon River), TONY BENNETT (I Left My Heart in San Francisco), PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS (Good Thing), Mame, FLATT & SCRUGGS, VLADIMIR HOROWITZ, Electronic/Experimental Music, and SIMON & GARFUNKEL ("Silent Night").  The booklet features comments and essays from Columbia execs, photos from past conventions, photos of Columbia execs (including "corporate" photos of such luminaries as Jerry Fuller, Bil Keane, Al Kooper, Gary Usher and others) and group shots of local branch personnel, plus 3-page essay by Mike Gross entitled "The LP Story."  The booklet also contains photos of BOB DYLAN, TONY BENNETT, JERRY VALE, LEONARD BERNSTEIN, CLIVE DAVIS, GODDARD LIEBERSON, JOHNNY RAY, MITCH MILLER, ANDRE KOSTELANETZ, and more!  Both LPs are in VG+ condition. Some light surface noise is evident.  The 28-page booklet is in excellent condition. The box is in VG condition, with split corners and seam tears at both top lid and bottom box.

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OUR "VISUAL" VINYL GRADING SCALE (Grading is usually based on the "look" of the vinyl; we normally do not have the time to listen to each record and grade its "sound"):

(SS) STILL SEALED. Original factory seal.

(M) MINT: Perfect, flawless, new

(NM) NEAR MINT: Almost perfect, possibly no more than a few MINOR scuffs, wrinkles or wear.

(VG++) Very Good++. Less quality than Near Mint, but still in beautiful condition.

(VG+) Very Good+. Some scratches or scuffs, some surface markings, some wear, etc.  Nice overall.

(VG) Very Good. Too many scratches, scuffs, or wear for VG+, but still in okay condition.

(VG-) Very Good-. Lots of wear (scratches, etc.). Starter copy.

(G) Good. Wrecked. Excessive wear.

(P) Poor. Just what it says.