ART TATUM PIANO SOLOS DECCA RECORDS DL5086 10 IN VINYL

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THESE 10 INCH JAZZ RECORDS ARE ALL FROM THE SAME ESTATE AND WERE FOUND IN A BOX STANDING UPRIGHT.IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WERE PLACED THERE MANY YEARS AGO AS ,YOU WILL SEE,THE CONDITION IS NOTHING SHORT OF AMAZING AND EXTRAORDINARY.I FOUND ABOUT 40 OF THEM AND WILL ATTEMPT TO PUT THEM ALL ON IN THE NEXT DAY OR SO.THE ONLY FLAWS I COULD FIND ARE THE OCCASIONAL SEAM SPLITS AND ONLY ON A FEW.HAVING SO MANY IN FRONT OF ME MAKES THE REASON VERY OBVIOUS,THEY USED REALLY, REALLY CRAPPY PAPER STOCK,ONE GRADE ABOVE OR BELOW PULP,MOSTLY STUFF THEY MADE COMIC BOOKS OUT OF.THAT DID CHANGE BY THE LATE FIFTYS AND EARLY SIXTYS BUT THESE ALL DATE FROM AROUND 1950 SO THE PAPER IS FRAGILE.AS FAR AS RING WEAR AND SPINDLE MARKS THERE IS VIRTUALLY NONE ON ANY OF THESE AND I AM SURE THAT THE MAJORITY HAVE NEVER BEEN PLAYED EXCEPT BY ME AND ONLY FOR ONE OR TWO TRACKS AS A WAY OF CONFIRMING MY SUSPICION OF THESE AS BEING LIKE NEW.I GO BACK A WAYS AND REMEMBER RECORDS LIKE THIS FOR SALE IN THE BINS AND THEY CAME WITHOUT SHRINKWRAP IN THOSE DAYS,USUALLY HAD THE PRICE WRITTEN IN PENCIL RIGHT ON THE FRONT AND WERE GIVEN OVER FREELY TO CUSTOMERS TO PLAY IN THOSE LITTLE SOUNDBOOTHS.IF YOU LIKED IT YOU HANDED OVER YOUR THREE OR FOUR BUCKS AND THEY GAVE YOU A BAG.THE ACTUAL VINYL RECORD DID NOT HAVE A DUST COVER EXCEPT FOR THE ORIGINAL JACKET.AND IT FIT VERY,VERY TIGHT AND TOOK A BIT TO PULL THE RECORD OUT..THESE ARE MOSTLY ALL LIKE THAT INCLUDING SOME WITH THE ORIGINAL PRICES. I TOOK PIX OF BOTH SIDES OF THE JACKET AND THE LABEL AND THE VINYL.I WILL INDICATE WHERE I FOUND SEAM SPLITS OR SPINDLE MARKS.I PULLED RETAIL PRICES FROM GOLDMINE JAZZ 2004 EDITION.I ALSO SPENT MUCH TIME READING THE GRADING PROCESS AND HAVE COME TO MY CONCLUSIONS USING THAT MATERIAL.PLEASE LOOK AT THE PIX CLOSELY AND IF IN QUESTION ASK ME FOR MORE INFO.THESE RECORDS ARE NOT CHEAP AND I HAVE TO ASSUME THAT YOU ARE A VERY ACTIVE COLLECTOR TO EVEN BE INTERESTED.WITH THAT SAID I WILL NOW START ,THANKS FOR LETTING ME QUALIFY THIS SALE..

UP NOW IS ART TATUM "PIANO SOLOS VOLUME ONE" ON DECCA,NUMBER DL5086.THIS ONE DATES BACK TO 1949,ANOTHER FINE EXAMPLE OF CRAP PAPER.THE TOP AND BOTTOM SEAM HAVE BOTH SPLIT AND WERE TAPED TOGETER WITH CLEAR TAPE.THE TAPE HASN'T DECOMPOSED AND TURNED CRISP,IN FACT IT HOLDS THE JACKET VERY TIGHT .THE JACKET HAS NO RING WEAR AND THE VINYL IS NICE WITHOUT SPINDLE MARKS OR SCUFFS.PLAYS QUIET WITHOUT POPS OR SKIPS.MOST LIKELY ONLY PLAYED A FEW TIMES FROM THE WAY IT LOOKS. I WOULD GRADE THE JACKET AT VG BECAUSE OF THE TAPE AND THE RECORD AT NM CAUSE I'M LISTENING TO IT RIGHT NOW AND IT PLAYS LIKE NEW.THIS ONE BOOKS AT 120.00 IN 2004.THANKS FOR LOOKING AND CHECK OUT THE OTHER RECORDS.