Franklin Mint The Greatest Recordings Of The Big Band Era 100 LP Box Set

$

75

This set is in beautiful VG condition. All discs are in pristine condition with no damage and very little use. This set is missing number 99/100. Number 99/100 can be bought separate online however I do not have a copy.

I will package this item with care and ship it out t you promptly with valid usps tracking.

This listing is for 100 LP's (Complete Set) of the Greatest Recordings of Band Era (Archive Collection)the Big produced by The Franklin Mint Record Society. It is known to be the most comprehensive collection of the big band recordings ever assembled. There are 50 silver-colored box sets, each containing 2 burgundy-colored vinyl records. Record speed is 33 RPM. Each record indicates "1985" as date of manufacture. Although this listing is listed as "used", they look "like new" or in near-mint condition. This set was purchased from the original owner in a estate sale. Owner attested that the records have never been used or played. Prior to listing, we inspected each box set for completeness and physical integrity.

Enclosed in each box set is full-size a commentary booklet on the featured musicians, singers and bands written by Neil McCaffrey, a big band music critic and editor of the "American Dance Band Discography". This written commentary also contains numerous valuable photographs. Includes Cross Reference Index (Issues 1 to 100).

Each box also contains, a letter to the collector from Stanley Walker, Vice President and Director of the Franklin Mint Record Society.

The 50 Original Box Sets (with featured band/musician):

1/2 - Glenn Miller / Will Bradley / Orrin Tucker / Don Redman

3/4 - Harry James / Horace Heidt / Jack jenny / Claude Hopkins

5/6 - Vaughn Monroe / Boyd Raeburn / Larry Clinton / Gus Arnheim

7/8 - Duke Ellington / Frankie Carl / Bob Chester

9/10 - Tommy Dorsey / The Many Sides

11/12 - Benny Goodman / Shep Fields / Ted Weems

13/14 - Jimmy Dorsey / Erskine Hawkins / Ted Lewis / Les Elgart

15/16 - Guy Lombardo / Ozzie Nelson / Cab Calloway

17/18 - Count basie / Charlie Spivalk / Xavier Cugat

19/20 - Charlie Batnet / Hal kemp

21/22 - Gene Krupa / Wayne King / Red Nhichols / Will Osborne

23/24 - Louis Armstrong / Dick Jurgens / Elliot Lawrence

25/26 - Les Brown / Loeo Reisman / Jay McShann / Buddy Rogers

27/28 - Artie Shaw / Dizzy Gillespie / Roger W Kahn / Art Mooney / Si Zentner

29/30 - Bunny Berigan / Jan Garber / California Ramblers / Les Hite

31/32 - Woody Herman / Andy Kirk / Johnny Long / Tommy Tucker

33/34 - Bob Crosby / Buddy rich / Noble Sissle / Fred Waring

35/36 - Sammy Kaye / Hal McIntyre / henry King / Frankie Masters / Muggsy Spanier

37/38 - Stan kenton / Raymond scott / Billy Butterfield / Art Jarrett / Jerry Wald

39/40 - Lawrence Welk / Buddy Morrow / Dean Hudson / Chuck Foster / Carl Hoff

41/42 - Claude Thornhill / Tony Pastor / Mitchell Ayers

43/44 - Kay Kyser / Joe Hayes / Paul Tremaine / Teddy Hill / Sonny Burke

45/46 - Sauter Finnegan / Rudy Vallee / Luis Russell / Tom Gerun

47/48 - Freddy Martin / Clyde Lucas / Del Courtney / Tiny Hill / Tommy Reynolds

49/50 - Benny carter / Alvino Rey / Harlan Leonard / Phil harris / Ray Anthony

51/52 - Glenn Miller / Aaf Band / Georgie Auld / Burt Block / Ted Fio Rito

53/54 - Eddie Duchin / Billy May / Benny Moten / Coon Sanders

55/56 - Duke Ellington / Jack Teagarden / George Hall / Irving Aaronson

57/58 - Stan Kenton / Sauter Finnegan

59/60 - Stan Kenton / Sauter Finnegan

61/62 - Casa Loma Orchestra / Charle Johnson / Lou Stone / Clyde McCoy

63/64 - Harry James / Freddie Slack / Bobby Sherwood / Dick Stabile

65/66 - Fletcher Henderson / Eddy Howard / Blue Barron / Squadronaires

67/68 - Guy Lombardo / Randy Brooks / Mal Hallett / Savoy Sultans

69/70 - Isham Jones / Teddy Powell / Joe Venuti / Teddy Wilson

71/72 - Count Basie / Bobby Hackett / Roy Fox / Jack Hylton

73/74 - Jimmy Lunceford / Sam Donahue / Jerry Gray / Skinnay Ennis / Machito

75/76 - Artie Shaw / Anson Weeks / Van Alexander / Tex Beneke

77/78 - Lionel Hampton / Lionel Dunham / Ray McKinley / Ted Straeter

79/80 - Jimmy Dorsey / Ambrose / Johnny Green / Willie Bryant

81/82 - Red Norvo / Ben Pollack / Jimmy Greer / Lenny Hayton

83/84 - Woody Herman / Carmen Cavallaro / Ina Ray Hutton / Sy Oliver

85/86 - Ray Noble / Bob Zurke / Hudson Delange / Fats Waller

87/88 - Claude Thornhill / Louis Prima

89/90 - Jan Savitt / Smith Belew / Neal Hefti

91/92 - Bob Crosby / Mills Blue Rhythm Band / Russ Morgan

93/94 - Chick Webb / Ted Heath / Perez Prado / Johnny Bothwell / Matt Brandwynne

95/96 - Les Brown / Jean Goldkette / Richard Himber

97/98 - Paul Whitman / Edgar Hayes / Alfonso Trent / Ruby Newman

99/100- Duke Ellington / Bob Wills / George Olsen / Al Donahue- MISSING.