Tony Schwartz, NEW YORK 19, Folkways 1954 orig
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Folkways FD-5558, "New York 19" with Tony Schwartz, recording and narration, from 1954. This landmark album has Tony Schwartz recording the cityscape of his home zip code 10019 in 1954. The tapes include such well-known musicians as Moondog and fiddler Giuseppe Ravita as well as an unknown accordian player, kids singing play-rhymes, hucksters, street preachers, auctioneers, and others. The vinyl is dinner-plate weight and plays at VG+ with slight static throughout most of the recording, which still sounds nice. The heavy jacket has solid seams all around with some corner wear and considerable age-coloration. The original descriptive notes are included (see scan). Tracks are labeled as "Exchange by Mail", "National Groups", "Religion", "Translations", "Street Musicians", "Selling", "Children", "Sounds of the City", and "Music in Speech". Shipping is $4.00 media mail, $8.00 priority mail in the continental U.S.; $16.00 airmail for Europe, Australia, Japan, and Korea; elsewhere inquire. Insured priority shipping required for Italy and Brazil. I dislike low-quality packaging as much as any other eBayer. Individual records will be shipped in special, handcrafted mailers unlike the usual type in three ways: (1) They are significantly larger all around and padded around the edges to prevent corner bumps to the jacket; (2) they are padded on both sides of the record with styro sheets or thick cardboard sheets to prevent damage to the record surface; (3) they are constructed of heavier-duty cardboard than normal mailers to provide further protection. All used LPs are shipped with record securely inside an inner sleeve but outside the jacket to prevent seam splitting in transit; our innovative padded packaging will prevent seam splitting for new, sealed LPs. The end product is designed to withstand a drop from a second-story window with no damage (though I will not test it with your package). No record should arrive in a condition worse than described! Multiple LPs are shipped in BagsUnlimited pizza-style boxes that are larger around than LPs and will also be well padded. All used LPs are play-graded on a VPI turntable with Audioquest tonearm.
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