Vintage PROMO '50s RCA STEREO FOR THE JOY OF IT 10 LP Set NM Esquivel Space Moon

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Wow! There's sterile, digital downloads from iTunes, and then there's this: A friggin' WORK OF ART! 
From 1959, a promo book of 10 LPs that were never sold but given away free to buyers of a hi-fi who wanted to sample the popular music of the day. The "day" being 1959, imagine Don and betty Draper of MADMEN in their living room culling selections from this. This is not only a bound booklet of LPs, but a very high quality leatherette/clothbound book with the albums in their original art glory--the printing quality actually looks a notch better than the individual releases of the day. There's ESQUIVEL's "Other Worlds Other Sounds," widely considered to be one of the BEST space-age albums covers of all time, then there's another space-age theme: "Destination Moon" by the Ames Brothers, and then we get exotixa, easy listening with the cronner's of the era: Perry Como and Bing Crosby (FUN-FACT: along with George Clooney's aunt, Rosemary), and the rest. This was obviously a younger-demo skewed offering, during the pre-Beatles era. And each page of the album notes has a (pre-Amazon) "If you Like This, You May Like..."-ish offering of other titles of a similar genre.
Various Artists STEREO ??FOR THE JOY OF IT ?"Pop Music Today In The Sound Of Tomorrow."  RCA Victor Records # LSP-9301, black "Living Stereo" labels, 1959. Hard to find, excellent condition. Housed and bound in a very nice, quality litho-printed hard cover cloth "leatherette" cover: 10 pages of 12" LPs with original album art. 1950's audiophile "Space-Age-themed, Exotica, Latin, Jazz, easy listening and Bog Band selections of the day.
?Label: RCA VICTOR RECORDS / LIVING STEREO?; ?Format: 33 rpm 12" LP stereo?; MADE IN THE USA ; ?Vinyl Condition: VG +?; ?Cover Condition: VG+ Size: 13" x 14" x 1.25" This collection was carefully stored and BARELY PLAYED (if at all) for ...56 years!

1. ?LSP-1753 - Esquivel And His Orchestra ?– Other Worlds Other Sounds
2. ?LSP-1854 - Bing Crosby And Rosemary Clooney ?– Fancy Meeting You Here
3. ?LSP-1882 - Xavier Cugat And His Orchestra ?– The King Plays Some Aces
4. ?LSP-1680 - The Ames Brothers ?– Destination Moon
5. ?LSP-1866 - Dick Schory's New Percussion Ensemble ?– Music For Bang, Baa-rOOM And Harp
6. ?LSP-1734 - The Three Suns ?– Having A Ball With The Three Suns
7. ?LSP-1678 - The New Glenn Miller Orchestra ?– Something Old New Borrowed And Blue
8. ?LSP-1971 - Perry Como ?– Saturday Night With Mr. C
9. ?LSP-1000 - The Melachrino Strings ?– Music For Dining 
10. ?LSC-2231 - Robert Shaw Chorale ?– On Stage With Robert Shaw (RED label with dog in shaded shroud)