The complete collection of 22 box sets of the Official Gammy Awards Archive Collection vinyl LPs - celebrating the first 25 years of the Grammy music awards (1958-1982), offered by the Fraklin Mint Record Society in the mid-1980s.   Each of these 22 box sets includes 4 LPs, for a total of 88 LPs, covering music from the first 25 years of the Grammy Awards. This is a unique opportunity to purchase the complete archival set of these vinyl records in MINT condition.

 

The contents of the box sets: signed letter introducing the set, plastic record jackets, and the vinyl records themselves - are all in MINT condition, in new/unplayed condition. The vinyl records are a deep red audiophile grade vinyl.  The records have no fingerprints, dust, or scratches. Even the bookets and thin packing material between the records appears intact and new. The copyright dates of the booklets are 1984-1986.  Here are the box sets:

 

Album of the Year (Andy Williams, Tony Bennett, Barry Manilow, Henry Mancini, Nat "King" Cole, Stan Getz, Fifth Dimension, Glen Campbell, Harry Nilsson, Janis Ian, Harry Belafonte, James Taylor, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Peter Frampton, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Quincy Jones, Donald Fagen, Supertramp, Fleetwood Mac, etc.)

 

All-Time Winners (Herb Alpert, Count Basie, George Benson, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Duke Ellington, Aretha Franklin, Quincy Jones, Henry Mancini, Roger Miller, Peter, Paul and Mary, Paul Simon, Barbra Sreisand, John Williams, Stevie Wonder, etc.)

 

Best New Artists (The Carpenters, Harry Chapin, Cher, Eric Clapton, Cream, Bobby Darin, Derek & the Dominoes, Loggins & Messina, Carly Simon, Sonny & Cher, Bill Withers)

 

The Big Band Sound (Akiyoshi & Tabackin, Ray Anthony, Count Basie, Les Brown, Larry Wright, Duke Ellington, Don Ellis, Gil Evans, Maynard Ferguson, Dizzy Gillespie, Glen Gray, Neal Hefti, Woody Herman, Thad Jones & Mel Lewis, Quincy Jones, Stan Kenton, Billy May, Rob McConnell, Glenn Miller, Gerry Mulligan, Buddy Rich, Si Zentner, etc).

 

Folk Music Classics

 

Country Music Classics

 

Great Country Vocalists

 

Gospel and Inspirational (Mahalia Jackson, Marian Anderson, Rev James Cleveland & The Angelic Choir, Willa Dorsey, Rosetta Tharpe, Edwin Hawkins, Myrna Summers, BC&M Choir, etc)

 

Gospel and Inspirational

 

The Great Singers (Tony Bennett, Nat "King" Cole, Judy Garland, Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, Peggy Lee, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra)

 

The Great Singers, Volume II

 

Jazz Instrumentals (Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges, Ruby Braff and Roy Eldridge, Joah Jones, Rod Levitt Octet, Clark Terry, etc)

 

Great Jazz Vocalists (Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Peggy Lee, Lena Home, Carmen mcRae, Helen Merrill, Jimmy Rushing, Jow Williams, Mel Tome, Mark Murphy, Johnny Hartman, Joao Gilberto....Irene Kral, Dave Frishberg, Etta Jones, etc.)

 

Pop Performances, Vol. I (Janis Joplin, Brook Benton, Linda Ronstadt, Joe Cocker, Helen Reddy, Carole King, James Taylor....Go Go's, Barry Manilow, Ambrosia, Andy Gibb, Laura Branigan, Lionel Richie, etc)

 

Rhythum and Blues, Vol. I

 

Rhythum and Blues, Vol II

 

Great Performances of the Rock Era, Volume I (The Beach Boys, The Monkees, Jefferson Airplane, The Byrds, The Association, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Chicago, Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Doobie Brothers, REO Speedwagon, Toto, The Rolling Stones, The Pretenders, Fleetwood Mac, Supertramp, Styx, The Police, etc.)

 

The Producers' Choice

 

Record of the Year

 

Song of the Year

 

Stage and Original Cast Recordings

 

I will only sell this collection as a complete set. Please email with any questions. (I could provide a listing of the songs/music for an individual box set if requested, but again, I'm only interested in selling this complete set as a single auction.

Records will be professionally packed and shipped via USPS Media Mail in 2 boxes.  Shipping and handling cost is per box.  So total is $65.00, not $32.50 as specified by the auction.