Sold Date: May 29, 2023
Start Date: May 22, 2023
Final Price: $300.00 (USD)
Bid Count: 1
Seller Feedback: 285
Buyer Feedback: 148

                                                                                       BILL EVANS                                                                  COMPLETE RIVERSIDE RECORDINGS                                                                          LIMITED EDITION I8 LP DISCS
                               I acquired this set a number of years ago from a local, mostly classical, FM radio station                                that was clearing out its record library (you can see a filing label on the corner of the slipcase).                                  As a Bill Evans fan I was excited to have a source for so much great music, and planned                                to play the discs. But after looking at them, I suspected that, except for sides 1,3, and 24, they were                                essentially un-played. Sides 1, 3, & 24 show center hole scuffs (see picture of side 1 showing                                 center hole scuffing).  
                               I found another source for the music, and have not played any of the discs, not wanting to be the                                 first to set a stylus in the groove. So I cannot, therefore, comment on the sound quality. There are no                                 thumbprints or smudges. That's not surprising, having been in a mostly classical radio station music library. 
                               The slipcase has significant shelf scuffing but the inner boxes are pristine. The booklet and record                                 sleeves are crisp, too, except for a couple of sleeves whose corners were crinkled a little                                 (probably by me).  
                               You can draw your own conclusions from my conjecture, and bid accordingly; and you can play                                them or preserve them, but it's time for me to pass this set along.