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Don (ccvinylman) Larter, Owner

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This recording has the reputation of being the best-recorded jazz record in recent history. Notice I say "best recorded," because the playing of the Swedish musicians featured on the records, while good, is not the best. Nevertheless, if you get a kick out of feeling as if the musicians are right there with you in your listening room when you play their record, you owe yourself a listen. I remember being awestruck by hearing this recording for the first time back in the 70s. I listened to it on Quad equipment, Quad being a highly respected British manufacturer of electronics and loudspeakers of the electrostatic type.

 

 

 

Label information:  Proprius:  7778-79, two stereo disks, recorded with a modified Revox 77 reel-to-reel tape recorder. Pressed, I believe, in Sweden. Later issues were remastered at half speed and pressed by JVC in Japan. Stickers attached to the shrinkwrap identify the later issues as half-speed reissues. If I'm not mistaken, later issues also had a UPC label on the back of the jacket. This one does not.

 

Composer(s) and featured works:  Composers unknown (but they are available with a Google search!). Selections include

Limehouse Blues

I'm Confessin'

High Life

Struttin' With Some Barbeq

Lady Be Good

Here Is That Rainy Day

Barbados

How High the Moon

Take Five

Everything Happens To Me 

Performers:  Arne Domnérus; Bengt Hallberg; Georg Riedel; Egil Johansen; Lars Erstrand

 

Visual grade:  Sealed. Unopened and in-played.

 

Play grade:  Should play at least NM.

 

Jacket grade:  Excellent. Retains original shrinkwrap, sealed.

 

New Policy Changes, Effective July 15, 2015

 

      Only my pricing policy has changed, primarily because of the labor intensive nature of selling records the Craig Chase Vinyl way. My way makes me unique among the other fine record sellers on eBay today. This policy change is the first significant one I’ve made since I first began selling records on eBay over 13 years ago. Some reasons for the change are:

I clean every record I sell. I use proprietary methods which are safe and effective and leave your records as clean as possible. I even clean and repair outer sleeves (and sometimes inner sleeves as well!) should they have some reparable damage (e.g., an open seam, surface grime, and the like). I inspect and play-grade every record I sell, except for still-sealed records. (See my grading scale, below). I craft my own heavy-duty mailers, not only to save you money, but to protect your investment as it wings its way to you. I ship your purchases usually within 24 hours of receiving your payment. I offer a no-quibble money-back guarantee should you feel I have exaggerated your record’s condition. Just send it back to me in the shape in which you found it, and I’ll refund your purchase price, including your initial shipping cost. If you prefer to keep the record, I will issue you a partial refund (or credit for a future purchase).

 

Shipping

Shipping cost is based on your package's weight. The first single record (plus container) weighs 1 pound, 2 ounces. Each additional record weighs 10 ounces. Obviously, box-sets weigh more. Normal domestic shipping is by Media Mail. Normal International shipping is by First-Class Mail International.

Record Play-Grades

SS = Still sealed; unopened and un-played; condition unknown.

NM+ = Near Mint Plus. Extraordinarily clean, quiet, and virtually unmarked, except perhaps for a very light spindle track on the label; may not have been played.

NM = Near Mint. Clean and quiet, regardless of scuffs, hairline scratches or apparent defects.

M- = Near Mint Minus. Less quiet than NM, with a bit more background noise , regardless of its source.

VG++ = Very good plus plus. Noisier than NM-; may say why.

VG+ = Very good plus. Noisier than VG++; will say why.

Sleeve Grades

Exc = Excellent. Virtually perfect; may be shrink-wrapped or not; looks almost new.

Exc- = Excellent minus. No major defects; clean, sound, and mark-free; perhaps a slightly bent corner or two.

VG + = Very Good Plus. May have a couple small defects, such as a little writing or a little staining or yellowing, but it's quite presentable.

VG = Very Good. Defects are more noticeable; may have needed seam repair with hot glue.

G = Good. Sleeve has some obvious challenges but is still somewhat presentable.

F = Fair. Need I say more?