🔥 RARE HAND-NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION BIG BAND JAZZ VAULT ARCHIVE
Up for purchase is the highly collectible, premium limited edition Box Set: "Classic 1936-1947 Count Basie and Lester Young Studio Sessions". Released by the premier archival restoration label Mosaic Records (Catalog: MD4-263), this definitive release stands as an essential holy grail cornerstone for serious collectors of Kansas City swing, pioneering tenor saxophone layouts, driving big band rhythm architecture, and physical media music archives. This specific copy is exceptionally rare and highly prized by physical media investors because it is a strictly hand-numbered limited edition specimen—officially stamped as Copy #1496 of only 5,000 ever pressed worldwide. The chronological layout comes housed inside Mosaic's iconic, deluxe multi-disc box configuration complete with its legendary, standalone oversized historical session booklet packed with rare archival performance photography, a comprehensive tracking discography with personnel annotations, full session logging matrix grids, and expert analytical essays.
🎵 COMPILATION & DISCOGRAPHY HIGHLIGHTS:
- Definitive Studio Matrix: Compiles the absolute pinnacle recordings featuring the historic pairing of Basie and Young.
- Lester Leaps In: Tracks the breathtaking, matchless lyrical phrasing and cool-toned saxophone delivery that reinvented modern jazz.
- The All-American Rhythm Section: Documents the unmatched, floating swing engine driven by Freddie Green, Walter Page, and Jo Jones.
- Audiophile Processing: Meticulous digital restorations from original master sources, completely cleaned of vintage lacquer surface noise and hiss.
- Historical Booklet: Massive tracking insert packed with definitive session analysis, deep essays, and precise master grids.
📸 COSMETIC CONDITION NOTE:
Please look closely at our high-resolution photos for the exact aesthetic state of this specific item. If there are any minor cosmetic imperfections, standard light shelf wear to the outer cardboard display box packaging corners, edge rubbing, split seams, or minor handling marks to the research booklet pages, they are clearly pointed out and highlighted directly in the photos.
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