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The Mercury And Clef 10-inch LPs (602508868764)

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Title The Mercury And Clef 10-inch LPs

Author Charlie Parker

Label Verve

EAN 602508868764

Reference LPS 162239

LABEL CODE 602508868764

STYLE JAZZ

DISCS NUMBER 5

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• BIRD'S CLASSIC FIVE 10" ALBUMS

• ORIGINALLY RELEASED ON MERCURY/CLEF

• INCLUDES 10" X 10" BOOK WITH ESSAYS, RARE PHOTOS AND ANNOTATIONS

Saxophonist Charlie “Bird” Parker is re-releasing five of his records for The Mercury & Clef 10-Inch LP Collection for his 100th anniversary, “Bird 100.” Bird was “an architect of modern music” and is widely known as the greatest alto saxophonist.

The LPs Charlie Parker With Strings (1950), Bird and Diz (1952), Charlie Parker Plays South of the Border (1952), Charlie Parker With Strings (Vol. 2) (1953), and Charlie Parker (1954) have been newly remastered, pressed to 10-inch black vinyl and packed in the original album covers.

The boxed set serves as an ode to the 10-inch vinyl, which was a popular format in the late 1940s, between the 78 and the 12-inch. It includes an elegant booklet that contains rare photos, detailed recording session information and essays by pianist-journalist Ethan Iverson and author David Ritz. All of the albums, aside from Bird and Diz, have been out of print on vinyl since their original releases. These elements make the collection the most detailed presentation yet of Bird’s rich 1940s to mid-1950s streak before he passed in 1955 at the age of 34.