Description: ***Welcome to our listing, thanks very much for looking!This listing is for a rare JAPAN pressed, audiophile 4x12" vinyl box set. A long out of print title - a FACTORY SEALED box set assumed to be in MINT overall condition, PRESSED and ISSUED by MERCURY / NIPPON Records. It is a highly collectible vinyl box set title, featuring -Helen Merrill4x12" Vinyl Box Set Title - The Complete Helen Merrill On Mercury Track Listing - Record 1 18PJ-1047 (M) A1. Alone Together (Previously Issued Only As A Single) A2. Alone Together A3. Glad To Be Unhappy A4. This Is My Night To Cry (Previously Issued Only As A Single) A5. How's The World Treating You (Previously Unissued Master/Alternative Take) A6. How's The World Treating You A7. Don't Explain B1. Born To Be Blue B2. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To B3. 'S Wonderful B4. Yesterdays B5. Falling In Love With You B6. What's New Record 2 18PJ-1048 (M) C1. You Won't Forget Me C2. Lilac Wine C3. Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year C4. Beautiful Love C5. Just You, Just Me C6. When I Fall In Love C7. End Of A Love Affair C8. Mountain High, Valley Low D1. Anything Goes D2. Comes Love D3. I'm Afraid The Masquerade Is Over D4. Wait Till You See Him D5. He Was Too Good To Me D6. I've Never Seen D7. I'm A Fool To Want You D8. Troubled Waters Record 3 18PJ-1049 (M) E1. Anyplace I Hang My Hat Is Home E2. Where Flamingo's Fly E3. I'm Just A Lucky So And So E4. A New Town Is A Blue Town E5. By Myself E6. People Will Say We're In Love E7. You're Lucky To Me E8. Dream Of You F1. Blue Guitar F2. Listen F3. I'll Be Around F4. Soft As Spring F5. If I Forget You F6. After You F7. It's A Lazy Afternoon Record 4 18PJ-1050 (M) G1. If You Go G2. If Love Were All (Previously Unissued Master/Alternative Take) G3. If Love Were All G4. Easy Come, Easy Go G5. The Things We Did Last Summer G6. Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair G7. I See Your Face Before Me G8. I Remember You G9. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise H1. Bye Bye Blackbird H2. This Time The Dream's On Me H3. Dearly Beloved H4. Summertime H5. Let Me Love You H6. When The Sun Comes Out H7. All Of You H8. The Nearness Of You H9. Just Imagine Other Information - • Copyright © – Mercury • Copyright © – Polygram Records, Inc. • Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd. • Manufactured & Distributed By – Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd. • Alto Saxophone – John Laporta (tracks: E1 to E8) • Arranged By – Quincy Jones (tracks: A7 to B6) • Baritone Saxophone – Danny Banks (tracks: E1 to E4) • Bass – John Frigo (tracks: G7 to H4), Milt Hinton (tracks: A7 to B3, F3 to G6), Oscar Pettiford (tracks: B4 to B6, E5 to E8, H5 to H9) • Compiled By – Kiyoshi Koyama • Conductor, Arranged By – Gil Evans (tracks: D5 to D8, E5 to E8), Harold "Hal" Mooney (tracks: C1 to D4, F3 to G6) • Drums – Bobby Donaldson (tracks: B4 to B6), Jerry Slosberg (tracks: G7 to H4), Jo Jones (tracks: H5 to H9), Joe Morello (tracks: E5 to E8), Osie Johnson (tracks: A7 to B3) • Ensemble – Clifford Brown Sextet (tracks: A7 to B6) • Flute – Bobby Jasper (tracks: H5 to H9), Danny Banks (tracks: A7 to B6) • Flute, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone – Mike Simpson (tracks: G7 to H4) • Flute, Saxophone – Jerome Richardson (tracks: E1 to E4) • Guitar – Barry Galbraith (tracks: A7 to D8, E5 to E8), Billy Mure (tracks: F3 to G6), Freddy Rundquist (tracks: G7 to H4), George Russell (3) (tracks: H5 to H9) • Liner Notes – Hiraku Aoki • Orchestra – Harold "Hal" Mooney Orch. (tracks: F1, F2), Johnny Richards Orchestra (tracks: A1 to A6) • Piano – Bill Evans (tracks: H5 to H9), Dick Marx (tracks: G7 to H4), Hank Jones (tracks: C1 to D8, E5 to E8), Jimmy Jones (tracks: A7 to B6), Marian McPartland (tracks: F3 to G6) • Trombone – Jimmy Cleveland (tracks: E5 to E8), Joe Bennett (tracks: E1 to E4) • Trumpet – Art Farmer (tracks: E5 to E8), Clifford Brown (tracks: A7 to B6), Louis Mucci (tracks: E5 to E8) • Vocals – Helen Merrill • DOM - Direct from original master. • Made in Japan. • Comes with 40 pages cd-sized booklet with credits and all lyrics. • Barcode: 042282634016 • Rights Society: JASRACCONDITION Details -Out of print, JAPAN pressed, audiophile 4x12" Vinyl Box Set title assumed to be in mint overall condition as it's sealed, from 1985.Box has NO seam splits or crushing and NO significant damages. Outer plastic is intact with some tearing. Has the rare, paper OBI-strip and a price sticker on the front plastic. It doesn't get better than this - a truly pristine copy! See our pictures with this listing for details as they are of the actual item. Always clean your LPs for best results - even brand new, sealed items. This is an archival example of this rare item!A Short Note About LP GRADING - Mint {M} = Only used for sealed items. Near Mint {NM} = Virtually as new, just not sealed. Near Mint Minus {NM-} = Item has some minor imperfections, some audible. Excellent {EXC} = Item obviously played and enjoyed with some noise. Very Good Plus {VG+} = Many more imperfections which are noticeable and obtrusive. Always properly clean your LPs before playing them - even brand new, sealed titles! The LP is an audiophile quality pressing (any collector of fine MFSL, half speeds, direct to discs, Japanese/UK pressings etc., can attest to the difference a quality pressing can make to an audio system). Do not let this rarity slip by!
Price: 199.99 USD
Location: New York, New York
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Artist: Helen Merrill
Speed: 33 RPM
Record Label: Mercury (Japan)
Occasion: none
Release Title: Helen Merrill – The Complete Helen Merrill On Mercury
Case Type: Cardboard Sleeve
Color: Black
Fidelity Level: Full-Range
Material: Vinyl
MPN: Mercury – 18PJ-1047-50 / 826 340-1
Inlay Condition: Mint (M)
Catalog Number: 826 340-1
Edition: Collector's Edition, Compilation, OBI Strip Included
Type: Box Set
Record Grading: Mint (M)
Format: 4 x 12" Record Box Set
Release Year: 1985
Sleeve Grading: Mint (M)
Era: 1980s
Record Size: 12"
Style: Ballad, Vocal
Features: Import, Sealed
Genre: Jazz, Pop
Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan