Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury / Question

[kulu se mama]

i was lucky enough to find all seven volumes of this great set used.

they are all in excellent condition, but i have a question that i hope someone here can answer.

volume 1 has 3 booklets - liner notes in japanese, liner notes in english, and a lyric booklet.

the remaining six volumes only have the liner notes in english.

were they all released with 3 seperate booklets or just the first volume?

thanks in advance.

[jazzbo]

If I remember correctly only Volume 1 had that many booklets; I think the others all had only one.

[kulu se mama]

lon - i can always count on you.

thanks for the help.

[brownie]

The series was one of my very first venture into the world of CDs when they came out. A magnificient enterprise, worthy of Mosaic!

From the seven sets, volume 1 and volume 2 have these triple booklets.

All others have the single booklets in english.

All the sets I have were Made in Japan, except volume 4 which bears the 'Made in W. Germany' stamper!

Volume 5, 6 and 7 had Obis. Hope you have those! Otherwise your purchase was worthless

[kulu se mama]

Volume 5, 6 and 7 had Obis. Hope you have those! Otherwise your purchase was worthless

urgh - i guess i'll have to sell them on ebay for $5 a pop.

[jazzbo]

Thanks for clearing that up Guy! I'm regrettably far away from my collection, making due with an Apple laptop loaded down with music and a few dozen cds.

Obis? I used to use these as bookmarks. . .and I don't save them. Ohwell!

[brownie]

Obis? I used to use these as bookmarks. . .and I don't save them. Ohwell!

The Obis for these Dinah Washington sets were the regular kind except they covered the whole of the back covers! Can't remember seeing others like these.

But I never did a fixation on those artifacts! If they were there, fine. If they were not, just too bad!

[kulu se mama]

All the sets I have were Made in Japan, except volume 4 which bears the 'Made in W. Germany' stamper!

i just checked all 7 volumes that i just bought and only the first was manufactured in japan.

the other 6 are equally divided between west germany and u.s.a.

Edited June 9, 2006 by kulu se mama

[Tjazz]

I think I saw this set for alittle over $10/CD.

Thought they were overpriced?

Worth $11/CD to you?

[fomafomic65]

i was lucky enough to find all seven volumes of this great set used.

they are all in excellent condition, but i have a question that i hope someone here can answer.

volume 1 has 3 booklets - liner notes in japanese, liner notes in english, and a lyric booklet.

the remaining six volumes only have the liner notes in english.

were they all released with 3 seperate booklets or just the first volume?

thanks in advance.

My vol. I (1956 -1949) copy only has english notes booklet and no lyric booklet. "1987, Manufactured by Nippon Phonogram Co.LTD. Tokyo.", I think I remember I had it new and sealed.

I spent years to put together all seven volumes too. Wonderful collection; a kind of artist's creative parabola

[jazzbo]

I think I saw this set for alittle over $10/CD.

Thought they were overpriced?

Worth $11/CD to you?

I paid varying prices for these volumes over the years.

I love these sets. Some more than others of course, but. . . man. . .what a singer!

[kulu se mama]

I think I saw this set for alittle over $10/CD.

actually on half.com right now they range from $39.99 to $122.99.

since they are all 3 disc sets - $10 a disc for all of them is a pretty fair deal.