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Hot on the heels of one of the most talked about jazz books in years, comes the musically-enhanced, strictly limited Collector’s Edition. Slipcased with vinyl re-issues of ten legendary recordings on Verve, this is an exceptional opportunity to own a unique slice of jazz history. · Remastered at Abbey Road Studios. · Pressed onto 180g heavyweight vinyl for optimum sound quality. · Printed with stunning original album artwork. · Packaged in a dual-compartment cloth-bound display case. · Strictly limited to 500 copies worldwide. · Signed by the author. In partnership with The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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Review:
'A fitting testament to one of the most important imprints in jazz ' - Record Collector 'Rare and unseen material captured for an in-depth book tracing the history of the legendary jazz label ' - Music Week 'I was sooooo inspired just holding the book and turning the pages that I decided to pick a couple of Verve tracks to play ... I'll never stop reading this instantly historical and beautifully written book ' - Bruce Johnston, The Beach Boys 'Turns the story of a record label into a gloriously lively history of jazz; the book's design almost makes you hear the music as you read ' - Peter Conrad, Observer (Books of the Year) 'Lavish and lovingly assembled ... A beautiful object' - Mojo 'Photographs, tour posters, album sleeves and ephemera is eye-poppingly beautiful' - Daily Telegraph
About the Author:
Richard Havers is Jazz consultant to the Universal Music Group where he has produced box sets including Louis Armstrong : Ambassador of Jazz, as well as box sets including Impulse! Records to Ella Fitzgerald. His other books include Sinatra, Rolling With The Stones, Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey and Tony Visconti: Bowie, Bolan and the Boy from Brooklyn.
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- PublisherThames and Hudson Ltd
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 0500517479
- ISBN 13 9780500517475
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages400
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