Newport Jazz Festival New York: A Tribute To and similar items

Box set containing promo still, cover letter, three press releases and an LP record album. These issued in advance of a PBS special. The record album is not a recording of the Newport performances, it is a mono pressing of the RCA compilation "A Rare Batch Of Satch". The PBS special was performances by different artists and no way was PBS going to attempt to get permission from all them to press an album. Why they chose this title to include I cannot tell you but it is the one that came with it. The record itself is only in Good condition with some scratches and may skip, I don't consider it a great part of the value of the item. The box has some wear but is not bad, it is pushed in a bit top and bottom, the picture here shows 99% of the artwork and what you don't see is just more plain background although it is closer to red than the maroon it came out looking. Very scarce promo item. If you add up the number of PBS television stations and radio stations in America there can't be any fantastic number of them and so I do not expect there is any fantastic number of these promo boxes around either. Grading of LP record albums: Mint: Not part of our vocabulary in general, but would refer to a sealed unopened record. Near Mint: Looks brand new. Near Mint minus: Very close to new, appears to have been played possibly a few times. Perhaps a few tiny blemishes. Very Fine or Excellent: Still close to new and only slightly used, a few faint marks or sleeve scratches. Only if the music level is soft is it possible to hear a hint of surface static. Very Good plus: Light scratches possible but nothing even close to bad. Surface noise is generally not heard during the music. Very Good: May have a number of light scratches but still nothing bad. Surface noise can generally be heard during the music but does not interfere with it. note: Few record albums made in the 50's or 60's actually play any better than VG or VG+ regardless of their appearance. Very Good minus: The surface noise rivals the music. Good plus: No awful scratches but will have a lot of them. Surface noise has overtaken the music. Good: Still plays, can't say much more for it. Jackets Sleeves are graded by standard paper criteria such as would be used for comic books or trading cards.