Charlie Parker: The Mercury & Clef 10" LP Collection (5 VINYL LPS)

This unique box set includes five classic albums in their original, short-lived 10-inch format, remastered by Alex Abrash (AA Mastering) with faithful reproductions of the David Stone Martin artwork and liner notes on heavy stock. The Mercury & Clef 10-inch LP Collection is some of the greatest bebop of all time. The five albums included are 1950's Charlie Parker With Strings, 1952's Bird and Diz and Charlie Parker Plays South of the Border, 1953's Charlie Parker With Strings (Vol. 2) and 1954's Charlie Parker. Also inside the collector's slipcase is a 10" x 10" book featuring exclusive liner notes by Ethan Iverson, an essay by author David Ritz and full track-by-track session notes.

- Disc 1 -
1 April in Paris
2 Summertime
3 If I Should Lose You
- Disc 2 -
1 I Didn't Know What Time It Was
2 Everything Happens to Me
3 Just Friends
- Disc 3 -
1 Laura
2 They Can't Take That Away from Me
3 Out of Nowhere
4 East of the Sun (& West of the Moon)
- Disc 4 -
1 Dancing in the Dark
2 Easy to Love
3 I'm in the Mood for Love
4 I'll Remember April
- Disc 5 -
1 Bloomdido
2 My Melancholy Baby
3 Relaxing with Lee
4 Passport
- Disc 6 -
1 Leap Frog
2 An Oscar for Treadwell
3 Mohawk
4 Visa
- Disc 7 -
1 Tico Tico
2 Un Poquito de Tu Amor
3 My Little Suede Shoes
4 Estrellita
- Disc 8 -
1 Begin the Beguine
2 La Paloma
3 La Cucuracha
4 Mama Inez
- Disc 9 -
1 Now's the Time
2 I Remember You
3 Confirmation
4 Chi Chi
- Disc 10 -
1 I Hear Music (A.K.A. the Song Is You)
2 Laird Baird
3 Kim
4 Cosmic Rays