Vinyl: MOSAIC 20 LP set - Complete Commodore Volume 3 - NM!

Mosaic box # 134 is a 20 LP set of the third and final installation of the complete Commodore Jazz Recordings. The set was released in 1990. There are many hours of excellent Jazz from 1938 through 1957. The vinyl is absolutely pristine - no marks whatsoever. I would be surprised to learn it had ever been played. No spindle marks, no fingerprints, no scratches. Unlike the rest of these boxes I've been putting up, this book was actually thumbed through, yet remains VG+. The box is VG+. He taped a 1" piece of tape over a sticker on which he wrote the letters "LPs". This sticker is on the out spine. I am not going to try to remove this in case it bothers the set itself...I'll let the buyer make that decision (see photo). He also (inexplicably) taped 2X3 photos of famous Francis Wolff photos of Trane, Rollins and Blakey onto the back page of the book, as well as 1 piece of tape over each of the 2 staples on the outside of the book. The booklet says "This is one of an edition limited to 2500 albums". Also included in this volume is the 66 page complete discography of Commodore Records by Vincent Pelote, which is untouched. Scott Yanow says this on AllMusic.com - "The third and final Mosaic box set that reissues all of the valuable recordings from Milt Gabler's Commodore label is the smallest of these reissues, a mere 20-LP set. All three of the volumes (which total 66 albums) are wonderful but since they were originally limited-edition releases (just 2500 copies apiece) and have gone out-of-print, they will be difficult to locate and expensive to acquire; buy them anyway if you have any interest in small-group swing and Chicago dixieland. Volume III starts out with some recently discovery alternate takes by Bud Freeman, Chu Berry, Bunk Johnson and Billie Holiday from 1938-44 before concentrating mostly on the 1945-46 period. There are sessions led by Red Norvo, Bill Coleman, Gene Krupa, Stuff Smith, Teddy Wilson and the duo of Don Byas and Slam Stewart (all of those are from a legendary 1945 Town Hall concert) plus dates headed by George Zack, Jonah Jones, Wild Bill Davison, Eddie Edwards, George Brunies and Mel Powell; in addition there are later sets by Bob Wilber, Ralph Sutton, Sidney Bechet, Johnny Wiggs, Willie the Lion Smith, Frank Wess and Peck Kelley. One exhausts superlatives when discussing this remarkable project." Check out my other Mosaic LP sets on ebay on auction now, including the other 2 volumes of the Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings. The first $2500 offer for all 3 ends the auction. Please remember that these boxes are very heavy and may be quite costly when shipped, especially overseas.