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A Lifetime of Listening
In 29 Collections.
Browse by taste.
Each collection is described individually, to give you a sense of what to expect.
Decades of vinyl, broken into 20–30 record sets by era, genre and mood.
From golden-age jazz and Motown soul to disco, classical, Broadway, and rare specialist runs of Jamaican reggae and Trinidadian calypso.
Browse by what you love, and discover your ideal collection.
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BANGARANG MUSIC COLLECTION
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The Big Band Era & the Birth of Cool (1938–1955)
A well-curated collection built around the transition from big-band swing into small-group "cool" and bebop-adjacent jazz of the early-to-mid 1950s - Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, three Erroll Garner titles (including Concert by the Sea), Art Tatum, George Shearing and Dave Brubeck's Jazz Goes to College.
This collection is...
For collectors of classic American jazz — swing, vocal standards, and the beginnings of cool/bebop — plus jazz piano fans especially, given the strong Garner/Tatum/Shearing showing.
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Midnight Vocals: 1950s Jazz Singers & Combos
A dense set of mid-century vocal jazz and small-group jazz (Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, Billy Eckstine, Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins, Shelly Manne, Erroll Garner, Jonah Jones), rounded out by a few lighter easy-listening/organ-and-piano mood records (Earl Grant, Eddie Layton, Jan August, Ray Conniff).
This collection is...
Perfect for a vocal-jazz and mid-century pop collector who's also happy with a solid handful of genuine combo/bebop jazz mixed in — less ideal for a buyer wanting only hard jazz or only mood/instrumental music.
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Cool Jazz & Bossa Nights: Late-1950s Jazz
A strong late-1950s jazz set — cool and mainstream combos, third-stream (Modern Jazz Quartet & Orchestra), and Latin jazz (Mongo Santamaria's Sabroso) — anchored by top names like Oscar Peterson, Sarah Vaughan, Dave Brubeck, and Michel Legrand.
This collection is...
Best for a jazz collector who enjoys cool/mainstream and Latin-jazz variety; a few pop and novelty records ride along but aren't the draw.
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Organ Grooves & Big Band Vocals: 1960s Soul-Jazz
A 1960s-heavy set built around soul-jazz and organ jazz (three Jimmy Smith LPs, Shirley Scott, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis), plus the famous vocalist-and-big-band pairings Ella & Basie and Sarah Vaughan with Count Basie, and a repeat of Erroll Garner's classic Concert by the Sea.
This collection is...
Best for a soul-jazz/organ-jazz collector, and anyone drawn to those classic 1960s singer-with-big-band records.
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Sax, Soul & the New Jazz Frontier
A broad, jazz-forward set ranging from bebop history (Pure Genius with Clifford Brown/Max Roach/Sonny Rollins, a Charlie Parker compilation, Jazz Samba) through soul-jazz/R&B saxophone (Ace Cannon, Gene Ammons, Sil Austin, King Curtis, the tenor battle Very Saxy) to early jazz-fusion and crossover (Miles Davis, John McLaughlin, Herbie Mann's reggae-tinged LPs).
This collection is...
Ideal for a broad-minded jazz collector comfortable spanning bebop through soul-jazz to early fusion; several titles (Miles Davis, John McLaughlin, King Curtis Live at Fillmore West, Jazz Samba) are genuinely significant records.
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Mellow Jazz & Easy-Listening Crossovers (Smooth Sounds of the '70s and '80s)
Mostly mainstream and swing-revival jazz with a mellow/smooth-jazz lean (Ahmad Jamal, Zoot Sims, Maynard Ferguson, Chuck Mangione, Roy Eldridge with Oscar Peterson & Joe Pass, a Garner/Tatum/Peterson piano compilation), plus a side of easy-listening instrumental pop (Bert Kaempfert, Acker Bilk, Ray Conniff, Roger Williams, Fausto Papetti, Sax & Ivory).
This collection is...
Best for a mainstream/mellow-jazz collector who doesn't mind some easy-listening crossover alongside it.
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Soul, Blues & Vocal Standards
A 1950s–60s R&B, blues, and soul-vocal collection anchored by Ray Charles (three titles), Dinah Washington, Brook Benton, Arthur Prysock, and Roy Hamilton, with a supporting cast of pop vocalists (Patti Page, Connie Francis, Dionne Warwick).
This collection is...
Best for a fan of classic R&B/soul and blues vocalists — Ray Charles collectors especially, given the three titles here.
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Disco Nights & Continental Pop (Studio 54 Meets James Last)
A late-1970s disco and soul collection (Donna Summer, Bee Gees, the Salsoul Orchestra x3, Van McCoy, Earth, Wind & Fire, Isaac Hayes, Barry White) running alongside a European orchestral-pop thread (three James Last titles plus a Kaempfert/James Last various-artists set).
This collection is...
Best for a disco/late-70s soul collector, with secondary appeal to fans of European easy-listening orchestral pop (James Last).
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Soft Rock Sunday: 1970s Adult Contemporary
A soft, radio-friendly adult-contemporary set — Andy Williams (three titles), Nana Mouskouri (three titles), Johnny Mathis, Tom Jones, Paul Anka, Neil Diamond, Anne Murray, and Simon & Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water.
This collection is...
Best for a fan of smooth 1970s easy-listening vocal pop and crooners.
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Mood Music & Continental Romance (Waltzes, Strings & Serenades)
A collection of romantic mood music and continental easy listening — Mantovani, Living Strings/Living Voices, Perry Como (two titles), Ray Anthony (two titles), Max Greger's German dance orchestra — alongside operetta and concert vocalists (Mario Lanza, Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy) and Harry Belafonte's landmark Carnegie Hall concerts.
This collection is...
Best for a fan of romantic orchestral mood music and mid-century vocal/operetta standards; the two Belafonte Carnegie Hall albums are the clear highlights.
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The Great Orchestras: Classical & Opera
A strong, largely traditional classical and opera collection — Caruso and Gigli vocal recordings, Beethoven symphonies, Bach, Handel's Messiah (Bernstein), Tchaikovsky, and opera choruses — performed by major orchestras (Vienna Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl Symphony).
This collection is...
Best for a serious classical and opera collector.
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Jamaica: Ska, Reggae & Roots (Kingston Sound System)
A rich, cohesive collection of Jamaican music — ska and reggae pioneers (Don Drummond, Jimmy Cliff, Lennie Hibbert, Carlos Malcolm), rocksteady-era vocal compilations (John Holt and others), Jamaican folk and choral music (Olive Lewin, the Jamaica Folk Singers, Kapo's Church), and Jamaican jazz (Lance Hayward, Sonny Bradshaw).
This collection is...
Best for a Caribbean/reggae specialist collector — this is a genuinely distinctive set, including ska legend Don Drummond and early Jimmy Cliff.
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Tropical Nights: Latin & Caribbean Lounge (Bossa, Mambo & Island Rhythms)
A Latin American and Caribbean dance/lounge collection — bossa nova (Laurindo Almeida, Ike Quebec), mambo and Latin exotica (Luther Williams at the Arawak Hotel, Stanley Black), and calypso (Lord Flea, The Merrymen of Barbados) — much of it built for dancing or "tropical" mood listening.
This collection is...
Best for a fan of mid-century Latin/Caribbean dance and exotica records — bossa nova and mambo collectors especially.
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All Christmas, All Styles
An all-Christmas collection organized by holiday theme rather than genre — traditional pop standards (Bing Crosby, Sinatra/Martin/Cole), classical/choral carols (Handel's Messiah, King's College Chapel, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir), and funk/disco Christmas novelties (Funky Christmas, Christmas Disco, the Salsoul Orchestra's Christmas Medley).
This collection is...
Best for anyone building a Christmas record collection; the appeal is the holiday, so the styles inside range widely on purpose.
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Voices That Shaped Their Eras
A small spoken-word lot — Vincent Price narrating Shelley's poems, a boxed set of ten Shakespeare plays, a Martin Luther King Jr. speech recording, and a civil-rights-era folk/documentary album from Alan Lomax & Guy Carawan.
This collection is...
Best for a collector of spoken-word, literary, or civil-rights-history recordings — this is words and speeches, not songs, and a very different kind of lot from every other collection.
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Cocktails and Crooners, 1955–1958
23 titles, 1955–1958, mixing polished vocal-pop standards and lush orchestral "mood music" (Sinatra, Crosby, Mantovani, Billy Vaughn, Jackie Gleason, Roger Williams) with a solid vein of genuine small-group jazz and jazz vocalists (Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie/Charlie Parker, the Modern Jazz Quartet with Sonny Rollins, Johnny Smith, Oscar Peterson).
This collection is...
For someone who wants the classic late-1950s "living room hi-fi" sound — romantic vocal standards and lush orchestral mood pieces — more than a jazz purist chasing combo/bebop jazz specifically, though genuine jazz makes up roughly a third of the set.
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Stereo Spectacular: Lounge, Mood & Novelty Percussion 1958–1966
Mostly orchestral mood music, vocal pop, and novelty "stereo demonstration" percussion records (Ray Conniff, Mantovani, Enoch Light's Persuasive/Provocative Percussion, The Three Suns, Wayne King, Doris Day, Matt Monro), with a smaller but strong cluster of straight jazz and R&B (Count Basie, Dave Brubeck, Ramsey Lewis Trio, Louis Jordan).
This collection is...
Ideal for an easy-listening/lounge and mood-music collector — especially one drawn to the classic stereo-demo novelty percussion LPs — rather than a jazz-focused buyer, though the small jazz/R&B cluster is genuinely good.
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Hard Bop Meets the World: Early-1960s Jazz & Global Sounds
An excellent, collector-grade set centered on early-1960s jazz (Bill Evans's Interplay, Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd's landmark Jazz Samba, Brubeck, Mulligan/Desmond), distinguished by a strong African and Caribbean crossover thread (Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, Olatunji's Drums of Passion, Ernest Ranglin).
This collection is...
Best for a serious jazz collector, especially one who also values the era's African/Caribbean and world-jazz crossover records; several titles here (Jazz Samba, Interplay) are genuinely notable finds.
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Hard Bop Royalty: 1960s–70s Collector's Jazz (The Serious Jazz Shelf)
A genuinely strong hard bop/soul-jazz collection — Ahmad Jamal's three Pershing-era trio LPs, Clifford Brown with Strings, the Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Count Basie, Jimmy Smith, King Curtis, and Woody Shaw — with real appeal to serious jazz collectors.
This collection is...
Perfect for a hard bop/soul-jazz collector; several titles here (Ahmad Jamal at the Pershing, Clifford Brown with Strings) are genuinely sought-after, not just filler.
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The 1970s Living Room: Orchestral Pop & a Little Jazz
Mostly 1970s orchestral pop, easy listening, and vocal pop (four Shirley Bassey LPs, two Henry Mancini titles, Ray Conniff, Percy Faith, Herb Alpert), with a handful of genuine jazz mixed in (two Modern Jazz Quartet LPs, Gene Ammons, and the all-star fusion session Echoes of an Era).
This collection is...
Best for an easy-listening/orchestral-pop and vocal-pop collector — Shirley Bassey fans especially — rather than a jazz-focused buyer, though the jazz pieces are solid records worth having.
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Bebop Legends & Guitar Greats
A jazz-heavy collection anchored by major names — Charlie Parker's all-star Jam Session, two Wes Montgomery LPs, Dexter Gordon, Chick Corea, Ella Fitzgerald, and the George Shearing Quintet — spanning bebop through West Coast, piano jazz, and smooth/fusion guitar (Lee Ritenour).
This collection is...
Best for a serious jazz collector; several of these (the Charlie Parker Jam Session, the Wes Montgomery titles) are genuinely valuable finds.
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Philly Soul & Funk: Early-1970s Grooves
A strong early-to-mid-1970s soul, funk, and Motown/Philadelphia-soul collection — Isaac Hayes, James Brown, the Jackson 5, Gladys Knight & The Pips, The Temptations, Roberta Flack, and the MFSB/Philly-soul family (MFSB, Vincent Montana).
This collection is...
Best for a soul/funk and Motown collector, especially one drawn to the Philadelphia soul sound.
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1980s Pop & Rock Blockbusters
A strong run of mid-1980s mainstream pop and R&B, including both Michael Jackson blockbusters (Off the Wall, Thriller), Prince's Purple Rain, George Michael's Faith, three Barbra Streisand LPs, and soul staples from Marvin Gaye, Teddy Pendergrass, and the Spinners.
This collection is...
Best for a mainstream 1980s pop/R&B collector — this run includes genuine blockbusters.
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Broadway & Hollywood: The Golden Age of Musicals
A cohesive collection of classic stage and film musicals — My Fair Lady (two copies), Guys & Dolls, The Sound of Music (three copies), Oklahoma, South Pacific, The King and I, Porgy and Bess, and Cabaret — plus a few related film soundtracks and scores (Alfie, The Eddy Duchin Story, Disney film songs).
This collection is...
Best for a musical-theater and classic-film-soundtrack collector; the depth on golden-age Rodgers & Hammerstein and Lerner & Loewe titles is a real strength.
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Classical Essentials, with a Few Surprises (Beethoven to The Mikado)
A genuine classical/opera collection — core orchestral repertoire (Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Bartók), Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado, and historic operatic vocal recordings — with a handful of light-orchestral "easy listening" pieces mixed in.
This collection is...
Best for a classical music and opera collector; the jazz/pop items here are clear misfits, not the draw.
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Vienna Waltzes & Classical Masterworks
A Vienna-centric classical collection built around Strauss waltzes, Beethoven and Brahms concert works, Verdi opera overtures and choruses, and sacred/organ music — performed largely by Vienna State Opera and Vienna Philharmonic ensembles.
This collection is...
Best for a classical collector, especially one drawn to Viennese repertoire — waltzes, Strauss, and Vienna orchestras dominate.
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Calypso Kings & Steel Pan: Trinidad Carnival
An outstanding, deep specialist collection of Trinidadian calypso, soca, and steel-pan music — ten Mighty Sparrow LPs, Lord Melody, Lord Flea, Byron Lee & The Dragonaires (five titles), and several steel orchestras (Pan Am North Stars, Starlift, Silver Stars, Dudley Smith's World Championship Steel Band).
This collection is...
Best for a calypso/soca and steel-pan specialist collector — the Mighty Sparrow depth alone makes this a genuinely important find for that audience.
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Latin Dance Party (Mambo, Cha-Cha & International Favorites)
Mostly Latin dance music — mambo (Perez Prado, Billy May's Rico Mambo Orchestra), cha-cha (Tommy Dorsey Orchestra), and Latin jazz (George Shearing's Latin Escapade, Bud Shank, Erroll Garner) — alongside international vocal pop (Julio Iglesias x2, Charles Aznavour).
This collection is...
Best for a Latin dance-music collector (mambo/cha-cha), with secondary appeal for fans of Julio Iglesias or Latin jazz crossovers.
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Hymns, Spirituals & Sacred Classics
An all-sacred/religious collection — hymns, spirituals, and gospel, including many Mormon Tabernacle Choir recordings, Southern gospel (Tennessee Ernie Ford, Red Foley), and notable detours into sacred material from secular stars (Duke Ellington's Second Sacred Concert, Nat King Cole, Mahalia Jackson).
This collection is...
Best for a collector of hymns, gospel, and sacred choral music — organized by subject matter rather than genre.
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