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Liberation In Swing: The Octave Records Story & Complete Symphony Hall Concert

Product description

This boxed set chronicles legendary pianist/composer Erroll Garner at the height of his creative freedom, telling the real story of the famed musician’s artist-owned label, Octave Records, and redefining his place in music history. 


Standard Edition includes: 3-LP 180-gram black vinyl, Complete Symphony Hall Concert; 1-LP 180-gram white vinyl, SESSIONS; Hi-Res 192kHz / 24bit digital master quality audio of 12-album Octave Remastered Series (digital download); Housed in hardcover portfolio-style, cloth-wrapped 60-page book featuring unpublished original artwork from Garner, previously unseen photos and essays from Dr. Robin D. G. Kelley, Terri Lyne Carrington and Cécile McLorin Salvant.


3-LP 180-gram black vinyl Complete Symphony Hall Concert (previously unreleased live performance from Boston’s Symphony Hall recorded January 17, 1959)



1-LP 180-gram white vinyl, SESSIONS (new compilation of Garner originals from the Octave Remastered Series, first time on vinyl)



3 Essays from Dr. Robin D. G. Kelley (“Octave Records & The Liberation of Erroll Garner”), Terri Lyne Carrington (“Complete Symphony Hall Concert”) and Cécile McLorin Salvant (“Garner, The Visual Artist”)


6 previously unpublished works of original visual art by Erroll Garner and dozens of previously unseen historic photographs from the Erroll Garner Archive


Hi-Res 192kHz / 24bit digital master quality audio of the complete 12 album Octave Remastered Series (digital download)


Housed in hardcover cloth-wrapped 60-page portfolio-style book with tipped-in vinyl sleeves


** all music newly transferred via the Plangent Processes from the original analog master tapes