BILLIE HOLIDAY SOLITUDE ORIG RARE CLEF LP MONO DSM TRUMPTER NICE 1952

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Here is a RARE! EXCELLENT MINUS! LP by BILLIE HOLIDAY titled SOLITUDE. It is an ORIGINAL! US pressing on the DAVID STONE MARTIN “TRUMPETER” CLEF label, catalog #MG C 690 in MONO and released in 1952. The vinyl is in VERY GOOD PLUS! condition shiny and black with some non-sounding marks, no skips and should have decent playback. The cover is in EXCELLENT / EXCELLENT MINUS! condition with some surface/ring wear to rear, light age toning to rear, light wear to corners and edges. It is an opportunity to purchase this RARE! LP by BILLIE HOLIDAY in this condition. It’s a true gem for the FEMALE BLUES / VOCAL JAZZ / VOCAL / JAZZ / BLUES collector! Email me with any questions and be sure to look at the pics. I DO NOT ACCEPT BIDS FROM OR MAIL TO SOUTH AMERICA, SOUTH AFRICA, ITALY & OTHER COUNTRIES. IF YOU ARE NOT FROM THE USA CONTACT ME BEFORE BIDDING! International bidders can email me for shipping rates. SHIPPING IN THE US IS $4.00 for MEDIA MAIL. I COMBINE SHIPPING SO US BUYERS PLEASE WAIT FOR INVOICE! Thanks for Looking & Good Luck!

Music Review from AllMusic.com by Zac Johnson

Billie Holiday's first recordings for Norman Granz' Clef Records present a vocalist truly at the top of her craft, although she would begin a rapid decline soon thereafter. This 1952 recording (originally issued as a 10" LP, Billie Holiday Sings) places Holiday in front of small piano and tenor saxophone-led groups including jazz luminaries such as Oscar Peterson and Charlie Shavers, where her gentle phrasing sets the tone for the sessions, evoking lazy evenings and dreamy afternoons. The alcoholism and heroin use that would be her downfall by the end of this decade seems to be almost unfathomable during these recordings since Holiday is in as fine a voice as her work in the '30s, and the musical environment seems ideal for these slow torch songs. Solitude runs as the common theme throughout these 16 tracks; the idle breathiness of "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" finds the vocalist casually reminiscing, and Barney Kessel's warm guitar lines frame the title track beautifully. Several of Holiday's best-known recordings came from this session, including outstanding versions of "I Only Have Eyes for You" and a darkly emotional "Love for Sale," making this album far and away the best work of her later years, and certainly a noteworthy moment of her entire career.