BILLIE HOLIDAY w/COLEMAN HAWKINS AT CARNEGIE HALL RARE ORIG'61 VERVE MONO LP N/M

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·      BILLIE HOLIDAY WITH COLEMAN HAWKINS, ROY ELDRIDGE, BUCK CLAYTON, AL COHN, KENNY BURRELL AND CHICO HAMILTON- THE ESSENTIAL BILLIE HOLIDAY: CARNEGIE HALL CONCERT RECORDED LIVE - ORIGINAL 1962 VERVE MONO LP V-8410 (THE RECORDING MADE IN 1956, FIRST RELEASED IN 1962)

·      ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·      MGM RECORDS, BLOOMFIELD, IN PRESSING.

·      ORIGINAL BLACK VERVE LABEL WITH SILVER PRINT AND  LARGE T-SHAPED VERVE LOGO

·      VERY RARE MONO PRESSING, MANY TIMES RARER THAN FAKE (“ELECTRONICALLY RECHANELLED”) STEREO

·      THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·      ORIGINAL GATEFOLD COVER, MADE OF THICK CARDBOARD (AMERICAN STYLE) 

·      ORIGINAL LAMINATED COVER

·      CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·      THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

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Some two and a half years before her untimely death in July 1959, Lady Day made her last stand at the Carnegie Hall: the now-legendary Carnegie Hall concert in November 1956, now considered a true milestone of modern Jazz. In the liner notes to her 1960 3-lp Columbia record box set, legendary Columbia A&R (Gentle)man John Hammond Sr., singles out this recording as one of two or three of Billie Holidays quintessential recordings. THE GODDESS of blues/jazz sings her heart out on this album out with such unprecedented intensity and genuine, heartfelt emotion, that you will be left standing before your speakers, stunned and mesmerized, unable to move. This is not an album; this is a torrential rainstorm of emotions, affections, heartaches, longing…think of this timeless performance as a monsoon of human feeling. An eerie listening experience, not to be missed. This 1956 performance captures Billie Holiday at the very peak of her interpretive and expressive prowess, just before the beginning of her downward slide, with her voice still intact and potent, and with her self-destructive lifestyle and emotions just beginning to show. Billie sings a variety of standards and evergreens, backed by a jazz combo of some of the best, and most competent, jazz musicians of the day: Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins, Al Cohn, Buck Clayton , Kenny Burrell, Chico Hamilton, and others.

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·                          CONDITION:

·                          THE RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)         WE GRADE THE VINYL AS EXCELLENT. This is one of those albums that are somewhat difficult to grade. It is somewhere between VG++ and NEAR MINT, just a notch below NEAR MINT. A few light abrasions ARE visible, but they are extremely shallow, superficial  and only moderately visually distracting (nothing significant).For the most part, the vinyl looks impeccable without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)         The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(c)         Mono pressing of this title is much rarer, and by far more  preferable to its stereo counterpart. We think that the mix is more natural, humane, "organic" and that the mixes are somewhat different than on the stereo version. We estimate that stereo copies of this album outnumber mono pressings by a ratio of at least 5:1.

(d)         The record comes in the original stock inner sleeve.

(e)         True Stereo copies of this album are NOT known to exist.

(f)          Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·      COVER (THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, LAMINATED, GLOSSY COVER):

THE COVER IS NEAR MINT !

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-       Cover has JUST A HINT of ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 1.

-       Visible shelf wear noted on the bottom seams

-       Cover has two corners slightly worn (nothing significant)

-       Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging.

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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 (1) The year indicated in the title bar is the year of the original release,  NOT necessarily the year of the actual pressing; for the actual generation of the pressing, please see our item description (top section, the text in red letters). (2) Please do NOT bid based on the title bar, subtitle bar or item specifics box alone; instead, please read the entire description before bidding; (3) Absolutely NO order cancellations after the auction closes. ever, under any circumstances. We can ONLY cancel bids before the item closes. (4) We are unable to provide matrix-, stamper- or other pressing  information in the final 24 hours of the auction. (5) All disagreements and miscommunications can be - and will only be - solved in a civil and mutually respectful manner; please avoid puerile, offensive, abrasive or menacing language (6) This seller will accommodate all reasonable requests and - unless seriously molested - is generally a flexible, pragmatic and agreeable person.

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