BILLIE HOLIDAY"MUSIC FOR TORCHING"UK COLUMBIA/CLEF 1956
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A SUPER BILLIE HOLIDAY LP IN EXCELLENT CONDITION!
ONE OF SIX ORIGINAL UK LPs BY THIS GREAT SINGER ON EBAY THIS WEEK FROM ROCKING ERIC!
THE FIRST DECENT COPY TO BE SEEN ON EBAY OR ANYWHERE IN MONTHS FROM A RELIABLE POWER SELLER AND LONG TERM COLLECTOR!
BILLIE HOLIDAY
"MUSIC FOR TORCHING"
COLUMBIA/CLEF 33CX 10019
A 1955 SESSION RECORDED BY THE AMERICAN CLEF LABEL(THAT BECAME VERVE)WITH A SMALL BAND.
LINE UP:HARRY EDISON/BENNY CARTER/JIMMY ROWLES/JOHN SIMMONS/LARRY BUNKER.
EXCELLENT SLEEVE NOTE.
FANTASTIC DAVID STONE MARTIN DRAWING FRONT COVER AND PHOTOS OF THE RECORDING SESSION AT THE BACK(SEE BOTH PHOTOS!)
MONO ONLY ISSUE.
SUPERB EXAMPLE HOUSED IN A GLOSSY COVER WITH JUST MINOR STAINING AT THE BACK LEAD IN EDGE WHERE A STRIP OF SELLOTAPE HAS BEEN PARTLY REMOVED(MOST STILL THERE).
1N/1N MATRIXES!!!!
EARLIEST POSSIBLE ON THIS UK PRESSING!
AN ALBUM THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN RARE BUT OVER 50 YEARS LATER IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN ANY CONDITION,LET ALONE AS GOOD AS THIS ONE!
THE MAJORITY WERE PLAYED ON RADIOGRAMS,PORTABLE PLAYERS AND EVEN THE MOST CAREFUL FANS WOULD HAVE PLAYED IT DOZENS OF TIMES,THIS COPY HAS HAD HARDLY ANY PLAYS AT ALL!
GLEAMING SURFACES AND ONLY A LITTLE SURFACE NOISE,PROBABLY YEARS OF STORAGE DUST!
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR AN UPGRADER/ULTIMATE COPY -THIS COULD BE THE ONE FOR YOU!
IT IS TIME FOR ANOTHER DELIGHT FROM ONE OF THE UKs LEADING RECORD EXPERTS/DEALERS.
MUSICALLY BILLIE HOLIDAY INFLUENCED SO MANY SINGERS AND HAD A JAZZ SENSE OF TIMING THAT RAISED HER ABOVE HER CONTEMPORIES.
HER APPEAL IS TIMELESS AS ARE THESE RECORDINGS EASY ENOUGH TO FIND ON CD BUT SOUND BEST ON THICK PRESSED VINYL!
TRACKS ARE:
IT HAD TO BE YOU
COME RAIN OR COME SHINE
I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU
I DON'T WANT TO CRY ANY MORE
GHOST OF A CHANCE
A FINE ROMANCE
GONE WITH THE WIND
ISN'T IT A LOVELY DAY.
FROM A RECENTLY PURCHASED COLLECTION OF TOP QUALITY LPs OWNED FROM A JAZZ FAN WHO CARED FOR HIS LPs AND EQUIPMENT AND STORED AWAY FROM LIGHT AND HEAT ON STURDY SHELVES FOR OVER 50 YEARS!
ONE OWNER SINCE NEW!!
THERE ARE ONLY ULTRA FAINT SURFACE MARKS IN STRONG LIGHT .A LITTLE SURFACE NOISE BUT NO NASTY CLICKS/STICKS/JUMPS etc
A FEMALE JAZZ SINGERS COLLECTORS DREAM-PLEASE READ ON FOR IN DEPTH DETAILS!!
I HAVE NOT FOUND SUCH BREATHTAKING QUALITY FOR AN LP OF THIS VINTAGE FOR QUITE SOMETIME.THEY ARE SIMPLY NOT TURNING UP AS FREQUENTLY AS THEY DID,EVEN FIVE YEARS AGO.MOST HAVE NOW LEFT THE UK FOR THE COLLECTIONS OF JAPAN,AMERICA AND THE FAR EAST NEVER TO RETURN TO THE SELLING MARKET.
THIS MAY BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET SUCH A BRILLIANT LP LIKE THIS ONE IN SUPERB EXCELLENT CONDITION!
THE SURFACES GLEAM,NO FINGERPRINTS,PATCHES OR BAD STORAGE ISSUES,NO WARPING,NO SCUFFS,NO SCRATCHES,NO FADING etc.
PLEASE LOOK AT THE PHOTOS OF THE BRIGHTNESS AND SHARPNESS OF THE LABEL AND THE COVER!
SOME FAINT TIMINGS IN BIRO PEN ON THE LABELS.
NO WRITING,NO RIPS,NO SPILLAGES,NO LAMINATION PEELING,NO CREASES-JUST SOME MINOR STAINING AT THE LEAD IN EDGES WHERE A STRIP OF SELLOTAPE HAS BEEN PARTLY REMOVED.
EVEN THE INNER IS AS NEW AND VERY CLEAN!
DON'T FORGET JUST HOW EXPENSIVE LPs WERE FOR THE AVERAGE BUYER.AN LP WAS USUALLY A CAREFULLY CONSIDERED PURCHASE OVER WEEKS AND EVEN MONTHS,WHICH EXPLAINS WHY SO FEW TURN UP.
THIS IS ABOUT THE BEST I HAVE SEEN IN YEARS AND YEARS.
CHECK OUT YOUR COPY-CAN YOU REALLY PUT UP WITH THE ONE YOU HAVE GOT AND WILL YOU REGRET IT LATER?
IF NOTHING ELSE THIS IS A FANTASTIC INVESTMENT!
I AM SURE TO REGRET NOT KEEPING IT BUT THAT'S LIFE!
THE HOUSE IS FULL AS IT IS!
THE PREVIOUS OWNER WAS A HI-FI BUFF.IT IS HIGHLY PROBABLE THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF THIS RECORD TO APPEAR ON EBAY FOR YEARS DIRECT FROM SOMEONE WHO WAS A CONNOISEUR!
THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH ME ON EBAY SINCE 2002 AND INDEED ELSEWHERE BEFORE SINCE 1986, WILL PROBABLY KNOW I HAVE BEEN A RESPECTED MUSIC EXPERT AND COLLECTOR FOR MANY YEARS CALLED UPON BY RADIO,TV AND PRICE GUIDES FOR MY ADVICE AND KNOWLEDGE.
WHILST I AM IN THE BUSINESS TO SELL, I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE ITEMS I AM SELLING.
IN A COMPETITIVE MARKET SUCH AS EBAY, THIS IS GETTING RARE SO YOU CAN BID WITH COMPLETE CONFIDENCE!
A VERY NICE THICK PRESSING!
MOST COPIES THAT SURVIVE ARE IN POOR CONDITION-THIS ONE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ONLY A LITTLE SURFACE NOISE WITH THE TREBLE FULL ON TO"CATCH"ANY GROOVE WEAR AND THAT IS BEING STRICT!
NO STICKS!/NO JUMPS!/NO CLICKS!/NO SWISHES!/NO DISTORTION!
A COPY THAT HAS BEEN PLAYED ONLY A HANDFUL OF TIMES,POSSIBLY AS FEW AS 4-5 HAVING SPOKEN AT LENGTH TO THE PREVIOUS OWNER,SELLING DUE TO DOWNSIZING AND A HOUSE MOVE!!!!
Just how many were preserved like this one FROM A FUSSY RELIABLE COLLECTOR ??!!!!!!
The MONO ONLY mixes are Superb and full of bass, with a natural warmth from those LP days OF OVER 50 YEARS AGO!
In the LATE 1950s, many were using terrible old and heavy equipment and using worn styli or nasty autochangers that would scuff the discs forever in seconds at the time not aware that years later even the slightest damage would be evident on more sophisticated audio.
The 1950s equipment was quite often a bit basic and it was suggested to play LPs at between 5 and 8 grammes, which of course after a few plays would produce on later plays that nasty"film of fizzy distortion"so often IGNORED by sellers and in MY LISTENING GRADING is ALWAYS LISTENED OUT FOR WITH THE TREBLE FULL ON AND PLAYED TWICE TO ENSURE THE BEST AND MOST ACURATE GRADING!!!!
To find SUPER copies all these years later is getting almost impossible!FACT!
THEY ARE SIMPLY DRYING UP!
These mixes are far punchier but are rather flat on the CDs that have come out!
Vinyl is still the best way to hear BILLIE HOLIDAY and always will be!
GREAT WIDE RANGE SOUND WITH GREAT BASS!
I TEST ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITHOUT FILTERING OR A MONO SWITCH.
There is NO spindle wear.
Look elsewhere on ebay and you will see other copies-Look closer and you will find they are often reissues,inferior USA issues or lower grade copies with all manner of faults.
MOST RECORDS ON EBAY ARE IN DIABOLICAL, BAD CONDITIONS ATTEMPTED TO BE SOLD BY PEOPLE WHO DO NOT KNOW HOW TO GRADE OR BOTHER TO ACTUALLY PLAY THEM FOR AN ACURATE DESCRIPTION!
This is A POSSIBLE UPGRADER COPY-EXAMINE YOURS IF YOU HAVE ONE AT ALL AND IT MAY NOT BE AS GOOD AS YOU THINK!
ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE!!
AN OUTER PVC COVER WILL BE SUPPLIED.
THE LP ITSELF AS USUAL WILL BE REMOVED FROM IT'S COVER BEFORE SENDING!
REMEMBER I AM GRADING STRICTLY! PLEASE STUDY THE PHOTOS!
As both a collector and dealer,I AM VERY STRICT ON GRADING but DO CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR GRADING PROOF!!!!
Realistic £10 STARTING price with no annoying reserve.
HARDLY ANY LPs OF THIS VINTAGE SELL FOR LESS AND I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH HOW GOOD THEY ARE.DO NOT BE SURPRISED IF IT SELLS QUICKLY.
DON'T LEAVE IT AND REGRET IT LATER!!!!!!!!!!!THIS MAY NOT BE REPEATED FOR A LONG TIME!
THIS IS A GREAT CHANCE TO OWN A SUPER AND RARE LP. A GREAT INVESTMENT!
Postage is £4 RECORDED DELIVERY SOLID PACKING FAR BETTER THAN THE MAJORITY OF SELLERS-LOOK AT THE FEEDBACK FOR PROOF! YOU WILL GET IT IN FINE SHAPE!!
Outside UK extra depending on destination. PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO SEVERAL ITEMS OVERSEAS BEING"LOST", IF THE OPTION TO SEND INSURED IS REFUSED THEN I CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST ITEMS. I DO NOT DRAMATICALLY INCREASE POSTAGE ON SEVERAL ITEMS BOUGHT.Paypal or cheque within 7 days please.
CHEQUE WILL NEED TIME TO CLEAR BEFORE DELIVERY.
SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES FOR SEVERAL ITEMS BOUGHT
DO NOT BID UNLESS YOU INTEND TO PAY.Feedback always left. BE AWARE!!!! NON PAYERS AND TIMEWASTERS WILL BE DEALT WITH AND REPORTED TO EBAY AS WELL AS CIRCULATED VERBALLY AND BY EMAIL TO MY MANY DEALER AND COLLECTOR FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!
Checkout my power seller status and my own feedback of OVER 9000 comments of my standards and service many from some of the world's most respected collectors and dealers. BUY with confidence! Always adding quality Records, cd's and related items to ebay several times a week. Customers from all over the world regard my ebay selections as the #1 for QUALITY,VARIETY AND SERVICE.
I HAVE BEEN A DEALER SINCE 1986 WITH OVER 7 YEARS ON EBAY.
I ACTUALLY LISTEN TO MY ITEMS ON GOOD QUALITY EQUIPMENT, USUALLY TWICE TO ENSURE THE VERY BEST POSSIBLE AND ACURATE GRADE-I WANT LONG TERM REGULAR CUSTOMERS WHO WANT TO RETURN TO BUY FROM ME WITH FAITH AND TRUST.
LOOK AT MY FEEDBACK AND SEE WELL KNOWN RESPECTED COLLECTORS AND DEALERS WHO BUY FROM ME OVER AND OVER-NOTE WHAT THEY SAY-PAGE AFTER PAGE OF GLOWING STATEMENTS!
UK Customers are very welcome to collect ebay winnings by prior email arrangement.OVER 7 YEARS ON EBAY and many more before as a keen collector! Thanks for looking and good luck.
OTHER STYLES OF MUSIC ON EBAY FROM ME-SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE-LOOK NO FURTHER!!!!!
DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS OPPORTUNITY,MAYBE FOR THE LAST TIME FOR THIS LP IN THIS CONDITION!
I HAVE MENTIONED EVERYTHING BUT IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK.
MANY MORE FANTASTIC LPs TO COME IN FUTURE WEEKS FROM THIS COLLECTION FROM THE SAME ERA OF THE LATE 1950s AND EARLY 1960s!
DON'T FORGET MORE ORIGINAL UK ISSUED BILLIE HOLIDAY LPs ENDING FROM ME SHORTLY BEFORE THIS ONE ENDS!
KEEP WATCHING!
DON'T LEAVE YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN!
THIS COULD BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET SUCH A WONDERFUL LP LIKE THIS ONE!
GOOD LUCK AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST.
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