Billie Holiday "lady day" RARE MONO FIRST PRESS US LP
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BILLIE HOLIDAY/"LADY DAY". ORIGINAL MONO US VINYL LP ON COLUMBIA RECORDS FROM 1954.CAT.NO.CL 637.FIRST PRESSING WITH CORRECT LABEL TEXT.SEE PHOTOS 3 AND 4.CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT THIS PIECE OF JAZZ HISTORY IS 56 YEARS OLD IT IS IN INCREDIBLE CONDITION.
BOTH SLEEVE AND VINYL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION HAVING SURVIVED THOSE 56 YEARS WITH REAL DIGNITY.THERE IS WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE NORM WITH VINYL OF THIS AGE,SOME CRACKLE AND POP BUT NOT SO AS TO SPOIL THE GREAT SOUND COMING FROM THIS MONO LP.I HAVE ONLY PLAYED THIS CLASSIC LP A COUPLE OF TIMES ON MY MICHELL TRANSCRIPTOR TURNTABLE.PLAYS GREAT WITH REAL CLARITY.THE SLEEVE HAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF WEAR/SPINE LOSS ON THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF EACH RIGHT HAND CORNER BUT OTHER THAN THAT IT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.NO WRITING,TEARS SPLITS,ETC;
THE MAROON/GOLD FIRST PRESSING LABEL WHICH WAS ONLY IN USE UP TO THE END OF 1954 IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF SPINDLE WEAR ON EACH SIDE.
THE LABEL IS DEEP GROOVE PRESSED ON BOTH SIDES
THIS CLASSIC JAZZ VOCAL LP WILL MAKE A GREAT ADDITION TO ANY SERIOUS JAZZ COLLECTORS COLLECTION
LP WILL BE WELL PACKED WITH THE RECORD REMOVED FROM THE SLEEVE TO STOP ANY SLEEVE DAMAGE/SPLITS.
PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THAT THOUGH THE ITEM IS A FREE POST ITEM THERE IS INCLUDED IN THE STARTING BID £2.00 TO COVER THE COST OF RECORDED DELIVERY AND PACKAGING,TIME,ETC;
HAPPY BIDDING
