BILLIE HOLIDAY MEGA-RARE 1951 MERCURY 10" LP DSM COVER
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Mercury Records MG C-118 (mono) (made in USA) - Billie Holiday Sings ten inch LP released in 1951. This is the original issue of this record, not a re-issue. This is a deep groove pressing.
Billie Holiday's first recordings for Norman Granz (originally recorded for Mercury, then transferred to Granz’ Clef/Verve label) 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", then reissued as a 12" LP: Solitude) 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 tracks. Several of Holiday's best-known recordings came from this session, making this album far and away the best work of her later years, and certainly a noteworthy moment of her entire career.
In the Galaxy of Billie Holiday recordings and records, there are those that are rarer than the others. And then there are those that are so incredibly rare that not even the most devout fans can remember ever seeing a copy; finally, there is this beauty, that easily tops 'em all: Billie Holiday's first 10-inch LP for Mercury Records, with classic artwork done by Mr. Jazz Cover, David Stone Martin himself. Truly a piece of art, and a piece of history, all rolled into one.
The condition of the record is excellent VG++. The cover is in excellent VG+ condition, seams are intact and unsplit. Spine is tight with some paper flaked away in the middle.
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