BILLIE HOLIDAY w/HARRY EDISON LADY SINGS BLUES ULTRA-RARE '57 VERVE MONO LP NM

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·       BILLIE HOLIDAY with Wynton Kelly, Harry Edison, Paul Quinichette, Barney Kessel, Kenny Burrell, Charlie Shavers, Red Callender, Chico Hamilton and others  - LADY SINGS THE BLUES – 1956 VERVE/CLEF RECORDS MONO LP MGV-8099.

·       GENUINE U.S. PRESSING

·       VERY EARLY PRESSING CIRCA 1960 ON BLACK VERVE LABEL WITH SILVER PRINT, LARGE T-SHAPED VERVE LOGO, WITHOUT 'DIVISION OF MGM RECORDS' AT THE BOTTOM.

·       DEEP GROOVE PRESSING

·       THICK CARDBOARD COVER, AMERICAN STYLE,

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       THIS IS NOT AN IMPORT, RECORD CLUB RELEASE OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       THICK CARDBOARD COVER, AMERICAN STYLE,

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

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Taken from a pair of sessions taped during 1955-1956, Lady Sings the Blues finds Holiday in top form and backed by the sympathetic likes of tenor saxophonist Paul Quinichette, trumpeters Charlie Shavers and Harry Edison, pianist Wynton Kelly, and guitarists Kenny Burrell and Barney Kessel. And while these autumnal sides bear some of the frayed vocal moments often heard on Holiday's '50s Verve sides, the majority here still ranks with her best material. This is especially true of the cuts from the June 1956 date, which produced unparalleled versions of "No Good Man," "Some Other Spring," and "Lady Sings the Blues." See why many fans prefer the "worn out" Holiday heard here to the more chipper singer featured on those classic Columbia records from the '30s.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY STEPHEN COOK, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

Probably the greatest - and probably the most popular - album Billie Holiday ever recorded; 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 1956 Norman Granz-produced masterpiece as a monsoon of human feeling. Her voice literally becomes a part of your inner soundscape. An eerie listening experience, not to be missed. This  album captures Billie Holiday with her voice still intact and potent, before the the intensity of her self-destructive lifestyle start taking its inevitable toll. Billie sings some of the most popular and best known songs she is associated with, backed by a jazz combo of some of the best, and most competent, jazz musicians of the day such as Wynton Kelly (replacing Oscar Peterson with whom Lady Day had a falling out a short time prior to this album) Barney Kessel, Kenny Burrell, Charlie Shavers, Red Callender, Chico Hamilton, Harry Edison and many other. Track listing:  Trav'lin' Light - I must have that man - Some other spring - Strange fruit - No good man - God bless the child - Good Morning Heartache - Love me or leave me - Too marvelous for words - Willow weep for me 

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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 STRONG NEAR MINT. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)          The record has a "deep groove" (an indent in the label about 1/2-inch from the edge of the label, which on SOME labels is associated with very early or first pressings).

(c)           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!

(d)          Mono pressing of this title is much rarer, and by far more  preferable to its FAKE ("electronically rechannelled") stereo counterpart. We estimate that FAKE stereo copies of this album outnumber monos by a ratio of at least 10:1.

(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!!!

·                               THE COVER

THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT VERY GOOD++ (VG++).

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Cover has a partially split bottom seam (less than 1 inch / 2.5 centimeters)

-        Cover has some light, faint  yellowish stains, probably from exposure to humidity (less than 8 square inch in size)

-        Cover has a light "wrinkle" (crease)  in one of the corners.

-         Cover has two corners slightly worn / dinged  (nothing significant)

-         Cover shows some light yellowing on back side, apparently from aging.

-         Cover shows some yellowing on back side, apparently from aging.

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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