Rare Billie Holiday 78 rpm set on Commodore w/obituary
  $   262

 


$ 262 Sold For
Jan 5, 2010 Sold Date
Dec 31, 2009 Start Date
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19   Number Of Bids
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 Very hard to find and rare Billie Holiday 4 record set on Commodore the cover just says Billie Holiday Commodore Records, this set has an added bonus, on the inside cover of the record sleeve there is an actual New York Times obituary of Billie's death dated July 18, 1959. Billie died July 17th 1959 and the article explains her troubled life in detail and it has survived 50 years and is taped to the inside and makes this set even more collectible. Red label records, all 4 are in VG+ condition, they are visually graded and look really good. Tunes are:

I Cover The Waterfront (559A is on the record)
Lover Come Back To Me
I'll Get By
I'll Be Seeing You
How am I To Know
She's Funny That Way
I Got a Right To Sing The Blues
Yesterdays

Billie has an all star band backing her including The Eddie Heywood Trio,Doc Cheatam, Big Sid Catlett, Vic Dickenson, John Simmons, Tab Smith, Johnny Williams and more.This is a set for collectors to treasure.PayPal preferred and overseas bids welcome.




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