Many rare vintage JAZZ, Soul and Funk LPs coming throughout June - over 200 - getting them up as fast as I can.
Many PROMOS and 1st PRESSINGS included and several rarely seen PRIVATE Press FUNK LPs to come.
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Shipping Worldwide -at EXACT POSTAGE Only cost
Combined Shipping Discounts

This auction is for:
Billie Holiday
THE GOLDEN YEARS
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COLUMBIA Records C3L 21
Original 1962 MONO 3LP Box Set
20 Page BOOKLET included
1E/1E/1J/1E/1C/1E PRESSING

VINYL is NM
Full gloss vinyl looks and plays Like New throughout. Labels are immaculate all sides.
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COVER is EX
Super clean and crisp all around with merest whisper of shelf wear to front. Back has small cornertip of missing paper and light spot from removed sticker, u.l. corner; otherwise NM. All sides, hinge and edge corners are completely intact with no wear or splits. Interior is spanking clean.

STRICT CONSERVATIVE GOLDMINE GRADING
NM / EX(VG++) / VG+ / VG

ORIGINAL 1st ISSUE PRESSING
for anyone looking for "6 EYE" labels here, please note:
Columbia introduced their "2 EYE" label in 1962. - the same year this 3LP set was pressed and issued
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Some were pressed with still available 6 EYE labels at various Columbia plants, while others received
their brand new 2 EYE label. The important thing regarding earliest pressings is the MATRIX #s, which
never lie. The matrix #s are all 1C through 1J on this set.

MATRIX NUMBERS

Side One: XLP-55153-1E

Side Two: XLP-55154-1E

Side Three: XLP-55155-1J

Side Four: XLP-55156-1E

Side Five: XLP-55157-1C

Side Six: XLP-55158-1E

Many of these recordings were only previously available on 78rpm records and a few were previously unissued in any form. Remastered from original recordings made from 1933 to 1941.

48 tracks on 3 LPs ~ Featuring her greatest songs, including:
All Of Me / God Bless The Child / Am I Blue? / I Cover The Waterfront / Love Me Or Leave Me / Them There Eyes / These Foolish Things / A Fine Romance / The Way You Look Tonight / Pennies From Heaven / I Can't Give You Anything But Love / The Mood That I'm In / I Can't Get Started / You Go To My Head / The Very Thought Of You / The Man I Love ...and of course... Body and Soul

LINER NOTES by JOHN HAMMOND and RALPH J. GLEASON


Original issue (thick textured stock) booklet is full of PHOTOS, BIO and SESSION information as well as track-by track session date, personnel and recording annotation.
Also in NM condition.


Complete Track Listing:
A1 Your Mother's Son-In-Law
A2 Riffin' The Scotch
A3 Them There Eyes
A4 These Foolish Things
A5 Did I Remember?
A6 No Regrets
A7 A Fine Romance
A8 Easy To Love

B1 The Way You Look Tonight
B2 Pennies From Heaven
B3 That's Life I Guess
B4 I Can't Give You Anything But Love
B5 This Year's Kisses
B6 Why Was I Born?
B7 The Mood That I'm In
B8 I'll Never Be The Same

RECORD 2
C1 Without Your Love
C2 Swing! Brother, Swing!
C3 They Can't Take That Away From Me
C4 Getting Some Fun Out Of Life
C5 Trav'lin' All Alone
C6 When You're Smiling
C7 If Dreams Come True
C8 I Can't Get Started

D1 Back In Your Own Back Yard
D2 On The Sentimental Side
D3 When A Woman Loves A Man
D4 You Go To My Head
D5 The Very Thought Of You
D6 That's All I Ask Of You
D7 Dream Of Life
D8 Long Gone Blues

RECORD 3
E1 Some Other Spring
E2 The Man I Love
E3 Ghost Of Yesterday
E4 Body And Soul
E5 I'm Pulling Through
E6 Tell Me More
E7 Laughing At Life
E8 Time On My Hands

F1 Georgia On My Mind
F2 Romance In The Dark
F3 All Of Me
F4 God Bless The Child
F5 Am I Blue?
F6 I Cover The Waterfront
F7 Love Me Or Leave Me
F8 Gloomy Sunday.

SUPERB Overview of BILLIE HOLIDAY in her Prime!
TOP QUALITY EARLY PRESS SOUND QUALITY
You won't find a cleaner original issue anywhere.

Vinyl inside anti-static lined inner sleeves.
Box Set kept in a protective, poly outer-sleeve.
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Please see my other listings for more
Vintage Collectible JAZZ LPs
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All records packed with vinyl (inside inner sleeve) behind cover - with bubble-wrap around all sides - sandwiched between stiff corrugated flats and shipped in strong LP mailer boxes for best protection in the mail.

Please be aware that these important supplies add to my shipping costs - none of which is charged in your low shipping fee.
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SHIPPING RATES
...All packages are sent insured (at no added cost to you)

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USA:
Media Mail: $3.99
Priority Mail: $15.10
*HEAVY 3LP +BOOKLET Box Set

Additional LPs in same shipment: $1.00 each.
Combine buys to save on shipping.

ALL OTHER COUNTRIES:
I charge EXACT POSTAGE ONLY, Worldwide.
FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL or PRIORITY INTERNATIONAL - Your Choice.

*OVERSEAS CUSTOMERS:
All packages above 4 Lbs (5-6 or more LPs) can NOT ship by the low 1ST CLASS International rate.
Those must go by higher (but faster) PRIORITY INTERNATIONAL RATE with FULL TRACKING.
These are US Postal System rules, not mine.

*PLEASE do not ask me to mark the item as a 'GIFT' for customs. I cannot.
The postal clerks know better; I ship LPs constantly (over 30 years) and cannot fool them.

for packages below $100.00
I will ALWAYS offer you choices
 -the standard LOWEST rate that the US Postal system allows,
plus the FASTER, but higher rate, which includes Full Tracking.

ALL ITEMS OR COMBINED PACKAGES OF $100.00 OR OVER, SHIPPED OVERSEAS
must ship FULLY INSURED by PRIORITY MAIL INTERNATIONAL for FULL TRACKING.
For FULL TRACKING on any other item please select the PRIORITY SHIPPING choice

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