Sold Date: September 1, 2021
Start Date: August 25, 2021
Final Price: $102.50 (USD)
Bid Count: 2
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Billy Eckstine MGM 1947 TEST PRESSINGS - LOT Of 9 E+ EXTREEMLY RARE 78rpm.

William Clarence Eckstine (July 8, 1914 – March 8, 1993) was an American jazz and pop singer and a bandleader during the swing era. He was noted for his rich, almost operatic bass-baritone voice. His recording of "I Apologize" (MGM, 1948) was given the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999. The New York Times described him as an "influential band leader" whose "suave bass-baritone" and "full-throated, sugary approach to popular songs inspired singers like Earl Coleman, Johnny Hartman, Joe Williams, Arthur Prysock and Lou Rawls." - Taken from Wikipedia

There are 9 test pressings. They are all one-sided MGM test pressings with the smooth side on the B side

If you are a Billy Eckstine fan you will most likely never see a collection like this again

The titles are as follows -

Just an old love of mine 3102-4 / No Date

This is the inside story 3103-2 / No Date

I’m falling for you 212-2-PR-1B / 8/29/47

I am out to forget tonight 260-2PR-1B / 8/29/47

Two loves have I 313-2PR-1B / 10/31/47

Fool that I am 311-4PR-1B / 10/31/47

Everything I have is yours 3101-3R117 / 10/31/47

Out in the cold again 263-6B / 8/29/47

True 312–4 A / 10/27/47

——PLEASE, DO NOT PAY UNTIL YOU HAVE BEEN SENT AN INVOICE!!! IT IS NOT SAFE TO SEND THESE ALL IN ONE PACKAGE & I WILL NOT RISK THEM GETTING BROKEN TO SAVE MONEY ON SHIPPING. THEY WILL NEED TO BE SENT IN AT LEAST 3 DIFFERENT 78 BOX MAILERS WITH BUBBLE WRAP IN-BETWEEN EACH TO ENSURE THEY ALL MAKE IT IN ONE PIECE!——

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Thank you & Good Luck!!!