What I am offering is the Billie Holiday Volume 1 4 record set from Columbia Records (set c-135).  The Album has some damage along the upper spine (please see picture).

ARTIST: Billie Holiday

LABEL: Columbia 37493

TITLES: Until the Real Thing Comes Along/I Cover the Waterfront

VISUAL CONDITION: V

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKidIjuEDd4&t=1s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLpOhJrOFiU

 ARTIST:  Billie Holiday

LABEL: Columbia 37494

TITLES: I Can't Get Started/When a Woman Loves a Man

VISUAL CONDITION: V

VIDEO:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLc7_J5QMFo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9xLJst0H0A

ARTIST: Billie Holiday

LABEL: Columbia 37495

TITLES: He's Funny That Way/A Sailboat in the Moonlight

VISUAL CONDITION: V

VIDEO:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXLDNWM6HYw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESqD86Js4g8

ARTIST: Billie Holiday

LABEL: Columbia 37496

TITLES: Summertime/Billie's Blues

VISUAL CONDITION: V

VIDEO:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3sXE3xKfGY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8n3i-roykg&t=4s

INVENTORY NUMBER: HOME

SHIPPING: $9.99 media mail.  Records are put in a sleeve, which is in turn put in a bag to hold them in place.  Then two cardboard squares are placed on each side of the records, making a sandwich, then taped together for protection.  The album itself will be placed in the box so that you can put the records into the album once you've opened the box up.  Using a 14x14x4 (or 6 inch) box depending on the number of discs, I fill the remaining dead space with packing peanuts, the box sealed with tape, and shipped off to its new home.  I'm not interested in making the sale, only to destroy the record in shipping.

 If you're tired of poor grading, please give me a shot.  My grading tends to be some of the strictest you'll find on Ebay.   

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 VISUAL GRADING SCALE (I am using the VJM Record Grading System):

N- Nearly Mint, but has been played.  No visible signs of wear or damage (I will only use this if I feel the record is as close to being unplayed and undamaged as possible, usually for stock that appears pristine in every way.  It has to be great for me to list it as such)

E+ Plays like new, with very, very few signs of handling, such as tiny scuffs from being slipped in and out of jackets

E Still very shiny, near new looking, with no visible signs of wear, but a few inaudible scuffs and scratches

E- Still shiny but without the luster of a new record, few light scratches.

V+ is an average condition 78 in which scuffs and general use has dulled the finish somewhat. Wear is moderate but playing is generally free from distortion. Surface noise not overly pronounced.

V Moderate, even wear throughout, but still very playable. Surface noise and scratches audible but not intrusive.

V- Quite playable still, but distortion and heavy greying in loud passages. Music remains loud in most passages. Surface noise and scratches well below music level.

G+ Grey throughout but still serviceable. Music begins to sound muffled. Heavy scratches.

G Quite seriously worn and scratched, but music level is still higher than surface noise.

G- to P I don?t intend to list any records in this condition unless they are of a historic nature.

 

AUDIBLE GRADING SCALE (This is something I came up with because it?s what I?d personally want if I were buying from a dealer online).  For 78rpm records, I use an Audio Technica LP120 to do the sound grading.

Plays New: Just what you?d expect.  The record plays with virtually no surface noise other than the music.

Plays Just Below New: Slight static, barely perceptible.  If you have to think about if it plays new or just below new, it?s just below new.

Plays Average: A solid listen, albeit one with a certain acceptable amount of white noise in the background. 

Plays Below Average: Heavier white noise makes listening not as nice as higher audible grades.

Plays Like Crap: I won't be selling any of these.