Sold Date: March 1, 2021
Start Date: February 24, 2021
Final Price: $355.00 (USD)
Bid Count: 16
Seller Feedback: 2348
Buyer Feedback: 27

78 rpm- Billie Holiday. a nice selection of Billie Holiday records on various labels, from various periods in her career. Billie was the premiere song stylist of the jazz/ swing era in the 1930s-40s-50s. She recorded under her own name and with bands as varied as Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Paul Whiteman, Count Basie, Teddy Wilson, etc. She set the style for jazz singing- an influence still felt today, and was influenced herself by the great Louis Armstrong
ARTIST: Billie Holiday and her Orchestra
LABEL: Commodore 526
SONG TITLES : Strange Fruit/ Fine & Mellow
CONDITION: E
NOTES: Billie sings her classic Strange Fruit. The song that was too controversial for her home label to record, so she went to independent Commodore and made this gem. Content about black people getting lynched in the South still poignant today!



They are play graded on a modern turntable using a new Stanton 2.7 mil stylus. I have been collecting, buying, selling, packing and shipping for decades so have experience in all of these aspects, so please feel free to bid with confidence!

Winner pays postage at cost. Domestic and international bidders welcome. Paypal accepted. Please see other auctions for more 78s as I am happy to combine shipping to save postage. Media mail shipping in the US...First Class International for overseas..plus $3 per parcel to help offset the cost of new boxes, cardboards, packing material..That charge is per box, not per record, so multiple wins shipped together are economical!

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