BILLIE HOLIDAY-Portrait 1935-1942-Jazz Vocal CBS/SONY/Japanese VG++ Double LP

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Hello and welcome. Beginning in the 1960s, I made it my goal to collect every 5-star record still available, and I continued my search for 40 years. While not all the records I list for sale reached that lofty goal, they do represent an undying search for the unique and wonderful in the world of sound. I'm happy to be able to offer them to you now. Here is what you're bidding on:  TITLE & ARTIST: "A Portrait of Billie Holiday 1935-1942" - performed by Billie Holiday on the Japanese CBS/SONY Records label (36AP 1507-8), in beautiful original monaural sound, issue date for this recording not specified, but I would guess late-70s. CONDITION: JACKET - VG++(Jacket with beautiful gatefold design and image, is a softer white material, and therefore it shows moderate ring wear both front and back; inside the fold there is extensive information in Japanese and English, plus two photos of Billie - please see actual album in photos); VINYL - VG++(Vinyl is glowing, beautiful, and has several very light paper scuff marks on the pure deep groove Japanese vinyl - visually graded under special daylight balanced spotlight).  SPECIAL FEATURES: Fantastic collection of vintage jazz vocals by the legendary Billie Holiday on this very rare Double-Record Japanese pressing of her greatest Columbia Records interpretations; awesome cover painting; session info and photos of Billie in center gatefold; includes plastic record-protector inner sleeve for one record; includes full size inner information sheet printed in Japanese and English holding the second record; information sheet also holds lyrics to all included songs; finally, there is a full size promo sheet for other albums released at the same time; if you love music of any kind, please don't miss this one. TRACKS: I Wished On the Moon, What a Little Moonlight Can Do, Miss Brown to You, If You Were Mine, It's Like Reaching for the Moon, These Foolish Things, I Cried for You, Did I Remember?, No Regrets, Summertime, Billie's Blues, Pennies from Heaven, This Year's Kisses, Why Was I Born?, I Must Have That Man, My Last Affair, Carelessly, Moanin' Low, Sun Showers, Yours and Mine, I'll Get By, Mean to Me, Foolin' Myself, Easy Living, I'll Never Be the Same, Me Myself and I, A Sailboat In the Moonlight, Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man, When You're Smiling, I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me, I'll Never Fail You, The Man I Love, All of Me, I'm In a Lowdown Groove, Love Me or Leave Me, and Until the Real Thing Comes Along. Thanks! If you have further questions about condition or content, please don't hesitate to ask. You may bid with unworried confidence. Our sales history is your assurance of absolute integrity. Thank you and good luck. OUR GRADING SYSTEM: We grade visually, and we are happy to listen to any LP and give you an aural grade as well. SS (Still Sealed as from the factory); NM (Near Mint - our highest grade; the vinyl has only a very few light marks that do not affect play); VG++ (Very Good Plus Plus - a few more light marks than Near Mint; still a great record that plays near perfectly); VG+ (Very Good Plus - an enjoyable, played and loved, obviously used but still listenable record, usually with some light pops, but free of major audible distraction; jacket may be lightly worn, slightly dinged, even very lightly split, but NEVER trashed); VG (Very Good) and below - we usually do NOT sell these, but if we have some good reason to offer such a record, we will explain completely).