Billie Holiday Commodore test pressing
  $   105

 


$ 105 Sold For
Mar 13, 2007 Sold Date
Mar 6, 2007 Start Date
$   75 Start price
3   Number Of Bids
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From the estate of Milt Gabler, founder of Commodore Records, comes a rare test pressing for the 12" release of Billie Holiday's self-titled record on Commodore FL 30,008.  The white-label disk, hand-dated "3-21-59" and "11-10-59" is in near-new condition, perhaps played once.  The matrix numbers and other identifying marks in the run-off of Side 2 are identical to the commercial release; however, the matrix number on Side 1 of the test pressing is "FL 81", but the commercial release shows "FL 81A2".  Also included is an original copy of Commodore FL 30,008 in near-new condition, also from the Milt Gabler collection.  It was Gabler who took the risk of recording Billie's Strange Fruit after Columbia had rejected it because of the lyric's racial/political content. 

Personnel includes Frankie Newton, Vic Dickenson, and Doc Cheatham. 





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