If you’re not familiar with Quiex, it's like this: As CDs began coming on the scene in the 1980s, record companies started pressing Quiex II lps for primarily for radio stations. The idea was to show that vinyl was still king and sounded as good--or better--than CDs. MOST Quiex pressings were marked as Quiex that were shipped to radio. But if too many were pressed, they were packaged as regular LPs and those lucky enough to unknowingly buy them were then blessed with clearer sound! This translucent brown Audiophile beauty IS one of those pressings." />
Billie Holiday The Billie Holiday Songbook (Germany, Quiex, Shrink)
1985 GERMAN second pressing with no label rim text across top of labels. AUDIOPHILE pressing on translucent black QUIEX VIRGIN VINYL with cover still in original SHRINK-WRAP with HYPE STICKER lower right corner of front cover on shrink. Vinyl has some very light surface sleeve scuffs just holding grade back from NM-, nothing I can feel. Labels are excellent. Cover in original shrink-wrap has very light cornerwear/edgewear and some light bowing/waviness to the cover from the shrink-wrap tightening over time, clearly not moisture damage. Shrink-wrap is torn away from the righter edge of front cover, split near the center of the bottom edge, is torn away from the center of the back cover, has a sticker near the left edge of front cover, and HYPE Sticker lower right corner on shrink that reads "Digitally Remastered Imported Audiophile Pressing (MADE IN WEST GERMANY).
If you’re not familiar with Quiex, it's like this: As CDs began coming on the scene in the 1980s, record companies started pressing Quiex II lps for primarily for radio stations. The idea was to show that vinyl was still king and sounded as good--or better--than CDs. MOST Quiex pressings were marked as Quiex that were shipped to radio. But if too many were pressed, they were packaged as regular LPs and those lucky enough to unknowingly buy them were then blessed with clearer sound! This translucent brown Audiophile beauty IS one of those pressings.
Genre: Jazz
Condition: VG++
Cover Condition: NM-Label: Verve
Reference Number: 823 246-1
Date: 1985
Country: Germany
SKU: 17524
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