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Billie Holiday
The Complete Verve Studio Master Takes

Compil. US 2005 on Verve Records label
Jazz and Blues (Vocal)

Packaging: Deep-dish metallic box with a 60-page booklet. Printed notes: 100 tracks on 6 CDs 96 khz/24-bit digial transfer 60-page book any rare photographs limited edition Verve - A Universal Music Company Printed in the USA This compilation ℗ & © 2005 The Verve Music Group, A Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution Corp. Compilation: Mastered... at Sundazed Studios, Coxsackie, NY Original releases: Tracks 1-1 & 1-8 Original 78-rpm single issue: Mercury/Clef 89005 Tracks 1-2 and 1-3 Original 78-rpm single issue: Mercury/Clef 89004 Tracks 1-4 and 1-5 Original 78-rpm single issue: Mercury/Clef 89003 Tracks 1-6 and 1-7 Original 78-rpm single issue: Mercury/Clef 89002 Tracks 1-9; 1-10; 1-11; 2-3 Original 10"-LP issue: 'Billie Holiday' Clef MGC-161 Tracks 1-12 and 1-18 Original 78-rpm single issue: Clef 89064 Tracks 1-13 and 1-15 Original 78-rpm single issue: Clef 89108 Tracks 1-14 and 1-21 Original 78-rpm single issue: Clef 89096 Tracks 1-16 and 1-20 Original 78-rpm single issue: Clef 89089 Tracks 1-17 and 1-19 Original 78-rpm single issue: Mercury/Clef 89037 Tracks 2-1 and 2-2 Original 78-rpm single issue: Clef 89132 Tracks 2-4 and 2-8 Original 78-rpm single issue: Clef 89150 Tracks 2-5 and 2-7 Original 12"-LP issue: 'Stormy Blues' Verve VE-2-2515 Tracks 2-6; 4-1 to 4-8 Original 12"-LP issue: 'Lady Sings The Blues' Clef MGC-721 Tracks 2-9 and 2-10 Original 78-rpm single issue: Clef 89141 Tracks 2-11 to 2-17 Original 12"-LP issue: 'Stay With Me' Verve MGV-8302 Tracks 3-1; 3-3; 3-5; 3-7; 3-9; 3-12; 3-14 and 3-16 Original 12"-LP issue: 'Music for Torching With Billie Holiday' Clef MGC-669 Tracks 3-2; 3-4; 3-6; 3-8; 3-10; 3-11; 3-13 and 3-15 Original 12"-LP issue: 'Velvet Mood' Clef MGC-713 Tracks 4-9 to 4-16; 5-1; 5-9; 5-12; 5-13 Original 12"-LP issue: 'All or Nothing at All' Verve MGV-8329 Tracks 5-2; 5-6; 5-8; 5-10; 6-1 to 6-4 Original 12"-LP issue: 'Body and Soul' Verve MGV-8197 Tracks 5-3; 5-4; 5-5; 5-7; 5-11; 5-14 Original 12"-LP issue: 'Songs for Distingué Lovers' Verve MGV-8257 (mono) and Verve MGVS-6021 (stereo) Tracks 6-5 to 6-16 Original 12"-LP issue: 'Billie Holiday' MGM E3764 (mono) and MGM SE3764 (stereo)

     
Musicians
PortraitBillie Holiday voc, 1915-1959 US
liner notes, rehearsal, 1955, vocals, album by, written by
Rudy Gutierrez
illustration, book page 16 illustration by, illustration, tray panels
PortraitLeslie Jean Bart ,
illustration, cover illustration by, layout, tray panels collage by
Robert G. O'Meally
liner notes, april 2005
Gayl Jones
liner notes, corregidora
PortraitHarry Edison tr, US
liner notes, interview, 1990, trumpet
PortraitBob Irwin g, sit, *1957 US
mastered by, compilation
PortraitJayme Pieruzzi ,
mastered by, compilation
Sharon Blynn, Maureen Murphy, Phil Schaap, Mark Smith, And Allan Tucker
other, compilation: special thanks to
PortraitRay Brown b, 1926-2002 US
bass
PortraitAlvin Stoller dr, 1925-1992 US
drums
PortraitBarney Kessel g, 1923-2004 US
guitar
PortraitOscar Peterson p, 1925-2007 CA
piano, piano, organ
PortraitFlip Phillips ts, sax, 1915-2001 US
tenor saxophone
PortraitCharlie Shavers tr, 1920-1971 US
trumpet
PortraitGus Johnson dr, 1913-2000 US
drums
PortraitFreddie Green g, 1911-1987 US
guitar
PortraitPaul Quinichette ts, 1916-1983 US
tenor saxophone
PortraitJoe Newman tr, 1922-1992 US
trumpet
PortraitEd Shaughnessy dr, 1929-2013 US
drums
PortraitHerb Ellis g, 1921-2010 US
guitar
PortraitWillie Smith as, sax, 1910-1967 US
alto saxophone
PortraitRed Callender b, tu, 1916-1992 US
bass
PortraitChico Hamilton dr, 1921-2013 US
drums
PortraitBobby Tucker p, 1923-2007 US
piano
PortraitLeonard Gaskin b, 1920-2009 US
bass
PortraitTony Scott cl, 1921-2007 US
clarinet
PortraitCozy Cole dr, 1909-1981 US
drums
PortraitBilly Bauer g, 1915-2005 US
guitar
PortraitBilly Taylor p, 1921-2010 US
piano
PortraitBudd Johnson ts, 1910-1984 US
tenor saxophone
PortraitBenny Carter as, 1907-2003 US
alto saxophone
PortraitJohn Simmons b, 1918-1979 US
bass
PortraitLarry Bunker dr, vib, 1928-2005 US
drums
PortraitJimmy Rowles p, 1918-1996 US
piano, piano, celesta, celeste
PortraitAaron Bell b, 1921-2003 US
bass
PortraitLenny McBrowne dr, *1933 US
drums
PortraitKenny Burrell g, *1931 US
guitar
PortraitWynton Kelly p, 1931-1971 US
piano
PortraitJoe Mondragon b, 1920-1987 US
bass
PortraitBen Webster ts, 1909-1973 US
tenor saxophone
PortraitRed Mitchell b, 1927-1992 US
bass
PortraitRomeo Penque fl, sax, 1916-1985 US
alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
PortraitRay Ellis , 1923-2008 US
arranged by, arranger, conductor
PortraitJoe Benjamin b, 1919-1974 US
bass
PortraitOsie Johnson dr, 1923-1966 US
drums
PortraitJanet Putnam hrp, *1921 US
harp
PortraitHank Jones p, 1918-2010 US
piano, celesta, celeste
PortraitJimmy Cleveland tb, 1926-2008 US
trombone
PortraitGene Quill as, 1927-1988 US
alto saxophone
PortraitMilt Hinton b, 1910-2000 US
bass
PortraitBarry Galbraith g, 1919-1983 US
guitar
PortraitDanny Bank bs, bcl, 1922-2010 US
baritone saxophone
PortraitAl Cohn ts, 1925-1988 US
tenor saxophone
PortraitBilly Byers tb, 1927-1996 US
trombone
PortraitJoe Wilder tr, 1922-2014 US
trumpet
Producers
Hollis King art direction, art directed by
Sherniece Smith art direction, art production directed by
Bryan Koniarz compilation producer, compilation: produced by
Isabelle Wong design, designed by
Isthetic design, designed by
Ken Druker executive-producer
Alexander Gelfand liner notes, notes edited by
Burt Goldblatt photography by, book - photographs ©, photography by, tray panels photograph ©
Herman Leonard photography by, book - photographs ©, photography by, tray panels photograph ©
Katherine Holzman Goldblatt photography by, book - photographs ©, photography by, tray panels photograph ©
Paul Hoeffler photography by, book - photographs ©, photography by, tray panels photograph ©
Chuck Stewart photography by, box cover photograph ©, photography by, tray panels photograph ©
Carolyn Freeman product manager, compilation: project assistance by
Norman Granz producer, original recordings produced by
Leroy Lovett directed by, director, producer, original recordings produced by
Tony Scott producer, original recordings produced by
Ray Ellis producer, original recordings produced by
Composers
Brooks Bowman
Lorenz Hart
Richard Rodgers
Haven Gillespie
J. Fred Coots
Louis Alter
Sidney Mitchell
Cole Porter
Harry Link
Holt Marvell
Jack Strachey
Al Dubin
Harry Warren
Duke Ellington
Eddie DeLange
Irving Mills
Burton Lane
Harold Adamson
Will Hudson
Jack Lawrence
Walter Gross
Bernie Hanighen
Paul Coates
Irving Berlin
Vernon Duke
Albert Willemetz
Channing Pollock
Jacques Charles
Maurice Yvain
Oscar Hammerstein II
Sigmund Romberg
Harold Arlen
Ted Koehler
Jerome Kern
Otto Harbach
Neil Moret
Richard Whiting
Rube Bloom
Harry Woods
Abe Lyman
Arthur Freed
Gus Arnheim
Gus Kahn
Walter Donaldson
Gordon Jenkins
Johnny Mercer
Eddie Beal
Joe Greene
Jimmy Van Heusen
Ann Ronell
Billie Holiday
Dorothy Parker
Ralph Rainger
Matt Dennis
Tom Adair
Bob Russell
Andy Razaf
Fats Waller
Harry Brooks
Victor Schertzinger
Irving Gordon
Bing Crosby
Ned Washington
Victor Young
Einar Aaron Swan
Allie Wrubel
Herbert Magidson
Sam H. Stept
Sidney Clare
Isham Jones
George Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
Bob Haggart
Dorothy Fields
Ray Noble
Jimmy Mundy
Trummy Young
Jimmy McHugh
Arthur Herzog, Jr.
Irene Kitchings
Herbie Nichols
Lewis Allan
Dan Fisher
Ervin Drake
Irene Higginbotham
Sammy Gallop
Kurt Weill
Ogden Nash
Carl Fischer
Frankie Laine
Arthur Altman
Mitchell Parish
E.Y. Harburg
John Blackburn
Karl Suessdorf
Charles Tobias
Lew Brown
Edward Heyman
Frank Eyton
Johnny Green
Robert Sour
Frank Perkins
Don Redman
Sammy Cahn
Al Stillman
Robert Allen
Ruth Lowe
Arthur Johnston
Sam Coslow
Clarence Muse
Leon Rene
Otis Rene
Clifford Grey
Irving Caesar
Vincent Youmans
Billy Higgins
W. Benton Overstreet
Fred Rose
Walter Hirsch
Charles Warfield
Clarence Williams
Album Tracks
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1Recorded Spring 1952 In Los AngelesBillie Holiday
2East Of The SunBillie HolidayBrooks Bowman2:54
3Blue MoonBillie HolidayLorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers3:28
4You Go To My HeadBillie HolidayHaven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots2:54
5You Turned The Tables On MeBillie HolidayLouis Alter, Sidney Mitchell3:26
6Easy To LoveBillie HolidayCole Porter3:00
7These Foolish ThingsBillie HolidayHarry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey3:34
8I Only Have Eyes For YouBillie HolidayAl Dubin, Harry Warren2:52
9SolitudeBillie HolidayDuke Ellington, Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills3:29
10Recorded Spring 1952 In Los AngelesBillie Holiday
11Everything I Have Is YoursBillie HolidayBurton Lane, Harold Adamson3:43
12Love For SaleBillie HolidayCole Porter2:56
13MoonglowBillie HolidayEddie DeLange, Irving Mills, Will Hudson2:58
14TenderlyBillie HolidayJack Lawrence, Walter Gross3:23
15If The Moon Turns GreenBillie HolidayBernie Hanighen, Paul Coates2:44
16RememberBillie HolidayIrving Berlin2:35
17Autumn In New YorkBillie HolidayVernon Duke3:40
18Recorded Probably July 27, 1952 In New York CityBillie Holiday
19My ManBillie HolidayAlbert Willemetz, Channing Pollock, Jacques Charles, Maurice Yvain2:36
20Lover, Come Back To MeBillie HolidayOscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg3:35
21Stormy WeatherBillie HolidayHarold Arlen, Ted Koehler3:41
22YesterdaysBillie HolidayJerome Kern, Otto Harbach2:48
23He's Funny That WayBillie HolidayNeil Moret, Richard Whiting3:11
24I Can't Face The MusicBillie HolidayRube Bloom, Ted Koehler3:14
25Recorded April 14, 1954 At Fine Sound Studio, New York CityBillie Holiday
26How Deep Is The Ocean?Billie HolidayIrving Berlin2:57
27What A Little Moonlight Can DoBillie HolidayHarry Woods3:10
28I Cried For YouBillie HolidayAbe Lyman, Arthur Freed, Gus Arnheim2:26
29Recorded September 3, 1954 At Capitol Studios, HollywoodBillie Holiday
30Love Me Or Leave MeBillie HolidayGus Kahn, Walter Donaldson2:33
31P.S. I Love YouBillie HolidayGordon Jenkins, Johnny Mercer3:35
32Too Marvelous For WordsBillie HolidayJohnny Mercer, Richard Whiting2:11
33SoftlyBillie HolidayEddie Beal, Joe Greene2:55
34I Thought About YouBillie HolidayJimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer2:45
35Willow Weep For MeBillie HolidayAnn Ronell3:05
36Stormy BluesBillie HolidayBillie Holiday3:26
37Recorded February 14, 1955 At Fine Sound Studio, New York CityBillie Holiday
38Say It Isn't SoBillie HolidayIrving Berlin3:01
39I've Got My Love To Keep Me WarmBillie HolidayIrving Berlin3:55
40I Wished On The MoonBillie HolidayDorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger6:48
41AlwaysBillie HolidayIrving Berlin3:57
42Everything Happens To MeBillie HolidayMatt Dennis, Tom Adair6:20
43Do Nothin' Till You Hear From MeBillie HolidayBob Russell, Duke Ellington5:00
44Ain't Misbehavin'Billie HolidayAndy Razaf, Fats Waller, Harry Brooks4:39
45Recorded August 23, 1955 At Radio Recorders, HollywoodBillie Holiday
46I Don't Want To Cry AnymoreBillie HolidayVictor Schertzinger3:54
47Prelude To A KissBillie HolidayDuke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills5:32
48I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With YouBillie HolidayBing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young4:26
49When Your Lover Has GoneBillie HolidayEinar Aaron Swan4:55
50Gone With The WindBillie HolidayAllie Wrubel, Herbert Magidson3:23
51Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm GoneBillie HolidaySam H. Stept, Sidney Clare4:19
52It Had To Be YouBillie HolidayGus Kahn, Isham Jones4:01
53Nice Work If You Can Get ItBillie HolidayGeorge Gershwin, Ira Gershwin3:47
54Recorded August 25, 1955 At Radio Recorders, HollywoodBillie Holiday
55Come Rain Or Come ShineBillie HolidayHarold Arlen, Johnny Mercer4:21
56I Gotta Right To Sing The BluesBillie HolidayHarold Arlen, Ted Koehler5:51
57What's New?Billie HolidayBob Haggart, Ted Koehler4:16
58A Fine RomanceBillie HolidayDorothy Fields, Jerome Kern3:32
59I Hadn't Anyone Till YouBillie HolidayRay Noble4:03
60I Get A Kick Out Of YouBillie HolidayCole Porter5:39
61Everything I Have Is YoursBillie HolidayBurton Lane, Harold Adamson4:29
62Isn't This A Lovely Day?Billie HolidayIrving Berlin4:11
63Recorded June 6, 1956 At Fine Sound Studio, New York CityBillie Holiday
64Trav'lin' LightBillie HolidayJimmy Mundy, Johnny Mercer, Trummy Young3:07
65I Must Have That Man!Billie HolidayDorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh3:03
66Some Other SpringBillie HolidayArthur Herzog, Jr., Irene Kitchings3:36
67Lady Sings The BluesBillie HolidayBillie Holiday, Herbie Nichols3:44
68Recorded June 7, 1956 At Fine Sound Studio, New York CityBillie Holiday
69Strange FruitBillie HolidayLewis Allan3:01
70God Bless The ChildBillie HolidayArthur Herzog, Jr., Billie Holiday3:58
71Good Morning HeartacheBillie HolidayDan Fisher, Ervin Drake, Irene Higginbotham3:29
72No Good ManBillie HolidayDan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham, Sammy Gallop3:18
73Recorded August 14, 1956 At Capitol Studios, HollywoodBillie Holiday
74Do Nothin' Till You Hear From MeBillie HolidayBob Russell, Duke Ellington4:12
75Cheek To CheekBillie HolidayIrving Berlin3:35
76Ill WindBillie HolidayHarold Arlen, Ted Koehler6:14
77Speak LowBillie HolidayKurt Weill, Ogden Nash4:25
78Recorded August 18, 1956 At Radio Recorders, HollywoodBillie Holiday
79We'll Be Together AgainBillie HolidayCarl Fischer, Frankie Laine4:24
80All Or Nothing At AllBillie HolidayArthur Altman, Jack Lawrence5:39
81Sophisticated LadyBillie HolidayDuke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish4:48
82April In ParisBillie HolidayE.Y. Harburg, Vernon Duke3:02
83Recorded January 3, 1957 At Capitol Studios, HollywoodBillie Holiday
84I Wished On The MoonBillie HolidayDorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger3:25
85Moonlight In VermontBillie HolidayJohn Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf3:49
86A Foggy DayBillie HolidayGeorge Gershwin, Ira Gershwin4:40
87Recorded January 4, 1957 At Capitol Studios, HollywoodBillie Holiday
88I Didn't Know What Time It WasBillie HolidayLorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers5:59
89Just One Of Those ThingsBillie HolidayCole Porter5:31
90Comes LoveBillie HolidayCharles Tobias, Lew Brown, Sam H. Stept4:00
91Recorded January 7, 1957 At Capitol Studios, HollywoodBillie Holiday
92Day In, Day OutBillie HolidayJohnny Mercer, Rube Bloom6:47
93Darn That DreamBillie HolidayEddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen6:19
94But Not For MeBillie HolidayGeorge Gershwin, Ira Gershwin3:48
95Body And SoulBillie HolidayEdward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Robert Sour6:22
96Recorded January 8, 1957 At Capitol Studios, HollywoodBillie Holiday
97Stars Fell On AlabamaBillie HolidayFrank Perkins, Mitchell Parish4:29
98Say It Isn't SoBillie HolidayIrving Berlin3:16
99Love Is Here To StayBillie HolidayGeorge Gershwin, Ira Gershwin3:42
100One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)Billie HolidayHarold Arlen, Johnny Mercer5:39
101Recorded January 9, 1957 At Capitol Studios, HollywoodBillie Holiday
102They Can't Take That Away From MeBillie HolidayGeorge Gershwin, Ira Gershwin4:10
103Embraceable YouBillie HolidayGeorge Gershwin, Ira Gershwin6:47
104Let's Call The Whole Thing OffBillie HolidayGeorge Gershwin, Ira Gershwin3:24
105Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You?Billie HolidayAndy Razaf, Don Redman5:38
106Recorded March 3, 1959 At Metropolitan Studios, New York CityBillie Holiday
107All The WayBillie HolidayJimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn3:23
108It's Not For Me To SayBillie HolidayAl Stillman, Robert Allen2:26
109I'll Never Smile AgainBillie HolidayRuth Lowe3:23
110Just One More ChanceBillie HolidayArthur Johnston, Sam Coslow3:43
111Recorded March 4, 1959 At Metropolitan Studios, New York CityBillie Holiday
112When It's Sleepy Time Down SouthBillie HolidayClarence Muse, Leon Rene, Otis Rene4:05
113Don't Worry 'Bout MeBillie HolidayRube Bloom, Ted Koehler3:08
114Sometimes I'm HappyBillie HolidayClifford Grey, Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans2:46
115You Took Advantage Of MeBillie HolidayLorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers3:08
116Recorded March 11, 1959 At Metropolitan Studios, New York CityBillie Holiday
117There'll Be Some Changes MadeBillie HolidayBilly Higgins, W. Benton Overstreet2:52
118'Deed I DoBillie HolidayFred Rose, Walter Hirsch2:13
119All Of YouBillie HolidayCole Porter2:30
120Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?Billie HolidayCharles Warfield, Clarence Williams3:03
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