Billie Holiday - The Complete Billie Holiday On Verve 1945-1959

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Billie Holiday
The Complete Billie Holiday On Verve 1945-1959

Compil. US 1992 on Verve Records label
Jazz and Blues (Ballad, Vocal)

- 10 CD set, over 700 minutes long - Contains all of Billie Holiday's Verve recordings - Digitally remastered - best sound ever! - 220 page book featuring interviews & rare photographs - Numbered, limited edition - only 16,000 copies pressed worldwide Includes reproductions of 4 original covers (front and back).

Musicians

	Billie Holiday voc, 1915-1959 US album by
	Cynthia Sesso , artwork by, original clef and verve
	Institut Of Jazz Studies - Rutgers University artwork by, original clef and verve
	Jazz Record Center -NYC artwork by, original clef and verve
	Manek Daver artwork by, original clef and verve
	Ray Avery , artwork by, original clef and verve
	Susumu Nishikawa g, *1962 JP artwork by, original clef and verve
	William "Red" Carraro artwork by, original clef and verve
	Yoshihisa Suzuki artwork by, original clef and verve
	Michael Lang , executive-producer, supervised by, package, design
	Leonard Feather p, 1914-1994 GB producer, original sessions
	Leroy Lovett p, 1919-2013 US producer, original sessions
	Ray Ellis , 1923-2008 US producer, original sessions
	Tony Scott cl, 1921-2007 US producer, original sessions
	Phil Schaap , *1951 producer, remastered by, edited by, research, discographical research, commentary, research, tape research, technician, audio restoration

Producers

David Lau art direction, design

Ben Mundy coordinator, production assistance

Paul Ramey coordinator, production assistance

Seth Rothstein coordinator, production assistance

Rick Rowe engineer, audio force studio

Andrew Nicholas engineer, polygram studios

Joseph M. Palmaccio engineer, polygram studios

Patrick Ryan engineer, polygram studios

Suha Gur engineer, polygram studios

Tom Ruff engineer, polygram studios

Richard Seidel executive-producer

Bob Parent photography by, back cover

Robin Carson photography by, box cover, book cover, book page 1

Norman Granz supervised by

Album Tracks

No	Title	Artist	Duration
1	Jazz At The Philharmonic Concert 1945-1947 (Los Angeles - New York)	Billie Holiday
2	Body And Soul	Billie Holiday	3:24
3	Strange Fruit	Billie Holiday	2:56
4	I Cried For You	Billie Holiday	2:18
5	Fine And Mellow	Billie Holiday	3:51
6	He's Funny That Way	Billie Holiday	3:17
7	The Man I Love	Billie Holiday	3:04
8	Gee Baby, Ain't Good To You?	Billie Holiday	2:20
9	All Of Me	Billie Holiday	1:56
10	Billie's Blues	Billie Holiday	3:35
11	Travelin' Light	Billie Holiday	3:28
12	He's Funny That Way	Billie Holiday	2:51
13	Norman Granz Announcement	Billie Holiday	0:08
14	You Better Go Now	Billie Holiday	2:56
15	You're Driving Me Crazy	Billie Holiday	1:30
16	Ther Is No Greater Love	Billie Holiday	2:34
17	I Cover The Waterfront	Billie Holiday	2:58
18	Norman Granz Announcement	Billie Holiday	0:24
19	1952 Los Angeles & New York Studio Sessions	Billie Holiday
20	East Of The Sun	Billie Holiday	2:54
21	Blue Moon	Billie Holiday	3:28
22	You Got To My Head	Billie Holiday	2:54
23	You Turned The Tables On Me	Billie Holiday	3:26
24	Easy To Love	Billie Holiday	3:00
25	These Foolish Things	Billie Holiday	3:34
26	I Only Have Eyes For You	Billie Holiday	2:52
27	Solitude	Billie Holiday	3:29
28	Everything I Have Is Yours	Billie Holiday	3:43
29	Love For Sale	Billie Holiday	2:56
30	Moonglow	Billie Holiday	2:58
31	Tenderly	Billie Holiday	3:23
32	If The Moon Turns Green	Billie Holiday	2:44
33	Remember	Billie Holiday	2:35
34	Autumn In New York (Common Take-LP)	Billie Holiday	3:40
35	Autumn In New York (Rare Take-78 Rpm)	Billie Holiday	3:52
36	My Man	Billie Holiday	2:36
37	Lover, Come Back To Me	Billie Holiday	3:35
38	Stormy Weather	Billie Holiday	3:41
39	Yesterdays	Billie Holiday	2:48
40	He's Funny That Way	Billie Holiday	3:11
41	I Can't Face The Music	Billie Holiday	3:14
42	1954 - Jazz Club USA Concert, Cologne, Germany	Billie Holiday
43	MC And Leonard Feather Announcements	Billie Holiday	0:37
44	Blue Moon	Billie Holiday	2:15
45	All Of Me	Billie Holiday	1:43
46	My Man	Billie Holiday	2:52
47	Them There Eyes	Billie Holiday	1:28
48	I Cried For You	Billie Holiday	3:20
49	What A Little Moonlight Can Do	Billie Holiday	2:56
50	I Cover The Waterfront	Billie Holiday	3:17
51	Leonard Feather's Announcement	Billie Holiday	0:21
52	Billie's Blues (Aka "I Love My Man")	Billie Holiday	11:39
53	Lover, Come Back To Me	Billie Holiday	6:46
54	1954 Los Angeles & New York Studio Sessions	Billie Holiday
55	How Deep Is The Ocean	Billie Holiday	2:57
56	What A Little Moonlight Can Do?	Billie Holiday	3:10
57	I Cried For You	Billie Holiday	2:26
58	Love Me Or Leave Me	Billie Holiday	2:33
59	P.S. I Love You	Billie Holiday	3:35
60	Too Marvelous For Words	Billie Holiday	2:11
61	Softly	Billie Holiday	2:55
62	I Thought About You	Billie Holiday	2:45
63	Willow Weep For Me	Billie Holiday	3:05
64	Stormy Blues	Billie Holiday	3:26
65	1955 Los Angeles & New York Studio Sessions	Billie Holiday
66	Say It Isn't So	Billie Holiday	3:01
67	I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm	Billie Holiday	3:55
68	I Wished On The Moon	Billie Holiday	6:43
69	Always	Billie Holiday	3:57
70	Everything Happens To Me	Billie Holiday	6:20
71	Do Nothing 'Till You Hear From Me	Billie Holiday	5:00
72	Ain't Misbehavin'	Billie Holiday	4:39
73	Nice Work If You Can Get It	Billie Holiday	4:05
74	Discussion; Nice Work If You Can Get It	Billie Holiday	0:40
75	Mandy Is Two	Billie Holiday	4:31
76	Prelude To A Kiss	Billie Holiday	2:46
77	I Must Have That Man!	Billie Holiday	1:05
78	Jeepers Creepers	Billie Holiday	2:13
79	Jeepers Creepers	Billie Holiday	0:51
80	Discussion; Jeepers Creepers	Billie Holiday	3:25
81	Discussion; Jeepers Creepers	Billie Holiday	2:27
82	Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone	Billie Holiday	1:57
83	Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone	Billie Holiday	2:57
84	Discussion; Moonlight In Vermont	Billie Holiday	0:52
85	Misery	Billie Holiday	0:36
86	Restless	Billie Holiday	2:45
87	Moonlight In Vermont	Billie Holiday	2:00
88	Everything Happens To Me	Billie Holiday	3:26
89	Discussion	Billie Holiday	0:37
90	I Don't Want To Cry Any More	Billie Holiday	4:25
91	I Don't Want To Cry Any More	Billie Holiday	2:25
92	Discussion; I Don't Want To Cry Any More	Billie Holiday	5:32
93	Everything Happens To Me	Billie Holiday	3:00
94	Discussion	Billie Holiday	1:48
95	When You Are Away, Dear	Billie Holiday	1:40
96	Discussion	Billie Holiday	0:48
97	It Had To Be You	Billie Holiday	1:54
98	The Mood That I'm In	Billie Holiday	0:31
99	Gone With The Wind	Billie Holiday	1:36
100	I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)	Billie Holiday	3:17
101	Discussion	Billie Holiday	2:31
102	A Sunbonnet Blue	Billie Holiday	0:06
103	(I Don't Stand A) Ghost Of A Chance	Billie Holiday	1:32
104	Discussion	Billie Holiday	2:14
105	I'm Walkin' Through Heaven With You	Billie Holiday	2:05
106	Discussion	Billie Holiday	0:42
107	Just Friends	Billie Holiday	1:01
108	The Nearness Of You	Billie Holiday	1:04
109	Discussion	Billie Holiday	0:27
110	It's Too Hot For Words	Billie Holiday	0:21
111	They Say	Billie Holiday	2:25
112	I Won't Believe It	Billie Holiday	0:20
113	I Don't Want To Cry Any More (Tk 1 - Fs)	Billie Holiday	0:29
114	I Don't Want To Cry Any More (Tk 2 - Mst)	Billie Holiday	3:54
115	Studio Talk: Prelude To A Kiss (Tk 1 - Fs)	Billie Holiday	0:14
116	Studio Talk: Prelude To A Kiss (Tk 2 - Inc)	Billie Holiday	0:50
117	Prelude To A Kiss (Tk 3 - Mst)	Billie Holiday	5:32
118	(I Don't Stand A) Ghost Of A Chance	Billie Holiday	4:26
119	When Your Lover Has Gone (Tk 1 - Inc)	Billie Holiday	0:49
120	Studio Talk: When Your Lover Has Gone (Tk 3 - Mst)	Billie Holiday	1:00
121	Studio Talk	Billie Holiday	0:22
122	When Your Lover Has Gone	Billie Holiday	4:55
123	Gone With The Wind	Billie Holiday	3:23
124	Studio Talk	Billie Holiday	0:10
125	Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone	Billie Holiday	4:19
126	It Had To Be You	Billie Holiday	4:01
127	Studio Talk	Billie Holiday	0:08
128	Nice Work I You Can Get It	Billie Holiday	3:47
129	Come Rain Or Come Shine	Billie Holiday	4:21
130	I Got A Right To Sing The Blues	Billie Holiday	5:51
131	What's News	Billie Holiday	4:16
132	A Fine Romance (Tk 1 - Inc)	Billie Holiday	0:46
133	A Fine Romance (Tk 2 - Alt)	Billie Holiday	2:44
134	A Fine Romance (Tk 3 - Fs)	Billie Holiday	0:18
135	A Fine Romance (Tk 4 - Inc)	Billie Holiday	1:16
136	A Fine Romance (Tk 5 - Inc)	Billie Holiday	3:18
137	A Fine Romance (Tk 6 - Fs)	Billie Holiday	0:26
138	A Fine Romance (Tk 7 - Inc)	Billie Holiday	3:12
139	A Fine Romance (Tk 8 - Mst)	Billie Holiday	3:32
140	Studio Talk	Billie Holiday	0:06
141	I Hadn't Anyone Till You	Billie Holiday	4:03
142	I Get A Kick Out Of You	Billie Holiday	5:39
143	Everything I Have Is Yours	Billie Holiday	4:29
144	Isn't This A Lovely Day	Billie Holiday	4:11
145	1956 Los Angeles & New York Studio Sessions	Billie Holiday
146	Discussion: Misery	Billie Holiday	1:26
147	Israel	Billie Holiday	2:18
148	Misery	Billie Holiday	4:40
149	Discussion	Billie Holiday	1:16
150	I Must Have That Man!	Billie Holiday	6:29
151	Discussion	Billie Holiday	0:27
152	Strange Fruit	Billie Holiday	5:48
153	Discussion: God Bless The Child	Billie Holiday	5:50
154	Discussion	Billie Holiday	1:16
155	God Bless The Child	Billie Holiday	3:15
156	God Bless The Child	Billie Holiday	1:08
157	Discussion	Billie Holiday	0:35
158	God Bless The Child	Billie Holiday	3:34
159	One Never Knows, Does One?	Billie Holiday	2:07
160	Discussion	Billie Holiday	2:00
161	Beer Barrel Polka (Aka "Roll Out The Barrel")	Billie Holiday	1:19
162	Some Of These Days	Billie Holiday	1:03
163	A Yiddishe Momme	Billie Holiday	0:39
164	A Yiddishe Momme	Billie Holiday	2:16
165	Discussion	Billie Holiday	0:42
166	Lady's Back In Town	Billie Holiday	2:36
167	Discussion	Billie Holiday	4:33
168	Discussion	Billie Holiday	1:13
169	One Never Knows, Does One?	Billie Holiday	2:39
170	Discussion	Billie Holiday	1:19
171	(Unknown Title)	Billie Holiday	1:54
172	Travelin' Light	Billie Holiday	3:07
173	I Must Have That Man?	Billie Holiday	3:03
174	Some Other Spring	Billie Holiday	3:36
175	Lady Sings The Blues	Billie Holiday	3:44
176	Stranger Fruit	Billie Holiday	3:01
177	God Bless The Child	Billie Holiday	3:58
178	Good Morning Heartache	Billie Holiday	3:29
179	No Good Man	Billie Holiday	3:18
180	Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me	Billie Holiday	4:12
181	Cheek To Cheek	Billie Holiday	3:35
182	III Wind	Billie Holiday	6:14
183	Speak Low	Billie Holiday	4:25
184	We'll Be Together Again	Billie Holiday	4:24
185	All Or Nothing At All	Billie Holiday	5:39
186	Sophisticated Lady	Billie Holiday	4:48
187	April In Paris	Billie Holiday	3:02
188	1956 Carnegie Hall Concert, New York City	Billie Holiday
189	Lady Sings The Blues (With Reading From Lady Sings The Blues)	Billie Holiday	2:52
190	Lady Sings The Blues	Billie Holiday	2:38
191	Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do	Billie Holiday	2:30
192	Travelin' Light (With Reading From Lady Sings The Blues)	Billie Holiday	0:44
193	Reading From Lady Sings The Blues	Billie Holiday	2:06
194	Billie's Blues (Aka "I Love My Man")	Billie Holiday	3:20
195	Body And Soul	Billie Holiday	2:39
196	Reading From Lady Sings The Blues	Billie Holiday	0:55
197	Don't Explain	Billie Holiday	2:26
198	Yesterdays	Billie Holiday	1:16
199	Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone	Billie Holiday	1:43
200	I'll Be Seeing You	Billie Holiday	2:28
201	Reading From Lady Sings The Blues	Billie Holiday	2:50
202	My Man	Billie Holiday	3:13
203	I Cried For You	Billie Holiday	3:09
204	Fine And Mellow	Billie Holiday	3:15
205	I Cover The Waterfront	Billie Holiday	3:46
206	What A Little Moonlight Can Do	Billie Holiday	2:49
207	1957 Los Angeles Studio Sessions	Billie Holiday
208	I Wished On The Moon	Billie Holiday	3:25
209	Moonlight In Vermont	Billie Holiday	3:49
210	A Foggy Day	Billie Holiday	4:40
211	I Didn't Know What Time It Was (Stereo)	Billie Holiday	5:59
212	Just One Of Those Things (Tk 7 - Inc)	Billie Holiday	0:25
213	Studio Talk	Billie Holiday	0:47
214	Just One Of Those Things (Tk 8 - Mst) (Stereo)	Billie Holiday	5:31
215	Studio Talk	Billie Holiday	0:29
216	Come Love (Tk 1 - Alt)	Billie Holiday	3:58
217	Come Love (Tk 2 - Fs)	Billie Holiday	0:38
218	Come Love (Tk 3 - Fs)	Billie Holiday	0:18
219	Come Love (Tk 4 - Mst)	Billie Holiday	4:00
220	Day In, Day Out (Stereo)	Billie Holiday	6:47
221	Darn That Dream	Billie Holiday	6:19
222	But Not For Me	Billie Holiday	3:48
223	Body And Soul	Billie Holiday	6:22
224	Studio Talk	Billie Holiday	0:45
225	Just Friends (Instrumental)	Billie Holiday	6:26
226	Studio Talk	Billie Holiday	0:16
227	Stars Fell On Alabama (Tk 1 - Inc)	Billie Holiday	0:36
228	Stars Fell On Alabama (Tk 2 - Mst) (Stereo)	Billie Holiday	4:29
229	Studio Talk; Say It Isn't So (Tk 1 - Inc)	Billie Holiday	0:24
230	Say It Isn't So (Tk 2 - Mst)	Billie Holiday	3:16
231	Studio Talk; Our Love Is Here To Stay (Tk 1 - Fs)	Billie Holiday	0:25
232	Our Love Is Here To Stay (Tk 2 - Mst)	Billie Holiday	3:42
233	Studio Talk; One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) (Tk 1 - Fs)	Billie Holiday	0:28
234	One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) (Tk 2 - Inc)	Billie Holiday	1:56
235	One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) (Tk 3 - Mst) (Stereo)	Billie Holiday	5:39
236	They Can't Take That Away From Me	Billie Holiday	4:10
237	Embraceable You	Billie Holiday	6:47
238	Let's Call The Whole Thing Off	Billie Holiday	3:24
239	Gee Baby, Ain't Good To You?	Billie Holiday	5:38
240	1957 Newport Jazz Festival Concert, Newport, Rhode Island	Billie Holiday
241	Willis Conover Announcement	Billie Holiday	0:54
242	Johnny Mercer Announcement	Billie Holiday	0:42
243	Fanfare From Oh, Lady Be Good	Billie Holiday	0:11
244	Nice Work If You Can Get It	Billie Holiday	2:39
245	Willow Weep For Me	Billie Holiday	3:08
246	My Man	Billie Holiday	3:30
247	Lover, Come Back To Me	Billie Holiday	2:05
248	Lady Sings The Blues	Billie Holiday	3:00
249	What A Little Moonlight Can Do	Billie Holiday	2:54
250	Fanfare From Oh, Lady Be Good With Connover Announcement	Billie Holiday	0:18
251	1958 The Seven Ages Of Jazz Festival Concert, Wallingford, Connecticut	Billie Holiday
252	Leonard Feather Announcement	Billie Holiday	0:47
253	I Wished On The Moon	Billie Holiday	2:43
254	Lover Man	Billie Holiday	3:01
255	1959 New York Studio Sessions With Ray Ellis And His Orchestra (Stereo)	Billie Holiday
256	All The Way	Billie Holiday	3:23
257	It's Not For Me To Say	Billie Holiday	2:26
258	I'll Never Smile Again	Billie Holiday	3:23
259	Just One More Chance	Billie Holiday	3:43
260	When It's Sleepy Time Down South	Billie Holiday	4:05
261	Don't Worry About Me	Billie Holiday	3:08
262	Sometimes I'm Happy	Billie Holiday	2:46
263	You Took Advantage Of Me	Billie Holiday	3:08
264	There'll Be Some Changes Made	Billie Holiday	2:52
265	'Deed I Do	Billie Holiday	2:13
266	All Of You	Billie Holiday	2:30
267	Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?	Billie Holiday	3:03

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