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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
 | Billie 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 |
 | Leslie Jean Bart , illustration, cover illustration by, layout, tray panels collage by |
| Robert G. O'Meally liner notes, april 2005 |
| Gayl Jones liner notes, corregidora |
 | Harry Edison tr, US liner notes, interview, 1990, trumpet |
 | Bob Irwin g, sit, *1957 US mastered by, compilation |
 | Jayme Pieruzzi , mastered by, compilation |
| Sharon Blynn, Maureen Murphy, Phil Schaap, Mark Smith, And Allan Tucker other, compilation: special thanks to |
 | Ray Brown b, 1926-2002 US bass |
 | Alvin Stoller dr, 1925-1992 US drums |
 | Barney Kessel g, 1923-2004 US guitar |
 | Oscar Peterson p, 1925-2007 CA piano, piano, organ |
 | Flip Phillips ts, sax, 1915-2001 US tenor saxophone |
 | Charlie Shavers tr, 1920-1971 US trumpet |
 | Gus Johnson dr, 1913-2000 US drums |
 | Freddie Green g, 1911-1987 US guitar |
 | Paul Quinichette ts, 1916-1983 US tenor saxophone |
 | Joe Newman tr, 1922-1992 US trumpet |
 | Ed Shaughnessy dr, 1929-2013 US drums |
 | Herb Ellis g, 1921-2010 US guitar |
 | Willie Smith as, sax, 1910-1967 US alto saxophone |
 | Red Callender b, tu, 1916-1992 US bass |
 | Chico Hamilton dr, 1921-2013 US drums |
 | Bobby Tucker p, 1923-2007 US piano |
 | Leonard Gaskin b, 1920-2009 US bass |
 | Tony Scott cl, 1921-2007 US clarinet |
 | Cozy Cole dr, 1909-1981 US drums |
 | Billy Bauer g, 1915-2005 US guitar |
 | Billy Taylor p, 1921-2010 US piano |
 | Budd Johnson ts, 1910-1984 US tenor saxophone |
 | Benny Carter as, 1907-2003 US alto saxophone |
 | John Simmons b, 1918-1979 US bass |
 | Larry Bunker dr, vib, 1928-2005 US drums |
 | Jimmy Rowles p, 1918-1996 US piano, piano, celesta, celeste |
 | Aaron Bell b, 1921-2003 US bass |
 | Lenny McBrowne dr, *1933 US drums |
 | Kenny Burrell g, *1931 US guitar |
 | Wynton Kelly p, 1931-1971 US piano |
 | Joe Mondragon b, 1920-1987 US bass |
 | Ben Webster ts, 1909-1973 US tenor saxophone |
 | Red Mitchell b, 1927-1992 US bass |
 | Romeo Penque fl, sax, 1916-1985 US alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet |
 | Ray Ellis , 1923-2008 US arranged by, arranger, conductor |
 | Joe Benjamin b, 1919-1974 US bass |
 | Osie Johnson dr, 1923-1966 US drums |
 | Janet Putnam hrp, *1921 US harp |
 | Hank Jones p, 1918-2010 US piano, celesta, celeste |
 | Jimmy Cleveland tb, 1926-2008 US trombone |
 | Gene Quill as, 1927-1988 US alto saxophone |
 | Milt Hinton b, 1910-2000 US bass |
 | Barry Galbraith g, 1919-1983 US guitar |
 | Danny Bank bs, bcl, 1922-2010 US baritone saxophone |
 | Al Cohn ts, 1925-1988 US tenor saxophone |
 | Billy Byers tb, 1927-1996 US trombone |
 | Joe 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
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Recorded Spring 1952 In Los Angeles | Billie Holiday | ||
| 2 | East Of The Sun | Billie Holiday | Brooks Bowman | 2:54 |
| 3 | Blue Moon | Billie Holiday | Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers | 3:28 |
| 4 | You Go To My Head | Billie Holiday | Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots | 2:54 |
| 5 | You Turned The Tables On Me | Billie Holiday | Louis Alter, Sidney Mitchell | 3:26 |
| 6 | Easy To Love | Billie Holiday | Cole Porter | 3:00 |
| 7 | These Foolish Things | Billie Holiday | Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey | 3:34 |
| 8 | I Only Have Eyes For You | Billie Holiday | Al Dubin, Harry Warren | 2:52 |
| 9 | Solitude | Billie Holiday | Duke Ellington, Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills | 3:29 |
| 10 | Recorded Spring 1952 In Los Angeles | Billie Holiday | ||
| 11 | Everything I Have Is Yours | Billie Holiday | Burton Lane, Harold Adamson | 3:43 |
| 12 | Love For Sale | Billie Holiday | Cole Porter | 2:56 |
| 13 | Moonglow | Billie Holiday | Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills, Will Hudson | 2:58 |
| 14 | Tenderly | Billie Holiday | Jack Lawrence, Walter Gross | 3:23 |
| 15 | If The Moon Turns Green | Billie Holiday | Bernie Hanighen, Paul Coates | 2:44 |
| 16 | Remember | Billie Holiday | Irving Berlin | 2:35 |
| 17 | Autumn In New York | Billie Holiday | Vernon Duke | 3:40 |
| 18 | Recorded Probably July 27, 1952 In New York City | Billie Holiday | ||
| 19 | My Man | Billie Holiday | Albert Willemetz, Channing Pollock, Jacques Charles, Maurice Yvain | 2:36 |
| 20 | Lover, Come Back To Me | Billie Holiday | Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg | 3:35 |
| 21 | Stormy Weather | Billie Holiday | Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler | 3:41 |
| 22 | Yesterdays | Billie Holiday | Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach | 2:48 |
| 23 | He's Funny That Way | Billie Holiday | Neil Moret, Richard Whiting | 3:11 |
| 24 | I Can't Face The Music | Billie Holiday | Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler | 3:14 |
| 25 | Recorded April 14, 1954 At Fine Sound Studio, New York City | Billie Holiday | ||
| 26 | How Deep Is The Ocean? | Billie Holiday | Irving Berlin | 2:57 |
| 27 | What A Little Moonlight Can Do | Billie Holiday | Harry Woods | 3:10 |
| 28 | I Cried For You | Billie Holiday | Abe Lyman, Arthur Freed, Gus Arnheim | 2:26 |
| 29 | Recorded September 3, 1954 At Capitol Studios, Hollywood | Billie Holiday | ||
| 30 | Love Me Or Leave Me | Billie Holiday | Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson | 2:33 |
| 31 | P.S. I Love You | Billie Holiday | Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mercer | 3:35 |
| 32 | Too Marvelous For Words | Billie Holiday | Johnny Mercer, Richard Whiting | 2:11 |
| 33 | Softly | Billie Holiday | Eddie Beal, Joe Greene | 2:55 |
| 34 | I Thought About You | Billie Holiday | Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer | 2:45 |
| 35 | Willow Weep For Me | Billie Holiday | Ann Ronell | 3:05 |
| 36 | Stormy Blues | Billie Holiday | Billie Holiday | 3:26 |
| 37 | Recorded February 14, 1955 At Fine Sound Studio, New York City | Billie Holiday | ||
| 38 | Say It Isn't So | Billie Holiday | Irving Berlin | 3:01 |
| 39 | I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm | Billie Holiday | Irving Berlin | 3:55 |
| 40 | I Wished On The Moon | Billie Holiday | Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger | 6:48 |
| 41 | Always | Billie Holiday | Irving Berlin | 3:57 |
| 42 | Everything Happens To Me | Billie Holiday | Matt Dennis, Tom Adair | 6:20 |
| 43 | Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me | Billie Holiday | Bob Russell, Duke Ellington | 5:00 |
| 44 | Ain't Misbehavin' | Billie Holiday | Andy Razaf, Fats Waller, Harry Brooks | 4:39 |
| 45 | Recorded August 23, 1955 At Radio Recorders, Hollywood | Billie Holiday | ||
| 46 | I Don't Want To Cry Anymore | Billie Holiday | Victor Schertzinger | 3:54 |
| 47 | Prelude To A Kiss | Billie Holiday | Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills | 5:32 |
| 48 | I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You | Billie Holiday | Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young | 4:26 |
| 49 | When Your Lover Has Gone | Billie Holiday | Einar Aaron Swan | 4:55 |
| 50 | Gone With The Wind | Billie Holiday | Allie Wrubel, Herbert Magidson | 3:23 |
| 51 | Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone | Billie Holiday | Sam H. Stept, Sidney Clare | 4:19 |
| 52 | It Had To Be You | Billie Holiday | Gus Kahn, Isham Jones | 4:01 |
| 53 | Nice Work If You Can Get It | Billie Holiday | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | 3:47 |
| 54 | Recorded August 25, 1955 At Radio Recorders, Hollywood | Billie Holiday | ||
| 55 | Come Rain Or Come Shine | Billie Holiday | Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer | 4:21 |
| 56 | I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues | Billie Holiday | Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler | 5:51 |
| 57 | What's New? | Billie Holiday | Bob Haggart, Ted Koehler | 4:16 |
| 58 | A Fine Romance | Billie Holiday | Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern | 3:32 |
| 59 | I Hadn't Anyone Till You | Billie Holiday | Ray Noble | 4:03 |
| 60 | I Get A Kick Out Of You | Billie Holiday | Cole Porter | 5:39 |
| 61 | Everything I Have Is Yours | Billie Holiday | Burton Lane, Harold Adamson | 4:29 |
| 62 | Isn't This A Lovely Day? | Billie Holiday | Irving Berlin | 4:11 |
| 63 | Recorded June 6, 1956 At Fine Sound Studio, New York City | Billie Holiday | ||
| 64 | Trav'lin' Light | Billie Holiday | Jimmy Mundy, Johnny Mercer, Trummy Young | 3:07 |
| 65 | I Must Have That Man! | Billie Holiday | Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh | 3:03 |
| 66 | Some Other Spring | Billie Holiday | Arthur Herzog, Jr., Irene Kitchings | 3:36 |
| 67 | Lady Sings The Blues | Billie Holiday | Billie Holiday, Herbie Nichols | 3:44 |
| 68 | Recorded June 7, 1956 At Fine Sound Studio, New York City | Billie Holiday | ||
| 69 | Strange Fruit | Billie Holiday | Lewis Allan | 3:01 |
| 70 | God Bless The Child | Billie Holiday | Arthur Herzog, Jr., Billie Holiday | 3:58 |
| 71 | Good Morning Heartache | Billie Holiday | Dan Fisher, Ervin Drake, Irene Higginbotham | 3:29 |
| 72 | No Good Man | Billie Holiday | Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham, Sammy Gallop | 3:18 |
| 73 | Recorded August 14, 1956 At Capitol Studios, Hollywood | Billie Holiday | ||
| 74 | Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me | Billie Holiday | Bob Russell, Duke Ellington | 4:12 |
| 75 | Cheek To Cheek | Billie Holiday | Irving Berlin | 3:35 |
| 76 | Ill Wind | Billie Holiday | Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler | 6:14 |
| 77 | Speak Low | Billie Holiday | Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash | 4:25 |
| 78 | Recorded August 18, 1956 At Radio Recorders, Hollywood | Billie Holiday | ||
| 79 | We'll Be Together Again | Billie Holiday | Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine | 4:24 |
| 80 | All Or Nothing At All | Billie Holiday | Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence | 5:39 |
| 81 | Sophisticated Lady | Billie Holiday | Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish | 4:48 |
| 82 | April In Paris | Billie Holiday | E.Y. Harburg, Vernon Duke | 3:02 |
| 83 | Recorded January 3, 1957 At Capitol Studios, Hollywood | Billie Holiday | ||
| 84 | I Wished On The Moon | Billie Holiday | Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger | 3:25 |
| 85 | Moonlight In Vermont | Billie Holiday | John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf | 3:49 |
| 86 | A Foggy Day | Billie Holiday | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | 4:40 |
| 87 | Recorded January 4, 1957 At Capitol Studios, Hollywood | Billie Holiday | ||
| 88 | I Didn't Know What Time It Was | Billie Holiday | Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers | 5:59 |
| 89 | Just One Of Those Things | Billie Holiday | Cole Porter | 5:31 |
| 90 | Comes Love | Billie Holiday | Charles Tobias, Lew Brown, Sam H. Stept | 4:00 |
| 91 | Recorded January 7, 1957 At Capitol Studios, Hollywood | Billie Holiday | ||
| 92 | Day In, Day Out | Billie Holiday | Johnny Mercer, Rube Bloom | 6:47 |
| 93 | Darn That Dream | Billie Holiday | Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen | 6:19 |
| 94 | But Not For Me | Billie Holiday | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | 3:48 |
| 95 | Body And Soul | Billie Holiday | Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Robert Sour | 6:22 |
| 96 | Recorded January 8, 1957 At Capitol Studios, Hollywood | Billie Holiday | ||
| 97 | Stars Fell On Alabama | Billie Holiday | Frank Perkins, Mitchell Parish | 4:29 |
| 98 | Say It Isn't So | Billie Holiday | Irving Berlin | 3:16 |
| 99 | Love Is Here To Stay | Billie Holiday | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | 3:42 |
| 100 | One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) | Billie Holiday | Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer | 5:39 |
| 101 | Recorded January 9, 1957 At Capitol Studios, Hollywood | Billie Holiday | ||
| 102 | They Can't Take That Away From Me | Billie Holiday | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | 4:10 |
| 103 | Embraceable You | Billie Holiday | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | 6:47 |
| 104 | Let's Call The Whole Thing Off | Billie Holiday | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | 3:24 |
| 105 | Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You? | Billie Holiday | Andy Razaf, Don Redman | 5:38 |
| 106 | Recorded March 3, 1959 At Metropolitan Studios, New York City | Billie Holiday | ||
| 107 | All The Way | Billie Holiday | Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn | 3:23 |
| 108 | It's Not For Me To Say | Billie Holiday | Al Stillman, Robert Allen | 2:26 |
| 109 | I'll Never Smile Again | Billie Holiday | Ruth Lowe | 3:23 |
| 110 | Just One More Chance | Billie Holiday | Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow | 3:43 |
| 111 | Recorded March 4, 1959 At Metropolitan Studios, New York City | Billie Holiday | ||
| 112 | When It's Sleepy Time Down South | Billie Holiday | Clarence Muse, Leon Rene, Otis Rene | 4:05 |
| 113 | Don't Worry 'Bout Me | Billie Holiday | Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler | 3:08 |
| 114 | Sometimes I'm Happy | Billie Holiday | Clifford Grey, Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans | 2:46 |
| 115 | You Took Advantage Of Me | Billie Holiday | Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers | 3:08 |
| 116 | Recorded March 11, 1959 At Metropolitan Studios, New York City | Billie Holiday | ||
| 117 | There'll Be Some Changes Made | Billie Holiday | Billy Higgins, W. Benton Overstreet | 2:52 |
| 118 | 'Deed I Do | Billie Holiday | Fred Rose, Walter Hirsch | 2:13 |
| 119 | All Of You | Billie Holiday | Cole Porter | 2:30 |
| 120 | Baby, Won't You Please Come Home? | Billie Holiday | Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams | 3:03 |
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