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The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959

Disc 1
1	Body and Soul 3:24
2	Strange Fruit 2:56
3	I Cried for You 2:18
4	Fine and Mellow Live 3:51
5	He's Funny That Way 3:17
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Disc 2
1	Everything I Have Is Yours 3:43
2	Love for Sale 2:56
3	Moonglow 2:58
4	Tenderly 3:23
5	If the Moon Turns Green 2:44
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Disc 3
1	Lover, Come Back to Me Live 6:46
2	How Deep Is the Ocean? 2:57
3	What a Little Moonlight Can Do 3:10
4	I Cried for You 2:26
5	Love Me or Leave Me 2:33
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Disc 4
1	Nice Work If You Can Get It 4:05
2	Discussion: Nice Work If You Can Get It 0:40
3	Mandy Is Two 4:31
4	Prelude to a Kiss 2:46
5	I Must Have That Man! 1:05
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This is a rather incredible collection: ten CDs enclosed in a tight black box that includes every one of the recordings Verve owns of Billie Holiday, not only the many studio recordings of 1952-57 (which feature Lady Day joined by such jazz all-stars as trumpeters Charlie Shavers and Harry "Sweets" Edison, altoist Benny Carter, and the tenors of Flip Phillips, Paul Quinichette and Ben Webster). Also included are prime performances at Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts in 1945-1947, an enjoyable European gig from 1954, her "comeback" Carnegie Hall concert of 1956, Holiday's rather sad final studio album from 1959, and even lengthy tapes from two informal rehearsals. It's a perfect purchase for the true Billie Holiday fanatic. Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

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The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959

Disc 1
1	Body and Soul 3:24
2	Strange Fruit 2:56
3	I Cried for You 2:18
4	Fine and Mellow Live 3:51
5	He's Funny That Way 3:17
6	The Man I Love 3:04
7	Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You 2:20
8	All of Me 1:56
9	Billie's Blues 3:35
10	Trav'lin' Light 3:28
11	He's Funny That Way 2:51
12	Norman Granz Announcement 0:08
13	You Better Go Now 2:56
14	You're Driving Me Crazy 1:30
15	There Is No Greater Love 2:34
16	I Cover the Waterfront 2:58
17	Norman Granz Announcement 0:24
18	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) 2:54
19	Blue Moon 3:28
20	You Go to My Head 2:54
21	You Turned the Tables on Me 3:26
22	Easy to Love 3:00
23	These Foolish Things 3:34
24	I Only Have Eyes for You 2:52
25	Solitude 3:29

Disc 2
1	Everything I Have Is Yours 3:43
2	Love for Sale 2:56
3	Moonglow 2:58
4	Tenderly 3:23
5	If the Moon Turns Green 2:44
6	Remember 2:35
7	Autumn in New York Common Take - LP 3:40
8	Autumn in New York Rare Take - 78 RPM 3:52
9	My Man 2:36
10	Lover, Come Back to Me 3:35
11	Stormy Weather 3:41
12	Yesterdays 2:48
13	He's Funny That Way 3:11
14	I Can't Face the Music 3:14
15	MC and Leonard Feather Announcements 0:37
16	Blue Moon 2:15
17	All of Me 1:43
18	My Man 2:52
19	Them There Eyes 1:28
20	I Cried for You 3:20
21	What a Little Moonlight Can Do 2:56
22	I Cover the Waterfront 3:17
23	Leonard Feather Announcement 0:21
24	Billie's Blues 11:39

Disc 3
1	Lover, Come Back to Me Live 6:46
2	How Deep Is the Ocean? 2:57
3	What a Little Moonlight Can Do 3:10
4	I Cried for You 2:26
5	Love Me or Leave Me 2:33
6	P.S. I Love You 3:35
7	Too Marvelous for Words 2:11
8	Softly 2:55
9	I Thought About You 2:45
10	Willow Weep for Me 3:05
11	Stormy Blues 3:26
12	Say It Isn't So 3:01
13	I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm 3:55
14	I Wished on the Moon 6:48
15	Always 3:57
16	Everything Happens to Me 6:20
17	Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me 5:00
18	Ain't Misbehavin' 4:39

Disc 4
1	Nice Work If You Can Get It 4:05
2	Discussion: Nice Work If You Can Get It 0:40
3	Mandy Is Two 4:31
4	Prelude to a Kiss 2:46
5	I Must Have That Man! 1:05
6	Jeepers Creepers 2:13
7	Jeepers Creepers 0:51
8	Discussion: Jeepers Creepers 3:25
9	Discussion: Jeepers Creepers 2:27
10	Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone 1:57
11	Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone 2:57
12	Discussion: Moonlight in Vermont 0:52
13	Misery 0:36
14	Restless 2:45
15	Moonlight in Vermont Excerpt / Outtake 2:00
16	Everything Happens to Me 3:26
17	Discussion 0:37
18	I Don't Want to Cry Anymore 4:25
19	I Don't Want to Cry Anymore 2:25
20	Discussion: I Don't Want to Cry Any More 5:32
21	Everything Happens to Me 3:00
22	Discussion 1:48
23	When You Are Away, Dear 1:40
24	Discussion 0:48
25	It Had to Be You 1:54
26	The Mood That I'm In 0:31
27	Gone With the Wind 1:36
28	I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) 3:17
29	Discussion 2:31
30	A Sunbonnet Blue (And a Little Straw Hat) 0:06
31	I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You 1:32
32	Discussion 2:14
33	I'm Walkin' Through Heaven With You 2:05
34	Discussion 0:42
35	Just Friends 1:01
36	The Nearness of You 1:04
37	Discussion 0:27
38	It's Too Hot for Words 0:21
39	They Say 2:25
40	I Won't Believe It 0:20

Disc 5
1	I Don't Want to Cry Anymore 0:29
2	I Don't Want to Cry Anymore 3:54
3	Studio Talk; Prelude to a Kiss 0:14
4	Studio Talk; Prelude to a Kiss 0:50
5	Prelude to a Kiss 5:32
6	I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You 4:26
7	When Your Lover Has Gone 0:49
8	Studio Talk; When Your Lover Has Gone 1:00
9	Studio Talk 0:22
10	When Your Lover Has Gone 4:55
11	Gone With the Wind 3:23
12	Studio Talk 0:10
13	Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone 4:19
14	It Had to Be You 4:01
15	Studio Talk 0:08
16	Nice Work If You Can Get It 3:47
17	Come Rain or Come Shine 4:21
18	I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues 5:51
19	What's New? 4:16
20	A Fine Romance 0:46
21	A Fine Romance Take 2 2:44
22	A Fine Romance Take 3 0:18
23	A Fine Romance Take 4 1:16
24	A Fine Romance Take 5 3:18
25	A Fine Romance Take 6 0:26
26	A Fine Romance Take 7 3:12
27	A Fine Romance Take 8 3:32
28	Studio Talk 0:06
29	I Hadn't Anyone Till You 4:03

Disc 6
1	I Get a Kick Out of You 5:39
2	Everything I Have Is Yours 4:29
3	Isn't This a Lovely Day? 4:11
4	Discussion: Misery 1:26
5	Israel 2:18
6	Misery 4:40
7	Discussion 1:16
8	I Must Have That Man! 6:29
9	Discussion 0:27
10	Strange Fruit 5:48
11	Discussion: God Bless the Child 5:50
12	Discussion 1:16
13	God Bless the Child 3:15
14	God Bless the Child 1:08
15	Discussion 1:08
16	God Bless the Child 3:34
17	One Never Knows, Does One? 2:07
18	Discussion 2:00
19	The Beer Barrel Polka 1:19
20	Some of These Days 1:03
21	A Yiddishe Momme 0:39
22	A Yiddishe Momme 2:16
23	Discussion 0:42
24	Lady's Back in Town 2:36
25	Discussion 4:33
26	Discussion 1:13
27	One Never Knows, Does One? 2:38
28	Discussion 1:19
29	(Unknown Title) 1:54

Disc 7
1	Trav'lin' Light 3:07
2	I Must Have That Man! 3:03
3	Some Other Spring 3:36
4	Lady Sings the Blues 3:44
5	Strange Fruit 3:01
6	God Bless the Child 3:58
7	Good Morning Heartache 3:29
8	No Good Man 3:18
9	Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me 4:12
10	Cheek to Cheek 3:35
11	Ill Wind 6:14
12	Speak Low 4:25
13	We'll Be Together Again 4:24
14	All or Nothing at All 5:39
15	Sophisticated Lady 4:48
16	April in Paris 3:02

Disc 8
1	Lady Sings the Blues 2:52
2	Lady Sings the Blues 2:38
3	'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do 2:30
4	Trav'lin' Light 0:44
5	Reading from Lady Sings the Blues 2:06
6	Billie's Blues 3:20
7	Body and Soul 2:39
8	Reading from Lady Sings the Blues 0:55
9	Don't Explain 2:26
10	Yesterdays 1:16
11	Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone 1:43
12	I'll Be Seeing You 2:28
13	Reading from Lady Sings the Blues 2:50
14	My Man 3:13
15	I Cried for You 3:09
16	Fine and Mellow Live 3:15
17	I Cover the Waterfront 3:46
18	What a Little Moonlight Can Do 2:49
19	I Wished on the Moon 3:25
20	Moonlight in Vermont 3:49
21	A Foggy Day 4:40
22	I Didn't Know What Time It Was 5:59
23	Just One of Those Things Excerpt 0:25
24	Studio Talk 0:47
25	Just One of Those Things 5:31
26	Studio Talk 0:29
27	Comes Love 3:58
28	Comes Love 0:38
29	Comes Love 0:18
30	Comes Love 4:00

Disc 9
1	Day In - Day Out 6:47
2	Darn That Dream 6:19
3	But Not for Me 3:48
4	Body and Soul 6:22
5	Studio Talk 0:45
6	Just Friends 6:26
7	Studio Talk 0:16
8	Stars Fell on Alabama Excerpt 0:36
9	Stars Fell on Alabama 4:29
10	Studio Talk; Say It Isn't So 0:24
11	Say It Isn't So 3:16
12	Studio Talk; Our Love Is Here to Stay 0:25
13	Love Is Here to Stay 3:42
14	Studio Talk; One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) 0:28
15	One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) Excerpt 1:56
16	One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) 5:39
17	They Can't Take That Away from Me 4:10
18	Embraceable You 6:47
19	Let's Call the Whole Thing Off 3:24
20	Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You 5:38

Disc 10
1	Willis Conover Announcement 0:54
2	Johnny Mercer Announcement 0:42
3	Fanfare from "Oh Lady Be Good" 0:11
4	Nice Work If You Can Get It 2:39
5	Willow Weep for Me 3:08
6	My Man 3:30
7	Lover, Come Back to Me 2:05
8	Lady Sings the Blues 3:00
9	What a Little Moonlight Can Do 2:54
10	Fanfare from "Oh Lady Be Good" With Conover Announcement 0:18
11	Leonard Feather Announcement 0:47
12	I Wished on the Moon 2:43
13	Lover Man 3:01
14	All the Way 3:23
15	It's Not for Me to Say 2:26
16	I'll Never Smile Again 3:23
17	Just One More Chance 3:43
18	When It's Sleepy Time Down South 4:05
19	Don't Worry 'Bout Me 3:08
20	Sometimes I'm Happy 2:46
21	You Took Advantage of Me 3:08
22	There'll Be Some Changes Made 2:52
23	'Deed I Do 2:13
24	All of You 2:30
25	Baby Won't You Please Come Home 3:03

All Music Guide

This is a rather incredible collection: ten CDs enclosed in a tight black box that includes every one of the recordings Verve owns of Billie Holiday, not only the many studio recordings of 1952-57 (which feature Lady Day joined by such jazz all-stars as trumpeters Charlie Shavers and Harry "Sweets" Edison, altoist Benny Carter, and the tenors of Flip Phillips, Paul Quinichette and Ben Webster). Also included are prime performances at Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts in 1945-1947, an enjoyable European gig from 1954, her "comeback" Carnegie Hall concert of 1956, Holiday's rather sad final studio album from 1959, and even lengthy tapes from two informal rehearsals. It's a perfect purchase for the true Billie Holiday fanatic. Scott Yanow

Product Details

Format: CD
Original Release: 1992
Release Date: 03/09/1993
Label: POLYGRAM RECORDS
Catalog No.: 517658
UPC: 731451765827
Sales Rank: 91,763

Album Credits
Performance Credits
Billie Holiday		Primary Artist, Vocals
Tony Scott		Clarinet
Beryl Booker		Piano
Sonny Clark		Piano
Buck Clayton		Trumpet
Buddy DeFranco		Clarinet
Harry "Sweets" Edison		Trumpet
Wardell Gray		Tenor Saxophone
Freddie Green		Guitar
Tiny Grimes		Electric Guitar
Chico Hamilton		Drums
Illinois Jacquet		Tenor Saxophone
Budd Johnson		Tenor Saxophone
Jo Jones		Drums
Wynton Kelly		Piano
Barney Kessel		Electric Guitar
Charles Mingus		Bass
Red Mitchell		Bass
Joe Newman		Trumpet
Red Norvo		Vibes
Oscar Peterson		Organ, Piano
Flip Phillips		Tenor Saxophone
Jimmy Raney		Electric Guitar
Jimmy Rowles		Piano
Willie Smith		Alto Saxophone
Charlie Ventura		Tenor Saxophone
Mal Waldron		Piano
Charlie Shavers		Trumpet
Lester Young		Tenor Saxophone
Dave Barbour		Electric Guitar
Aaron Bell		Bass
Cozy Cole		Drums
Leonard Gaskin		Bass
Don Lamond		Drums
Howard McGhee		Trombone, Trumpet
Coleman Hawkins		Tenor Saxophone
Ken Kersey		Piano
Trummy Young		Trombone
Al McKibbon		Bass
Georgie Auld		Alto Saxophone
Joe Benjamin		Bass
Benny Carter		Alto Saxophone
Ray Brown		Bass
Larry Bunker		Drums
Red Callender		Bass
Tony Collins		Electric Guitar
Barry Galbraith		Electric Guitar
Joe Guy		Trumpet
J.C. Heard		Drums
Gus Johnson		Drums
Osie Johnson		Drums
Elaine Leighton		Drums
Lenny McBrowne		Drums
Paul Quinichette		Tenor Saxophone
Milt Raskin		Piano
Curly Russell		Bass
Alvin Stoller		Drums
Bobby Tucker		Piano
Dave Coleman		Drums
Jackie Mills		Drums
Carl Drinkard		Piano
Charles Drayton		Bass

Technical Credits
Tony Scott		Producer
Buck Clayton		Liner Notes
Leonard Feather		Producer
Norman Granz		Producer
Ray Ellis		Producer
Michael Lang		Executive Producer
Leroy Lovett		Producer
Bob Porter		Liner Notes
Phil Schaap		Producer, Liner Notes, Remastering
Richard Seidel		Executive Producer
Joel E. Siegel		Liner Notes
David Lau		Art Direction

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