The Complete Commodore Recordings Billie Holiday

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  • Release Date: 01/28/1997
  • 2 Disc Set
  • Sales Rank: 72,967
  • Label: VERVE
  • UPC: 011105040129

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The Complete Commodore Recordings

Disc 1
1LISTENStrange Fruit 3:10
2LISTENStrange Fruit #2 / Alternate Take 3:18
3LISTENYesterdays 3:24
4LISTENYesterdays #3 / Alternate Take 2:58
5LISTENFine and Mellow 3:15
6LISTENI Gotta Right to Sing the Blues 2:50
7LISTENI Gotta Right to Sing the Blues / Ted Koehler #2 / Alternate Take 2:49
8LISTENHow Am I to Know? #3 / Alternate Take 2:28
9LISTENHow Am I to Know? -1 / Alternate Take 2:36
10LISTENHow Am I to Know? / Dorothy Parker -2 / Alternate Take 2:37
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Disc 2
1LISTENI'm Yours #3 / Alternate Take 3:11
2LISTENI'm Yours #2 / Alternate Take 3:23
3LISTENI'm Yours 3:16
4LISTENEmbraceable You #3 / Alternate Take 3:15
5LISTENEmbraceable You 3:15
6LISTENEmbraceable You #2 / Alternate Take 3:12
7LISTENAs Time Goes By 3:12
8LISTENAs Time Goes By #2 / Alternate Take 3:14
9LISTENHe's Funny That Way Alternate Take 3:32
10LISTENHe's Funny That Way Take 3:15
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Billie Holiday recorded on four occasions for the Commodore label: once in 1939 (a date that resulted in "Fine and Mellow" and "Strange Fruit") and three sessions in 1944 (dates highlighted by "I Cover the Waterfront," "I'm Yours," "He's Funny That Way," "Billie's Blues," and "On the Sunny Side of the Street"). While the former session has Lady Day joined by a background octet that includes trumpeter Frankie Newton, the Eddie Heywood Sextet forms the nucleus of the later dates. This two-CD set has all 18 selections and no less than 27 alternate takes. Since the great majority of the performances are ballads, and with the exception of pianist Heywood, there are very few instrumental solos, there are no significant differences between the versions. Therefore, this set (as opposed to a single CD of the master takes), even though it is well-conceived, is strictly for completists. Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

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