Billie Holiday – The Complete Commodore Recordings (1991 Commodore Japan 3LP Vinyl)
Billie Holiday
Commodore
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About this pressing
Released in 1991 on Commodore, this limited-edition 3×LP mono box set compiles every track Billie Holiday recorded for Commodore between 1939 and 1944. These sessions capture Holiday at her emotional and artistic peak, performing with small-group swing ensembles in some of the most intimate and powerful recordings of her career.
Included are multiple takes of each song — an audiophile’s dream and a historian’s treasure — tracing Holiday’s subtle vocal phrasing and interpretive nuance from take to master. Among them are the first and master takes of “Strange Fruit,” “Fine and Mellow,” “Yesterdays,” “I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues,” “He’s Funny That Way,” and “On the Sunny Side of the Street.”
Pressed to Japan’s famously high standards, this 3-LP edition offers superb sound quality and detailed session information across all sides. It’s one of the finest and most comprehensive presentations of the Commodore era ever issued on vinyl.
A definitive, audiophile-grade Japanese issue of Billie Holiday’s complete Commodore sessions — historically essential and beautifully presented.
Vinyl: EX
Sleeve: EX
Obi: EX
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Catalogue Number: KIJJ-2061-3
Format: 3 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Limited Edition, Mono
Country: Japan
Released: 1991
Tracklist
Tracklist
A1 Strange Fruit
A2 Strange Fruit (Master Take)
A3 Yesterdays (Master Take)
A4 Yesterdays
A5 Fine And Mellow (Master Take)
A6 I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
A7 I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues (Master Take)
A8 How Am I To Know?
A9 How Am I To Know?
B1 How Am I To Know?
B2 How Am I To Know? (Master Take)
B3 My Old Flame
B4 My Old Flame
B5 My Old Flame
B6 My Old Flame (Master Take)
B7 I'll Get By (Master Take)
B8 I'll Get By
C1 I Cover The Waterfront
C2 I Cover The Waterfront
C3 I Cover The Waterfront
C4 I Cover The Waterfront (Master Take)
C5 I'll Be Seeing You
C6 I'll Be Seeing You (Master Take)
C7 I'll Be Seeing You
D1 I'm Yours
D2 I'm Yours
D3 I'm Yours (Master Take)
D4 Embraceable You
D5 Embraceable You
D6 Embraceable You (Master Take)
D7 As Time Goes By (Master Take)
D8 As Time Goes By
E1 He's Funny That Way
E2 He's Funny That Way
E3 Lover, Come Back To Me
E4 Lover, Come Back To Me
E5 He's Funny That Way
E6 He's Funny That Way
E7 He's Funny That Way (Master Take)
F1 Lover, Come Back To Me (Master Take)
F2 Lover, Come Back To Me
F3 I Love My Man (Billie's Blues) (Master Take)
F4 I Love My Man (Billie's Blues)
F5 I Love My Man (Billie's Blues)
F6 On the Sunny Side of the Street (Master Take)
Release notes
Release notes
Label: Commodore – KIJJ-2061-3
Format: 3 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Limited Edition, Mono
Country: Japan
Released: 1991
Genre: Jazz
Style: Swing
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