Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday: The Complete Decca Recordings
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Artist: Billie HolidayBrand: HOLIDAY,BILLIE
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1991-10-01
Music Label: Verve
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)?
- No More
- No More (Alternate)
- That Ole Devil Called Love
- Don't Explain (First Version)
- Big Stuff (First Version)
- Don't Explain
- Big Stuff (Second Version)
- You Better Go Now
- What Is This Thing Called Love
- Good Morning Heartache
- No Good Man (Previously Unissued Alternate)
- No Good Man
- Big Stuff (Previously Unissued Breakdown And Chatter)
- Big Stuff (Previously Unissued Third Version)
- Big Stuff
- Baby, I Don't Cry Over You (Previously Unissued Alternate)
- Baby, I Don't Cry Over You
- I'll Look Around (Previously Unissued Alternate)
- I'll Look Around
- The Blues Are Brewin'
- Guilty (Previous Unissued Alternate)
- Guilty (Previously Unissued Breakdown And Chatter)
- Guilty
- Deep Song
- There Is No Greater Love
- Easy Living
- Solitude (Previously Unissued Alternate)
- Solitude
- Weep No More
- Girls Were Made To take Care of Boys
- I Love You Porgy
- My Man (Mon Homme) (Previously Unissued Alternate)
- My Man (Mon Homme)
- Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do (Previously Unissued Alternate)
- Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do
- Baby Get Lost
- Keeps On Rainin'
- Them There Eyes
- Do Your Duty
- Gimme A Pigfoot (And A Bottle Of Beer)
- You Can't Lose A Broken Heart
- My Sweet Hunk O' Trash
- Now Or Never
- You're My Thrill
- Crazy He Calls Me
- Please Tell Me Now
- Somebody's On My Mind
- God Bless The Child
- This Is Heaven To Me
Music reviews of Billie Holiday: The Complete Decca Recordings
Music Review: An essential collection, beautifully remastered
Rating: 5 Stars
I heard my first Billie Holiday recording in college in the 60s. It was a double LP called "The Billie Holiday Story" on the Decca label, in "enhanced stereo". I fell in love with her voice and bought the album, which I proceeded to play so often that the grooves wore down. So it was with extreme pleasure and anticipation that I read of this CD set, which contains all of the tracks from the LPs, as well as all of Billie's other recordings for Decca. The digital remastering is superb, and to hear the songs in their original monaural sound instead of the "re-channeled" stereo of the LPs is a revelation. At first, I was tempted to program around the numerous alternate tracks, but as time went on, I was very glad that the producers included everything. Listen to the alternate of "No More", rescued from the MCA Japan vaults; despite substandard sound, the power of Billie's voice comes through, with nuances which make it quite different from the recording which was released. It's fascinating to hear the four takes of "Big Stuff", a show tune by Leonard Bernstein, as Billie finally manages to make it her own.
And of course all her truly great recordings from this era are here: "Lover Man," "Solitude", "My Man", and more. The package includes extensive notes and recording information. This is an outstanding and loving tribute to one of the greatest singers of the 20th century.
Description of Billie Holiday: The Complete Decca Recordings
No Description Available.Genre: Jazz Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
Rating:
Release Date: 1-OCT-1991
Holiday recorded for Decca between 1944 and 1950, a period in which she was at the heights of both her popularity and her vocal powers. The music is less jazz-oriented in its backing than were the earlier Columbia and Commodore or later Verve recordings, but these are superb vocal performances, including matchless renderings of "Lover Man," "Don't Explain," and "Solitude." Holiday achieved the highest level that torch singing has ever known, creating consummately expressive, almost etched renditions that are richly nuanced, often enhanced by tasteful string arrangements. Holiday's deepest musical sources are strongly evident in songs associated with Bessie Smith, including the earthy "Gimme a Pigfoot (and a Bottle of Beer)," and two spirited duets with Louis Armstrong. --Stuart Broomer
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