Artist: Billie Holiday
Title: The Complete Decca Recordings
Year Of Release: 1991/2018
Label: Verve Reissues
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 02:30:13
Total Size: 389 mb
Tracklist:CD1
1. Billie Holiday - Lover Man
2. Billie Holiday - No More (Single Version)
3. Billie Holiday - No More
4. Billie Holiday - That Ole Devil Called Love
5. Billie Holiday - Don't Explain
6. Billie Holiday - Big Stuff (Alt. Take November 1944)
7. Billie Holiday - Don't Explain
8. Billie Holiday - Big Stuff
9. Billie Holiday - You Better Go Now (Single Version)
10. Billie Holiday - What Is This Thing Called Love (Single Version)
11. Billie Holiday - Good Morning Heartache
12. Billie Holiday - No Good Man
13. Billie Holiday - No Good Man (Single Version)
14. Billie Holiday - Big Stuff (False Start With Chatter)
15. Billie Holiday - Big Stuff (Alt. Take)
16. Billie Holiday - Big Stuff
17. Billie Holiday - Baby, I Don't Cry Over You
18. Billie Holiday - Baby, I Don't Cry Over You
19. Billie Holiday - I'll Look Around (Edit)
20. Billie Holiday - I'll Look Around
21. Billie Holiday - The Blues Are Brewin'
22. Billie Holiday - Guilty (Alt. Version)
23. Billie Holiday - Guilty
24. Billie Holiday - Guilty
25. Billie Holiday - Deep Song (Single Version)
26. Billie Holiday - There Is No Greater Love
CD2
1. Billie Holiday - Easy Living
2. Billie Holiday - Solitude (1991 Box Set Version)
3. Billie Holiday - Solitude
4. Billie Holiday - Weep No More
5. Billie Holiday - Girls Were Made To Take Care Of Boys
6. Billie Holiday - Porgy
7. Billie Holiday - My Man (Mon Homme) (1991 Box Set Version)
8. Billie Holiday - My Man
9. Billie Holiday - 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do (Alternate Version)
10. Billie Holiday - Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do (Single Version)
11. Billie Holiday - Baby Get Lost (Single Version)
12. Billie Holiday - Keeps On A Rainin' (Single Version)
13. Billie Holiday - Them There Eyes
14. Billie Holiday - Do Your Duty (Single Version)
15. Billie Holiday - Gimme A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer
16. Billie Holiday - You Can't Lose A Broken Heart
17. Billie Holiday - My Sweet Hunk O' Trash
18. Billie Holiday - Now Or Never (Single Version)
19. Billie Holiday - You're My Thrill
20. Billie Holiday - Crazy He Calls Me
21. Billie Holiday - Please Tell Me Now
22. Billie Holiday - Somebody's On My Mind (Single Version)
23. Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra - God Bless The Child
24. Billie Holiday - This Is Heaven To Me
Billie Holiday is heard at her absolute best on this attractive two-CD set. During her period on Decca, Lady Day was accompanied by strings (for the first time), large studio orchestras, and even background vocalists, so jazz solos from her sidemen are few. But her voice was at its strongest during the 1940s (even with her personal problems) and to hear all 50 of her Decca performances (including alternate takes and even some studio chatter) is a real joy. Among the high points of this essential set are her original versions of "Lover Man" (Holiday's biggest selling record), "Don't Explain," "Good Morning Heartache," "'Tain't Nobody's Business if I Do," "Now or Never," "Crazy He Calls Me," and remakes of "Them There Eyes" and "God Bless the Child."
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