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Billie Holiday : Rare Live Recordings
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This 5 CD box set examines the career of vocalist Billie Holiday from 1934 to 1959, the year she passed with a culmination of rare film, radio, concert, and television performances.
Genre: Jazz: Jazz Vocals
Release Date: 2008
Rare Live Recordings
Billie Holiday
Record Label: ESP-Disk
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1. Lost My Man Blues 1:55 Album Only
2. Theme – Moten Swing 0:21 Album Only
3. Announcer Introduction 0:27 Album Only
4. Swing Brother Swing 1:49 Album Only
5. Announcer Introduction 0:13 Album Only
6. They Can't Take That Away From Me 3:23 Album Only
7. I Cried For You 2:26 Album Only
8. Fine And Mellow 3:30 Album Only
9. Announcer Introduction 2:01 Album Only
10. I'll Get By 1:44 Album Only
11. Billie's Blues 4:13 Album Only
12. Do Nothin' 'Til You Hear From Me 3:31 Album Only
13. Danny Kaye Introduces Jerome Kern, 1:18 Album Only
14. I Cover The Waterfront 3:09 Album Only
15. Fine And Mellow 3:15 Album Only
16. All Of Me 2:03 Album Only
17. Endy Gets Caught Playing Piano 2:03 Album Only
18. Endy Goes To Storyville 1:45 Album Only
19. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans 1:53 Album Only
20. Satchmo Talks 0:47 Album Only
21. Farewell To Storyville 4:11 Album Only
22. Farewell To Storyville – Studio Version 3:18 Album Only
23. The Blues Are Brewin' – Studio Version 3:46 Album Only
24. The Man I Love 2:26 Album Only
25. Miss Brown To You 2:00 Album Only
26. Lover Man 2:44 Album Only
27. I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone 3:54 Album Only
28. Billie's Blues 3:36 Album Only
29. No More 3:05 Album Only
30. Good Morning Heartache 3:28 Album Only
31. You're Driving Me Crazy 1:34 Album Only
32. Maybe You'll Be There 3:30 Album Only
33. Introduction by Donald Wood 0:34 Album Only
34. You'd Better Go Now 3:15 Album Only
35. Them There Eyes 1:56 Album Only
36. Lady Day and Eddie Condon Speak 0:38 Album Only
37. Keeps On Rainin' 2:45 Album Only
38. Lady Day and Eddie Condon Speak 0:35 Album Only
39. Lover Man (incomplete) 2:17 Album Only
40. I Cover The Waterfront 3:03 Album Only
41. Lady Day and Art Ford Speak 1:59 Album Only
42. All Of Me 0:28 Album Only
43. Narration / Early History 2:57 Album Only
44. Fine And Mellow 2:58 Album Only
45. Porgy 0:09 Album Only
46. Jam Session Introduction 5:07 Album Only
47. All Of Me 3:37 Album Only
48. You're My Thrill 2:22 Album Only
49. Lover Come Back To Me 2:21 Album Only
50. Ain't Nobody's Business 1:16 Album Only
51. You're Driving Me Crazy 3:04 Album Only
52. He's Funny That Way 2:05 Album Only
53. Miss Brown To You 2:17 Album Only
54. Lover Man 1:42 Album Only
55. Them There Eyes 3:20 Album Only
56. My Man 3:25 Album Only
57. I Cover The Waterfront 2:09 Album Only
58. Crazy He Calls Me 2:23 Album Only
59. Detour Ahead 3:18 Album Only
60. Strange Fruit 2:57 Album Only
61. Ain't Nobody's Business 1:42 Album Only
62. All Of Me 3:06 Album Only
63. Porgy 2:59 Album Only
64. My Man 3:02 Album Only
65. Tenderly 2:34 Album Only
66. God Bless The Child 3:01 Album Only
67. My Man 1:57 Album Only
68. The There Eyes 2:36 Album Only
69. Lover Man 3:33 Album Only
70. Willow Weep For Me 1:52 Album Only
71. I Only Have Eyes For You 2:53 Album Only
72. My Man 2:02 Album Only
73. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone 1:17 Album Only
74. Jon McCloughland – Introduction 3:29 Album Only
75. I Cover The Waterfront 2:16 Album Only
76. Too Marvelous For Words 3:08 Album Only
77. Porgy 1:46 Album Only
78. Them There Eyes 3:52 Album Only
79. Willow Weep For Me 2:46 Album Only
80. I Only Have Eyes For You 3:29 Album Only
81. You Go To My Head 3:36 Album Only
82. Stormy Weather 3:43 Album Only
83. Ghost Of A Chance 2:37 Album Only
84. Nice Work If You Can Get It 2:53 Album Only
85. God Bless The Child 1:55 Album Only
86. Please, Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone 2:44 Album Only
87. Don't Explain 2:31 Album Only
88. Porgy 8:48 Album Only
89. Fine And Mellow 2:29 Album Only
90. What a Little Moonlight Can Do 2:30 Album Only
91. Foolin' Myself 3:31 Album Only
92. Easy To Remember 1:57 Album Only
93. Moanin' Low 2:50 Album Only
94. Don't Explain 2:01 Album Only
95. When Your Lover Has Gone 0:23 Album Only
96. Mort Saul – Introduction 3:25 Album Only
97. Ain't Nobody's Business 2:55 Album Only
98. Willow Weep For Me 2:21 Album Only
99. When Your Lover Has Gone 3:21 Album Only
100. God Bless The Child 2:00 Album Only
101. I Only Have Eyes For You 3:51 Album Only
102. Good Morning Heartache 2:18 Album Only
103. Them There Eyes 3:31 Album Only
104. Billie's Blues 3:25 Album Only
105. What A Little Moonlight Can Do 3:21 Album Only
106. Travelin' Light 2:08 Album Only
107. Lover Come Back To Me 5:51 Album Only
108. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good 2:09 Album Only
109. Lady Day Speaks – Early History 1:01 Album Only
110. Just Friends 0:43 Album Only
111. Lady Day Speaks – The Number 13 1:14 Album Only
112. Ghost Of A Chance 1:59 Album Only
113. Please, Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone - 1 3:30 Album Only
114. Everything Happens To Me 3:00 Album Only
115. Please, Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone - 2 1:30 Album Only
116. I Don't Want To Cry Anymore 2:48 Album Only
117. Prelude To A Kiss 1:41 Album Only
118. Prelude To A Kiss 2:42 Album Only
119. My Yiddishe Mama 3:17 Album Only
120. Hey! Lady's Here 3:04 Album Only
121. God Bless The Child 0:42 Album Only
122. Introduction 2:21 Album Only
123. Nice Work If You Can Get It 2:29 Album Only
124. Willow Weep For Me 1:58 Album Only
125. When Your Lover Has Gone 3:10 Album Only
126. Billie's Blues 2:11 Album Only
127. Please, Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone 2:42 Album Only
128. God Bless The Child 2:18 Album Only
129. Now Or Never 0:23 Album Only
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Album Notes

In 1972, thirteen years after her death, Congress extended copyright protections to include recorded musical performances. Holiday would have benefited greatly from such protection: During the more than twenty-five years of her career Holiday gave an unknown number of live performances on TV and radio and in clubs and concert halls, many of which were recorded both officially and unofficially by sound engineers, fellow musicians, and fans. Today ESP-Disk Records, which for many years has been assembling unofficial recordings of several artists from before 1972, has released one of the most comprehensive collections of live Billie Holiday recordings to date, some previously available but most not. These Holiday recordings, laid out in chronological order, not only demonstrate the arc of Holiday’s development as a vocalist but give a rare behind-the-scenes look into how the singer approached her musicians and her audience.

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