The Complete Billie Holiday On Verve 1945 - 1959

256 SONGS • 11 HOURS AND 58 MINUTES • MAR 09 1993

101

Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rowles & Artie Shapiro

00:42

102

01:01

103

The Nearness Of You

01:04

104

Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rowles & Artie Shapiro

00:27

105

It's Too Hot For Words

00:21

106

02:25

107

I Won't Believe It

00:20

108

I Don't Want To Cry Anymore (Take 1 / False Start)

00:30

109

I Don't Want To Cry Anymore (Take 2 / Master Take)

03:54

110

Studio Talk; Prelude To A Kiss #1

Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Benny Carter, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, John Simmons & Larry Bunker

00:14

111

Studio Talk; Prelude To A Kiss #2

Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Benny Carter, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, John Simmons & Larry Bunker

00:51

112

Prelude To A Kiss

05:33

113

I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You

04:27

114

When Your Lover Has Gone (Take 1)

00:49

115

Studio Talk; When Your Lover Has Gone

Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Benny Carter, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, John Simmons & Larry Bunker

01:00

116

Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Benny Carter, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, John Simmons & Larry Bunker

00:22

117

When Your Lover Has Gone (Take 2)

04:56

118

Gone With The Wind

03:23

119

Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Benny Carter, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, John Simmons & Larry Bunker

00:10

120

Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone

04:19

121

It Had To Be You

04:01

122

Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Benny Carter, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, John Simmons & Larry Bunker

00:08

123

Nice Work If You Can Get It

03:47

124

Come Rain Or Come Shine

04:23

125

I Got A Right To Sing The Blues

05:52

126

04:17

127

A Fine Romance (Take 1 / Incomplete)

00:47

128

A Fine Romance (Take 2 / Alternate)

02:44

129

A Fine Romance (Take 3 / False Start)

00:18

130

A Fine Romance (Take 4 Incomplete)

01:16

131

A Fine Romance (Take 5 Incomplete)

03:18

132

A Fine Romance (Take 6 / False Start)

00:26

133

A Fine Romance (Take 7 / Incomplete)

03:12

134

03:32

135

Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Benny Carter, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, John Simmons & Larry Bunker

00:06

136

I Hadn't Anyone Till You

04:03

137

I Get A Kick Out Of You

05:40

138

Everything I Have Is Yours ("Velvet Mood" Version)

04:30

139

Isn't This A Lovely Day?

04:12

140

Discussion; Misery

Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty

01:26

141

02:18

142

Misery (1956 Rehearsal)

04:39

143

Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty

01:16

144

I Must Have That Man! (1956 Rehearsal)

06:29

145

Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty

00:28

146

Strange Fruit (Rehearsal)

05:48

147

Discussion; God Bless The Child

Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty

05:51

148

Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty

01:16

149

God Bless The Child (Rehearsal 1)

03:15

150

God Bless The Child (Rehearsal 2)

01:08

151

Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty

00:34

152

God Bless The Child (Rehearsal 3)

03:35

153

One Never Knows, Does One? (Rehearsal 1)

02:07

154

Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty

02:00

155

Beer Barrel Polka (aka "Roll Out The Barrel")

01:19

156

Some Of These Days

01:03

157

A Yiddishe Momme (Rehearsal 1)

00:39

158

A Yiddishe Momme (Rehearsal 2)

02:16

159

Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty

00:42

160

Lady's Back In Town

02:36

161

Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty

04:32

162

Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty

01:13

163

One Never Knows, Does One? (Rehearsal 2)

02:39

164

Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty

01:19

165

01:54

166

03:08

167

I Must Have That Man!

03:04

168

Some Other Spring

03:36

169

Lady Sings The Blues

03:44

170

03:02

171

God Bless The Child

03:58

172

Good Morning Heartache

03:29

173

03:18

174

Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (1956 Version)

04:13

175

03:35

176

06:15

177

04:26

178

We'll Be Together Again

04:24

179

All Or Nothing At All

05:39

180

Sophisticated Lady

04:49

181

03:03

182

Reading From Lady Sings The Blues, Pt. 1 (Live At Carnegie Hall / 1956)

Gilbert Millstein

02:53

183

Lady Sings The Blues (Live At Carnegie Hall,1956)

02:38

184

Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do (Live At Carnegie Hall,1956)

02:31

185

Reading From Lady Sings The Blues, Pt. 2 (Live At Carnegie Hall / 1956) [feat. Gilbert Millstein]

Billie Holiday feat. Gilbert Millstein

00:45

186

Reading From Lady Sings The Blues, Pt. 3 (Live At Carnegie Hall / 1956)

Gilbert Millstein

02:06

187

Billie's Blues (Live At Carnegie Hall / 1956)

03:20

188

Body And Soul (Live At Carnegie Hall,1956)

02:39

189

Reading From Lady Sings The Blues, Pt. 4 (Live At Carnegie Hall / 1956)

Gilbert Millstein

00:55

190

Don't Explain (Live At Carnegie Hall / 1956)

02:26

191

Yesterdays (Live At Carnegie Hall,1956)

01:16

192

Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (Live At Carnegie Hall,1956)

01:43

193

I'll Be Seeing You (Live At Carnegie Hall,1956)

02:28

194

Reading From Lady Sings The Blues, Pt. 5 (Live At Carnegie Hall / 1956)

Gilbert Millstein

02:50

195

My Man (Live At Carnegie Hall,1956)

03:13

196

I Cried For You (Live At Carnegie Hall,1956)

03:09

197

Fine And Mellow (Live At Carnegie Hall,1956)

03:15

198

I Cover The Waterfront (Live At Carnegie Hall,1956)

03:46

199

What A Little Moonlight Can Do

02:49

200

I Wished On The Moon

03:25

201

Moonlight In Vermont

03:49

202

04:40

203

I Didn't Know What Time It Was

05:59

204

Just One Of Those Things (Take 7 - Incomplete Take)

00:25

205

Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Ben Webster, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, Red Mitchell & Alvin Stoller

00:47

206

Just One Of Those Things (Take 8 - Master Take)

05:31

207

Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Ben Webster, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, Red Mitchell & Alvin Stoller

00:29

208

Comes Love (Alternate Take 1)

03:58

209

Comes Love (False Start / Take 2)

00:36

210

Comes Love (False Start / Take 3)

00:20

211

Comes Love (Master Take 4)

04:00

212

06:47

213

Darn That Dream

06:19

214

03:48

215

06:22

216

Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Ben Webster, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, Red Mitchell & Alvin Stoller

00:45

217

Just Friends (Instrumental)

Harry "Sweets" Edison, Ben Webster, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, Alvin Stoller & Red Mitchell

06:26

218

Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Ben Webster, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, Red Mitchell & Alvin Stoller

00:16

219

Stars Fell On Alabama (Take 1 - Incomplete)

00:36

220

Stars Fell On Alabama

04:29

221

Studio Talk; Say It Isn't So

Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Ben Webster, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, Red Mitchell & Alvin Stoller

00:25

222

Say It Isn't So

03:16

223

Studio Talk; Our Love Is Here To Stay

Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Ben Webster, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, Red Mitchell & Alvin Stoller

00:25

224

Our Love Is Here To Stay

03:42

225

Studio Talk; One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)

Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Ben Webster, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, Red Mitchell & Alvin Stoller

00:28

226

One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) (Take 2 - Incomplete)

01:56

227

One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)

05:39

228

They Can't Take That Away From Me

04:10

229

Embraceable You

06:47

230

Let's Call The Whole Thing Off

03:24

231

Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You

05:38

232

Announcement By Willis Conover (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival/1957)

00:54

233

Announcement By Johnny Mercer (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival/1957)

00:42

234

Fanfare From Oh, Lady Be Good (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival/1957)

Mal Waldron, Joe Benjamin & Jo Jones

00:11

235

Nice Work If You Can Get It (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival,1957)

02:39

236

Willow Weep For Me (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival,1957)

03:08

237

My Man (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival,1957)

03:30

238

Lover, Come Back To Me (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival,1957)

02:06

239

Lady Sings The Blues (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival, 1957)

03:00

240

What A Little Moonlight Can Do (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival,1957)

02:54

241

Willis Conover Announcement (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival/1957)

00:19

242

Announcement By Leonard Feather (Live From Seven Ages Of Jazz Festival/1958)

Leonard Feather

00:47

243

I Wished On The Moon (Live From Seven Ages Of Jazz Festival/1958)

02:43

244

Lover Man (Live From Seven Ages Of Jazz Festival /1958)

03:01

245

Billie Holiday & Ray Ellis & His Orchestra

03:23

246

It's Not For Me To Say

02:26

247

I'll Never Smile Again

Billie Holiday & Ray Ellis & His Orchestra

03:23

248

Just One More Chance

Billie Holiday & Ray Ellis & His Orchestra

03:44

249

When It's Sleepy Time Down South [feat. Ray Ellis And His Orchestra]

Billie Holiday feat. Ray Ellis & His Orchestra

04:06

250

Don't Worry 'Bout Me

03:08

251

Sometimes I'm Happy

02:46

252

You Took Advantage Of Me [feat. Ray Ellis And His Orchestra]

Billie Holiday feat. Ray Ellis & His Orchestra

03:08

253

There'll Be Some Changes Made

02:52

254

02:14

255

02:31

256

Baby Won't You Please Come Home

03:04

℗ This Compilation 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc. © 1992 UMG Recordings Inc.