Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. I Wished on the Moon
2. What a Little Moonlight Can Do
3. Miss Brown to You
4. If You Were Mine
5. You Let Me Down
6. Spreadin' Rhythm Around
7. Life Begins When You're in Love
8. It's Like Reaching For the Moon
9. These Foolish Things
10. I Cried For You
11. Did I Remember
12. No Regrets
13. Summertime
14. Billie's Blues
15. Fine Romance, A
16. One, Two, Button Your Shoe
17. Easy to Love
18. Way You Look Tonight, The
19. Pennies From Heaven
DISC 2:
1. That's Life I Guess
2. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
3. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
4. He Ain't Got Rhythm
5. This Year's Kisses
6. Why Was I Born?
7. I Must Have That Man
8. Mood That I'm In, The
9. You Showed Me the Way
10. My Last Affair
11. Moanin' Low
12. Where Is the Sun?
13. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
14. They Can't Take That Away From Me
15. I Don't Know If I'm Comin' or Goin'
16. I'll Get By
17. Mean to Me
18. Foolin' Myself
19. Easy Livin'
20. I'll Never Be the Same
DISC 3:
1. My, Myself and I
2. Sailboat in the Moonlight, A
3. Without Your Love
4. Travlin' All Alone
5. He's Funny That Way
6. Nice Work If You Can Get It
7. Things Are Looking Up
8. My Man
9. Can't Help Lovin' That Man
10. When You're Smiling
11. On the Sentimental Side
12. When a Woman Loves a Man
13. You Got to My Head
14. I'm Gonna Lock My Heart
15. Very Thought of You, The
16. I Can't Get Started
17. More Than You Know
18. Sugar
19. Long Gone Blues
20. Some Other Spring
DISC 4:
1. Them There Eyes
2. Swing, Brother, Swing
3. Night and Day
4. Man I Love, The
5. Body and Soul
6. Falling in Love Again
7. Laughing at Life
8. Time on My Hands
9. St. Louis Blues
10. Loveless Love
11. Let's Do It
12. Georgia on My Mind
13. All of Me
14. God Bless the Child
15. Am I Blue
16. I Cover the Waterfront
17. Love Me or Leave Me
18. Gloomy Sunday
19. It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
20. Until the Real Thing Comes Along
| Details | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Jazz completists and Billie Holiday aficionados will want to seek out 2001's 10-CD compendium LADY DAY: THE COMPLETE BILLIE HOLIDAY ON COLUMBIA, which covers the legendary singer's entire output on Columbia between 1933 and 1944. Yet that set's price, length, and content (four of the 10 discs are alternate takes) can prove a bit much for even devoted Holiday fans, which is what makes LADY DAY: THE MASTER TAKES AND SINGLES the perfect alternative.
THE MASTER TAKES boils down Holiday's Columbia output to four discs, skimming the cream from the 10-disc set for a listening experience that represents the absolute best from her essential work of the '30s and '40s. Arranged chronologically, the tracks have been remastered for crystalline sound, and the meticulous liner notes and lovely packaging are icing on the cake. The artist's work on Decca, Verve, and other labels will need to be sought elsewhere, but for a definitive collection of her Columbia material (which is generally acclaimed as her finest), THE MASTER TAKES AND SINGLES is unbeatable.
Editorial Reviews
[The songs] highlight the singer's formative years....Backed by some of the greatest jazz musicians...
Dirty Linen
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