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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