Billie Holiday Commodore Master Takes
Release date:
October 25, 2024
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180-gram black vinyl. The Commodore Master Takes offers an amazing overview of Billie Holiday's legendary Commodore sessions. These sessions, recorded between 1939 and 1944, are considered by many to be Holiday's finest recordings. The album opens with the impressive "Strange Fruit," which was considered too controversial for it's time by other labels and became part of these sessions. The album also includes classics such as "I'll Be Seeing You" and "As Time Goes By".
Tracklist:
- 1. Strange Fruit
- 2. Yesterdays
- 3. Fine and Mellow
- 4. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
- 5. How Am I to Know?
- 6. My Old Flame
- 7. I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)
- 8. I Cover the Waterfront
- 9. I'll Be Seeing You
- 10. I'm Yours
- 11. Embraceable You
- 12. As Time Goes By
- 13. He's Funny That Way
- 14. Lover, Come Back to Me
- 15. Billie's Blues
- 16. On the Sunny Side of the Street
