The Commodore Master Takes

by Billie Holiday

The Commodore Master Takes cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 8 February 2000
  • Label: Commodore
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 50:52
  • Community rating: 4.07/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A collection of Billie Holiday's complete master takes for Milt Gabler's Commodore label, from the 1939 and 1944 sessions. The 1939 date produced 'Strange Fruit', recorded for Commodore after Columbia declined the song, alongside 'Fine and Mellow' and the beginnings of her mature repertoire.

Genres

Descriptors: vocal, ballad, female-vocals, classic, ensemble

Tracklist

  1. Strange Fruit (3:10)
  2. Yesterdays (3:24)
  3. Fine And Mellow (3:15)
  4. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues (2:49)
  5. How Am I To Know? (2:44)
  6. My Old Flame (3:02)
  7. I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You) (2:58)
  8. I Cover The Waterfront (3:36)
  9. I'll Be Seeing You (3:30)
  10. I'm Yours (3:16)
  11. Embraceable You (3:15)
  12. As Time Goes By (3:12)
  13. He's Funny That Way (1944 Version) (3:15)
  14. Lover, Come Back To Me (3:15)
  15. Billie's Blues (3:06)
  16. On The Sunny Side Of The Street (3:05)

Credits

  • Billie Holiday - primary artist, vocals
  • Steve Backer - music director [series]
  • Steven Lasker - transferred by [disc-to-digital], restoration [cedar]
  • Frank Driggs Collection - cover, photography by [outside inlay]
  • Orrin Keepnews - producer [reissue], liner notes
  • Hollis King - art direction
  • JoDee Stringham - graphic design
  • Erick Labson - mastered by [digital]
  • Jeff Willens - mastered by [digital]
  • Charles Peterson - photography by [cd label and inside inlay]
  • Milt Gabler - producer [original recordings]

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