8436559465137

The Golden Years

Billie Holiday

Regular
£13.99
Sale
£13.99
Regular
Out of Stock
Unit Price
per 

Format: 2CD

Cat No: 27378

Release Date:  01 May 2018

Label:  Poll Winner Records

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  8436559465137

Genres:  Jazz  Vocal Jazz  

  • Description

    Discovered by jazz produced John Hammond, Billie Holiday recorded her first two sides for the Columbia label in 1933, backed by an all-star group including Jack Teagarden and Benny Goodman. However, her recording career really started two years later, and from 1935 to 1941 she made for the same label an outstanding series of sessions backed by small groups of first-rate swing musicians, most of them conducted by pianist Teddy Wilson and featuring Lester Young on tenor sax.

    Originally released as a triple LP set in 1962, only three years after the singer's untimely death, "The Golden Years" (Columbia C3L-21) puts together 48 of Billie's best performances from that glorious period, selected by well-known record producer and historian Frank Driggs. Four extra songs from the same sessions not included on the original set have been added here as a bonus. Includes a 20-page booklet.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Your Mother's Son-In-Law
      • 2. Riffin' The Scotch
      • 3. Them There Eyes
      • 4. These Foolish Things
      • 5. Did I Remember?
      • 6. No Regrets
      • 7. A Fine Romance
      • 8. Easy To Love
      • 9. The Way You Look Tonight
      • 10. Pennies From Heaven
      • 11. That's Life I Guess
      • 12. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
      • 13. This Year's Kisses
      • 14. Why Was I Born?
      • 15. The Mood That I'm In
      • 16. I'll Never Be The Same
      • 17. Without Your Love
      • 18. Swing! Brother, Swing!
      • 19. They Can't Take That Away From Me
      • 20. Getting Some Fun Out Of Life
      • 21. Trav'lin' All Alone
      • 22. When You're Smiling
      • 23. If Dreams Come True
      • 24. I Can't Get Started
      • 25. Back In Your Own Back Yard
      • 26. On The Sentimental Side

      Disc 2

      • 1. When A Woman Loves A Man
      • 2. You Go To My Head
      • 3. The Very Thought Of You
      • 4. That's All I Ask Of You
      • 5. Dream Of Life
      • 6. Long Gone Blues
      • 7. Some Other Spring
      • 8. The Man I Love
      • 9. Ghost Of Yesterday
      • 10. Body And Soul
      • 11. I'm Pulling Through
      • 12. Tell Me More
      • 13. Laughing At Life
      • 14. Time On My Hands
      • 15. Georgia On My Mind
      • 16. Romance In The Dark
      • 17. All Of Me
      • 18. God Bless The Child
      • 19. Am I Blue?
      • 20. I Cover The Waterfront
      • 21. Love Me Or Leave Me
      • 22. Gloomy Sunday
      • 23. Jim
      • 24. Mandy Is Two
      • 25. It´s A Sin To Tell A Lie
      • 26. Until The Real Thing Comes Along