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| |  | Box Sets | Home » » Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia (1933-1944) | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | This box set earns the "deluxe" designation not only because of its handsome packaging, insightful essays by Holiday scholars, and testimonials from the likes of Tony Bennett, Sonny Rollins, and Etta James, but also because of the vastly improved remastered sound that makes Lady Day the definitive issue of Billie Holiday's pivotal 1930s and '40s Columbia/Vocalion/Brunswick/OKeh oeuvre. The sides here include epochal collaborations with Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Lester Young, Teddy Wilson, and others. Six-plus discs chronologically present 151 masters, with the rest of the 10 CDs' space given to alternate takes and radio air checks. It was during the early years of this period, of course, that Holiday quickly developed into one of the 20th century's vocal monuments. Her incisive way with lyric and melody, often deploying playfulness, wit, and pain in a single song, became a model for both many a female singer, as well as Frank Sinatra and Marvin Gaye. These are records to be endlessly replayed for many kinds of appreciation. Played end to end, they introduce ideals of groove and emotional expression that remain fresh and even startling many years on. Lady Day is not only a perfect example of how to reissue key material, but is an album that will stand as a beacon for veteran Holiday fans and for the new ones it will no doubt attract. --Rickey Wright | | | Product Details: | | | Audio CD Release Date:
| October 02, 2001 | | Studio:
| Sony | | Number Of Discs:
| 10 | | Format:
| Box set, Original recording remastered | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 20 reviews |
| | | Track Listing: | | | Disc: 1 | | | 1. | Your Mother's Son-In-Law | | 2. | Riffin' The Scotch | | 3. | I Wished On The Moon | | 4. | What A Little Moonlight Can Do | | 5. | Miss Brown To You | | 6. | A Sunbonnet Blue | | 7. | What A Night, What A Moon, What A Girl | | 8. | I'm Painting The Town Red | | 9. | It's Too Hot For Words | | 10. | Twenty-Four Hours A Day | | 11. | Yankee Doodle Never Went To Town | | 12. | Eeny Meeny Miney Mo | | 13. | If You Were Mine | | 14. | These 'N' That 'N' Those | | 15. | You Let Me Down | | 16. | Spreadin' Rhythm Around | | 17. | Life Begins When You're In Love | | 18. | It's Like Reaching For The Moon | | 19. | These Foolish Things | | 20. | I Cried For You | | 21. | Guess Who | | 22. | Did I Remember? | | 23. | No Regrets | | 24. | Summertime | | 25. | Billie's Blues | | | Disc: 2 | | | 1. | A Fine Romance | | 2. | I Can't Pretend | | 3. | One, Two, Button Your Shoe | | 4. | Let's Call A Heart A Heart | | 5. | Easy To Love | | 6. | With Thee I Swing | | 7. | The Way You Look Tonight | | 8. | Who Loves You? | | 9. | Pennies From Heaven | | 10. | That's Life I Guess | | 11. | I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Baby) | | 12. | One Never Knows, Does One? | | 13. | I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm | | 14. | If My Heart Could Only Talk | | 15. | Please Keep Me In Your Dreams | | 16. | He Ain't Got Rhythm | | 17. | This Year's Kisses | | 18. | Why Was I Born | | 19. | I Must Have That Man | | 20. | The Mood That I'm In | | 21. | You Showed Me The Way | | 22. | Sentimental And Melancholy | | 23. | My Last Affair | | | Disc: 3 | | | 1. | Carelessly | | 2. | How Could You? | | 3. | Moanin' Low | | 4. | Where Is The Sun? | | 5. | Let's Call The Whole Thing Off | | 6. | They Can't Take That Away From Me | | 7. | I Don't Know If I'm Coming Or Going | | 8. | Sun Showers | | 9. | Yours And Mine | | 10. | I'll Get By | | 11. | Mean To Me | | 12. | Foolin' Myself | | 13. | Easy Living | | 14. | I'll Never Be The Same | | 15. | Me, Myself And I | | 16. | A Sailboat In The Moonlight | | 17. | Born To Love | | 18. | Without Your Love | | 19. | Getting Some Fun Out Of Life | | 20. | Who Wants Love? | | 21. | Trav'lin' All Alone | | 22. | He's Funny That Way | | | Disc: 4 | | | 1. | Nice Work If You Can Get It | | 2. | Things Are Looking Up | | 3. | My Man | | 4. | Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man | | 5. | My First Impression Of You | | 6. | When You're Smiling | | 7. | I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me | | 8. | If Dreams Come True | | 9. | Now They Call It Swing | | 10. | On The Sentimental Side | | 11. | Back In Your Own Backyard | | 12. | When A Woman Loves A Man | | 13. | You Go To My Head | | 14. | The Moon Looks Down And Laughs | | 15. | If I Were You | | 16. | Forget If You Can | | 17. | Having Myself A Time | | 18. | Says My Heart | | 19. | I Wish I Had You | | 20. | I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away The Key) | | 21. | The Very Thought Of You | | 22. | I Can't Get Started | | 23. | I've Got A Date With A Dream | | 24. | You Can't Be Mine (And Someone Else's Too) | | | Disc: 5 | | | 1. | Everybody's Laughing | | 2. | Here It Is Tomorrow Again | | 3. | Say It With A Kiss | | 4. | April In My Heart | | 5. | I'll Never Fail You | | 6. | They Say | | 7. | You're So Desirable | | 8. | You're Gonna See A Lot Of Me | | 9. | Hello, My Darling | | 10. | Let's Dream In The Moonlight | | 11. | That's All I Ask Of You | | 12. | Dream Of Life | | 13. | What Shall I Say? | | 14. | It's Easy To Blame The Weather | | 15. | More Than You Know | | 16. | Sugar (That Sugar Baby O'mine) | | 17. | You're Too Lovely To Last | | 18. | Under A Blue Jungle Moon | | 19. | Everything Happens For The Best | | 20. | Why Did I Always Depend On You | | 21. | Long Gone Blues | | | Disc: 6 | | | 1. | Some Other Spring | | 2. | Our Love Is Different | | 3. | Them There Eyes | | 4. | Swing, Brother, Swing | | 5. | Night And Day | | 6. | The Man I Love | | 7. | You're Just A No Account | | 8. | You're A Lucky Guy | | 9. | Ghost Of Yesterday | | 10. | Body And Soul | | 11. | What Is This Going To Get Us? | | 12. | Falling In Love Again (Can't Help It) | | 13. | I'm Pulling Through | | 14. | Tell Me More And More, And Then Some | | 15. | Laughing At Life | | 16. | Time On My Hands | | 17. | I'm All For You | | 18. | I Hear Music | | 19. | The Same Old Story | | 20. | Practice Makes Perfect | | 21. | St. Louis Blues | | 22. | Loveless Love | | 23. | Let's Do It | | 24. | Georgia On My Mind | | | Disc: 7 | | | 1. | Romance In The Dark | | 2. | All Of Me | | 3. | I'm In A Low-Down Groove | | 4. | God Bless The Child | | 5. | Am I Blue? | | 6. | Solitude | | 7. | Jim | | 8. | I Cover The Waterfront | | 9. | Love Me Or Leave Me | | 10. | Gloomy Sunday | | 11. | Wherever You Are | | 12. | Mandy Is Two | | 13. | It's A Sin To Tell A Lie | | 14. | Until The Real Thing Comes Along | | 15. | Saddest Tale | | 16. | No Regrets | | 17. | The Way You Look Tonight | | 18. | Who Loves You? | | 19. | Pennies From Heaven | | 20. | That's Life I Guess | | 21. | They Can't Take That Away From Me | | 22. | I Don't Know If I'm Coming Or Going | | 23. | I'll Get By | | 24. | Mean To Me | | | Disc: 8 | | | 1. | Me, Myself And I | | 2. | Without Your Love | | 3. | They Can't Take That Away From Me | | 4. | Swing, Brother, Swing | | 5. | I Can't Get Started | | 6. | My First Impression Of You | | 7. | When You're Smiling | | 8. | I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me | | 9. | If Dreams Come True | | 10. | Now They Call It Swing | | 11. | On The Sentimental Side | | 12. | Back In Your Own Backyard | | 13. | You Go To My Head | | 14. | The Moon Looks Down And Laughs | | 15. | If I Were You | | 16. | Forget If You Can | | 17. | Having Myself A Time | | 18. | Says My Heart | | 19. | I Wish I Had You | | 20. | I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away The Key) | | 21. | I Can't Get Started | | 22. | I've Got A Date With A Dream | | | Disc: 9 | | | 1. | April In My Heart | | 2. | They Say | | 3. | You're So Desirable | | 4. | You're Gonna See A Lot Of Me | | 5. | Hello, My Darling | | 6. | Let's Dream In The Moonlight | | 7. | I Cried For You | | 8. | Jeepers Creepers | | 9. | That's All I Ask Of You | | 10. | More Than You Know | | 11. | You're Too Lovely To Last | | 12. | Under A Blue Jungle Moon | | 13. | Night And Day | | 14. | Falling In Love Again | | 15. | Laughing At Life | | 16. | I'm All For You | | 17. | I Hear Music | | 18. | The Same Old Story | | 19. | The Same Old Story | | 20. | Practice Makes Perfect | | 21. | Practice Makes Perfect | | 22. | Practice Makes Perfect | | | Disc: 10 | | | 1. | St. Louis Blues | | 2. | Loveless Love | | 3. | Let's Do It | | 4. | Georgia On My Mind | | 5. | Georgia On My Mind | | 6. | Romance In The Dark | | 7. | Romance In The Dark | | 8. | Romance In The Dark | | 9. | All Of Me | | 10. | All Of Me | | 11. | God Bless The Child | | 12. | God Bless The Child | | 13. | Am I Blue? | | 14. | Am I Blue? | | 15. | Jim | | 16. | Gloomy Sunday | | 17. | Wherever You Are | | 18. | Mandy Is Two | | 19. | It's A Sin To Tell A Lie | | 20. | It's A Sin To Tell A Lie | | 21. | Until The Real Thing Comes Along | | 22. | Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me/I'll Get By | | 23. | I Love My Man | |
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1 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Do Some ShoppingOct 24, 2009
I just bought this for an incredible bargain price
which I will not mention because apparently Amazon
pays someone to scan these and delete dollar amounts.
Suffice it to say, if you want to buy this -- same set,
genuine labeled Sony/Columbia discs, and I believe the same
documentation booklet -- in individual cardboard sleeves
all packed in a budget pasteboard box, check out
Lady Day:The Complete Columbia Golden Years.
Might show up in the "What People Bought After Viewing
This Page" section if you scroll down.
Why the major record labels keep screwing with us like this
is beyond me, but if you have been lusting after this
collection as have I, but just couldn't justify the
expense, here's your chance. Really.
Still Available New at Amazon.co.ukDec 25, 2007
I'm not going to add to what others have already said about this box set, except to say that it is well worth the money.
Just an FYI -- this set can still be bought new as of 12/24/07 at amazon.co.uk; that's where I bought my copy.
Cheers.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Belated review....Oct 10, 2007
Fantastic set except for the packaging, mine was falling apart the day I opened it.
6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
If there is a "must", this is itOct 12, 2005
I have listened to this music my whole life long, from the early 10"LPs on, and I already had 4 different reissues on CD of Lady Day OK & Columbia recordings, but - friends - what these guys have done is an incredible sound improvement, quite different from previous CDs & LPs. And the package is almost perfect, just like an old 78s album. Do not worry too much about what other friends have written, the sleeves beeing too tight and so on: you just have to be a little careful. Had I to stay on the famous lonely island, this is the jazz album I would need to have with me!
6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
ART!Jul 20, 2004
Giving this release less than 5 stars is just irresponsible. These sides are beyond critiscm, they are part of the legacy of the human spirit. Yes, there are cheaper imports, but those are rip offs. This time Columbia did a great job and they deserve your hard earned money. Of course, it would be nice that 10 copies of this were sent to every library in the country, I cant think of a better way to improve jazz apreciation in this country.
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