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| | The Ultimate Collection | | | Music Artist : | | Billie Holiday | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Hip-O Records | | Release Date : | | 2005-04-05 | | Store Price : | | $39.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $24.97 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Miss Brown to You - Billie Holiday, , Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra
2. What a Little Moonlight Can Do
3. I Cried for You
4. Mean to Me
5. Strange Fruit
6. Fine and Mellow
7. God Bless the Child
8. Trav'lin' Light - Billie Holiday, , Paul Whiteman Orchestra
9. My Old Flame
10. I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)
11. Billie's Blues
12. He's Funny That Way
13. Lover Man
14. Don't Explain
15. Good Morning Heartache
16. No Good Man
17. Blues Are Brewin'
18. Solitude
19. Easy Living
20. I Loves You Porgy
21. My Man (Mon Homme)
22. 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness if I Do
Disc 21. Them There Eyes
2. You Can't Lose a Broken Heart - Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday
3. You're My Thrill
4. Crazy He Calls Me
5. Detour Ahead
6. These Foolish Things
7. You Go to My Head
8. Love Me or Leave Me
9. Willow Weep for Me
10. I Thought About You
11. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
12. Come Rain or Come Shine
13. It Had to Be You
14. What's New?
15. Lady Sings the Blues
16. I Cover the Waterfront [Live]
17. Body and Soul
18. But Not for Me
19. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)
20. I'm a Fool to Want You
Disc 31. Saddest Tale [DVD]
2. Blues Are Brewin' [DVD] - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra, Billie Holiday
3. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans [DVD] - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra, Billie Holiday
4. My Man (Mon Homme) [DVD]
5. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone [DVD]
6. Billie's Blues [DVD]
7. Fine and Mellow [DVD]
8. What a Little Moonlight Can Do [DVD]
9. St. Louis Blues [DVD] - Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith
10. I Cover the Waterfront [DVD]
11. Swing! Brother, Swing! [DVD Audio]
12. They Can't Take That Away from Me [DVD Audio]
13. Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me [DVD Audio] - All Star Jam Band, Billie Holiday
14. I'll Get By [DVD Audio] - All Star Jam Band, Billie Holiday
15. I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone [DVD Audio] - Billie Holiday, Red Norvo & His Orchestra
16. Jeepers Creepers [DVD Audio] - Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rowles
17. Bonus Materials [DVD][*]
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 ***REMASTERING*** Makes These Songs Sound ***GREAT***
Submitted on: 2008-12-06 |
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I'm so glad I decided to get the BILLIE HOLIDAY: THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION SET!
The 2-CDs contain all of Billie's standards like "Strange Fruit," "Fine & Mellow," "Lover Man," and "Lady Sings The Blues," plus many more, and they all sound wonderful! Hip-O, Universal and Verve have done a fantastic job remastering these songs. They all sound crisp and clear! I remember I had an old cassette tape of Billie's and a CD and the songs sounded murky and fuzzy and that kept me from enjoying them to its fullest.
Well, this set solves that problem. There are a few instances where Holiday's voice blares on some of the tracks on CD one and there's some hiss, but that's probably from the source masters and can't be helped.
As I get older, I've come to appreciate Billie Holiday even more. Sure she doesn't have the power and vocal range of Barbra Streisand and she might not be able to whoop and holler like Aretha Franklin or Chaka Khan, but there's something familiar in Billie's voice that makes you feel all right. Like an old classic pair of shoes, Billie Holiday's music is always stylish and comfortable. Timeless.
This set includes 2-CDs, 1-DVD and a 23-page booklet filled with pictures and bio/song information written by Ashley Kahn (author Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece).
Here's further details on the DVD, there's a video and an audio section:
***VIDEO PERFORMANCES (45:00+ Minutes/"Play All" or "Select Song" Feature) = Seven performances by Billie and one each of Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong. These were filmed at various times and although there are some dust and scratches, the quality looks pretty good so they really cleaned it up.
BILLIE'S PERFORMANCES
1. Saddest Tale
2. The Blues Are Brewin'
3. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
4. My Man (Mon Homme)*
5. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
6. Billie's Blues
7. Fine And Mellow
8. What A Little Moonlight Can Do
*Note: the DVD video tracks listed in the booklet are in the wrong order 4,5,6 should be 5,6,4.
9. St. Louis Blues - Bessie Smith
10. I Cover The WaterFront - Louis Armstrong
***AUDIO ONLY PERFORMANCES (13:35-Minutes/"Play All" or "Select Song" Feature)5-Songs play over still graphic of song and band credits
1. Swing! Brother, Swing!
2. They Can't Take That Away From Me
3. Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
4. I'll Get By
5. I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone
***INTERVIEW WITH BILLIE (15:04-Minutes) 1-Audio only interview with Mike Wallace
***AUDIO REHEARSAL (8:56-Minutes) 1-Audio only of Billie rehearsing with Jimmy Rowles in 1955. This has some funny dialogue in between the song rehearsal as Billie starts chattering away about people and telling stories. Really shows off her character.
Other stuff on the DVD include audio interviews with musicians and people who knew or worked with Bille; Time Line Photo Gallery; and Recording history info.
This is probably the only Billie Holiday set you need to own. It has all the Holiday standards and sounds wonderful! This would make a great starter or intro set to someone who only knows Billie through Diana Ross's movie Lady Sings the Blues. |
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excellent collection - video clips are a nice touch
Submitted on: 2007-12-28 |
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| This is a lovely collection of Ms. Holiday's finest. My dad wanted a copy of the 20th Century Masters Collection I have of hers and since Christmas was coming up, I decided to buy him his own copy of the disc rather than just burning him a copy. I came to [...] and looked for that disc, but saw a ad for this one - this not only had all of the songs on the other album, but a whole other CD worth, too! Plus, it has a great DVD full of concert clips and interviews. My dad was stoked when he got his present and has been listening to it nonstop for a few days now :) |
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 Rip-Off
Submitted on: 2007-11-01 |
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| The Ultimate Collection This one is a rip-off. There are not enough songs on the CD and they try to compensate by sending a DVD which freezes all over the place. Buy Lady Day instead which has tons of her songs and is a superb value. |
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 A few good songs
Submitted on: 2007-03-26 |
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| There are some good songs on this collection. Overall a good Billie Holiday presentation. Also descent quality. |
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A Collector's Must Have
Submitted on: 2007-02-19 |
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| If you are addicted to the music and sound of Lady Day, then you must include this collection in your music porfolio. One can never get too much of Holiday. |
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