The Complete Commodore Recordings (reissue, remastered)

~ Release by Billie Holiday (see all versions of this release, 5 available)

Annotation

CD2, 22: Billie Holiday (vcl) with Artie Shaw and His Orchestra.
New York, July 24, 1938.
Studio recording for RCA Victor.

CD2, 23: Billie Holiday (vcl) with Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra.
Los Angeles, June 12, 1942.
Studio recording for Capitol Records.

20 page booklet

Matrix / Runout: CA 99149D1@
Matrix / Runout: CA 99149D2@
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L039

Tracklist

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1▼CD
#TitleLength
1Strange Fruit
3:18
2Yesterdays
recording of:
Yesterdays
lyricist:
Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc.
part of:
Roberta
3:31
3Fine and Mellow
recording of:
Fine and Mellow
lyricist and composer:
Billie Holiday
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co.
3:22
4I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
recording of:
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1932)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1932)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc.
2:55
5Strange Fruit (Alt. take)
3:25
6Yesterdays (Alt. take)
3:05
7I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues (Alt. take)
2:56
8How Am I to Know?
recording of:
How Am I to Know?
lyricist:
Dorothy Parker
composer:
Jackie King
publisher:
Robbins Music
2:35
9My Old Flame
recording of:
My Old Flame
lyricist:
Sam Coslow
composer:
Arthur Johnston
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation
3:26
10I'll Get By
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1937-05-01)
recording of:
I’ll Get by (as Long as I Have You) (on 1937-05-11)
lyricist:
Roy Turk
composer:
Fred Ahlert
3:05
11I Cover the Waterfront
vocals:
Billie Holiday
part of:
V Disc (number: VP 1621 (1))
recording of:
I Cover the Waterfront
lyricist:
Edward Heyman
composer:
Johnny Green and Edward Heyman
publisher:
Harms, Inc. and Warner Bros., Inc.
3:56
12How Am I to Know? (Alt. take 1)
2:41
13How Am I to Know? (Alt. take 2)
2:44
14How Am I to Know? (Alt. take 3)
2:51
15My Old Flame (Alt. take 1)
3:11
16My Old Flame (Alt. take 2)
3:17
17My Old Flame (Alt. take 3)
3:09
18I'll Get By (Alt. take)
3:05
19I Cover the Waterfront (Alt. take 1)
3:49
20I Cover the Waterfront (Alt. take 2)
3:28
21I Cover the Waterfront (Alt. take 3)
3:37
22I'll Be Seeing You
recording of:
I’ll Be Seeing You
lyricist:
Irving Kahal (in 1938)
composer:
Sammy Fain (in 1938)
publisher:
Fain Music, New Irving Kahal Music and Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィック音楽出版 (until 2014-12-31), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31), フジパシフィックミュージック (from 2015-01-01 to present) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (from 2017-04-01 to present)
3:37
23I'll Be Seeing You (Alt. take 1)
3:44
24I'll Be Seeing You (Alt. take 2)
3:28
2▼CD
#TitleLength
1I'm Yours
3:23
2Embraceable You
recording of:
Embraceable You
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1928)
composer:
George Gershwin (in 1928)
publisher:
Ira Gershwin Music, New World Music, New World Music Corp., Warner Bros. Music Corp., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd., WB Music Corp. (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 until 2024-01-01)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
3:22
3As Time Goes By
recording of:
As Time Goes By (the song from “Casablanca”)
lyricist and composer:
Herman Hupfeld
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (ended), Chappell, Redwood Music, Redwood Music Ltd., Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and Warner Bros., Inc. (in 1931)
sub-publisher:
香港商華納音樂出版有限公司台灣分公司
part of:
Casablanca (original soundtrack of the 1942 American film)
3:19
4I'm Yours (Alt. take 1)
3:18
5I'm Yours (Alt. take 2)
3:30
6As Time Goes By (Alt. take)
3:20
7Embraceable You (Alt. take 1)
3:19
8Embraceable You (Alt. take 2)
3:21
9He's Funny That Way
3:22
10Lover Come Back to Me
3:27
11I Love My Man (aka Billie's Blues)
3:14
12On the Sunny Side of the Street
recording of:
On the Sunny Side of the Street
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields
composer:
Jimmy McHugh
publisher:
Cotton Club Publishing, EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd., Memory Lane Music Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部
part of:
American Splendor
3:09
13He's Funny That Way (Alt. take 1)
3:10
14He's Funny That Way (Alt. take 2)
3:09
15He's Funny That Way (Alt. take 3)
3:22
16He's Funny That Way (Alt. take 4)
3:39
17Lover Come Back to Me (Alt. take 1)
3:30
18Lover Come Back to Me (Alt. take 2)
3:21
19Lover Come Back to Me (Alt. take 3)
3:22
20I Love My Man (aka Billie's Blues) (Alt. take 1)
3:35
21I Love My Man (aka Billie's Blues) (Alt. take 1)
3:00
22Any Old Time
recording of:
Any Old Time (Jazz Song - "any old time you want me...")
composer:
Artie Shaw
publisher:
Lincoln Music Corp
3:16
23Trav'Lin Light
recording of:
Trav’lin’ Light
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1942)
composer:
Jimmy Mundy (in 1942) and Trummy Young (in 1942)
publisher:
Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc., Commander Publishing, Music Sales Corporation, Rytvoc, Inc. and WB Music Corp.
3:18