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Billie Holiday
Collection: Quintessential 1 2 & 3 (Rpkg) (Slip)
Genres: Blues, Jazz, Pop, Classic Rock, Broadway & Vocalists

Track Listings (18) - Disc #1
1. I Wished on the Moon - Billie Holiday, Parker, Dorothy
2. What a Little Moonlight Can Do - Billie Holiday, Woods, H.
3. Miss Brown to You - Billie Holiday, Rainger, R.
4. If You Were Mine - Billie Holiday, Malneck, M.
5. These 'n' That 'n' Those - Billie Holiday, Fairchild, E.
6. You Let Me Down - Billie Holiday, Dubin, A.
7. Life Begins When You're in Love - Billie Holiday, Brown, L.
8. It's Like Reaching for the Moon - Billie Holiday, Lewis, A.
9. These Foolish Things - Billie Holiday, Marvell, Holt
10. I Cried for You - Billie Holiday, Arnheim, G.
11. Did I Remember? - Billie Holiday, Adamson, H.
12. Summertime - Billie Holiday, Gershwin, George
13. Billie's Blues - Billie Holiday, Holiday, Billie
14. A Fine Romance - Billie Holiday, Fields, D.
15. One, Two, Button Your Shoe - Billie Holiday, Burke, J.
16. Easy to Love - Billie Holiday, Porter, C.
17. The Way You Look Tonight - Billie Holiday, Fields, D.
18. Pennies from Heaven - Billie Holiday, Burke, J.
Track Listings (18) - Disc #2
1. That's Life I Guess - Billie Holiday, DeRose, P.
2. I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Billie Holiday, Fields, D.
3. He Ain't Got Rhythm - Billie Holiday, Berlin, I.
4. This Year's Kisses - Billie Holiday, Berlin, Irving
5. Why Was I Born? - Billie Holiday, Hammerstein, O. II
6. I Must Have That Man - Billie Holiday, Fields, D.
7. My Last Affair - Billie Holiday, Johnson, Haven
8. Moanin' Low - Billie Holiday, Deitz, H.
9. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off - Billie Holiday, Gershwin, G.
10. They Can't Take That Away from Me - Billie Holiday, Gershwin, George
11. I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You) - Billie Holiday, Ahlert, Fred E.
12. Mean to Me - Billie Holiday, Ahlert, F.E.
13. Foolin' Myself - Billie Holiday, Lawrence, J.
14. Easy Living - Billie Holiday, Rainger, R.
15. I'll Never Be the Same - Billie Holiday, Kahn, Gus
16. Without Your Love - Billie Holiday, Lange, J.
17. Who Wants Love? - Billie Holiday, Kahn, G.
18. Trav'lin' All Alone - Billie Holiday, Johnson, J.C. [Comp
Track Listings (18) - Disc #3
1. He's Funny That Way - Billie Holiday, Moret, N.
2. Nice Work If You Can Get It - Billie Holiday, Gershwin, G.
3. Things Are Looking Up - Billie Holiday, Gershwin, George
4. My Man - Billie Holiday, Charles, Jacques
5. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man - Billie Holiday, Hammerstein, O. II
6. When You're Smiling - Billie Holiday, Fisher, M.
7. I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me - Billie Holiday, Gaskill, C.
8. When a Woman Loves a Man - Billie Holiday, Hanighen, B.
9. You Go to My Head - Billie Holiday, Coots, J.F.
10. I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away the Key) - Billie Holiday, Eaton, Jimmy
11. The Very Thought of You - Billie Holiday, Noble, R.
12. I Can't Get Started - Billie Holiday, Duke, V.
13. I've Got a Date with a Dream - Billie Holiday, Gordon, M.
14. Long Gone Blues - Billie Holiday, Holiday, Billie
15. Some Other Spring - Billie Holiday, Herzog, Arthur Jr.
16. Them There Eyes - Billie Holiday, Pinkard, Maceo
17. Swing! Brother, Swing! - Billie Holiday, Bishop, Walter Sr.
18. Night and Day - Billie Holiday, Porter, C.

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CD Details

All Artists: Billie Holiday
Title: Collection: Quintessential 1 2 & 3 (Rpkg) (Slip)
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Sony
Release Date: 5/31/2005
Genres: Blues, Jazz, Pop, Classic Rock, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Vocal Blues, Traditional Blues, Swing Jazz, Traditional Jazz & Ragtime, Vocal Jazz, Oldies, Vocal Pop, Traditional Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 3
SwapaCD Credits: 3
UPC: 827969446324

CD Reviews

Budget repackaging...

M. McM | Los Angeles, CA | 06/14/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Sony (or Columbia/Legacy) has repackaged their catalog numerous times; THE BILLIE HOLIDAY COLLECTION is another installment in their recent 'COLLECTION' series, which repackages three previously released CD's from the same artist into a 'box set,' marked down at a reduced price.

In the case of THE BILLIE HOLIDAY COLLECTION, the three previously released CD's repackaged by Sony are: THE BILLIE HOLIDAY COLLECTION VOL. 1 (2003), THE BILLIE HOLIDAY COLLECTION VOL. 2 (2003), and THE BILLIE HOLIDAY COLLECTION VOL. 3 (2003).

All three CD's are available separately, but you might save a few dollars purchasing them this way. Digital clones from the comprehensive LADY DAY: THE COMPLETE BILLIE HOLIDAY ON COLUMBIA box set were used for this set, so the sound quality is the same.

These are some of the best recordings made in Billie's career: her singing on her later Verve recordings is better, and she was saddled with some pretty bad songs during her years at Columbia, but new listeners may prefer the youthful voice of these recordings, and the instrumental backing here gets the edge, particularly those with Teddy Wilson (on piano) and Lester Young (on tenor saxophone) who compliments Billie beautifully.

These aren't great compilations, but they're still pretty good, hitting most of the highlights of her early Columbia recordings. It's not perfect either, but the two-disc set LADY DAY: THE BEST OF BILLIE HOLIDAY is a better introduction, and if you can get it for less money, I'd get it."