Billie Holiday – Stormy Blues (2xLP, Comp, Pit) (Very Good Plus (VG+))

Media Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)

Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)

Location: WAREHOUSE JAZZ H

Cover has some very light shelf/ring wear, disc is beautiful apart from a small cluster of marks on track D1 that catch the fingernail. Nice EX copy!

Notes:

Label variation: Polydor logo at bottom of labels.

Issued in gatefold jacket.

Billie’s 1954 and 1955 recordings with Benny Carter, Jimmy Rowles, Tony Scott, Harry Edison, Chico Hamilton and others; includes previously unreleased performances of “Softly” and “P.S. I Love You.”

Tracks A1 to A7 recorded in Los Angeles, September 3, 1954.
Tracks A8 to B5 recorded in New York City, February 14, 1955.
Tracks C1 to D5 recorded in Los Angeles, August 23-25, 1955.

Most of the material on this album was previously released on these Verve albums of Billie Holiday: [m=190219], [m=443585], [url=/Billie-Holiday-Music-For-Torching-With-Billie-Holiday/master/349129]Music For Torching[/url], and [m=516343].

Track D3 title on labels: Nice Work If You Can Get It “Damsel In Distress”

Previously released on Verve albums V-8099, V-8032, V-8026 and V-8096

Track cat. #s:
A1: 1932-6
A4: 1935-3
A5: 1936-2
A6: 1937-1
A7: 1938-3
B1: 2277-3
B2: 2278-2
B4: 2280-2
C1: 2275-5
C2: 2438-2
C4: 2440-1
C5: 2441-3
C6: 2442-4
D1: 2443-2
D2: 2444-1
D3: 2445-5
D4: 2446-3
D5: 2447-1

A1. Too Marvelous For Words 2:14
A2. P.S. I Love You 3:34
A3. Softly 2:55
A4. I Thought About You 2:50
A5. Love Me Or Leave Me 2:45
A6. Willow Weep For Me 2:55
A7. Stormy Blues 3:24
A8. Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me 5:00
B1. Always 3:44
B2. Everything Happens To Me 6:26
B3. I Wished On The Moon 6:50
B4. Ain’t Misbehavin’ (I’m Savin’ My Love For You) 4:43
B5. Say It Isn’t So 3:58
C1. I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm 3:56
C2. I Don’t Want To Cry Anymore 3:55
C3. Prelude To A Kiss 5:29
C4. I Don’t Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You 4:27
C5. When Your Lover Has Gone 4:58
C6. Gone With The Wind 3:23
D1. Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone 4:25
D2. It Had To Be You 3:58
D3. Nice Work If You Can Get It 3:50
D4. Come Rain Or Come Shine 4:23
D5. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues 5:49

 

 

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Record Company Polydor Incorporated
Record Company PolyGram
Manufactured By Polydor
Marketed By Polydor
Manufactured By Polydor Incorporated
Marketed By Polydor Incorporated
Phonographic Copyright (p) Polydor Incorporated
Copyright (c) Polydor Incorporated
Mastered At Masterdisk
Lacquer Cut At Masterdisk
Pressed By Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman

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