Holiday,Billie Rare Live Recordings 1935-1959 CD

In 1972, thirteen years after her death, Congress extended copyright protections to include recorded musical performances. Billie Holiday would have benefited greatly from such protection: during the more than twenty-five years of her career, Holiday gave an unknown number of live performances on TV & Radio and in clubs & concert halls, many of which were recorded both officially and unofficially by sound engineers, fellow musicians and fans. Today, ESP-Disck, which for many years has been assembling unofficial recordings of several artists from before 1972, has released one of the most comprehensive collections of live Billie Holiday recordings to date, some previously available but most not. These recordings, laid out in chronological order, not only demonstrate the arc of Holiday's development as a vocalist but give a rare behind-the-scenes look into how the singer approached her musicians and her audience. The first disc of this compilation opens with a twenty-year-old Billie Holiday performing with Duke Ellington in 1935, followed by a radio broadcast from the Savoy Hotel in New York two years later in which Holiday fronts the Count Basie Orchestra. The next four discs cover Holiday's career from 1949 to her death in 1959.

1. Lost My Man Blues 2. Theme: Moten Swing 3. Announcer Introduction 4. Swing Brother Swing 5. Announcer Introduction 6. They Can't Take That Away from Me 7. I Cried for You 8. Fine and Mellow 9. Announcer Introduction 10. I'll Get By 11. Billie's Blues 12. Do Nothin' 'Til You Hear from Me 13. Danny Kaye Introduces Jerome Kern, Who Presents Billie with Her Award 14. I Cover the Waterfront 15. Fine and Mellow 16. All of Me 17. Endy Gets Caught Playing Piano 18. Endy Goes to Storyville 19. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans 20. Satchmo Talks 21. Farewell to Storyville 22. Farewell to Storyville: Studio Version 23. The Blues Are Brewin': Studio Version 24. The Man I Love 25. Miss Brown to You 26. Lover Man 27. I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone 28. Billie's Blues 29. No More 30. Good Morning Heartache 31. You're Driving Me Crazy 32. Maybe You'll Be There 33. Introduction By Donald Wood 34. You'd Better Go Now 35. Them There Eyes 36. Lady Day and Eddie Condon Speak 37. Keeps on Rainin' 38. Lady Day and Eddie Condon Speak 39. Lover Man (Incomplete) 40. I Cover the Waterfront 41. All of Me 42. Narration/Early History 43. Fine and Mellow 44. Porgy 45. Jam Session Introduction 46. All of Me 47. You're My Thrill 48. Lover Come Back to Me 49. Ain't Nobody's Business 50. You're Driving Me Crazy 51. He's Funny That Way 52. Miss Brown to You 53. Lover Man 54. Them There Eyes 55. My Man 56. I Cover the Waterfront 57. Crazy He Calls Me 58. Detour Ahead 59. Strange Fruit 60. Ain't Nobody's Business 61. All of Me 62. Porgy 63. My Man 64. Tenderly 65. God Bless the Child 66. My Man 67. Them There Eyes 68. Lover Man 69. Willow Weep for Me 70. I Only Have Eyes for You 71. My Man 72. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone 73. Jon McCloughland: Introduction 74. I Cover the Waterfront 75. Too Marvelous for Words 76. Porgy 77. Them There Eyes 78. Willow Weep for Me 79. I Only Have Eyes for You 80. You Go to My Head 81. Stormy Weather 82. Ghost of a Chance 83. Nice Work If You Can Get It 84. God Bless the Child 85. Please, Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone 86. Don't Explain 87. Porgy 88. Fine and Mellow 89. What a Little Moonlight Can Do 90. Foolin' Myself 91. Easy to Remember 92. Moanin' Low 93. Don't Explain 94. When Your Lover Has Gone 95. Mort Saul: Introduction 96. Ain't Nobody's Business 97. Willow Weep for Me 98. When Your Lover Has Gone 99. God Bless the Child 100. I Only Have Eyes for You 101. Good Morning Heartache 102. Them There Eyes 103. Billie's Blues 104. What a Little Moonlight Can Do 105. Travelin' Light 106. Lover Come Back to Me 107. I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good 108. Lady Day Speaks: Early History 109. Just Friends 110. Lady Day Speaks: The Number 13 111. Ghost of a Chance 112. Please, Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone: 1 113. Everything Happens to Me 114. Please, Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone: 2 115. I Don't to Cry Anymore 116. Prelude to a Kiss 117. Jeepers Creepers 118. My Yiddishe Mama 119. Hey! Lady's Here 120. God Bless the Child 121. Introduction 122. Nice Work If You Can Get It 123. Willow Weep for Me 124. When Your Lover Has Gone 125. Billie's Blues 126. Please, Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone 127. God Bless the Child 128. Now or Never 129. Untitled Track