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The Ultimate Collection | 
 enlarge | Artist: Billie Holiday
Label: Hip-O Records
Category: Music
List Price: $39.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 50102
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.5 x 0.9
MPN: 000391800
UPC: 075021034006
EAN: 0075021034006
ASIN: B0007X9U2Y
Release Date: April 5, 2005
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Condition: NEW & FACTORY SEALED! Same-day shipment via FIRST CLASS up to 11pm CDT! Enjoy the music in 3 business days.
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Miss Brown to You - Billie Holiday, Robin, Leo | | • | What a Little Moonlight Can Do - Billie Holiday, Woods, Harry | | • | I Cried for You - Billie Holiday, Freed, Arthur | | • | Mean to Me - Billie Holiday, Ahlert, Fred E. | | • | Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday, Allen, L. | | • | Fine and Mellow - Billie Holiday, Holiday, Billie | | • | God Bless the Child - Billie Holiday, Holiday, Billie | | • | Trav'lin' Light - Billie Holiday, Young, Trummy | | • | My Old Flame - Billie Holiday, Johnston, Arthur | | • | I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You) - Billie Holiday, Ahlert, Fred E. | | • | Billie's Blues - Billie Holiday, Holiday, Billie | | • | He's Funny That Way - Billie Holiday, Moret, Neil | | • | Lover Man - Billie Holiday, Davis, Jimmy | | • | Don't Explain - Billie Holiday, Holiday, Billie | | • | Good Morning Heartache - Billie Holiday, Higginbotham, Irene | | • | No Good Man - Billie Holiday, Higginbotham, Irene | | • | The Blues Are Brewin' - Billie Holiday, Alter, Louis | | • | Solitude - Billie Holiday, Ellington, Duke | | • | Easy Living - Billie Holiday, Robin, Leo | | • | I Loves You Porgy - Billie Holiday, Gershwin, George | | • | My Man (Mon Homme) - Billie Holiday, Yvain, Maurice | | • | 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness if I Do - Billie Holiday, Grainger, Porter |
Disc 2
| • | Them There Eyes - Billie Holiday, Pinkard, Maceo | | • | You Can't Lose a Broken Heart - Billie Holiday, Johnson, James P. | | • | You're My Thrill - Billie Holiday, Gorney, Jay | | • | Crazy He Calls Me - Billie Holiday, Sigman, Carl | | • | Detour Ahead - Billie Holiday, Ellis, Herb | | • | These Foolish Things - Billie Holiday, Strachey, Jack | | • | You Go to My Head - Billie Holiday, Gillespie, Haven | | • | Love Me or Leave Me - Billie Holiday, Donaldson, Walter | | • | Willow Weep for Me - Billie Holiday, Ronell, Ann | | • | I Thought About You - Billie Holiday, VanHeusen, James | | • | I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Billie Holiday, Berlin, Irving | | • | Come Rain or Come Shine - Billie Holiday, Arlen, Harold | | • | It Had to Be You - Billie Holiday, Jones, Isham | | • | What's New? - Billie Holiday, Haggart, Bob | | • | Lady Sings the Blues - Billie Holiday, Holiday, Billie | | • | I Cover the Waterfront - Billie Holiday, Green, Johnny | | • | Body and Soul - Billie Holiday, Green, John W. | | • | But Not for Me - Billie Holiday, Gershwin, George | | • | One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) - Billie Holiday, Arlen, Harold | | • | I'm a Fool to Want You - Billie Holiday, Wolf, Jack |
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Billie Holiday (1917-59) wore gardenias, was a teenaged prostitute, did drugs, and died with a cop posted outside her hospital bed. But with her gravel-like vocals, and behind-the-beat phrasing, she was one of the greatest singers of the twentieth century. This multimedia collection commemorates her ninetieth birthday. Two CDs contain forty two of her greatest hits, from her 1935 stint with Benny Goodman, to her chilling 1958 strings album, Lady in Satin. It features her signature songs like "Good Morning Heartache," "God Bless the Child," and her unforgettable anti-lynching number "Strange Fruit." The DVD includes film cameos with Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong, photographs, posters, rehearsals and interviews with friends and musicians, including a rediscovered 1956 radio broadcast with a young Mike Wallace. Her achy artistry is timeless, and as Ashley Kahn wrote in his superb liner notes, "Billie will be there tonight, tomorrow night and a long time to come." --Eugene Holley, Jr.
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 ***REMASTERING*** Makes These Songs Sound ***GREAT*** December 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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 alright. 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.
excellent collection - video clips are a nice touch December 28, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
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 :)
 Rip-Off November 1, 2007
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
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.
 A few good songs March 26, 2007
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
There are some good songs on this collection. Overall a good Billie Holiday presentation. Also descent quality.
A Collector's Must Have February 19, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
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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