Billie Holiday

2-LP SET!

Lady in Satin, presented here in both its Stereo and Mono versions, marked Billie Holiday’s last big hit and her second to last album ever. It represents something close to her swan song. Although some live recordings made after that Columbia album exist, and she even made a second album with Ray Ellis for MGM, none of these documents were as enduring as Lady in Satin. In fact, Billie herself loved this album, on which she fully impregnates the music with her soul, even though the effects of a lifetime of drug abuse and alcoholism are apparent in her voice. Most jazz fans now consider Lady in Satin to be Holiday’s last great effort.

PERSONNEL:

BILLIE HOLIDAY, vocals
RAY ELLIS and His Orchestra

TRACK-LISTING:

LP1 The Stereo Version:

01. I’m A Fool To Want You 
02. For Heaven’S Sake 
03. You Don’T Know What Love Is 
04. I Get Along Without You Very Well
05. For All We Know
06. Violets For Your Furs
07. You’Ve Changed 
08. It’s Easy To Remember 
09. But Beautiful 
10. Glad To Be Unhappy
11. I’ll Be Around 
12. The End Of A Love Affair

LP2 The Mono Version:

01. I’m A Fool To Want You 
02. For Heaven’S Sake
03. You Don’T Know What Love Is 
04. I Get Along Without You Very Well
05. For All We Know
06. Violets For Your Furs
07. You’Ve Changed 
08. It’S Easy To Remember 
09. But Beautiful 
10. Glad To Be Unhappy 
11. I’ll Be Around 
12. The End Of A Love Affair