Performer:

Billie Holiday

Title:

The First Verve Sessions

Category:

Jazz, Pop

MP3 RAR album size:

1675 mb

FLAC RAR album size:

1852 mb

Formats:

XM VOX FLAC WAV APE AA DMF

Short-Info

Label: Verve Records ‎– 2632 048
Type: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: Germany
Date of released: 1976
Category: Jazz, Pop
Style: Soul-Jazz, Bop, Ballad, Easy Listening

Rating:

4.3 / 5

Votes:

278

Links

Billie Holiday - The First Verve Sessions
MP3 version RAR archive

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Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon) Bass – Ray BrownDrums – Alvin StollerGuitar – Barney KesselPiano – Oscar PetersonTenor Saxophone – Flip PhillipsTrumpet – Charlie ShaversVocals – Billie HolidayWritten-By – Bowman*	2:53
A2	Blue Moon Bass – Ray BrownDrums – Alvin StollerGuitar – Barney KesselPiano – Oscar PetersonTenor Saxophone – Flip PhillipsTrumpet – Charlie ShaversVocals – Billie HolidayWritten-By – Rodgers / Hart*	3:25
A3	You Go To My Head Bass – Ray BrownDrums – Alvin StollerGuitar – Barney KesselPiano – Oscar PetersonTenor Saxophone – Flip PhillipsTrumpet – Charlie ShaversVocals – Billie HolidayWritten-By – Gillespie, Coots	2:53
A4	You Turned The Tables On Me Bass – Ray BrownDrums – Alvin StollerGuitar – Barney KesselPiano – Oscar PetersonTenor Saxophone – Flip PhillipsTrumpet – Charlie ShaversVocals – Billie HolidayWritten-By – Alter, Mitchell	3:25
A5	Easy To Love Bass – Ray BrownDrums – Alvin StollerGuitar – Barney KesselPiano – Oscar PetersonTenor Saxophone – Flip PhillipsTrumpet – Charlie ShaversVocals – Billie HolidayWritten-By – Porter*	2:58
A6	These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) Bass – Ray BrownDrums – Alvin StollerGuitar – Barney KesselPiano – Oscar PetersonTenor Saxophone – Flip PhillipsTrumpet – Charlie ShaversVocals – Billie HolidayWritten-By – Link, Marvell, Strachey*	3:35
B1	I Only Have Eyes For You Bass – Ray BrownDrums – Alvin StollerGuitar – Barney KesselPiano – Oscar PetersonTenor Saxophone – Flip PhillipsTrumpet – Charlie ShaversVocals – Billie HolidayWritten-By – Dubin, Warren	2:50
B2	Solitude Bass – Ray BrownDrums – Alvin StollerGuitar – Barney KesselPiano – Oscar PetersonTenor Saxophone – Flip PhillipsTrumpet – Charlie ShaversVocals – Billie HolidayWritten-By – Ellington, Delange, Mills*	3:25
B3	Everything I Have Is Yours Bass – Ray BrownDrums – J.C. HeardGuitar – Barney KesselPiano – Oscar PetersonTenor Saxophone – Flip PhillipsTrumpet – Charlie ShaversVocals – Billie HolidayWritten-By – Lane, Adamson	2:40
B4	Love For Sale Bass – Ray BrownDrums – J.C. HeardGuitar – Barney KesselPiano – Oscar PetersonTenor Saxophone – Flip PhillipsTrumpet – Charlie ShaversVocals – Billie HolidayWritten-By – Porter*	2:52
B5	Moonglow Bass – Ray BrownDrums – J.C. HeardGuitar – Barney KesselPiano – Oscar PetersonTenor Saxophone – Flip PhillipsTrumpet – Charlie ShaversVocals – Billie HolidayWritten-By – Delange, Mills, Hudson*	2:34
B6	Tenderly Bass – Ray BrownDrums – J.C. HeardGuitar – Barney KesselPiano – Oscar PetersonTenor Saxophone – Flip PhillipsTrumpet – Charlie ShaversVocals – Billie HolidayWritten-By – Lawrence, Gross	3:20
C1	If The Moon Turns Green Bass – Ray BrownDrums – J.C. HeardGuitar – Barney KesselPiano – Oscar PetersonTenor Saxophone – Flip PhillipsTrumpet – Charlie ShaversVocals – Billie HolidayWritten-By – Hanighen, Cates	2:44
C2	Remember Bass – Ray BrownDrums – J.C. HeardGuitar – Barney KesselPiano – Oscar PetersonTenor Saxophone – Flip PhillipsTrumpet – Charlie ShaversVocals – Billie HolidayWritten-By – Berlin*	2:33
C3	Autumn In New York Bass – Ray BrownDrums – J.C. HeardGuitar – Barney KesselPiano – Oscar PetersonTenor Saxophone – Flip PhillipsTrumpet – Charlie ShaversVocals – Billie HolidayWritten-By – Duke*	3:49
C4	My Man Bass – Ray BrownDrums – Gus JohnsonGuitar – Freddie GreenPiano, Organ – Oscar PetersonTenor Saxophone – Paul QuinichetteTrumpet – Joe NewmanVocals – Billie HolidayWritten-By – Willemetz, Pollock, Charles, Yvain	2:35
C5	Lover Come Back Bass – Ray BrownDrums – Gus JohnsonGuitar – Freddie GreenPiano, Organ – Oscar PetersonTenor Saxophone – Paul QuinichetteTrumpet – Joe NewmanVocals – Billie HolidayWritten-By – Hammerstein II, Romberg	3:34
C6	Stormy Weather Bass – Ray BrownDrums – Gus JohnsonGuitar – Freddie GreenPiano, Organ – Oscar PetersonTenor Saxophone – Paul QuinichetteTrumpet – Joe NewmanVocals – Billie HolidayWritten-By – Arlen, Koehler	3:36
D1	Yesterdays Bass – Ray BrownDrums – Gus JohnsonGuitar – Freddie GreenPiano, Organ – Oscar PetersonTenor Saxophone – Paul QuinichetteTrumpet – Joe NewmanVocals – Billie HolidayWritten-By – Kern, Harbach	2:47
D2	(I Got A Man Crazy For Me) He's Funny That Way Bass – Ray BrownDrums – Gus JohnsonGuitar – Freddie GreenPiano, Organ – Oscar PetersonTenor Saxophone – Paul QuinichetteTrumpet – Joe NewmanVocals – Billie HolidayWritten-By – Moret, Whiting	4:05
D3	I Can't Face The Music Bass – Ray BrownDrums – Gus JohnsonGuitar – Freddie GreenPiano, Organ – Oscar PetersonTenor Saxophone – Paul QuinichetteTrumpet – Joe NewmanVocals – Billie HolidayWritten-By – Bloom, Koehler	3:14
D4	How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Moon) Drums – Ed ShaughnessyGuitar – Herb EllisPiano – Oscar PetersonTrumpet – Charlie ShaversVocals – Billie HolidayWritten-By – Berlin*	2:57
D5	What A Little Moonlight Can Do Drums – Ed ShaughnessyGuitar – Herb EllisPiano – Oscar PetersonTrumpet – Charlie ShaversVocals – Billie HolidayWritten-By – Woods*	3:11
D6	I Cried For You Drums – Ed ShaughnessyGuitar – Herb EllisPiano – Oscar PetersonTrumpet – Charlie ShaversVocals – Billie HolidayWritten-By – Lyman, Freed, Arnheim*	2:27

Companies, etc.

Marketed By – Polydor S.A.
Printed By – Druckhaus Maack KG
Phonographic Copyright (p) – MGM Records, Inc.

Credits

Art Direction – Beverly Parker
Artwork [Cover Art] – Stanislaw Zagorski
Design [Album] – Carl S. Barile*
Engineer [Reissue] – Ed Outwater*
Liner Notes – Linda Kuehl
Producer [Orignal] – Norman Granz
Reissue Producer [Prepared] – Robert Hurwitz
Vocals – Billie Holiday

Notes

Gatefold Sleeve

Tracks A1 to B2 Recorded in Los Angeles, March 26, 1952.
Tracks B3 to C3 Recorded in Los Angeles, April 1952.
Tracks C4 to D3 Recorded in New York City, July 27, 1952.
Tracks D4 to D6 Recorded in New York City, April 14, 1954.

Marketed by Polydor
Printed in West Germany by
Druckhaus Maack KG, Lüdenscheid

Previously released on Verve albums V 8027 and V 8074

℗ 1952/1954 MGM Records Inc.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: GEMA
Matrix / Runout (Side A): 2367 216 S1
Matrix / Runout (Side B): 2367 216 S2
Matrix / Runout (Side C): 2367 217 S3
Matrix / Runout (Side D): 2367 217 S4
Other (No. Record 1): 2367 216
Other (No. Record 2): 2367 217
Label Code: LC 0383

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
2610 027	Billie Holiday	The First Verve Sessions ‎(2xLP, Comp)	Verve Records	2610 027	France	1976
VE-2-2503	Billie Holiday	The First Verve Sessions ‎(2xLP, Comp, RE, RM, 53,)	Verve Records	VE-2-2503	US	Unknown
823 064-1 Y-2	Billie Holiday	The First Verve Sessions ‎(2xLP, Comp, RE, Gat)	Verve Records	823 064-1 Y-2	US	Unknown
ct-2-2503	Billie Holiday	The First Verve Sessions ‎(Cass, Comp)	Verve Records	ct-2-2503	Unknown
VE-2-2503	Billie Holiday	The First Verve Sessions ‎(2xLP, Comp)	Verve Records	VE-2-2503	US	1976

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