Billie Holiday - The Commodore Master Takes (LP, Comp, Mono, 180) (Mint (M))

Released Year: 2024
Media Condition: Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Comments:
New and sealed. No issues. Ships with care in a whiplash mailer from a brick and mortar store.

Notes:

Comes in a resealable plastic outer with a hype sticker on its front. Includes a glossy double-sided monochrome insert and a plain white poly-lined inner sleeve.

[Back cover
Original compilation ℗ 2000 GRP Records, Inc. This compilation ℗ & © 2024 Universal International Music B.V. Manufactured & distributed by Music On Vinyl B.V., a division of Artone Label Group, for Universal International Music B.V.
Made in the Netherlands.

[Insert
Digital mastering, 1999, by Erick Labson at MCA Music Media Studios, and Jeff Willens at Universal Music Studios-East
Except for the four selections from the 1939 recording session, this compilation has been prepared by transfers to digital tape from the original Commodore acetate master discs. Of those four tracks, recorded before acetate masters were in general use, "Strange Fruit" was the only one with a still-usable original metal part. "Yesterdays" and "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" were transferred from Commodore test pressings, and "Fine and Mellow" from a 78 rpm shellac record provided by Steven Lasker.
LP label and inside inlay photograph by Charles Peterson courtesy of Don Peterson
All photographs © 2000 The Frank Driggs Collection or Charles Peterson

{Discography}
All recorded in New York City.
A1 to A4 <> Recorded at Brunswick World Broadcasting Studio; April 20, 1939.
A5 to A8 <> Recorded at WOR Recording Studios; March 25, 1944.
B1 to B4 <> Recorded at WOR Recording Studios; April 1, 1944.
B5 to B8 <> Recorded at WOR Recording Studios; April 8, 1944.

Runouts are stamped.

Track List:
A1. Strange Fruit 3:13
A2. Yesterdays 3:27
A3. Fine And Mellow 3:18
A4. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues 2:53
A5. How Am I To Know? 2:50
A6. My Old Flame 3:05
A7. I'll Get By 3:01
A8. I Cover The Waterfront 3:33
B1. I'll Be Seeing You 3:35
B2. I'm Yours 3:19
B3. Embraceable You 3:18
B4. As Time Goes By 3:15
B5. He's Funny That Way 3:20
B6. Lover, Come Back To Me 3:21
B7. Billie's Blues 3:10
B8. On The Sunny Side Of The Street 3:05

Barcode and Other Identifiers:
Barcode 0 600753 999363
Barcode 600753999363
Rights Society BIEM/SDRM
Matrix / Runout 404379 1A MOVLP3819
Matrix / Runout 404379 1B MOVLP3819

Record Company Artone Label Group
Manufactured By Music On Vinyl B.V.
Distributed By Music On Vinyl B.V.
Manufactured For Universal International Music B.V.
Phonographic Copyright (p) GRP Records, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Universal International Music B.V.
Copyright (c) Universal International Music B.V.
Pressed By Record Industry
Mastered At MCA Music Media Studios
Mastered At Universal Music Studios East, NYC