BILLIE HOLIDAY "ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL" AP, 2LP, 45RPM, LE, NE, SO, NEW/SEALED
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BILLIE HOLIDAY "ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL"
2012 ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS "VERVE REISSUES", ORIGINAL RELEASE YEAR 1958, 2LP, 45RPM, 200G VIRGIN VINYL, LIMITED EDITION OF 1,000 NUMBERED COPIES, THIS IS NUMBER 98 OF A SOLD-OUT EDITION, PRODUCED BY NORMAN GRANZ (VERVE PRESIDENT), REMASTERED BY GEORGE MARINO AT STERLING SOUND USING THE ORIGINAL ANALOG MASTER TAPES, PRESSED AT QUALITY RECORD PRESSINGS, SALINA, KS.
"AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF HER AUTOBIOGRAPHY, LADY SINGS THE BLUES, BILLIE HOLIDAY ENJOYED GREAT SUCCESS AND POPULARITY IN CLUBS, IN WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE A LAST BURST OF STARDOM. WE MAY NEVER KNOW WHY SHE STOPPED RECORDING FOR NORMAN GRANZ AFTER JANUARY 1957, BUT THE PRESENT COLLECTION PRESENTS A MAGNIFICENT CULMINATION OF HER YEARS WITH THE PRODUCER."
"THE 1958 VERVE RELEASE 'ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL' COMPILES ORIGINAL TRACKS BILLIE HOLIDAY RECORDED WITH PRODUCER NORMAN GRANZ BETWEEN 1956 AND 1957. THESE TWELVE RECORDINGS OFFER AN EXPANSIVE VIEW OF LADY DAY'S LATE WORK IN PERHAPS THE MOST SYMPATHETIC, INSPIRING AND SWINGING CONTEXT POSSIBLE!"
"THESE SEVEN WEST COAST RECORDING SESSIONS-TWO DATES IN AUGUST 1956 AND A MARATHIN FIVE IN ONE WEEK FOLLOWING JANUARY WITH HARRY 'SWEETS' EDISON, BEN WEBSTER, AND JIMMY ROWLES-TOGETHER MAKE THE MOST SATISFYING SET IN THE SINGER'S FIFTIES DISCOGRAPHY. IN FACT, THIS IS ONE PROGRAM TO PUT UP AGAINST HER THIRTIES RECORDINGS."-VERVE MUSIC GROUP
"...THE THIRD (BILLIE HOLIDAY ALBUM) TO RECEIVE THE TWO-DISC 45 RPM TREATMENT BY ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS....BILLIE SOUNDS LIKE SHE'S AT THE MICROPHONE IN YOUR LIVING ROOM. THE INSTRUMENTS ARE SPREAD OUT BETWEEN THE SPEAKERS AND THERE IS PLENTY OF DEPTH. A PRISTINE ORIGINAL HAS A BIT MORE PRONOUNCED VOCAL SIBILANCE AND AIR, AND THIS REISSUE SMOOTHS THAT OUT A BIT. THAT ASIDE, THIS IS A FABULOUS REISSUE OF ESSENTIAL MUSIC. HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION."--RECORDING=9.5/10; MUSIC-10/10---DENNIS D. DAVIS, HI-FI+
BILLIE HOLIDAY-VOCALS, LARRY BUNKER-DRUMS, HARRY "SWEETS" EDISON-TRUMPET, BARNEY KESSEL-GUITAR, RED MITCHELL-BASS, JOE MONDRAGON-BASS, JIMMY ROWLES-PIANO, ALVIN STOLLER-DRUMS & BEN WEBSTER-TENOR SAXOPHONE
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