Billie Holiday | Hits (Deluxe Gatefold Edition) | Vinyl

Billie Holiday remains one of jazz’s most influential vocalists, celebrated for the aching phrasing and behind-the-beat timing she brought to the Great American Songbook and to originals like ‘Strange Fruit,’ her harrowing 1939 anti-lynching protest song widely regarded as one of the most powerful recordings in American music. This budget-friendly European compilation spans recordings made in New York and Los Angeles between 1939 and 1958, touching her Columbia, Commodore, Decca, and Verve years and including staples such as ‘God Bless the Child,’ ‘Good Morning Heartache,’ and ‘Fine and Mellow.’ It offers a broad career overview rather than focusing on a single era, making it a solid single-LP introduction to her catalog. This deluxe gatefold pressing is on 180g virgin vinyl.

Track List

Side A

1. Strange Fruit
2. God Bless The Child
3. Lover Man
4. All Of Me
5. Good Morning, Heartache
6. Body And Soul
7. Gloomy Sunday

Side B

1. I’m A Fool To Want You
2. I’ll Be Seeing You
3. Trav’lin’ Light
4. Don’t Explain
5. Lady Sings The Blues
6. Fine And Mellow
7. Strange Fruit (Verve Version)

Release Details

• UPC: 8436569194492
• Label: NEW CONTINENT
• Format: LP Vinyl — 180G, Virgin Vinyl
• Genre: Jazz
• Release Date: 9/27/2019