Billie Holiday | Platinum Collection | Vinyl

Assembled by UK reissue label Not Now Music, this three-record compilation gathers 42 tracks from across Billie Holiday’s career, drawing heavily on her classic 1930s-40s sides. The set includes her searing anti-lynching protest song ‘Strange Fruit,’ the original ‘God Bless the Child,’ and definitive readings of standards such as ‘Lover Man,’ ‘Summertime,’ and ‘Autumn in New York,’ alongside signature ballads like ‘Good Morning Heartache’ and ‘Lady Sings the Blues.’ Spanning six vinyl sides, the collection traces Holiday’s evolution from the swinging small-group sessions of her early career to the more world-weary, orchestrated recordings of her later years. As a broad compilation rather than a single studio album, it functions as an accessible entry point into one of vocal jazz’s most influential and tragic catalogs. This white vinyl gatefold edition presents the collection in a collectible format for newcomers and longtime fans alike.

Track List

Side A

1. Lady Sings the Blues
2. That Ole Devil Called Love
3. All of Me
4. I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
5. Good Morning Heartache
6. Body and Soul
7. These Foolish Things

Side B

1. God Bless the Child
2. You Go to My Head
3. Blue Moon
4. The Very Thought of You
5. Autumn in New York
6. Fine and Mellow
7. What a Little Moonlight Can Do

Side C

1. Solitude
2. I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
3. The Blues Are Brewin’
4. All or Nothing at All
5. All of You
6. I’m a Fool to Want You
7. Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)

Side D

1. Stormy Weather
2. Easy Living
3. Love Me or Leave Me
4. I Loves You Porgy
5. It Had to Be You
6. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)
7. The Way You Look Tonight

Side E

1. Strange Fruit
2. A Fine Romance
3. Pennies from Heaven
4. Summertime
5. My Man
6. When You’re Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)
7. Ain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do

Side F

1. Carelessly
2. Gloomy Sunday
3. I Cried for You
4. I Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man
5. The Man I Love
6. Trav’lin Light
7. I’ll Be Seeing You

Release Details

• UPC: 5060403742414
• Label: NOT NOW
• Format: LP Vinyl — White Vinyl
• Genre: Jazz
• Release Date: 4/21/2017