Billie Holiday – Songs For Distingué Lovers

It is undeniable that Billie Holiday’s singing changed in her later years. Her voice darkened and shifted to a lower range. Her economy of expression distilled her sound to its essence — a kind of heightened speech. The classic LP Songs For Distingué Lovers – her best work of the 1950s – has also deepened and become burnished with time.

 

Verve’s Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.

 

However – THIS is the test pressing!  Certainly a top 5 items for Billie Holiday fans.

 

A1 – Day In, Day Out

A2 – A Foggy Day

A3 – Stars Fell On Alabama

B1 – One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)

B2 – Just One Of Those Things

B3 – I Didn’t Know What Time It Was