Billie Holiday – Strange Fruit: Commodore sides – 180g w/ gatefold

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Artist: Billie Holiday |Label: DOL765HG |Format: LP |Genre: Jazz | Album Condition: New | Cover Condition: Sealed

Billie HolidayStrange FruitThe Commodore sidesimport on 180g vinyl with exclusive gatefold jacket!

In 1939 when Billie Holiday’s label refused to record thehighlycontroversial ‘Strange Fruit’, she did not give up, butsearcheddesperately for a label that was not afraid to takea risk.Thankfully Milt Gabler at Commodore Records, a fledglingindependent jazz label, understood the importance of thissongbeing recorded and released to the public and soonarrangedfor Holiday to record a session with him. The ‘StrangeFruitsession’ for Commodore, was one of those historicmomentsand part of Billie Holiday’s legend hinges on thetremendouscourage it took for her go ahead and record thissong, knowingthat it might well mean the end of her career.Three other songs,found here, were also recorded at thatsession: ‘Yesterdays’,‘Fine And Mellow’ and ‘I Gotta Right ToSing the Blues’,while due to contractual issues, the remainingCommodoresides were not recorded until five years later in 1944.

Includes the indispensable tracks;I’ll Get ByMy Old FlameEmbraceable YouBillie’s Blues (I Love My Man)I Got a Right to Sing the BluesI Cover the Waterfront(I Got a Man Crazy for Me) He’s Funny That WayYesterdaysStrange FruitOn the Sunny Side of the StreetI’m YoursFine and MellowLover, Come Back to MeI’ll Be Seeing YouAs Time Goes ByHow Am I To Know(This is the order of the tracks as issued by AtlanticRecords in the 70s – same original Commodore recordings)NEW SEALED Pressing on 180gVinyl with a unique gatefold jacket