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Solitude
1-1	East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon) Written-By – Bowman*
1-2	Blue Moon Written-By – Rodgers/Hart*
1-3	You Go To My Head Written-By – Gillespie*, Coots*
1-4	You Turned The Tables On Me Written-By – Alter*, Mitchell*
1-5	Easy To Love Written-By – Porter*
1-6	These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) Written-By – Marvell*, Strachey*
1-7	I Only Have Eyes For You Written-By – Dubin*, Warren*
1-8	Solitude Written-By – Ellington*, Delange*, Mills*
1-9	Everything I Have Is Yours Written-By – Lane*, Adamson*
1-10	Love For Sale Written-By – Porter*
1-11	Moonglow Written-By – Delange*, Mills*, Hudson*
1-12	Tenderly Written-By – Lawrence*, Gross*
All Or Nothing At All
2-1	Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me Written-By – Russell*, Ellington*
2-2	Cheek To Cheek Written-By – Berlin*
2-3	Ill Wind Written-By – Arlen*, Koehler*
2-4	Speak Low Written-By – Weill*, Nash*
2-5	We'll Be Together Again Written-By – Fischer*, Laine*
2-6	All Or Nothing At All Written-By – Altman*, Lawrence*
2-7	Sophisticated Lady Written-By – Ellington*, Mills*, Parish*
2-8	April In Paris Written-By – Harburg*, Duke*
2-9	I Wished On The Moon Written-By – Parker*, Rainger*
2-10	But Not For Me Written-By – Gershwin*, Gershwin*
2-11	Say It Isn't So Written-By – Berlin*
2-12	Our Love Is Here To Stay Written-By – Gershwin*, Gershwin*
Lady Sings The Blues
3-1	Lady Sings The Blues Written-By – Holiday*, Nichols*
3-2	Trav'lin Light Written-By – Mundy*, Mercer*, Young*
3-3	I Must Have That Man Written-By – Fields*, McHugh*
3-4	Some Other Spring Written-By – Herzog*, Kitchings*
3-5	Strange Fruit Written-By – Allan*
3-6	No Good Man Written-By – Fisher*, Higginbotham*
3-7	God Bless The Child Written-By – Herzog*, Holiday*
3-8	Good Morning Heartache Written-By – Fisher*, Drake*, Higginbotham*
3-9	Love Me Or Leave Me Written-By – Kahn*, Donaldson*
3-10	Too Marvellous For Words Written-By – Mercer*, Whiting*
3-11	Willow Weep For Me Written-By – Ronell*
3-12	I Thought About You Written-By – Van Heusen*, Mercer*
Lady In Satin
4-1	I'm A Fool To Want You Written-By – Sinatra*, Wolf*, Herron*
4-2	For Heaven's Sake Written-By – Meyer*, Bretton*, Edwards*
4-3	You Don't Know What Love Is Written-By – Raye*, De Paul*
4-4	I Get Along Without You Very Well Written-By – Carmichael*
4-5	For All We Know Written-By – Coots*, Lewis*
4-6	Violets For Your Furs Written-By – Dennis*, Adair*
4-7	You've Changed Written-By – Carey*, Fischer*
4-8	It's Easy To Remember Written-By – Rodgers/Hart*
4-9	But Beautiful Written-By – Van Heusen*, Burke*
4-10	Glad To Be Unhappy Written-By – Rodgers/Hart*
4-11	I'll Be Around Written-By – Wilder*
4-12	The End Of A Love Affair Written-By – Redding*
Last Recordings
5-1	All Of You Written-By – Porter*
5-2	Sometimes I'm Happy Written-By – Caesar*, Youmans*
5-3	You Took Advantage Of Me Written-By – Rodgers/Hart*
5-4	When It's Sleepy Time Down South Written-By – Muse*, Rene*, Rene*
5-5	There'll Be Some Changes Made Written-By – Higgins*, Overstreet*
5-6	'Deed I Do Written-By – Rose*, Hirsch*
5-7	Don't Worry 'Bout Me Written-By – Bloom*, Koehler*
5-8	All The Way Written-By – Heusen/Cahn*
5-9	Just One More Chance Written-By – Johnston*, Coslow*
5-10	It's Not For Me To Say Written-By – Stillman*, Allen*
5-11	I'll Never Smile Again Written-By – Lowe*
5-12	Baby Won't You Please Come Home Written-By – Williams*

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Not Now Music Limited
• Copyright (c) – Not Now Music Limited
• Distributed By – Not Now Music Limited

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Gene Quill (tracks: 5-1 to 5-12), Willie "The Lion" Smith (tracks: 3-1 to 3-12)
• Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – Romeo Penque (tracks: 5-1 to 5-12)
• Arranged By, Conductor – Ray Ellis (tracks: 4-1 to 4-12, 5-1 to 5-12)
• Backing Vocals – Elise Bretton (tracks: 4-1 to 4-12), Miriam Workman (tracks: 4-1 to 4-12)
• Baritone Saxophone – Danny Bank (tracks: 5-1 to 5-12)
• Bass – Aaron Bell (tracks: 3-1 to 3-12), Joe Benjamin (tracks: 5-1 to 5-12), Joe Mondragon (tracks: 2-1 to 2-12), Leonard Gaskin (tracks: 3-1 to 3-12), Milt Hinton (tracks: 4-1 to 4-12, 5-1 to 5-12), Red Mitchell (tracks: 2-1 to 2-12)
• Cello – David Sawyer* (tracks: 4-1 to 4-12)
• Clarinet – Anthony Sciacca (tracks: 3-1 to 3-12)
• Double Bass – Ray Brown (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12)
• Drums – Alvin Stoller (tracks: 1-1 to 2-12), Chico Hamilton (tracks: 3-1 to 3-12), Cozy Cole (tracks: 3-1 to 3-12), Lennie McBrowne* (tracks: 3-1 to 3-12), Leonard Browne (tracks: 3-1 to 3-12), Osie Johnson (tracks: 4-1 to 4-12, 5-1 to 5-12)
• Flute – Danny Bank (tracks: 4-1 to 4-12), Phil Bodner (tracks: 4-1 to 4-12)
• Guitar – Barney Kessel (tracks: 1-1 to 2-12, 3-1 to 3-12), Barry Galbraith (tracks: 4-1 to 4-12, 5-1 to 5-12), Kenny Burrell (tracks: 5-1 to 5-12)
• Harp – Janet Putnam (tracks: 4-1 to 4-12, 5-1 to 5-12)
• Liner Notes – Michael Heatley
• Other [Research Assistance] – Drew Heatley
• Piano – Billy Taylor (tracks: 3-1 to 3-12), Bobby Tucker (tracks: 3-1 to 3-12), Hank Jones (tracks: 5-1 to 5-12), Jimmy Rowles (tracks: 2-1 to 2-12), Mal Waldron (tracks: 4-1 to 4-12), Oscar Peterson (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12)
• Reissue Producer – Glenn Gretlund
• Tenor Saxophone – Al Cohn (tracks: 5-1 to 5-12), Ben Webster (tracks: 2-1 to 2-12), Flip Phillips (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12), Paul Quinichette (tracks: 3-1 to 3-12)
• Trombone – Billy Byers (tracks: 5-1 to 5-12), J.J. Johnson (tracks: 4-1 to 4-12), Jimmy Cleveland (tracks: 5-1 to 5-12), Tom Mitchell* (tracks: 4-1 to 4-12), Urbie Green (tracks: 4-1 to 4-12)
• Trumpet – Charlie Shavers (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12), Harry "Sweets" Edison* (tracks: 2-1 to 2-12, 5-1 to 5-12), Joe Wilder (tracks: 5-1 to 5-12), Mel Davis (tracks: 4-1 to 4-12)
• Violin, Concertmaster – George Ockner (tracks: 4-1 to 4-12)
• Vocals – Billie Holiday (tracks: 4-1 to 4-12)

Notes

This 5 CD set comes in a cardboard box with inner card sleeves.
Five original albums including 20 page booklet. Digitally remastered on 5 CDs.

CD 1: "Solitude"
Recorded March 26th, 1952 & April, 1952.
Originally released on Verve Records (V6-8074)

CD 2: "All Or Nothing At All"
Recorded August 1956 & January 1957.
Originally released on Verve Records (MGV 8329)

CD 3: "Lady Sings The Blues"
Recorded 1954 - 1956.
Originally released on Clef Records (MGC 713)

CD 4: "Lady In Satin"
Recorded February 19th-21st, 1958.
Originally released on Columbia Records (CL 1156)
Original title: "Billie Holiday With Ray Ellis And His Orchestra – Lady In Satin"

CD 5: "Last Recordings"
Recorded March 3rd, 4th & 11th, 1959, New York, NY.
Originally released on MGM Records (E 3764)
Original title: "Billie Holiday With Ray Ellis And His Orchestra – Billie Holiday"

(p) & (c) 2010 Not Now Music Limited. Distributed by Not Now Music Limited. Made in the E.U.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 5060143499036
• Other (CD 1 Catalog#): NOT5CD903-1
• Other (CD 2 Catalog#): NOT5CD903-2
• Other (CD 3 Catalog#): NOT5CD903-3
• Other (CD 4 Catalog#): NOT5CD903-4
• Other (CD 5 Catalog#): NOT5CD903-5