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Lady Day --- 2009

Gatefold sleeve. Signed to Decca in 1944 to record one of her biggest hits, “Lover Man”, a song written especially for her, she continued recording for Decca throughout the forties, finally gaining the musical respect she so deserved. During this time recorded some of her best material, including 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do," “Good Mornig Heartache,” "Them There Eyes," and "Crazy He Calls Me." The forties marked the height of her stardom, but also the beginning of her untimely demise, she notoriously got heavy into drugs, and in 1947 she was sentenced to prison for heroin possession . Despite this, these recordings represent some of her best work, and therefore some of the best music ever recorded in the genre. Holiday had finally climbed the ladder to success, and she got there not because she played by the rules, but precisely because she always refused to. C5 is credited to Percy Grainger on the sleeve but it seems that in reality this is Porter Grainger. A1 & A2, Recorded on Wednesday, 4 October 1944 A3, Recorded on Wednesday, 8 November 1944 A4 to A6, Recorded on Tuesday, 14 August 1945 A7 & A8, Recorded on Tuesday, 22 January 1946 A9, Recorded on Wednesday, 13 March 1946 B1 & B2, Recorded on Tuesday, 9 april 1946 B3 & B4, Recorded on Friday, 27 December 1946 B5 to B8, Recorded on Thursday, 13 February 1947 C1 to C4, Recorded on Friday, 10 December 1948 C5 & C6, Recorded on Wednesday, 17 August 1949 C7 & C8, Recorded on Monday, 29 August 1949 C9 & D1, Recorded on Thursday, 8 September 1949 D2 & D3, recorded on Friday, 30 September 1949 D4 to D7, Recorded on Wednesday, 19 October 1949 D8 & D9, Recorded on Wednesday, 8 March 1950 Manufactured in Europe. HQ Virgin Vinyl 180 gram. © & ℗ 2009 Doxy Music