Billie Holiday - Songs For Distingué Lovers (1957) [APO Remaster 2012]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 33:02 minutes | Scans included | 1,03 GB
or FLAC (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/48 kHz | Full Scans included | 434 MB
One of the last studio albums Holiday recorded before her death, the familiar standards here are given her unique twist. The material as interpreted by Holiday is haunting and brooding, yet rich and expressive all at the same time. Holiday worked with a small combo of jazz all-stars on this session which included a reunion with musicians she had worked with in the 1930s and 1940s. Fans of "Lady Day" consistently rate this album as an excellent start to building an essential Billie Holiday collection.
Songs for Distingué Lovers forms part of the last series of extensive small-group recordings that Lady Day would make in the studio. Although her voice was largely shot at this point, she puts so much feeling into the lyrics that it's easy to overlook her dark sound. The band is a major asset, and made up of all-stars: trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison, tenor saxophonist Ben Webster, pianist Jimmie Rowles, guitarist Barney Kessel, bassist Red Mitchell, and Alvin Stoller or Larry Bunker on drums. There are plenty of short solos for Edison, Webster, and Kessel. Holiday does her best on such numbers as "A Foggy Day," "One for My Baby," "Just One of Those Things," and "I Didn't Know What Time It Was," and there are plenty of haunting moments, even if one could tell (even at the time) that the end was probably drawing near for the singer.
Tracklist:
01. Day In, Day Out
02. A Foggy Day
03. Stars Fell on Alabama
04. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)
05. Just One of Those Things
06. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, NYC.
foobar2000 1.5.5 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
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Analyzed: Billie Holiday / Songs For Distingué Lovers
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR14 -7.02 dB -24.47 dB 6:45 01-Day In, Day Out
DR14 -8.19 dB -25.46 dB 4:39 02-A Foggy Day
DR13 -8.36 dB -24.83 dB 4:28 03-Stars Fell on Alabama
DR13 -6.20 dB -23.69 dB 5:37 04-One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)
DR14 -7.25 dB -24.05 dB 5:30 05-Just One of Those Things
DR14 -7.45 dB -24.11 dB 6:03 06-I Didn't Know What Time It Was
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Number of tracks: 6
Official DR value: DR14
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 88200 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DSD64
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Analyzed: Billie Holiday / Songs For Distingué Lovers
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR14 -7.02 dB -24.47 dB 6:45 01-Day In, Day Out
DR14 -8.19 dB -25.46 dB 4:39 02-A Foggy Day
DR13 -8.36 dB -24.83 dB 4:28 03-Stars Fell on Alabama
DR13 -6.20 dB -23.69 dB 5:37 04-One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)
DR14 -7.25 dB -24.05 dB 5:30 05-Just One of Those Things
DR14 -7.45 dB -24.11 dB 6:03 06-I Didn't Know What Time It Was
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Number of tracks: 6
Official DR value: DR14
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 88200 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DSD64
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Uncompressed SACD ISO size > 1,33 GB
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