Lacquer disc of Billie Holiday master recordings
date: label: Date
content: 1952
name: label: Recorded by
content: Billie Holiday, American, 1915 - 1959
label: Produced by
content: Norman Granz, 1918 - 2001
label: Written by
content: Harold Arlen, American, 1905 - 1986
label: Written by
content: Ted L. Koehler, American, 1894 - 1973
label: Written by
content: Jerome Kern, American, 1885 - 1945
label: Written by
content: Oscar Hammerstein II, American, 1895 - 1960
label: Written by
content: Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian, 1887 - 1951
label: Written by
content: Otto Abels Harbach, American, 1873 - 1963
notes: label: Caption
content: This transcription disc, dated 1952, has master recordings of Billie Holiday. Holiday sings “My Man”, “Lover Come Back To Me”, Stormy Weather and Yesterdays. Details of the recording process are heard with the technician listing takes, Holiday singing a retake of Stormy Weather, as well as making a note to herself before singing. The sound quality of the master recording disc is exceptional.
label: Description
content: An instantaneous transcription disc, the label notes the Client as Norman Granz, the Artist as Billie Holiday, and the Date as 7/28/52. The record contains the master recordings of the songs "My Man," "Lover Come Back to Me," "Stormy Weather," and "Yesterdays."
label: Description
content: Consists of: Instantaneous Transcription Disc (a) and Original Disc Sleeve (b).
label: Description
content: 2010.50.2a: Instantaneous transcription disc.
label: Description
content: The recording on side 1 begins with a man listing the take of the first recording, "C 839 take 6." The first song on the recording is "My Man." As a man lists the take for the next song, "C 840 take 4," Billie Holiday can be heard making a quick note before she begins to sing "Just press off because [Inaudible]" She then sings "Lover Come Back to Me."
label: Description
content: The recording on side 2 begins with a man listing the take "C 841 take 2." Billie Holiday begins singing "Stormy Weather," but the song is cut short after approximately 20 seconds. The take is re-listed as "C 841 take 3." Holiday then begins again with "Stormy Weather." The listing of the second song on the recording is distorted, but should be C 842 take 2. Holiday then sings "Yesterdays."
label: Description
content: 2010.50.2b: Original disc sleeve. audiodiscs / Audio Device Inc. / 444 Madison Avenue / New York, N.Y.
place: label: Place depicted
content: New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Record Albums
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.50.2ab
objectType: label: Type
content: phonograph records
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Instantaneous Transcription Disc (a): lacquer on aluminum;
label: Medium
content: Disc Sleeve (b): ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter: 16 in. (40.6 cm)