Songs For Distingue Lovers (Verve Acoustic Sounds), Billie Holiday, LP

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing housed in gatefold jacket. It is undeniable that Billie Holiday's singing changed in her later years. Her voice darkened and shifted to a lower range. Her economy of expression distilled her sound to it's essence - a kind of heightened speech. The classic album Songs For Distingue Lovers, her best work of the 1950s, has also deepened and become burnished with time. Verve's Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered.