Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!samsung!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!auvm!ECNCDC!UUCJEFF From: UUCJEFF@ECNCDC.BITNET (jeff beer) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.allmusic Subject: Billie Holiday CDs Message-ID: Date: 4 Feb 90 07:38:00 GMT Sender: Discussions on all forms of Music Reply-To: Discussions on all forms of Music Lines: 12 Approved: NETNEWS@AUVM Gateway To Rando, You asked about Billy Holiday CDs, if you are talking about the Compact Jazz series, I have two of those, not of Billy Holiday, but of Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz. I cannot compare them to the original analog disks or the original CDs. But they sound less than awesome, but passable. But as for Billie Holiday, I have the Silver Collection on Verve, which is the same company as the Compact Jazz series. The sound on the Silver is awesome, especially considering the recordings were made in the 50s. They sound as if they were recorded in the early 70s. Jeff Beer. ( The Yamaha Corporation has asked me to announce that I play Schilke trumpets )