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Billie Holiday
The Golden Years Volume II
1966 3x Vinyl, Box Set
Columbia
tracks d7 to e2, f3 alto saxophone
Benny Carter
tracks e6 alto saxophone
Carl Frye
tracks b1 to b3 alto saxophone
Cecil Scott
tracks e7 to f2 alto saxophone
Don Redman
tracks e4, e5 alto saxophone
Earle Warren
tracks f6 alto saxophone
Eddie Barefield
tracks a7, a8, d7, d8 alto saxophone
Edgar Sampson
tracks a2, a3, a5 alto saxophone
Hilton Jefferson
tracks f7, f8 alto saxophone
Hymie Schertzer
tracks e4, e5 alto saxophone
Jack Washington
tracks e6, f4, f5 alto saxophone
Jimmy Powell
tracks a4, a5, b5, b6, b8 alto saxophone
Johnny Hodges
tracks f6 alto saxophone
Leslie Johnakins
tracks f4, f5 alto saxophone
Lester Boone
tracks e3 alto saxophone
Tab Smith
tracks e4, e5 baritone saxophone
Jack Washington
tracks e7 to f2 bass
Al Hall
tracks c1 to c3 bass
Artie Bernstein
tracks a4, f4, f5 bass
Grachan Moncur
tracks a1 to a3, a5 to b8, d3, d6 bass
John Kirby
tracks e3, e6, f7, f8 bass
Johnny Williams
tracks e1, e2 bass
Milt Hinton
tracks f6 bass
Ted Sturgis
tracks c4 to d2, d4, d5, d7, d8, e4, e5 bass
Walter Page
tracks f3 bass
Wilson Myers
tracks f3 clarinet
Benny Carter
tracks b4, b7, c1 to c4, d3, d6 clarinet
Buster Bailey
tracks a2, a3, a5, b1 to b3 clarinet
Cecil Scott
tracks a7, a8 clarinet
Edgar Sampson
tracks f7, f8 clarinet
Jimmy Hamilton
tracks d5 clarinet
Lester Young
tracks c5 to c7 clarinet
Prince Robinson
tracks a4 clarinet
Tom Mace
tracks a6, b5, b6, b8 clarinet, baritone saxophone
Harry Carney
design
Henrietta Condak
tracks b4, b7 drums
Alphonse Steele
tracks a1 to b3, b5, b6, b8, c1 to c3, c5 to c7, d3, d6, e1, e2 drums
Cozy Cole
tracks e3 drums
Eddie Dougherty
tracks e6 drums
Harold "Doc" West
tracks f4, f5 drums
Herbert Cowens
tracks f7, f8 drums
J.C. Heard
tracks c4, c8 to d2, d4, d5, d7, d8, e4, e5 drums
Jo Jones
tracks e7 to f2, f6 drums
Kenny Clarke
tracks f3 drums
Yank Porter
tracks d7, d8, f7, f8 guitar
Al Casey
tracks a7, a8, b5, b6, b8 to c3, c5 to c7 guitar
Allan Reuss
tracks b4, b7 guitar
Carmen Mastren
tracks e1, e2 guitar
Danny Barker
tracks a4 guitar
Dave Barbour
tracks c4, c8 to d2, d4, d5, e4, e5 guitar
Freddie Green
tracks e3 guitar
Jimmy McLin
tracks e7 to f2, f6 guitar
John Collins
tracks a1 guitar
John Trueheart
tracks a2, a3, a5, a6, e6 guitar
Lawrence Lucie
tracks f4, f5 guitar
Paul Chapman
tracks f3 guitar
Ulysses Livingston
illustration
Philip Hays
liner notes
Leonard Feather
tracks c4, d3, d6 piano
Claude Thornhill
tracks f4 to f6 piano
Eddie Heywood
tracks e4, e5 piano
Joe Sullivan
tracks e3 piano
Kenny Kersey
tracks d4, d5 piano
Margaret Johnson
tracks e6, f3 piano
Sonny White
tracks a1 to c3, c5 to d2, d7 to e2, e7 to f2, f7, f8 piano
Teddy Wilson
producer
Frank Driggs
remastered by
Milton Cherin
tracks e3 soprano saxophone
Tab Smith
tracks d3, d6, f7, f8 tenor saxophone
Babe Russin
tracks a1 to a3, a5, a7, a8 tenor saxophone
Ben Webster
tenor saxophone
Don Byas
tracks e1, e2, f4, f5 tenor saxophone
Ernie Powell
tracks e7 to f3 tenor saxophone
Georgie Auld
tracks d7, d8 tenor saxophone
Herschel Evans
tracks e7 to f2, f7, f8 tenor saxophone
Jimmy Hamilton
tracks b4, b7 tenor saxophone
Joe Thomas
tracks e3 tenor saxophone
Kenneth Hollon
tracks e6 tenor saxophone
Kermit Scott
tracks c1 to c4, c8 to d2, d4, d5, d7, d8, e4, e5, f6 tenor saxophone
Lester Young
tracks b1 to b3, c5 to c7 tenor saxophone
Prince Robinson
tracks e3 tenor saxophone
Stanley Payne
tracks c5 to c7 tenor saxophone
Vido Musso
tracks c8 to d2, d7, d8, f3 trombone
Benny Morton
tracks d5 trombone
Dickie Wells
tracks d3, d6 trumpet
Bernard Anderson
tracks f3 trumpet
Bill Coleman
tracks c1 to d2, d4, d5, e4, e5 trumpet
Buck Clayton
tracks b5, b6, b8 trumpet
Cootie Williams
tracks b4, b7 trumpet
Eddie Tompkins
tracks f7, f8 trumpet
Emmett Berry
tracks e4, e5 trumpet
Harry Edison
tracks d7, d8 trumpet
Harry James
tracks b1 to b3 trumpet
Henry "Red" Allen
tracks e3 trumpet
Hot Lips Page
tracks a6 to a8 trumpet
Jonah Jones
tracks a4 trumpet
Richard Clarke
tracks a1 to a3, a5, e1, e2, e6 to f2, f4, f5 trumpet
Roy Eldridge
tracks f6 trumpet
Shad Collins
vocals
Billie Holiday
20‑page booklet included.
Catalog numbers on LPs (Sides A and B):
LP 1: CL 2426
LP 2: CL 2427
LP 3: CL 2428
Matrix / Runout: XLP 111167 (Label side A)
Matrix / Runout: XLP 111168 (Label side B)
Matrix / Runout: XLP 111169 (Label side C)
Matrix / Runout: XLP 111170 (Label side D)
Matrix / Runout: XLP 111171 (Label side E)
Matrix / Runout: XLP 111172 (Label side F)
Matrix / Runout: XLP111167-1A (Side A runout stamped)
Matrix / Runout: XLP111168-1B (Side B runout stamped)
Matrix / Runout: XLP111169-1A (Side C runout stamped)
Matrix / Runout: XLP111170-1B (Side D runout stamped)
Matrix / Runout: XLP111171-1A (Side E runout stamped)
Matrix / Runout: XLP111172-1A (Side F runout stamped)
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