Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
Billie Holiday sings the ballad "If I Were You". This is take 1, which was not issued on 78. This copy was pressed on vinyl from the metal master or stamper in the 1990s. As far as I can see, all other video of this side on YouTube are of the issued take 2. The main differences between the takes are in the solos; also, take 1 is taken at a slightly slower pace.
BILLIE HOLIDAY AND HER ORCHESTRA
Charlie Shavers - trumpet / Buster Bailey - clarinet / Babe Russin - tenor sax / Claude Thornhill - piano / John Kirby - string bass / Cozy Cole - drums / Billie
Holiday - vocals
Recorded in New York, May 11th, 1938
22923-1…….If I Were You…….Vinyl master (unissued take)
Billie Holiday sings the ballad "If I Were You". This is take 1, which was not issued on 78. This copy was pressed on vinyl from the metal master or stamper in the 1990s. As far as I can see, all other video of this side on YouTube are of the issued take 2. The main differences between the takes are in the solos; also, take 1 is taken at a slightly slower pace.
BILLIE HOLIDAY AND HER ORCHESTRA
Charlie Shavers - trumpet / Buster Bailey - clarinet / Babe Russin - tenor sax / Claude Thornhill - piano / John Kirby - string bass / Cozy Cole - drums / Billie
Holiday - vocals
Recorded in New York, May 11th, 1938
22923-1…….If I Were You…….Vinyl master (unissued take)
