Strange Fruit

1972 Swing

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Tracklist

A1 I’ll Get ByAhlert, Turk 2:56
A2 My Old FlameJohnston, Coslow 2:59
A3 Embraceable YouGershwin 3:16
A4 (Billie’s Blues) I Love My ManHoliday 3:26
A5 I Gotta Right To Sing The BluesArlen, Koehler 2:50
A6 I Cover The WaterfrontHeyman, Green 3:27
A7 (I Got A Man Crazy For Me) He’s Funny That WayMoret, Whiting 3:01
A8 YesterdaysKern, Harbach 3:24
B1 Strange FruitAllan 3:11
B2 On The Sunny Side Of The StreetFields 3:00
B3 I’m YoursHarburg, Green 3:15
B4 Fine And MellowHoliday 3:15
B5 Lover Come Back To MeII, Romberg 3:14
B6 I’ll Be Seeing YouKahal, Fain 3:30
B7 As Time Goes ByHupfeld 3:09
B8 How Am I To KnowParker, King 2:43

Musicians

Eddie Heywood And His OrchestraAccompanied By
Eddie Heywood TrioAccompanied By
Frank Newton And His OrchestraAccompanied By
Lem DavisAlto Saxophone
Tab SmithAlto Saxophone, Directed By
John SimmonsBass
Johnny WilliamsBass
Eddie DoughertyDrums
Sidney CatlettDrums
Jimmy McLinGuitar
Eddie HeywoodPiano
Sonny WhitePiano
Kenneth HollonTenor Saxophone
Stanley PayneTenor Saxophone
Vic DickensonTrombone
Doc CheathamTrumpet
Frank NewtonTrumpet
Freddie WebsterTrumpet

Production

Milt GablerLiner Notes, Producer

Also credited. Written-By: Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk, Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow, George & Ira Gershwin, Billie Holiday, Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler, Edward Heyman, Johnny Green, Neil Moret, Richard Whiting, Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach, Lewis Allan, Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields, E.Y. Harburg, Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg, Irving Kahal, Sammy Fain, Herman Hupfeld, Dorothy Parker, Jack King. Art Direction: Richard Mantel. Design (Album Design): Richard Mantel. Coordinator (For Atlantic Records): Michael Cuscuna. Lacquer Cut By: Dennis King. Liner Notes: Leonard Feather. Photography By (Cover Photo Of Billie Holiday): Skippy Adelman. Photography By (Cover): Photo File. Photography By (Inside Liner): Culver Pictures. Photography By (Liner Photos Of Billie Holiday): Charles Peterson, Jack Bradley.

Release notes

Original green and orange labels with 1841 Broadway address at bottom. “PR” suffix on label matrix indicates a Presswell pressing. In gatefold cover.

A4, A7 and B5 are previously unissued alternate versions.

A5, A8, B1, & B4 were recorded at Brunswick Record Corp./World Broadcasting Studio, New York, N.Y. on April 30, 1939.
A1, A2, A6, & B8 were recorded at WOR Recording Studios, New York, N.Y. on March 25, 1944.
A3, B3, B6, & B7 were recorded at WOR Recording Studios, New York, N.Y. on April 1, 1944.
A4, A7, B2, & B5 were recorded at WOR Recording Studios, New York, N.Y. on April 8, 1944.

A1; Fred E. Ahlert/Cromwell, ASCAP
A2, B3; Famous, ASCAP
A3; New World, ASCAP
A4, B1, B4; E. B. Marks, BMI
A5, A6, B5, B7; Harms, ASCAP
A7; Anne-Rachel, ASCAP
A8; T. B. Harms, ASCAP
B2; Shapiro, Bernstein, ASCAP
B6; Williamson, ASCAP
B8; Robbins, ASCAP

Commodore original monaural recordings were previously issued in 78 rpm, 45 rpm and 33⅓ rpm form on Commodore and other licensed labels. They are now reissued as two-track monaural recordings suitable for monophonic and stereophonic reproduction. These historical performances have been collected from the Commodore archives and reproduced from the best available sources. Please forgive occasional minor disturbances if you notice any.

Some copies included a folded insert promoting a 2 LP sampler of artists on the Atlantic and related labels