Billie Holiday - Lady In Satin (Ltd. Ed. Blue Vinyl) - BTRC ROTM

Limited Edition Blue Vinyl B.T.R.C. May Jazz Soul & Blues Record of the Month 2018 Remastered Release Date: 4/6/2018 - Waxtime in Color Direct Metal Mastering. Each LP Has It's Own Unique Sticker! Almost forty years after Lady in Satin was recorded, Ray Ellis remembered the following: "On January 3, 1958, I received a call from record executive Irving Townsend asking if I was free February 18th, 19th and 20th. On my reply of yes he said, 'Great! Billie Holiday is in my office and she wants you to write the arrangements for the album she's about to record'. I was flabbergasted. Apparently, she'd heard an album I'd recently called Ellis in Wonderland. We set up a meeting for the following week to pick material and plan the concept. It didn't dawn on me at the time, but just about every title that she picked was the story of her life, unrequited love." The results from those three sessions would mark Billie's last great hit, and her next to last studio album. (While her very last