Billie Holiday – Now or Never – 1949 [DES STEREO]

“Now or Never“ was recorded by Billie Holiday with orchestra conducted by Sy Oliver on September 30, 1949 at Decca Studios, 50 West 57th St, NYC. It was released on Decca Records in March 1950 as a single on 10” 78 RPM shellac as the “B” side of “Gimme A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer” [Decca 24947]. Enjoy my DES [Digitally Extracted STEREO] conversion of this historic jazz recording. Written by Billie Holiday & Curtis Reginald Lewis Personnel on this recording: Vocal - Billie Holiday Trumpet - Bernie Privin Alto Sax - Sid Cooper, Johnny Mince Tenor Sax - Artie Drellinger, Pat Nizza Piano - Billy Kyle Guitar - Everett Barksdale Drums - Jimmy Crawford About the MONO mix: This track is from the 1986 MCA CD mastering of the album “Billie Holiday – From the original Decca Masters”, originally mastered from the original Decca 30 IPS session tapes. [30 IPS! No WONDER it sounds so good!]. No EQ, effects or changes in amplitude were required. This track was perfectly mixed right out of the can! About my DES STEREO mix: For Billie’s Vocal, I kept her centered with no further adjustments. For the Orchestra, I gave it a duophonic surround-sound effect with a wide 40ms delay on the Right. I panned the Piano Left, panned the Guitar and Drums Right and centered the Bass. Technical Information: I used DeMIX PRO v4.0 to isolate Billie’s Vocal, Orchestra, Piano, Guitar, Drums and Bass into 6 separate tracks. SpectraLayers PRO-7 was used for stem cleanup. Adobe Audition 2020 was used for Dynamic Range recovery, Reverb, Delay, EQ, and final mixdown. Sonic Studio’s Amarra Luxe Sound Processor was used for post EQ and upsampling. NERO 2019 Platinum used to generate the final video. For more information on spectral editing and sound source separation, visit https://www.monotostereo.info/ Enjoy my MONO-to-STEREO conversion of historic jazz recording, penned and performed by Billie Holiday. This video is strictly for entertainment purposes only. No copyright infringement is intended.