• 180-GRAM COLORED RED VINYL
• THE COMPLETE LP + 2 BONUS TRACKS

Contains new specially prepared liner notes by Penguin Guide to Jazz's writer BRIAN MORTON and by Paris' prestigious JAZZ MAGAZINE.

Nina Simone's first studio recording, the 1957 LP Little Girl Blue, featured the singer backing herself on piano, with Jimmy Bond on bass and Albert "Tootie" Heath on drums. Another trio (with Wilbur Ware on bass, and Ben Riley on drums) backed her during her first big break: the recording of her September 12, 1959 concert at New York's Town Hall, issued that same year as Nina Simone at Town Hall. It includes such classics as "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair", "The Other Woman", and an extended reading of Gershwin's "Summertime".

PERSONNEL:

NINA SIMONE - (piano & vocals)
WILBUR WARE - (bass)
BEN RILEY - (drums)

Town Hall, New York, September 12, 1959

(*) BONUS TRACKS:
A6: Nina Simone (p, vc), Al Schackman (g), Chris White (b), Bobby Hamilton (d).
Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, June 30, 1960.
B6: Nina Simone (vc). Orchestra conducted by Stu Phillips. New York, 1959-60.

TRACKS:

A1 BLACK IS THE COLOR OF MY TRUE LOVE’S HAIR
A2 EXACTLY LIKE YOU
A3 THE OTHER WOMAN
A4 UNDER THE LOWEST
A5 YOU CAN HAVE HIM
A6 LITTLE LIZA JANE (*)

B1 SUMMERTIME [Parts 1 & 2]
B2 COTTON-EYED JOE
B3 RETURN HOME
B4 WILD IS THE WIND
B5 FINE AND MELLOW
B6 NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU’RE DOWN AND OUT (*)