• COLLECTOR'S DIGIPACK SERIES

• LIMITED EDITION - SIX-PANEL DIGIPACK

• INCLUDES 11 BONUS TRACKS

Nina Simone made her first trip into the studio in New York during 1957 to record her debut album Little Girl Blue. Simone would not record again for two years. She signed a contract with the New York-based label Colpix Records in 1959, with whom she recorded her second album, The Amazing Nina Simone (Colpix SCP407). The LP, presented here in its entirety along with four tunes that complete the session but were not included on the original album, features her singing (and playing a little piano) with an orchestra under the direction of Bob Mersey. Seven further bonus tracks have been added, among them four tunes issued as Colpix singles during the same period, an outstanding live version of “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out”, and her unforgettable “My Baby Just Cares for Me.”

PERSONNEL:

• NINA SIMONE, vocals & piano
• Orchestra conducted & arranged by BOB MERSEY

New York, May 1959.

• (*) BONUS TRACKS:
• [13-16]: From the same sessions, but not included on the original LP.
• [17-20]: Nina Simone (vc). Orchestra conducted by Stu Phillips.
• New York, 1959-61.
• [21-22]: Nina Simone unaccompanied piano & vocals.
• Live at the Lake Meadows Club, Chicago, 1960.
• [23]: Nina Simone (vc, p), Jimmy Bond (b), Albert “Tootie” Heath (d).
• New York, December 1957.

TRACKS:

• 01. BLUE PRELUDE
• 02. CHILDREN GO WHERE I SEND YOU
• 03. TOMORROW (WE WILL MEET ONCE MORE)
• 04. STOMPIN’ AT THE SAVOY
• 05. IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING
• 06. YOU’VE BEEN GONE TOO LONG
• 07. THAT’S HIM OVER THERE
• 08. CHILLY WINDS DON’T BLOW
• 09. THEME FROM “THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT”
• 10. CAN’T GET OUT OF THIS MOOD
• 11. WILLOW WEEP FOR ME
• 12. SOLITAIRE
• 13. I LOVES YOU PORGY (*)
• 14. FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN (*)
• 15. THAT’S ALL (*)
• 16. THE MAN WITH A HORN (*)
• 17. SINCE MY LOVER HAS GONE (*)
• 18. IF ONLY FOR TONIGHT (*)
• 19. NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU’RE DOWN AND OUT (*)
• 20. COME ON BACK, JACK (*)
• 21. I LOVE TO LOVE [LIVE] (*)
• 22. NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU’RE DOWN AND OUT [LIVE] (*)
• 23. MY BABY JUST CARES FOR ME (*)

• TOTAL TIME: 76:36 Min.