Nina Simone

Complete 1957-62 Singles (648036)

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Complete 1957-62 Singles

Nina Simone

New Continent

8436569190500

NCT 150662

648036

JAZZ

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CD 9,98 €

3-CD SET

LIMITED EDITION - 10-PANEL DIGIPACK

INCLUDES 16 PAGE BOOKLET

Even though Nina Simone’s career began at the start of the LP era, many of her recordings were also issued as singles, while others were only issued as singles. This 3-CD set compiles all of her 1957-62 singles, among them the perennial “I Loves You Porgy”, which charted at #2 in the UK and #18 in the USA in 1959, “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out” (#23 in the UK; #93 in the USA in 1960), and “Trouble in Mind” (#11 in the UK; #92 in the USA in 1961).

This collection presents the incomparable Nina Simone in a variety of musical contexts, backed by her trio or quartet, or by big bands conducted by Bob Mersey or Ralph Burns, among others.

PERSONNEL:

  • NINA SIMONE, vocals & piano
  • Al Shackman (guitar); Jimmy Bond, Chris White (bass); Albert “Tootie” Heath, Bobby Hamilton (drums)
  • Orchestras conducted & arranged by Ralph Burns and Bob Mersey.

New York, 1957-62.

TRACKS:

  • CD 1 (77:06 min.)
  • 01 CHILLY WINDS DON’T BLOW
  • 02 SOLITAIRE
  • 03 I LOVES YOU PORGY
  • 04 LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME
  • 05 LITTLE GIRL BLUE
  • 06 HE NEEDS ME
  • 07 CHILDREN GO WHERE I SEND YOU
  • 08 WILLOW WEEP FOR ME
  • 09 DON’T SMOKE IN BED
  • 10 AFRICAN MAILMAN
  • 11 THE OTHER WOMAN
  • 12 IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING
  • 13 MOOD INDIGO
  • 14 CENTRAL PARK BLUES
  • 15 FOR ALL WE KNOW
  • 16 GOOD BAIT
  • 17 SUMMERTIME
  • 18 FINE AND MELLOW
  • 19 YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE
  • 20 PLAIN GOLD RING
  • CD 2 (70:38 min)
  • 01 SINCE MY LOVER HAS GONE
  • 02 TOMORROW (WE WILL MEET ONCE MORE)
  • 03 HE’S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS
  • 04 IF ONLY FOR TONIGHT
  • 05 UNDER THE LOWEST
  • 06 NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU’RE DOWN AND OUT
  • 07 BLACK IS THE COLOR OF MY TRUE LOVE’S HAIR
  • 08 TROUBLE IN MIND
  • 09 COTTON-EYED JOE
  • 10 WORK SONG
  • 11 MEMPHIS IN JUNE
  • 12 GIN HOUSE BLUES
  • 13 COME ON BACK, JACK
  • 14 YOU’VE BEEN GONE TOO LONG
  • 15 IN THE EVENING BY THE MOONLIGHT
  • 16 YOU CAN HAVE HIM
  • 17 I GOT IT BAD (AND THAT AIN’T GOOD)
  • 18 I WANT A LITTLE SUGAR IN MY BOWL
  • 19 DO NOTHIN’ TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME
  • 20 MY BABY JUST CARES FOR ME
  • CD 3 (63:33 min.)
  • 01 HEY, BUDDY BOLDEN
  • 02 EXACTLY LIKE YOU
  • 03 MERRY MENDING
  • 04 SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR
  • 05 YOU BETTER KNOW IT
  • 06 I LIKE THE SUNRISE (from THE LIBERIAN SUITE)
  • 07 IT DON’T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN’T GOT THAT SWING)
  • 08 THE GAL FROM JOE’S
  • 09 I CAN’T GET OUT OF THIS MOOD
  • 10 WILD IS THE WIND
  • 11 THAT’S HIM OVER THERE
  • 12 WHERE CAN I GO WITHOUT YOU
  • 13 YOU’VE BEEN GONE TOO LONG
  • 14 STOMPIN’ AT THE SAVOY
  • 15 LITTLE LIZA JANE
  • 16 RETURN HOME
  • 17 RAGS AND OLD IRON
  • 18 NO GOOD MAN
  • 19 I’LL LOOK AROUND
  • 20 I LOVE TO LOVE