Nina Simone

Ballads & Blues (Colored Vinyl) (950729)

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2021

Ballads & Blues (Colored Vinyl)

Nina Simone

Waxtime in Color

8436559469135

LPS 169052

950729

JAZZ

1

LP 16,98 €

new collection of colored classic LPs

180 gram limited edition

INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK

PERSONNEL:

  • NINA SIMONE - (vocals & piano), plus:
  • ON TRACKS [A1, A2, A6 & B7]: Jimmy Bond (b), Albert “Tootie” Heath (d).
  • New York, December 1957.
  • ON TRACKS [A3]: The Malcolm Dodds Singers (vocal choir), orchestra conducted & arranged by Ralph Burns.
  • New York, 1962.
  • ON TRACKS [A4 & A7]: Orchestra conducted & arranged by Bob Mersey.
  • New York, 1959.
  • ON TRACKS [A5, B2 & B5]: Same personnel as above.
  • New York, 1960-61.
  • ON TRACKS [A8 & B4]: Wilbur Ware (b), Ben Riley (d). Live at Town Hall
  • New York, September 12, 1959.
  • ON TRACKS [B1]: Al Shackman (g), Chris White (b), Bobby Hamilton (d).
  • Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, June 30, 1960.
  • ON TRACK [B3]: Same personnel as B1.
  • Live at the Village Gate, New York, April 1961.
  • ON TRACK [B6]: Orchestra conducted by Stu Phillips.
  • New York, 1959-60.

TRACKS:

  • SIDE A: THE BALLADS
  • A1. I LOVES YOU PORGY
  • A2. LITTLE GIRL BLUE
  • A3. SOLITUDE
  • A4. WILLOW WEEP FOR ME
  • A5. MEMPHIS IN JUNE
  • A6. FOR ALL WE KNOW
  • A7. BLUE PRELUDE
  • A8. BLACK IS THE COLOR OF MY TRUE LOVE’S HAIR
  • SIDE B: THE BLUES
  • B1. TROUBLE IN MIND
  • B2. GIN HOUSE BLUES
  • B3. HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN
  • B4. FINE AND MELLOW
  • B5. RAGS AND OLD IRON
  • B6. NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU’RE DOWN AND OUT
  • B7. MY BABY JUST CARES FOR ME (Bonus track)