1-CD EDITION

21 TRACKS

COMPREHENSIVE BOOKLET

This set presents some of Nina Simone’s greatest hits, among them the perennial “I Loves You Porgy”, which charted at #2 in the UK and #18 in the USA in 1959. “My Baby Just Cares for Me” wasn’t a hit at the time it was recorded, but after director Ridley Scott featured Nina’s recording of that song in a 1987 Chanel commercial starring actress Carole Bouquet, it became one of Simone’s biggest hits almost 19 years after her previous chart entry.

PERSONNEL:

• NINA SIMONE - (vocals & piano)

• Plus collective personnel:
• Al Schackman (g), Jimmy Bond, Wilbur Ware (b), Albert “Tootie” Heath, Ben Riley (d)
• orchestras conducted by Bob Mersey & Ralph Burns, among others.

Recorded between 1957 & 1961.

TRACKS:

• 01. MY BABY JUST CARES FOR ME
• 02. I LOVES YOU PORGY
• 03. LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME
• 04. LITTLE GIRL BLUE
• 05. HE NEEDS ME
• 06. CHILDREN GO WHERE I SEND YOU
• 07. WILLOW WEEP FOR ME
• 08. NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU’RE DOWN AND OUT
• 09. BLACK IS THE COLOR OF MY TRUE LOVE’S HAIR
• 10. TROUBLE IN MIND
• 11. EXACTLY LIKE YOU
• 12. DO NOTHIN’ TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME
• 13. WORK SONG
• 14. FINE AND MELLOW
• 15. MOOD INDIGO
• 16. THE OTHER WOMAN
• 17. PLAIN GOLD RING
• 18. DON’T SMOKE IN BED
• 19. SUMMERTIME
• 20. WILD IS THE WIND
• 21. LITTLE LIZA JANE

• TOTAL TIME: 77:12 min.

ALSO AVAILABLE ON 180 GRAM VINYL- GATEFOLD EDITON: LPS 150689