Nina Simone

VIRGIN 180G. VINYL - GATEFOLD EDITION

This set presents some of Nina Simone’s greatest hits. among them the perennial “I Loves You Porgy”, which bcharted at #2 in the UK and #18 in the USA in 1959, “Nobody Know 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). “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. In 1987 it went to number 5 in the UK Singles Chart.

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

NINA SIMONE, vocals & piano
On all tracks, plus:

A1-A4 & B7: Jimmy Bond (b); Albert “Tootie” Heath (d).
New York, December 1957.

A5-A7: Orchestra conducted & arranged by Bob Mersey.
New York, May 1959.

A8: Orchestra conducted by Stu Phillips.
New York, 1959-60.

B1, B3, B6 & B8: Jimmy Bond (b); Albert “Tootie” Heath (d).
Town Hall, New York, September 12, 1959.

B2: Al Shackman (g), Chris White (b), Bobby Hamilton (d).
Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, June 30, 1960.

B4: The Malcolm Dodds Singers (vocal choir). Orchestra conducted & arranged by Ralph Burns.
New York, June 1961.

B5: Al Shackman (g), Chris White (b), Bobby Hamilton (d).
New York, 1960-61.

SIDE A:

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

SIDE  B:

01. BLACK IS THE COLOR OF MY TRUE LOVE’S HAIR
02. TROUBLE IN MIND
03. EXACTLY LIKE YOU
04. DO NOTHIN’ TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME
05. WORK SONG
06. FINE AND MELLOW
07. MOOD INDIGO
08. THE OTHER WOMAN