Nina Simone

4-LP box set housed in a hard box

Nina Simone rightly belongs in the Pantheon of exceptional voices, as an immense artist whose fervour and mastery of the piano made every performance a uniquely original work of jazz, soul and classical music combined.

A whirlwind of triumphs and frustrations characterized her life, perhaps explained by a mixture of exceptional gifts, a seriously classical piano education, and three critical E. D Zemall episodes that came without warning: the Curtis Institute's refusal to accept her as a pupil; the departure of her husband and manager; and the suffering of black people in Sixties' America.

These circumstances forged her into one of the most gifted vocalists of her generation, as well as one of it's most controversial personalities, fascinating millions of admirers.

TRACKS:

• LP ONE:

• NINA SIMONE ESSENTIAL
• A1. Wild is The Wind
• A2. Blue Prelude
• A3. My Baby Just Cares For Me
• A4. Willow Weep For Me
• A5. I Don’t Want Him

• LITTLE GIRL BLUE
• B1. Love Me or Leave Me
• B2. I Loves You Porgy
• B3. Little Girl Blue
• B4. Mood Indigo
• B5. African Mailman
• _____________________

• LP TWO:

• LITTLE GIRL BLUE
• C1. He Needs Me
• C2. Plain Gold Ring
• C3. You’ll Never Walk Alone
• C4. Central Park Blues
• C5. He’s Got the Whole World in his Hands
• C6. For All We Know

• THE AMAZING NINA SIMONE
• D1. Children Go Where I Send You
• D2. Stomping at the Savoy
• D3. It Might As Well Be Spring
• D4. You’ve Been Gone Too Long
• D5. That’s Him Over There
• D6. Can’t Get Out Of This Mood
• D7. Solitaire
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• LP THREE:

• AT THE TOWN HALL
• E1. The Other Woman
• E2. Black Is the Color Of My True Love’s Hair
• E3. Exactly Like You
• E4. Summertime (vocal)
• E5. Return Home
• E6. Fine And Mellow

• FORBIDDEN FRUIT
• F1. Just Say I Love Him
• F2. Rags And Old Iron
• F3. I’ll Look Around
• F4. Work Song
• F5. Memphis In June
• _____________________

• LP FOUR:

• AT NEWPORT
• G1. Trouble In Mind
• G2. Little Liza Jane
• G3. Flo Me La

• SINGS DUKE ELLINGTON
• H1. Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me
• H2. Hey, Buddy Bolden
• H3. Something To Live For
• H4. The Gal From Joe’s
• H5. Solitude
• H6. Satin Doll
• H7. It Don’t Mean a Thing