Nina Simone

INCLUDES 5 BONUS TRACKS

4 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

"Little Girl Blue" (aka My Baby Just Cares for Me, Bethlehem SBCP6028) was Nina Simone’s debut album and first studio recording ever. Recorded when she was 25 years old, it was a tremendous success and led to a fabulous career that would produce more than 80 studio sessions. It contains such perennial classics as “I Loves You Porgy” and “My Baby Just Cares for Me”. Five tracks taped live by Simone between 1959 and 1961, four of which feature the exact same personnel as the studio album, have been added here as a bonus.

PERSONNEL:

NINA SIMONE, vocals & piano
JIMMY BOND, bass
ALBERT “TOOTIE” HEATH, drums

New York, 1957.

INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET

TRACKS:

01 MY BABY JUST CARES FOR ME
02 MOOD INDIGO
03 DON’T SMOKE IN BED
04 HE NEEDS ME
05 LITTLE GIRL BLUE
06 LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME
07 GOOD BAIT [instrumental]
08 PLAIN GOLD RING
09 YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE
10 I LOVES YOU PORGY
11 CENTRAL PARK BLUES [instrumental]
12 HE’S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS
13 FOR ALL WE KNOW
14 AFRICAN MAILMAN
15 THE OTHER WOMAN (*)
16 EXACTLY LIKE YOU (*)
17 SUMMERTIME (*)
18 BLACK IS THE COLOR OF MY TRUE LOVE’S HAIR (*)
19 HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN (*)

TOTAL TIME: 76:19 Min.