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Nina Simone - Blackbird: The Colpix Recordings 1959-1963 (CD) - CD

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Availability:In StockArtist:Nina SimoneTheme:Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame Inductee
Distributor/Studio:Soulmusic RecordsPublisher:SOULMUSIC RECORDSUPC:5013929091832Weight:0.57Product ID:SC8JTEM814

Details: First-ever luxury 8CD box set of expanded editions of the critically-acclaimed and Treasured Albums That The Iconic Nina Simone Recorded For Colpix Records From 1959 To 1963 Which Formed The Very Foundation For The Global Reach She Achieved As Peerless And Influential Artist Over The Decades That Followed. With An Astounding 107 Tracks Covering Over Seven Hours Of Music, The Original Albums 'The Amazing Nina Simone' (1959), 'Nina Simone At Town Hall' (1959), 'Nina At Newport' (1960), 'Forbidden Fruit' (1961), 'Nina At The Village Gate' (1962), 'Nina Simone Sings Ellington' (1962), 'Nina Simone At Carnegie Hall' (1963) And 'Folksy Nina' (Recorded In 1963, Released In 1964), Augmented By 29 Bonus Tracks Consisting Of Single Edits, Non-LP Sides And A Wealth Of Other Material Found In The Colpix Tape Vaults In The Early 2000's. Including the legendary performer's first readings of classics such as 'Wild Is The Wind', 'I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl', 'Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out' and 'Sinner Man' (key cuts that Nina would revisit over later albums after her Colpix tenure ended). Plus an astonishing array of diverse material from torch songs 'You Can Have Him' and 'The Other Woman' to the gospel-flavoured 'Children Go Where I Send You', and a later version of Nina's first US breakthrough 1958 hit 'I Loves You Porgy' along with her indelibly distinctive take on folk songs 'Cotton Eyed Joe', 'Little Liza Jane' and 'Black Is The Colour Of My True Love's Hair'. With stellar remastering from Nick Robbins and exemplary artwork design by Tony Hodsoll, this essential reissue of Nina Simone's eclectic early recordings features a personal essay from Aaron Overfield (her official archivist), commentary by renowned film producer/ storyteller Nia Hill (librettist of the opera 'Nina Simone's Absurde) and extensive notes from historian and SoulMusic Records' reissue producer David Nathan, who founded the first UK Appreciation Society for Nina Simone in 1965.

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01
Blue Prelude
02
Children Go Where I Send You
03
Tomorrow (We Will Meet Once More)
04
Stompin' at the Savoy
05
It Might As Well Be Spring
06
You've Been Gone Too Long
07
That's Him Over There
08
Chilly Winds Don't Blow (2:45)
09
Theme from Middle of the Night
10
Can't Get Out of This Mood
11
Willow Weep for Me
12
Solitaire
13
I Loves You Porgy
14
Falling in Love Again (I Can't Help It)
15
Spring Is Here
16
That's All
17
The Man with a Horn
18
Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair
19
Exactly Like You
20
The Other Woman
21
Under the Lowest
22
You Can Have Him
23
Summertime (Instrumental)
24
Summertime
25
Cotton Eyed Joe
26
Return Home
27
Wild Is the Wind
28
Fine and Mellow
29
Under the Lowest (Single Version)
30
You Can Have Him (Single Version)
31
Trouble in Mind
32
Blues for Porgy
33
Little Liza Jane
34
You'd Be So Nice to Come Home to
35
Flo Me la
36
Nina's Blues
37
In the Evening By the Moonlight Bonus Tracks
38
Since My Love Has Gone (Non-Album Single)
39
If Only for Tonight (Non- Album Single)
40
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out (Non-
41
Album Single)
42
Trouble in Mind ((Single Version)
43
In the Evening By the Moonlight (Single Version)
44
Rags and Old Iron
45
No Good Man
46
Gin House Blues
47
I'll Look Around
48
I Love to Love
49
Work Song
50
Where Can I Go Without You
51
Just Say I Love Him
52
Memphis in June
53
Forbidden Fruit Bonus Tracks
54
Gimme a Pigfoot
55
T'ain't Nobody's Biz-Ness If I Do
56
Try a Little Tenderness
57
Lonesome Valley
58
Everytime We Say Goodbye
59
My Ship
60
Golden Earrings
61
Od Yesh Homa
62
Baubles Bangles and Beads
63
Porgy I Is Your Woman Now
64
Just in Time
65
He Was Too Good to Me
66
House of the Rising Sun
67
Bye Bye Blackbird
68
Brown Baby
69
Zungo
70
If He Changed My Name
02
Children Go Where I Send You
72
Eretz Zavat Chalav U'dvash
73
Vaynikehu
74
Sinner Man
75
You'll Never Walk Alone
76
Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me
77
I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
78
Hey Buddy Bolden
79
Merry Mending
80
Something to Live for
81
You Better Know It
82
I Like the Sunrise
83
Solitude
84
The Gal from Joe's
85
Satin Doll
86
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
87
Come on Back Jack (Non-Album Single)
88
I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Non- Album Single)
89
Chain Gang (Work Song)
90
Black Swan (From "The Medium")
91
Theme from Samson and Delilah
92
If You Knew (3:26)
93
Theme from Sayonara
94
The Twelfth of Never
95
Will I Find My Love Today
96
Medley: The Other Woman/Cotton Eyed Joe (7:20)
97
Will I Find a Resting Place
33
Little Liza Jane
99
Silver City Bound
100
When I Was a Young Girl
72
Eretz Zavat Chalav U'dvash
102
Lass of the Low Country
103
The Young Knight
73
Vaynikehu
105
Mighty Lak a Rose
106
Hush Little Baby
49
Work Song
108
Blackbird (Non-Album Single)
Distributor/Studio:Soulmusic RecordsPublisher:SOULMUSIC RECORDSUPC:5013929091832Weight:0.57Product ID:SC8JTEM814
Publisher: SOULMUSIC RECORDS

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Nina Simone

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