Nina Simone – Blackbird (The Colpix Recordings) (1959 - 1963).

• 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.


CD 1 - The Amazing Nina Simone (Expanded Edition)

1:Blue prelude
2:Children go where i send you
3:Tomorrow (we will meet once more)
4:Stompin at the savoy
5:It might as well be spring
6:You ve been gone too long
7:That s him over there
8:Chilly winds don t blow
9:Theme from middle of the night
10:Can t get out of this mood
11:Willow weep for me

Bonustracks :

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

CD 2 - Nina Simone At Town Hall (Expanded Edition) 

1:Black is the color of my true love s hair
2:Exactly like you
3:The other woman
4:Under the lowest
5:You can have him
6:Summertime
7:Summertime
8:Cotton eyed joe
9:Return home
10:Wild is the wind
11:Fine and mellow

Bonustarcks : 
 
12:Under the lowest
13:You can have him

CD 3 -     Nina Simone At Newport (Expanded Edition)

1:Trouble in mind
2:Blues for porgy
3:Little liza jane
4:You d be so nice to come home to
5:Flo me la
6:Nina s blues
7:In the evening by the moonlight

Bonustracks :

8:Since my love has gone
9:If only for tonight
10:Nobody knows you when you re down and out
11:Trouble in mind
12:In the evening by the moonlight

CD 4 - Forbidden Fruit (Expanded Edition)

1:Rags and old iron
2:No good man
3:Gin house blues
4:I ll look around
5:I love to love
6:Work song
7:Where can i go without you
8:Just say i love him
9:Memphis in june
10:Forbidden fruit

Bonustracks :

11:Gimme a pigfoot
12:T ain t nobody s biz-ness if i do
13:Try a little tenderness
14:Lonesome valley
15:Everytime we say goodbye
16:My ship
17:Golden earrings
18:Od yesh homa
19:Baubles bangles and beads
20:Porgy i is your woman now

CD 5 Nina Simone At The Village Gate (Expanded Edition)

1:Just in time
2:He was too good to me
3:House of the rising sun
4:Bye bye blackbird
5:Brown baby
6:Zungo
7:If he changed my name
8:Children go where i send you
9:Eretz zavat chalav u dvash

Bonustracks :

10:Vaynikehu
11:Sinner man
12:You ll never walk alone

CD 6 - Nina Simone Sings Ellington! (Expanded Edition)

1:Do nothin till you hear from me
2:I got it bad (and that ain t good)
3:Hey, buddy bolden
4:Merry mending
5:Something to live for
6:You better know it
7:I like the sunrise
8:Solitude
9:The gal from joe s
10:Satin doll
11:It don t mean a thing (if it ain t got that swing)

Bonustracks :

12:Come on back jack
13:I want a little sugar in my bowl
14:Chain gang (work song)

CD 7  -    Nina Simone At Carnegie Hall

1:Black swan (from the medium )
2:Theme from samson and delilah
3:If you knew
4:Theme from sayonara
5:The twelfth of never
6:Will i find my love today
7:Medley: the other woman/cotton eyed joe

Bonustracks :

8:Will i find a resting place
9:Little liza jane

CD 8 Folksy Nina (Expanded Edition)

1:Silver city bound
2:When i was a young girl
3:Eretz zavat chalav u dvash
4:Lass of the low country
5:The young knight
6:Vaynikehu
7:Mighty lak a rose
8:Hush little baby

Bonustracks :

9:Work song
10:Blackbird

Label :     SoulMusic Records – QSM8CR5218BX
Barcode : 5013929091832

Verzendkosten : Als 3-4cd

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