Nina Simone - Best Studio and Live Recordings [180g Import Colored Vinyl 2LP]

Few artists in music history are as unclassifiable as Nina Simone. During her long career she tackled material from a variety of styles, garnering an audience that included soul devotees, folk followers, R&B lovers and jazz buffs. Simone's classical training, smokey-alto vocals and modern jazz influence made her a novel and inspiring jazz singer and instrumentalist. The first disc in this colored 2LP-set presents a selection of Simone's finest studio recordings while the second features songs from some of the passionate live performances for which Simone was rightly famous.

LP1 - Studio
1. My Baby Just Cares For Me
2. Don't Smoke In Bed
3. Mood Indigo
4. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
5. Little Girl Blue
6. Chilly Winds Don't Blow
7. I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl
8. I Loves You, Porgy
9. Gin House Blues
10. For All We Know
11. Forbidden Fruit
12. Plain Gold Ring
13. Love Me Or Leave Me Alone
14. Children Go Where I Send You

LP2 - Live
1. Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair (Town Hall, New York City, 1959)
2. The Other Woman (Town Hall, New York City, 1959)
3. Summertime (Town Hall, New York City, 1959)
4. Cotton Eyed Joe (Town Hall, New York City, 1959)
5. Wild Is The Wind (Town Hall, New York City, 1959)
6. Trouble In Mind (Newport, Rhode Island, 1960)
7. Just In Time (Village Gate, New York City, 1961)
8. Ain't Got No / I Got Life (University Of California, Berkeley, California, 1969)
9. Backlash Blues (University Of California, Berkeley, California, 1969)
10. Mississippi Goddam (1985 USA Theatre Tour - Los Angeles, New York City & Washington, D.C.)
11. Four Women (1985 USA Theatre Tour - Los Angeles, New York City & Washington, D.C.)
12. Do What You Gotta Do (1985 USA Theatre Tour - Los Angeles, New York City & Washington, D.C.)
13. My Baby Just Cares For Me (1985 USA Theatre Tour - Los Angeles, New York City & Washington, D.C.)