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- Date Released: July 28, 1998
- Genre: Jazz
- Label: RCA Records Label
- Copyright: (P) 1998 BMG Entertainment International
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They Say...
Nina Simone recorded for RCA Records between 1967 and 1972. While she was in fine form during those years, she didn't make her best records there, and sounded particularly ill at ease whenever she did pop-rock covers, which was more often than she should. However, these songs are selling points for a certain audience, namely the audience RCA is targeting with their generous 40-track collection, The Very Best of Nina Simone. True, her recordings during these five years were a little inconsistent, as she covered the classics, performed new songs, and tackled contemporary material, so perhaps it's fitting that this compilation is also a little schizophrenic. Nevertheless, that doesn't make the compilation much more than an interesting summation of a conflicted, occasionally rewarding, era of Simone's career that will be useful for already-dedicated fans that want to explore a little deeper than just her classic recordings.
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| 01. |  |
My Man's Gone Now |
4:12 |
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| 02. | |
Since I Fell For You |
2:49 |
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| 03. | |
I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl |
2:31 |
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| 04. | |
Do I Move You
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2:17 |
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| 05. | |
Blues For Mama |
3:56 |
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| 06. | |
Backlash Blues |
2:28 |
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| 07. | |
In The Dark |
2:54 |
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| 08. | |
Consummation
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4:11 |
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| 09. | |
Go To Hell
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2:47 |
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| 10. | |
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
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3:06 |
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| 11. | |
The Turning Point
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2:00 |
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| 12. | |
Turn Me On
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2:24 |
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| 13. | |
The Look Of Love
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2:22 |
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| 14. | |
To Love Somebody
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2:38 |
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| 15. | |
I Can't See Nobody
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3:13 |
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| 16. | |
In The Morning
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2:41 |
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| 17. | |
Do What You Gotta Do
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3:34 |
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| 18. | |
Ain't Got No - I Got Life (From the musical production "Hair")
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2:08 |
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| 19. | |
Please Read Me |
2:45 |
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| 20. | |
Sunday In Savannah
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6:04 |
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| 21. | |
Why? (The King Of Love Is Dead)
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6:40 |
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| 22. | |
Mississippi Goddam
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5:30 |
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22 Total Tracks, 73:10 Total Length
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| 01. | |
I Think It's Going To Rain Today
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3:26 |
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| 02. | |
I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)
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4:53 |
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| 03. | |
Nobody's Fault But Mine
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3:01 |
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| 04. | |
Another Spring
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3:30 |
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| 05. | |
Compassion (A/K/A Compensation)
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1:35 |
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| 06. | |
Seems I'm Never Tired Lovin' You
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2:56 |
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| 07. | |
I Shall Be Released
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4:00 |
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| 08. | |
To Be Young, Gifted And Black
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2:50 |
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| 09. | |
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
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4:48 |
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Suzanne
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5:12 |
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| 11. | |
My Father / Dialog
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1:40 |
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| 12. | |
Jelly Roll
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8:11 |
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| 13. | |
Tell It Like It Is
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3:51 |
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| 14. | |
Mr. Bojangles
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4:58 |
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| 15. | |
Here Comes The Sun
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3:42 |
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| 16. | |
O-O-h Child
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3:16 |
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| 17. | |
Poppies
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4:44 |
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| 18. | |
22nd Century
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8:44 |
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18 Total Tracks, 75:17 Total Length
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Credits
- Nina Simone - Arranger // Nina Simone - Conductor // Weldon Irvine - Conductor // Weldon Irvine - Orchestration // Jimmy Wisner - Arranger // Jimmy Wisner - Conductor // Danny Davis - Producer // Carrie Hamilton - Art Direction // Carrie Hamilton - Design // Bill Lacey - Audio Restoration // Horace Ott - Arranger // Horace Ott - Conductor // Joe Rene - Producer // Harold Wheeler - Arranger // Harold Wheeler - Conductor // David Nathan - Liner Notes // Paul Williams - Compilation // Dalita Keumurian - Project Director // Mike Hartry - Mixing // Mike Hartry - Digital Transfers // Sammy Lowe - Arranger // Sammy Lowe - Conductor // Jack Rovner - Creative Director
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Composers
Horace Ott // Jimmy Wisner // Sammy Lowe // Harold Wheeler -
Performers
Bernard Purdie played Drums // Bernard "Pretty" Purdie played Drums // Eric Gale played Guitar // Buddy Lucas played Sax (Tenor) // Rudy Stevenson played Guitar // Bob Bushnell played Bass (Vocal) // Ernie Hayes played Organ // Eugene Taylor played Bass (Vocal) // Calvin Taylor played Bass (Vocal) // Samuel Waymon played Organ // Bucky Clark played Drums -
Other Details
- Instruments:
- Organ //
- Guitar //
- Piano //
- Bass (Vocal) //
- Drums //
- Sax (Tenor)
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