Nina Simone - Essential Original Albums [New CD]

3-CD SET WITH ESSENTIAL ORIGINAL ALBUMSDELUXE 5-PANEL DIGIPACKINCLUDES 20-PAGE BOOKLETThis release presents some of the finest recordings made by the superb Nina Simone in the early years of her long career. It includes some of her best-known hits, such as “My Baby Just Cares For Me”, “I Loves You Porgy”, and “Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair”. All of the tracks contained here are studio recordings or professional live recordings, with excellent sound quality, and showcase Simone at her best both singing and playing the piano.The six complete albums compiled on this set are: Little Girl Blue (aka My Baby Just Cares for Me, Bethlehem SBCP6028), Nina Simone Sings Ellington! (Colpix SCP425), Nina Simone at Town Hall (Colpix CP409), The Amazing Nina Simone (Colpix CP407), Nina Simone at Newport (Colpix SCP412), and Forbidden Fruit (Colpix SCP419).PERSONNEL:NINA SIMONE, vocals & piano on all tracks, plus:CD 1 [1-11]: LITTLE GIRL BLUEJIMMY BOND (b), ALBERT “TOOTIE” HEATH (d). New York, 1957.CD 1 [12-22]: NINA SIMONE SINGS ELLINGTON!RALPH BURNS Orchestra. New York, June 1961.CD 2 [1-11]: NINA SIMONE AT TOWN HALLJIMMY BOND (b), ALBERT “TOOTIE” HEATH (d).Town Hall, New York, September 12, 1959.CD 2 [12-24]: THE AMAZING NINA SIMONEBOB MERSEY Orchestra. New York, May 1959.CD 3 [1-7]: NINA SIMONE AT NEWPORTAL SHACKMAN (g), CHRIS WHITE (b), BOBBY HAMILTON (d).Newport, Rhode Island, June 30, 1960.CD 3 [8-17]: FORBIDDEN FRUITSame personnel as above. New York, 1960-61.CD 1: TOTAL TIME: 78:3901 My Baby Just Cares For Me02 Mood Indigo03 Don’t Smoke In Bed04 He Needs Me05 Little Girl Blue06 Love Me Or Leave Me07 Good Bait08 Plain Gold Ring09 You’ll Never Walk Alone10 I Loves You Porgy11 Central Park Blues [Instrumental]12 Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me13 I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good)14 Hey, Buddy Bolden15 Merry Mending16 Something To Live For17 You Better Know It18 I Like The Sunrise (From The Liberian Suite)19 Solitude20 The Gal From Joe’s21 Satin Doll22 It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)CD 2: TOTAL TIME: 79:2201 Black Is The Color Of My True Love’s Hair02 Exactly Like You03 The Other Woman04 Under The Lowest05 You Can Have Him06 Summertime [Instrumental]07 Summertime08 Cotton-Eyed Joe09 Return Home10 Wild Is The Wind11 Fine And Mellow12 Blue Prelude13 Children Go Where I Send You14 Tomorrow (We Will Meet Once More)15 Stompin’ At The Savoy16 It Might As Well Be Spring17 You’ve Been Gone Too Long18 That’s Him Over There19 Chilly Winds Don’t Blow20 Theme From “The Middle Of The Night”21 Can’t Get Out Of This Mood22 Willow Weep For Me23 Solitaire24 Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And OutCD 3: TOTAL TIME: 78:4701 Trouble In Mind02 Porgy03 Little Liza Jane04 You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To05 Flo Me La06 Nina’s Blues07 In The Evening By The Moonlight08 Rags And Old Iron09 No Good Man10 Gin House Blues11 I’ll Look Around12 I Love To Love13 Work Song14 Where Can I Go Without You15 Just Say I Love Him16 Memphis In June17 Forbidden Fruit