Revolution, Part 1

~ Recording by Nina Simone

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.3Revolution, Part 12:53Nina SimoneTo Love SomebodyNina SimoneAlbum
RCA VictorLSP 4152
1.5Revolution Part I2:48Nina SimoneMy WayNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
RCA Victor443 049, 443.049, 443049
1.3Revolution, Part 12:53Nina SimoneTo Love Somebody / Here Comes the SunNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Raven Records (Australian mainly reissue)RVCD-71
1.3Revolution (Part 1)2:53Nina SimoneTo Love Somebody and Here Comes the SunNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Camden Deluxe
1.3Revolution, Part 12:53Nina SimoneTo Love Somebody (Limited Edition, Original recording remastered)Nina SimoneAlbum
  • -2004-04-26
RCA Victor Europe
2.3Revolution, Part 12:52Nina SimoneOriginal Album ClassicsNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2009-09-28
Sony CMG (subsidiary of SME UK, add only UK releases)88697569232, 88697569232CD1, 88697569232CD2, 88697569232CD3, 88697569232CD4, 88697569232CD5
5.3Revolution, Part 12:53Nina SimoneThe Complete RCA Albums CollectionNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2011-11-14
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)88697938902
1.3Revolution, Pt. 12:50Nina SimoneTo Love Somebody (expanded edition)Nina SimoneAlbum
  • US2012-04-24
5.3Revolution, Part 12:53Nina SimoneThe Complete RCA Albums CollectionNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • US2012-06-12
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)88697938902
1.3Revolution, Part 12:53Nina SimoneTo Love SomebodyNina SimoneAlbum
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)
Promotion
1.8Revolution (part 1)2:51Nina SimoneBeatlemania, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Mojo (magazine)MOJOSEP04BLUE

Relationships

recording engineer:Ray Hall (engineer)
Mike Moran (American engineer, associated with RCA)
bass [Fender bass] and electric bass guitar:Gene A Perla
drums (drum set) [drums]:Charles D. Alias
guitar:Al Schackman
organ:Weldon J. Irvine, Jr.
piano and lead vocals:Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
background vocals and background vocals [vocalist]:Virdia Crawford
Doris Willingham
conductor:Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
arranger:Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
produced for:Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
recorded at:RCA Studio B (New York) in New York, New York, United States
recording of:Revolution (Beatles song) (cover, partial)

Revolution (Beatles song)

writer:John Lennon (The Beatles)
Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney)
Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI-affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?)
Northern Songs Ltd.
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
later parody versions:Revelation
is the basis for:Revolution (Nina Simone song)