The Complete RCA Albums Collection

~ Release by Nina Simone (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

disc 3, tracks 2-7, 9-10, 12-14:
live, 1968-04-07: Westbury Music Fair, Westbury, New York, USA

disc 6, tracks 1-9:
live, 1969-10-26: Philharmonic Hall, New York City, New York, USA

disc 6, tracks 10-11:
live, 1969-04: Munich, Bavaria, Germany

disc 8, tracks 1 & 4:
live, 1971-11-18: Fort Dix, New Jersey, USA

disc 9, tracks 2, 4-6, 8-11:
live, 1973-07-28: Philharmonic Hall, New York City, New York, USA

Annotation last modified on 2015-04-14 02:05 UTC.

Tracklist

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▼CD 1: Nina Simone Sings the Blues
#TitleRatingLength
1Do I Move You?
recording engineer:
Mickey Crofford (on 1966-12-19) and Ray Hall (engineer) (on 1966-12-19)
producer:
Danny Davis (country music band leader, trumpeter, singer, producer, and best known as the founder and leader of the Nashville Brass)
recorded at:
RCA Studio B (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1966-12-19)
recording of:
Do I Move You? (on 1966-12-19)
lyricist and composer:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
4.652:46
2Day and Night
recording engineer:
Mickey Crofford (on 1966-12-19) and Ray Hall (engineer) (on 1966-12-19)
producer:
Danny Davis (country music band leader, trumpeter, singer, producer, and best known as the founder and leader of the Nashville Brass)
recorded at:
RCA Studio B (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1966-12-19)
recording of:
Day and Night
writer:
Rudy Stevenson
32:35
3In the Dark
recording engineer:
Mickey Crofford (on 1967-01-05) and Ray Hall (engineer) (on 1967-01-05)
producer:
Danny Davis (country music band leader, trumpeter, singer, producer, and best known as the founder and leader of the Nashville Brass)
recorded at:
RCA Studio B (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1967-01-05)
cover recording of:
Romance in the Dark
composer:
Big Bill Broonzy and Bud Green
4.352:57
4Real Real
recording engineer:
Mickey Crofford (on 1966-12-22) and Ray Hall (engineer) (on 1966-12-22)
producer:
Danny Davis (country music band leader, trumpeter, singer, producer, and best known as the founder and leader of the Nashville Brass)
recorded at:
RCA Studio B (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1966-12-22)
recording of:
Real Real (on 1966-12-22)
lyricist and composer:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
42:22
5My Man’s Gone Now
cover recording of:
My Man’s Gone Now (aria from Porgy and Bess, use this for non-opera or instrumental recordings)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin, Dorothy Heyward (playwright) and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell Music Co., Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, Frankie G. Songs, George Gershwin Music, Ira Gershwin Music, Nokawi Music, Warner Chappell North America and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
is based on:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. “My man’s gone now”
24:16
6Backlash Blues
recording engineer:
Mickey Crofford (on 1967-01-05) and Ray Hall (engineer) (on 1967-01-05)
producer:
Danny Davis (country music band leader, trumpeter, singer, producer, and best known as the founder and leader of the Nashville Brass)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 1967)
recorded at:
RCA Studio B (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1967-01-05)
recording of:
Backlash Blues (on 1967-01-05)
lyricist:
Langston Hughes
composer:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
publisher:
Filmtrax-Mogul (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Rolls Royce Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
4.652:32
7I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl
recording engineer:
Mickey Crofford (on 1967-01-05) and Ray Hall (engineer) (on 1967-01-05)
producer:
Danny Davis (country music band leader, trumpeter, singer, producer, and best known as the founder and leader of the Nashville Brass)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 1967)
recorded at:
RCA Studio B (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1967-01-05)
recording of:
I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Nina Simone's version) (on 1967-01-05)
writer:
James “Tim” Brymn, Dally Small and Clarence Williams (composer / pianist /bandleader)
arranger:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
publisher:
Sam Fox Publishing Co. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
version of:
Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Bessie Smith's version)
4.42:33
8Buck
recording engineer:
Mickey Crofford (on 1967-01-05) and Ray Hall (engineer) (on 1967-01-05)
producer:
Danny Davis (country music band leader, trumpeter, singer, producer, and best known as the founder and leader of the Nashville Brass)
recorded at:
RCA Studio B (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1967-01-05)
41:53
9Since I Fell for You
recording engineer:
Mickey Crofford (on 1967-01-05) and Ray Hall (engineer) (on 1967-01-05)
producer:
Danny Davis (country music band leader, trumpeter, singer, producer, and best known as the founder and leader of the Nashville Brass)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 1967)
recorded at:
RCA Studio B (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1967-01-05)
cover recording of:
Since I Fell for You (on 1967-01-05)
lyricist and composer:
Buddy Johnson (in 1945)
publisher:
Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) (ended), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (ended) and Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
42:52
10The House of the Rising Sun
cover recording of:
House of the Rising Sun
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Beechwood Music Corp., Ole Cantaloupe Music and Sonet Publishing Ltd.
3:54
11Blues for Mama
recording engineer:
Mickey Crofford (on 1966-12-22) and Ray Hall (engineer) (on 1966-12-22)
producer:
Danny Davis (country music band leader, trumpeter, singer, producer, and best known as the founder and leader of the Nashville Brass)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 1967)
recorded at:
RCA Studio B (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1966-12-22)
recording of:
Blues for Mama (on 1966-12-22)
writer:
Abbey Lincoln and Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
publisher:
Ninandy Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
44:00
12Do I Move You? (second version)
recording engineer:
Mickey Crofford (on 1967-01-05) and Ray Hall (engineer) (on 1967-01-05)
producer:
Danny Davis (country music band leader, trumpeter, singer, producer, and best known as the founder and leader of the Nashville Brass)
recorded at:
RCA Studio B (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1967-01-05)
recording of:
Do I Move You? (on 1967-01-05)
lyricist and composer:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
3.652:20
13Whatever I Am You Made Me (single)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 1970)
recorded at:
RCA Studio A (New York) in New York, New York, United States (from 1969-08-25 until 1969-08-26)
cover recording of:
Whatever I Am (You Made Me) (from 1969-08-25 until 1969-08-26)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Jewel Music Publ. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
43:03
▼CD 2: Silk & Soul
#TitleRatingLength
1It Be’s That Way Sometime
recording of:
It Be’s That Way Sometime
composer:
Sam Waymon
2:59
2The Look of Love
cover recording of:
The Look of Love
lyricist:
Hal David
composer:
Burt Bacharach
publisher:
Colgems Music Corp., Colgems-EMI Music Inc., Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
3.252:25
3Go to Hell
recording of:
Go to Hell
writer:
Morris Bailey (Philadelphia-based composer, producer, saxophonist)
3.52:51
4Love O’ Love
5:07
5Cherish
cover recording of:
Cherish
lyricist and composer:
Terry Kirkman
publisher:
Beechwood Music Corp., イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
33:24
6I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
cover recording of:
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
writer:
Richard Lamb and Billy Taylor (jazz/bop pianist)
publisher:
Duane Music Inc. and Westminster Music Ltd.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
3:11
7Turn Me On
cover recording of:
Turn Me On
lyricist and composer:
John D. Loudermilk
publisher:
Loudermilk Music, Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC), ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1961-08-09)
2:26
8Turning Point
32:03
9Some Say
42:12
10Consummation
24:13
11Why Must Your Love Well Be So Dry (single)
2:23
12Save Me (single)
cover recording of:
Save Me (Aretha Franklin song)
writer:
Aretha Franklin, Carolyn Franklin and Curtis Ousley
publisher:
Kilynn Music and Pronto Music
3:22
▼CD 3: ’Nuff Said!
#TitleRatingLength
1In the Morning
cover recording of:
In the Morning (aka “Morning of My Life”)
lyricist and composer:
Barry Gibb (in 1965)
publisher:
Bramsdene Music Corporation, Careers‐BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Connelly Musikverlag and Gibb Brothers Music
2:28
2Sunday in Savannah (live)
cover recording of:
Sunday in Savannah
lyricist and composer:
Hugh M. MacKay
6:14
3The Backlash Blues (live)
recording of:
Backlash Blues
lyricist:
Langston Hughes
composer:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
publisher:
Filmtrax-Mogul (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Rolls Royce Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
2:48
4Please Read Me (live)
recording engineer:
Ed Begley (sound engineer in RCA Victor)
producer:
Joe René
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (on 1968-04-07)
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
recorded at:
Westbury Music Fair in Westbury, New York, United States (on 1968-04-07)
live cover recording of:
Please Read Me (on 1968-04-07)
writer:
Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb
publisher:
Abigail Music and Gibb Brothers Music
2:52
5Gin House Blues (live)
cover recording of:
Gin House Blues
composer:
Fletcher Henderson (in 1925) and Henry Troy (in 1925)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corp
3:09
6Why? (The King of Love Is Dead) (live)
live recording of:
Why? (The King of Love Is Dead)
lyricist and composer:
Gene Taylor (US jazz bassist)
dedicated to:
Dr. Martin Luther King (group)
12:52
7Peace of Mind (live)
2:46
8Ain’t Got No – I Got Life
recording engineer:
Ed Begley (sound engineer in RCA Victor)
producer:
Joe René
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 1968)
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
recording of:
Ain’t Got No, I Got Life
lyricist:
James Rado (US actor, playwright, director, writer & composer) and Gerome Ragni
composer:
Galt MacDermot (Canadian composer, pianist and writer of musical theatre)
publisher:
EMI U Catalog (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and EMI United Partnership Ltd.
medley of:
I Got Life (from “Hair”)
medley of:
Ain’t Got No (from “Hair”)
42:08
9I Loves You Porgy (live)
cover recording of:
I Loves You, Porgy (use this for non-operatic performances)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “I loves you, Porgy”
3:28
10Take My Hand Precious Lord (live)
cover recording of:
Take My Hand, Precious Lord
lyricist and arranger:
Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
additional composer:
Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
previously attributed to:
George Nelson Allen (American composer from the 1800s)
1:57
11Do What You Gotta Do
cover recording of:
Do What You Gotta Do
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Webb (US songwriter, composer, producer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
EMI Songs Ltd., Jonathan Three Music Co., Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020) and Sosahamu Music Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:05
12Mississippi Goddam (live)
recording of:
Mississippi Goddam
lyricist and composer:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
publisher:
Sam Fox Publishing Co. (LDN) Ltd. and Sam Fox Publishing Company (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
6:56
13Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood (live)
recording of:
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
writer:
Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus and Horace Ott
publisher:
Bennie Benjamin Music Inc., Carlin Music Corporation, Chris-n-Jen Music, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) and Unichappell Music, Inc. (in 1981)
4:55
14Come Ye (live)
recording of:
Come Ye (Nina Simone)
lyricist and composer:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
3:49
15Ain’t Got No – I Got Life (single)
cover recording of:
Ain’t Got No, I Got Life
lyricist:
James Rado (US actor, playwright, director, writer & composer) and Gerome Ragni
composer:
Galt MacDermot (Canadian composer, pianist and writer of musical theatre)
publisher:
EMI U Catalog (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and EMI United Partnership Ltd.
medley of:
I Got Life (from “Hair”)
medley of:
Ain’t Got No (from “Hair”)
2:59
16Peace of Mind (single)
2:37
▼CD 4: Nina Simone and Piano!
#TitleRatingLength
1Seems I’m Never Tired of Lovin’ You
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer)
piano and lead vocals:
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
43:02
2Nobody’s Fault but Mine
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer)
piano and lead vocals:
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
cover recording of:
It’s Nobody’s Fault but Mine (Blind Willie Johnson song)
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
previously attributed to:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
33:01
3I Think It’s Going to Rain Today
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer)
piano and lead vocals:
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
cover recording of:
I Think It’s Going to Rain Today
lyricist and composer:
Randy Newman (American singer-songwriter and score composer)
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
4.53:22
4Everyone’s Gone to the Moon
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer)
piano and lead vocals:
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
cover recording of:
Everyone’s Gone to the Moon
lyricist and composer:
Jonathan King (in 1965)
53:08
5Compensation
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer)
piano and lead vocals:
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:
Compensation
writer:
Paul Laurence Dunbar and Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
3.51:38
6Who Am I
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer)
piano and lead vocals:
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
cover recording of:
Who Am I?
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Bernstein (US composer & conductor)
4:12
7Another Spring
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer)
piano and lead vocals:
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
1.653:32
8The Human Touch
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer)
piano and lead vocals:
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
2:11
9I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer)
piano and lead vocals:
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
cover recording of:
I Get Along Without You Very Well
lyricist:
Jane Brown Thompson
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1939)
publisher:
Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP) and Sony/ATV Harmony
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
3.54:49
10The Desperate Ones
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer)
piano and lead vocals:
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
cover recording of:
The Desperate Ones (Les Deséspérés)
lyricist:
Jacques Brel
composer:
Gérard Jouannest (French musician & songwriter)
translator:
Eric Blau and Mort Shuman (US singer, pianist & songwriter)
translated version of:
Les Désespérés
4:44
11Music for Lovers
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer)
producer:
Joe René
piano and lead vocals:
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
44:23
12In Love in Vain
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer)
piano and lead vocals:
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
cover recording of:
In Love in Vain
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
Jerome Kern
2:30
13I’ll Look Around
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer)
piano and lead vocals:
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
cover recording of:
I’ll Look Around
lyricist:
Douglass Cross (US songwriter)
composer:
George Cory
publisher:
Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
55:12
14The Man With the Horn
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer)
piano and lead vocals:
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
cover recording of:
Man With a Horn
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange
composer:
Jack Jenney (American jazz trombonist) and Bonnie Lake
3:42
15I Think It’s Going to Rain Today (live)
live cover recording of:
I Think It’s Going to Rain Today
lyricist and composer:
Randy Newman (American singer-songwriter and score composer)
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
4:50
▼CD 5: To Love Somebody
#TitleRatingLength
1Suzanne
drums (drum set):
Don Alias
electric bass guitar:
Gene A Perla
guitar:
Al Schackman
organ:
Weldon Irvine
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
background vocals:
Virdia Crawford and Doris Willingham
cover recording of:
Suzanne (English original song by Leonard Cohen)
lyricist:
Leonard Cohen (in 1966)
composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020)
34:20
2Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer) and 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 and 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
cover recording of:
Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Pete Seeger (in 1959)
publisher:
TRO Essex Music Ltd.
33:41
3Revolution, Part 1
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer) and 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 and 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
partial cover recording of:
Revolution (Beatles song)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and 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) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
32:53
4Revolution, Part 2
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer) and 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 and 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
partial cover recording of:
Revolution (Beatles song)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and 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) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
41:54
5To Love Somebody
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer) and Mike Moran (American engineer, associated with RCA)
producer:
Danny Davis (country music band leader, trumpeter, singer, producer, and best known as the founder and leader of the Nashville Brass)
drums (drum set):
Don Alias (in 1967)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (in 1967)
conductor:
Jimmy Wisner
arranger:
Jimmy Wisner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 1969)
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
recorded at:
RCA Studio B (New York) in New York, New York, United States
cover recording of:
To Love Somebody (in 1967)
written in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1967)
writer:
Barry Gibb (in 1967) and Robin Gibb (in 1967)
publisher:
Abigail Music, BMG Music, BMG Music Publishing (NYC-based headquarters, with national subsidiaries under it), BMG Music Publishing Ltd., BMG Publishing Ltd., Careers Music, Inc., Careers‐BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Crompton Songs, Gibb Brothers Music, Nemperor, Songs of Universal, Inc. and Universal Music Careers
part of:
50/50
42:41
6I Shall Be Released
drums (drum set):
Don Alias
electric bass guitar:
Gene A Perla
guitar:
Al Schackman
organ:
Weldon Irvine
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
background vocals:
Virdia Crawford and Doris Willingham
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 1969)
cover recording of:
I Shall Be Released (original lyrics)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1967)
publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 and Dwarf Music (from 1967 to present)
3.53:54
7I Can’t See Nobody
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer) and Mike Moran (American engineer, associated with RCA)
producer:
Danny Davis (country music band leader, trumpeter, singer, producer, and best known as the founder and leader of the Nashville Brass)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
conductor:
Jimmy Wisner
arranger:
Jimmy Wisner
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
recorded at:
RCA Studio B (New York) in New York, New York, United States
cover recording of:
I Can’t See Nobody
written in:
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
writer:
Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb
publisher:
Abigail Music, BMG Music, Careers Music, Inc., Careers‐BMG Music Publishing, Inc. and Gibb Brothers Music
33:09
8Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer) and 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 and 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
cover recording of:
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-06 until 1965-07)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020), Warner/Chappell (from 1965 until 1993) and Special Rider Music (from 1993 to present)
34:49
9The Times They Are A‐Changin’
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer) and 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 and 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
cover recording of:
The Times They Are A‐Changin’
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1963)
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner/Chappell (from 1963 until 1991) and Special Rider Music (from 1991 to present)
36:01
10Suzanne (alternate version)
cover recording of:
Suzanne (English original song by Leonard Cohen)
lyricist:
Leonard Cohen (in 1966)
composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020)
35:14
11Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) (alternate version)
cover recording of:
Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Pete Seeger (in 1959)
publisher:
TRO Essex Music Ltd.
32:27
12Revolution
recording of:
Revolution (Nina Simone song)
writer:
Weldon Irvine and Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
is based on:
Revolution (Beatles song)
36:30
13Save Me (live)
live cover recording of:
Save Me (Aretha Franklin song)
writer:
Aretha Franklin, Carolyn Franklin and Curtis Ousley
publisher:
Kilynn Music and Pronto Music
2.53:36
14The Glory of Love
recording of:
The Glory of Love
lyricist and composer:
Billy Hill (US songwriter)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
32:12
15Cosi Ti Amo (To Love Somebody) (Italian version)
2.52:33
▼CD 6: Black Gold
#TitleRatingLength
1Introduction (live)
2:37
2Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair (live)
live cover recording of:
Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair (Arranged by Nina Simone)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
arrangement of:
Black Is the Colour (of My True Love’s Hair)
7:26
3Ain’t Got No – I Got Life (live)
live cover recording of:
Ain’t Got No, I Got Life
lyricist:
James Rado (US actor, playwright, director, writer & composer) and Gerome Ragni
composer:
Galt MacDermot (Canadian composer, pianist and writer of musical theatre)
publisher:
EMI U Catalog (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and EMI United Partnership Ltd.
medley of:
I Got Life (from “Hair”)
medley of:
Ain’t Got No (from “Hair”)
5:32
4Westwind (live)
recording engineer:
Ed Begley (sound engineer in RCA Victor)
piano and lead vocals:
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)
9:42
5Who Knows Where the Time Goes (live)
recording engineer:
Ed Begley (sound engineer in RCA Victor)
piano and lead vocals:
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)
cover recording of:
Who Knows Where the Time Goes?
composer:
Sandy Denny
publisher:
Irving Music (BMI), Srawberry Music and Winckler Musikforlag
38:12
6The Assignment Sequence (live)
6:26
7To Be Young, Gifted and Black (live)
recording of:
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
lyricist:
Weldon Irvine
composer:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
10:14
8Suzanne (live)
cover recording of:
Suzanne (English original song by Leonard Cohen)
lyricist:
Leonard Cohen (in 1966)
composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020)
5:05
9No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed (live)
live cover recording of:
No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed
lyricist and composer:
Richie Havens
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946) and Nicklewhistle Music
4:52
10The Other Woman (live)
live cover recording of:
The Other Woman
writer:
Jessie Mae Robinson
publisher:
Thandewye Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
6:05
11Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) (live)
live cover recording of:
Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Pete Seeger (in 1959)
publisher:
TRO Essex Music Ltd.
4:37
12To Be Young, Gifted and Black (single)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 1969)
recording of:
To Be Young, Gifted and Black (in 1969-08)
lyricist:
Weldon Irvine
composer:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
42:50
▼CD 7: Here Comes the Sun
#TitleRatingLength
1Here Comes the Sun
lead vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
cover recording of:
Here Comes the Sun
lyricist and composer:
George Harrison (The Beatles)
publisher:
Harrisongs Ltd.
4.43:37
2Just Like a Woman
cover recording of:
Just Like a Woman
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-11-25)
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons and Dwarf Music (from 1966 to present)
4:50
3O‐O‐H Child
cover recording of:
O‐o‐h Child
lyricist and composer:
Stan Vincent (1960s/70s pop songwriter)
publisher:
Flamingo Music, Kama Sutra Music Inc. (USA branch), Stan Vincent Music, フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label)
43:18
4Mr. Bojangles
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 1971)
cover recording of:
Mr. Bojangles
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Jeff Walker
publisher:
Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI), Gotillion Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3.55:02
5New World Coming
cover recording of:
New World Coming
writer:
Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
4:46
6Angel of the Morning
cover recording of:
Angel of the Morning
lyricist and composer:
Chip Taylor (US singer/songwriter)
publisher:
April Music (publisher), EMI Blackwood (1989-07-24–present), EMI Songs Ltd. and Unichappell Music
4.53:32
7How Long Must I Wander
lead vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 1971)
recording of:
How Long Must I Wander
writer:
Weldon Irvine
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
56:20
8My Way
cover recording of:
My Way (Frank Sinatra song)
lyricist:
Paul Anka
composer:
Claude François and Jacques Revaux
previously attributed to:
Gilles Thibaut
translator:
Bobby Cruz
publisher:
Chrysalis Standards Inc., Don C. Publications Inc., Eddie Barclay, Jeune Musique Éditions, Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc., Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Spanka Music, Spanka Music Corp., Thibout Music, Warner Chappell Music France, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
translated version of:
Comme d’habitude
5:15
9Tanywey
43:29
10My Father (dialogue)
cover recording of:
My Father
lyricist and composer:
Judy Collins
31:43
11Jelly Roll
58:14
12Tell It Like It Is
cover recording of:
Tell It Like It Is
writer:
George Davis (US musician & songwriter George Richard Davis Jr., guitar, bass, saxophone, oboe) and Lee Diamond
publisher:
Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Olrap Publishing Co., Inc.
43:54
1322nd Century
48:46
14What Have They Done to My Song, Ma
cover recording of:
What Have They Done to My Song, Ma?
lyricist and composer:
Melanie (US singer-songwriter Melanie Safka)
44:32
▶CD 8: Emergency Ward!
▶CD 9: It Is Finished