The Philips Years

~ Release by Nina Simone (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▶CD 1: Nina Simone in Concert
▶CD 2: Broadway Blues Ballads
▶CD 3: I Put a Spell on You
▶CD 4: Pastel Blues
▼CD 5: Let It All Out
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1Mood Indigo
cover recording of:
Mood Indigo (1930 jazz composition and song)
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1930)
composer:
Barney Bigard (in 1930) and Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1930)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) (in 1930), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated) (in 1930) and Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. (in 1930)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
42:30
2The Other Woman
producer:
Bob Blake (co-producer of Nina Simone's live 1959 album "At Town Hall") and Jack Gold
bass:
Jimmy Bond
drums (drum set):
Albert “Tootie” Heath
piano:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
cover recording of:
The Other Woman
writer:
Jessie Mae Robinson
publisher:
Thandewye Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
43:06
3Love Me or Leave Me
bass guitar and percussion:
Lisle Atkinson (on 1965-10-01)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Hamilton (percussionist, keyboards, vocals) (on 1965-10-01)
flute and guitar:
Rudy Stevenson (on 1965-10-01)
harmonica:
Al Schackman (on 1965-10-01)
piano:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (on 1965-10-01)
cover recording of:
Love Me or Leave Me (on 1965-10-01)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Walter Donaldson
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd., Keith Prowse Music Publishing Ltd., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), Donaldson Publishing Company (in 1928, in 1955) and Gilbert Keyes Music Company (in 1928, in 1955)
44:09
4Don't Explain
bass guitar and percussion:
Lisle Atkinson
drums (drum set):
Bobby Hamilton (percussionist, keyboards, vocals)
flute and guitar:
Rudy Stevenson
harmonica:
Al Schackman
piano:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
arranger:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
cover recording of:
Don’t Explain
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation and Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country-specific information is available)
34:23
5Little Girl Blue
cover recording of:
Little Girl Blue
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1935)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1935)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Lorenz Hart Publishing Co., T.B. Harms, Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998), Warner Chappell North America, WC Music Corp., Williamson Music Company, シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, 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), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
part of:
Jumbo
32:36
6Chauffeur
cover recording of:
Me and My Chauffeur Blues
writer:
Memphis Minnie
42:51
7For Myself
recording of:
For Myself
lyricist and composer:
Van McCoy
2.52:09
8The Ballad of Hollis Brown
cover recording of:
Ballad of Hollis Brown
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962)
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons, Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner/Chappell (from 1963 until 1991) and Special Rider Music (from 1991 to present)
2.54:58
9This Year's Kisses
cover recording of:
This Year’s Kisses
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
3.53:02
10Images
piano:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (on 1964-03-21)
vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (on 1964-03-21)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1964-03-21)
live recording of:
Images (on 1964-03-21)
lyricist:
Waring Cuney
composer:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
2.52:54
11Nearer Blessed Lord
44:32
▶CD 6: Wild Is the Wind
▶CD 7: High Priestess of Soul