Nina Simone - Great Women Of Song: Nina Simone - VINYL LP

Nine CD clamshell box featuring a 34 page booklet with the story about Nina Simone, beautiful pictures and all the information about the CDs, all from the RCA collection. Nina Simone's concert debut, a classical recital, was given when she was 12. An upcoming talent. Her parents, who had taken seats in the front row, were forced to move to the back of the hall to make way for white people. An emerging civil rights activist was formed. In 1958 she recorded her first studio album for Bethlehem Records, followed by Colpix and Philips and in 1967 RCA Victor. 'Nuff Said! Spawned the hitsingles InchAin't Got No - I Got LifeInch and the Bee Gees cover InchTo Love SomebodyInch. After InchMississippi GoddamInch, from the same album, a civil rights message was the norm in Simone's recordings and became part of her concerts. In 1969 Simone recorded InchTo Be Young, Gifted And BlackInch. Renditions of the song have been recorded by Aretha Franklin and Donny Hathaway.

VIRGIN 180G. VINYL - GATEFOLD EDITION. This set presents some of Nina Simone's greatest hits. Among them the perennial InchI Loves You PorgyInch, which bcharted at #2 in the UK and #18 in the USA in 1959, InchNobody Know You When You're Down and OutInch (#23 in the UK; #93 in the USA in 1960), and InchTrouble in MindInch (#11 in the UK; #92 in the USA in 1961). InchMy Baby Just Cares for MeInch wasn't a hit at the time it was recorded, but after director Ridley Scott featured Nina's recording of that song in a 1987 Chanel commercial starring actress Carole Bouquet, it became one of Simone's biggest hits almost 19 years after her previous chart entry. In 1987 it went to number 5 in the UK Singles Chart.

Limited 180gm colored vinyl LP pressing. Contains new specially prepared liner notes by Penguin Guide To Jazz's writer Brian Morton and by Paris' prestigious Jazz Magazine.