Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue - Limited with Bonus Tracks - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Little Girl Blue (also known as Jazz As Played in an Exclusive Side Street Club) is the debut album by Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Nina Simone. It was originally released by Bethlehem Records in February 1959. At the time, Simone was in her mid-20s and still aspiring to be a classical concert pianist. The album includes the classic tracks InchMy Baby Just Cares For Me,Inch InchMood Indigo,Inch as well as InchI Loves You, Porgy,Inch which was her first Top 20 hit (#18 / #2 InchUS R&BInch). Pressed on 180-Gram audiophile vinyl. Featuring a brand new stereo remaster by four-time Grammy winner Michael Graves as well as vinyl remastering by Kevin Gray. Includes new essay by author of Liner Notes For The Revolution, Daphne A. Brooks. Album Tracks 1. Mood Indigo (2021 - Stereo Remaster) 2. Don't Smoke in Bed (2021 - Stereo Remaster) 3. He Needs Me (2021 - Stereo Remaster) 4. Little Girl Blue (2021 - Stereo Remaster) 5. Love Me or Leave Me (2021 - Stereo Remaster) 6. My Baby Just Cares for Me (2021 - Stereo Remaster) 7. Good Bait (2021 - Stereo Remaster) 8. Plain Gold Ring (2021 - Stereo Remaster) 9. You'll Never Walk Alone (2021 - Stereo Remaster) 10. I Loves You, Porgy (2021 - Stereo Remaster) 11. Central Park Blues (2021 - Stereo Remaster)

Album Tracks 1. Do I Move You? 2. Day and Night 3. In the Dark 4. Real Real 5. My Man's Gone Now 6. Backlash Blues 7. I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl 8. Buck 9. Since I Fell for You 10. The House of the Rising Sun 11. Blues for Mama 12. Do I Move You 13. Whatever I Am (You Made Me)

Little Girl Blue, released in 1957, was Nina Simone's first studio recording ever. It was originally issued on the Bethlehem tag and features the singer/ pianist backed by bassist Jimmy Bond (who had been a member of the Chet Baker Quartet among other groups) and drummer Albert InchTootieInch Heath, one of the celebrated Heath brothers (the other two being saxophonist Jimmy Heath, and bassist Percy Heath). Many of the tracks from this LP would become true classics, among them her perennial version of InchMy Baby Just Cares For MeInch. THE COMPLETE ALBUM + 3 BONUS TRACKS - 180-GRAM VIRGIN VINYL - LIMITED EDITION Album Tracks 1. Mood Indigo 4 05 2. Don't Smoke in Bed 3 15 3. He Needs Me 2 31 4. Little Girl Blue 4 20 5. Love Me or Leave Me 3 25 6. My Baby Just Cares for Me 3 40 7. He's Got the Whole World in His Hands 3 13* 8. For All We Know 4 06* 9. Good Bait [Instrumental] 5 30 10. Plain Gold Ring 3 57 11. You'll Never Walk Alone 3 49 12. I Loves You Porgy 4 12 13. Central Park Blues [Instrumental] 6 53 14. African Mailman 3 11*