Nina Simone - To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Nina Simone was one of those controversial figures American pop music puts forward from time to time, with the notable exception that she started her controversy earlier in the 1960s than, say, Bob Dylan. To see this African- American woman get angry about the racial situation in her country, right there on stage, was a shock to people who'd come to hear her sing InchI Loves You, Porgy.Inch Not that she cared; she figured that it was the artists job to deliver the truth, and if the truth hurt, so be it. Of course, events wound up proving her right, but she never stopped being prickly about one thing or another. This is a 3 CD Career Retrospective (1957-1993) that includes her work for Bethlehem, Colpix, Philips, RCA, CTI and Elektra plus a DVD featuring 1970 Emmy-nominated never-before-released documentary. Features 54 songs, 8 previously unreleased tracks including some never recorded elsewhere. Album Tracks 1. Mood Indigo 2. I Loves You, Porgy 3. My Baby Just Cares for Me 4. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out 5. You Can Have Him (Live) 6. Wild Is the Wind (Live) 7. Trouble in Mind (Live) 8. When Malindy Sings/Swing Low Sweet Chariot (Live) [Previously Unreleased] 9. See-Line Woman 10. Pirate Jenny (Live) 11. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 12. I Put a Spell on You 13. Ne Me Quitte Pas 14. Feeling Good 15. Four Women 16. My Man's Gone Now 17. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free 18. To Love Somebody 19. Sunday in Savannah (Live) 20. Backlash Blues (Live) 1. Mississippi Goddam (Live) 2. In the Morning 3. Ain't Got No-I Got Life [Previously Unreleased in the U.S. - Alternate Version] 4. Do What You Gotta Do 5. Seems I'm Never Tired Loving You 6. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues 7. The Times They Are A-Changin' 8. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) 9. The Other Woman (Live) 10. I Th