2009 UK 5-CD album set comprised of the best selling and critically acclaimed album releases 'Nuff Said', 'To Love Somebody', 'Black Gold', 'It Is Finished' and 'Nina Simone And Piano!', each album is housed in a mini LP-style card picture sleeve with the complete set presented in a card slipcase.

The Original Album Classics series by Sony BMG in Germany is an attempt to clear shelves of catalog titles that are lying about, but it inadvertently provides a great opportunity for those who have developed a sincere interest in an artist or band via a greatest-hits comp but have yet to score any actual titles, or for hardcore fans looking to fill in holes in their CD collections. These budget-priced, (loosely) chronologically compiled, completely remastered collections feature full-length albums -- in this case the five of the last seven albums from Nina Simone's RCA period: ’Nuff Said! (1968), Nina Simone and Piano! (1969) To Love Somebody (1969), Black Gold (1970), and It Is Finished (1974). What is missing here chronologically are two records: Here Comes the Sun, issued in 1971, and her classic, Emergency Ward!: In Concert album from 1972. The records contained in this slipcase box are, for many, a mixed bag, as Simone was branching out into much more adventurous terrain and simultaneously interpreting pop songs of the era in her own inimitable way. These are for the seasoned Simone fans who are well aware of her unpredictability and can celebrate it. For the novice who might be looking for more than a best-of, try her Colpix or Philips sides first for context.



Tracklist:

Disc 1: 'Nuff Said! (1968)

01. "In the Morning" (Gibb) - 2:29
02. "Sunday in Savannah" (MacKay) - 3:25
03. "Backlash Blues" (Hughes, Simone) - 2:48
04. "Please Read Me" (Gibb, Gibb) - 2:52
05. "Gin House Blues" (Henderson, Troy) - 3:07
06. "Why? (The King of Love Is Dead)" (Taylor) - 5:44
07. "Peace of Mind" (Woods) - 2:45
08. "Ain't Got No, I Got Life" (MacDermot, Rado, Ragni) from the Broadway musical "Hair" - 2:07
09. "I Loves You Porgy" (Gershwin, Gershwin, Heyward) from "Porgy and Bess" - 3:28
10. "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" (Dorsey) - 1:52
11. "Do What You Gotta Do" (Webb) special Bonus song - 3:00

Disc 2: To Love Somebody (1969)

01. "Suzanne" (Leonard Cohen) - 4:21
02. "Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is a Season)" (Pete Seeger, Traditional) - 3:41
03. "Revolution (Part 1)" (Irvine, Simone) - 2:53
04. "Revolution (Part 2)" (Irvine, Simone) - 1:54
05. "To Love Somebody" (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb) - 2:42
06. "I Shall Be Released" (Bob Dylan) - 3:55
07. "I Can't See Nobody" (Gibb, Gibb) - 3:10
08. "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" (Dylan) - 4:52
09. "The Times They Are a-Changin'" (Dylan) - 6:00

Disc 3: Black Gold (1970)

01. "Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair" (Traditional) - 5:58
02. "Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair (Latimer)" (Traditional) - 4:00
03. "Ain't Got No-I Got Life" (MacDermot, Rado, Ragni) - 5:28
04. "Westwind" (Semenya) - 9:30
05. "Who Knows Where The Time Goes" (Denny) - 8:09
06. "The Assignment Sequence" (Hendin) - 6:57
07. "To Be Young Gifted And Black" (Irvine, Simone) - 9:34

Disc 4: It Is Finished (1974)

01. The Pusher
02. Com’ By H’Yere-Good Lord
03. Funkier Than A Mosquito’s Tweeter
04. Mr. Bojangles
05. I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl
06. Dambala
07. Let It Be Me
08. Obeah Woman

Disc 5: Nina Simone and Piano! (1969)

01. "Seems Like I'm Never Tired Lovin' You" (Franklin) - 3:02
02. "Nobody's Fault But Mine" (Traditional, arranged Simone) - 3:02
03. "I Think It's Gonna Rain Today" (Newman) - 3:29
04. "Everyone's Gone To The Moon" (King) - 3:08
05. "Compensation" (Dunbar, Simone) - 1:39
06. "Who Am I?" (Bernstein) - 4:11
07. "Another Spring" (Badalamenti, Clifford) - 3:34
08. "The Human Touch" (Reuben) - 2:10
09. "I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)" (Carmichael) - 4:56
10. "The Desperate Ones" (Blau, Jouannest, Shuman) - 4:43

Additional tracks from the same recording sessions available on the CD re-release:
11. "Music For Lovers" (Howard) - 4:23
12. "In Love In Vain" (Kern, Robin) - 2:29
13. "I'll Look Around" (Cory, Cross) - 5:12
14. "The Man With The Horn" (DeLange, Jenney, Lake) - 3:39

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