Nina Simone - The Amazing Nina Simone + 11 Bonus Tracks!

MatchBall Records

LIMITED EDITION IN SPECIAL SIX-PANEL DIGIPACK + INSIDE BOOKLET. THE COMPLETE LP + 11 BONUS TRACKS

Nina Simone made her first trip into the studio in New York during 1957 to record her debut album Little Girl Blue. Simone would not record again for two years. She signed a contract with the New York-based label Colpix Records in 1959, with whom she recorded her second album, The Amazing Nina Simone (Colpix SCP407). The LP, presented here in its entirety along with four tunes that complete the session but were not included on the original album, features her singing (and playing a little piano) with an orchestra under the direction of Bob Mersey. Seven further bonus tracks have been added, among them four tunes issued as Colpix singles during the same period, an outstanding live version of Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out, and her unforgettable My Baby Just Cares for Me.

NINA SIMONE, vocals & piano Orchestra conducted & arranged by BOB MERSEY New York, May 1959. Original sessions produced by Hecky Krasnow. *BONUS TRACKS: 13-16: From the same sessions, but not included on the original LP. 17-20: Nina Simone (vc). Orchestra conducted by Stu Phillips. New York, 1959-61. 21-22: Nina Simone unaccompanied piano & vocals. Live at the Lake Meadows Club, Chicago, 1960. 23: Nina Simone (vc, p), Jimmy Bond (b), Albert Tootie Heath (d). New York, December 1957.