To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story

~ Release by Nina Simone (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: 1957–1968
2▶CD: 1968–1969
3▼CD: 1969–1993
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1No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed (live)
live cover recording of:
No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed
lyricist and composer:
Richie Havens
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. and Nicklewhistle Music
4:52
2Just Like a Woman
producer:
Nat Shapiro and Harold Wheeler
arranger:
Nina Simone and Harold Wheeler
cover recording of:
Just Like a Woman
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-11-25)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd., M. Witmark & Sons and Dwarf Music (from 1966 to present)
4:52
3Here Comes the Sun
lead vocals:
Nina Simone
cover recording of:
Here Comes the Sun
lyricist and composer:
George Harrison
publisher:
Harrisongs Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd.
part of:
Reprise
3:35
4Tanywey
3:28
5Funkier Than a Mosquito’s Tweeter (live)
live cover recording of:
Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter
lyricist and composer:
Aillene Bullock
publisher:
United Artists Musikverlag (in 1970)
5:18
6My Sweet Lord / Today Is a Killer (live)
18:20
7Let It Be Me (live)
live cover recording of:
Let It Be Me
lyricist:
Pierre Delanoë
composer:
Gilbert Bécaud
translator:
Mann Curtis
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing France, EMA-Suisse, Leeds Music Corp., MCA Music, Songs of Universal, Inc. and Universal Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
translated version of:
Je t’appartiens
5:02
8Poppies
recording of:
Poppies
writer:
Lennie Bleecher and Jeremy Wind
4:47
9Mr. Bojangles (live)
live cover recording of:
Mr. Bojangles
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Jeff Walker
publisher:
Gotillion Music, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. and Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
4:52
10I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl (live)
live recording of:
I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Nina Simone's version)
writer:
James “Tim” Brymn, Nina Simone, Dally Small and Clarence Williams
arranger:
Nina Simone
publisher:
Sam Fox Publishing Co.
version of:
Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Bessie Smith's version)
5:48
11Nina (live)
4:14
12Zungo (live)
live recording of:
Zungo (Olatunji)
publisher:
Thandewye Music
4:20
13Baltimore
electric bass guitar:
Gary King
membranophone:
Jimmy Madison
piano:
Al Schackman
cover recording of:
Baltimore
lyricist and composer:
Randy Newman
publisher:
Six Pictures Music, Warner Bros. Music Ltd. and Hightree Music (in 1977)
4:40
14A Single Woman
cover recording of:
A Single Woman
lyricist and composer:
Rod McKuen
3:33
4▶DVD-Video: Nina: A Historical Perspective

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