The Solid Gold Collection

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Tracklist

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1To Be Young, Gifted and Black5:07
2The Assignment Song
lead vocals:
Nina Simone
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1969)
live recording of:
The Assignment Song
writer:
Jan Hendin
publisher:
EMI Tunes Ltd
4:57
3Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood3:51
4No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed
lead vocals:
Nina Simone
live cover recording of:
No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed
lyricist and composer:
Richie Havens
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. and Nicklewhistle Music
4:06
5Gin House Blues
cover recording of:
Gin House Blues
composer:
Fletcher Henderson (in 1925) and Henry Troy (in 1925)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corp
4:51
6After You’ve Gone
lead vocals:
Nina Simone
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Copyright Control (in 1977)
live cover recording of:
After You’ve Gone
lyricist:
Henry Creamer (in 1918)
composer:
Turner Layton (in 1918)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Morley Music Corp.
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
5:40
7I’ll Look Around
cover recording of:
I’ll Look Around
lyricist:
Douglass Cross
composer:
George Cory
publisher:
Universal/MCA Music Ltd.
2:45
8When I Was in My Prime
cover recording of:
When I Was in My Prime (Nina Simone)
writer:
Nina Simone
publisher:
Thandewye Music
4:17
9Ain’t No Use
lead vocals:
Nina Simone
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phillips (in 1966)
live recording of:
Ain’t No Use
writer:
Rudy Stevenson
publisher:
EMI Tunes Ltd
2:46
10Blues
4:44
11Zungo
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Colpix Records (in 1962)
recording of:
Zungo (Olatunji)
publisher:
Thandewye Music
2:35
12Sunday in Savannah
cover recording of:
Sunday in Savannah
lyricist and composer:
Hugh M. MacKay
2:25
13Do What You Gotta Do
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1968)
live cover recording of:
Do What You Gotta Do
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Webb
publisher:
EMI Songs Ltd., Jonathan Three Music Co., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC and Sosahamu Music Inc.
3:42
14Backlash Blues2:47
15Pirate Jenny
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phillips (in 1964)
cover recording of:
The Threepenny Opera: Pirate Jenny (Marc Blitzstein translation)
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Kurt Weill
translator:
Marc Blitzstein
publisher:
Universal Edition Ltd. and Weill-Brecht-Harms Co., Inc.
translated version of:
Die Dreigroschenoper: Akt I. Die Seeräuberjenny
4:45
16You Took My Teeth
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
VPI Records USA (in 1987)
recording of:
You Took My Teeth
writer:
Nina Simone
publisher:
Thandewye Music
1:10
17The Other Woman
cover recording of:
The Other Woman
lyricist and composer:
Jessie Mae Robinson
publisher:
Thandewye Music
4:10
18Mississippi Goddam4:43
19Four Woman
guitar:
Arthur Adams (in 1987)
piano:
Nina Simone (in 1987)
vocals:
Nina Simone (in 1987)
live recording of:
Four Women (in 1987)
lyricist and composer:
Nina Simone
publisher:
EMI Tunes Ltd
4:52
20I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1974)
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)
3:23

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part of:The Solid Gold Collection (order: 6)