Four Women: The Nina Simone Philips Recordings

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

Tracklist

1CD: Nina Simone in Concert / Broadway Blues Ballads
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1I Loves You, Porgy2:34
2Plain Gold Ring
double bass:
Lisle Atkinson (on 1964-04-06)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Hamilton (on 1964-04-06)
guitar:
Rudy Stevenson (on 1964-04-06)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (on 1964-04-06)
arranger:
Nina Simone
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1964-04-06)
live recording of:
Plain Gold Ring (on 1964-04-06)
lyricist:
George Stone
composer:
Blue Sky Black Death, Earl Burroughs and George Stone
publisher:
Thandewye Music and Hank Snow Music (on 1959-09-21)
6:25
3Pirate Jenny
double bass:
Lisle Atkinson (on 1964-04-04)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Hamilton (on 1964-04-04)
guitar:
Rudy Stevenson (on 1964-04-04)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (on 1964-04-04)
arranger:
Nina Simone
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1964-04-04)
live cover recording of:
The Threepenny Opera: Pirate Jenny (Marc Blitzstein translation) (on 1964-04-04)
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
6:40
4Old Jim Crow
double bass:
Lisle Atkinson (on 1964-03-21)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Hamilton (on 1964-03-21)
guitar:
Rudy Stevenson (on 1964-03-21)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (on 1964-03-21)
arranger:
Nina Simone
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1964-03-21)
live recording of:
Old Jim Crow (on 1964-03-21)
writer:
Jackie Alper, Ron Vander Groef and Nina Simone
publisher:
Sam Fox Publishing Company
2:41
5Don’t Smoke in Bed
double bass:
Lisle Atkinson (on 1964-03-21)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Hamilton (on 1964-03-21)
guitar:
Rudy Stevenson (on 1964-03-21)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (on 1964-03-21)
arranger:
Nina Simone
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1964-03-21)
live cover recording of:
Don’t Smoke in Bed (on 1964-03-21)
lyricist and composer:
Willard Robison
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd. and Oriole Music Corp.
5:33
6Go Limp
double bass:
Lisle Atkinson (on 1964-04-04)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Hamilton (on 1964-04-04)
guitar:
Rudy Stevenson (on 1964-04-04)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (on 1964-04-04)
arranger:
Nina Simone
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1964-04-04)
live recording of:
Go Limp (on 1964-04-04)
additional lyricist:
Nina Simone
lyricist:
Alex Comfort
composer:
Nina Simone
publisher:
Sam Fox Publishing Company
orchestration of:
Go Limp
7:07
7Mississippi Goddam
double bass:
Lisle Atkinson (on 1964-04-04)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Hamilton (on 1964-04-04)
guitar:
Rudy Stevenson (on 1964-04-04)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (on 1964-04-04)
arranger:
Nina Simone
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1964-04-04)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 172)
live recording of:
Mississippi Goddam (on 1964-04-04)
lyricist and composer:
Nina Simone
publisher:
Sam Fox Publishing Co. (LDN) Ltd. and Sam Fox Publishing Company
4:58
8Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1964-06)
piano:
Nina Simone (in 1964-06)
vocals:
Nina Simone (in 1964-06)
orchestra:
Horace Ott's Orchestra (in 1964-06)
conductor:
Horace Ott (in 1964-06)
arranger:
Horace Ott
recording of:
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood (in 1964-06)
writer:
Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell, Sol Marcus and Horace Ott
publisher:
Bennie Benjamin Music Inc., Carlin Music Corporation, Chris-n-Jen Music, WB Music Corp. and Unichappell Music, Inc. (in 1981)
2:48
9Night Song
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1964)
piano:
Nina Simone (in 1964)
vocals:
Nina Simone (in 1964)
orchestra:
Harold Mooney & His Orchestra (in 1964)
conductor:
Hal Mooney (in 1964)
arranger:
Hal Mooney
cover recording of:
Night Song (from "Golden Boy") (in 1964)
lyricist:
Lee Adams
composer:
Charles Strouse
librettist:
William Gibson and Clifford Odets
part of:
Golden Boy (The Musical)
3:07
10The Laziest Gal in Town
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1964)
piano:
Nina Simone (in 1964)
vocals:
Nina Simone (in 1964)
orchestra:
Harold Mooney & His Orchestra (in 1964)
conductor:
Hal Mooney (in 1964)
arranger:
Hal Mooney
cover recording of:
The Laziest Gal in Town (in 1964)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1927)
2:20
11Something Wonderful
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1964)
piano:
Nina Simone (in 1964)
vocals:
Nina Simone (in 1964)
orchestra:
Harold Mooney & His Orchestra (in 1964)
conductor:
Hal Mooney (in 1964)
arranger:
Hal Mooney
cover recording of:
Something Wonderful (The King and I) (in 1964)
orchestrator:
Robert Russell Bennett
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II
composer:
Richard Rodgers
publisher:
Williamson Music Company
translated version of:
דבר מה נפלא כל כך
part of:
The King and I (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
2:46
12Don’t Take All Night
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1964-06)
piano:
Nina Simone (in 1964-06)
vocals:
Nina Simone (in 1964-06)
orchestra:
Horace Ott's Orchestra (in 1964-06)
conductor:
Horace Ott (in 1964-06)
arranger:
Horace Ott
recording of:
Don’t Take All Night (in 1964-06)
writer:
Bennie Benjamin and Sol Marcus
2:55
13Nobody
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1964)
piano:
Nina Simone (in 1964)
vocals:
Nina Simone (in 1964)
orchestra:
Harold Mooney & His Orchestra (in 1964)
conductor:
Hal Mooney (in 1964)
arranger:
Hal Mooney
recording of:
Nobody (in 1964)
lyricist:
Alex Rogers
composer:
Bert Williams
part of:
Abyssinia (1906 musical)
cover recording of:
Nobody
lyricist:
Alex Rogers
composer:
Bert Williams
part of:
Abyssinia (1906 musical)
4:20
14I Am Blessed
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1964-06)
piano:
Nina Simone (in 1964-06)
vocals:
Nina Simone (in 1964-06)
orchestra:
Horace Ott's Orchestra (in 1964-06)
conductor:
Horace Ott (in 1964-06)
arranger:
Horace Ott
recording of:
I Am Blessed (in 1964-06)
writer:
Bennie Benjamin and Sol Marcus
2:58
15Of This I’m Sure
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1964-06)
piano:
Nina Simone (in 1964-06)
vocals:
Nina Simone (in 1964-06)
orchestra:
Horace Ott's Orchestra (in 1964-06)
conductor:
Horace Ott (in 1964-06)
arranger:
Horace Ott
recording of:
Of This I’m Sure (in 1964-06)
writer:
Bennie Benjamin and Sol Marcus
2:38
16See-Line Woman
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1964-03-21)
producer:
Hal Mooney
piano:
Nina Simone (on 1964-03-21)
vocals and conductor:
Nina Simone (on 1964-03-21)
arranger:
Nina Simone
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1964-03-21)
cover recording of:
See‐Line Woman (on 1964-03-21)
writer:
George Bass and Nina Simone
is based on:
Sea Lion Woman
2:38
17Our Love (Will See Us Through)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1964-06)
piano:
Nina Simone (in 1964-06)
vocals:
Nina Simone (in 1964-06)
orchestra:
Horace Ott's Orchestra (in 1964-06)
conductor:
Horace Ott (in 1964-06)
arranger:
Horace Ott
recording of:
Our Love (Will See Us Through) (in 1964-06)
writer:
Bennie Benjamin
3:01
18How Can I?
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1964-06)
piano:
Nina Simone (in 1964-06)
vocals:
Nina Simone (in 1964-06)
orchestra:
Horace Ott's Orchestra (in 1964-06)
conductor:
Horace Ott (in 1964-06)
arranger:
Horace Ott
recording of:
How Can I? (in 1964-06)
writer:
Bennie Benjamin and Sol Marcus
2:07
19The Last Rose of Summer
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1966-08)
piano:
Nina Simone (in 1966-08)
vocals:
Nina Simone (in 1966-08)
orchestra:
Harold Mooney & His Orchestra (in 1966-08)
conductor:
Hal Mooney (in 1966-08)
arranger:
Hal Mooney
recording of:
The Last Rose of Summer (in 1966-08)
lyricist:
Thomas Moore
composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 13861)
3:05
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