The Complete RCA Albums Collection (9-CD Box Set)

9-CD set with all 9 original albums she cut for the RCA inprint, all come in nice mini-LP replica sleeves, including bonus tracks, original artwork and a comprenhensive booklet.

"Nina Simone was a singular artist, and she went where she pleased, leaving behind a recorded legacy that is passionate, political, defiant, and delicate by turns, no matter what strain of folk, blues, jazz, or gospel she was dipping into, and she did it all with dignity, grace, and intelligence. This set collects all nine of her albums for RCA Records (released between 1967 and 1974), and thus includes some of her greatest recordings. Signature songs like "I Loves You, Porgy," "I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl" (in a couple of versions), and "Mississippi Goddam" (a Simone original -- one wishes she had written more than she did) are all here, along with powerful versions of songs by Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Willie Dixon, the Beatles, and Randy Newman, among others. Simone didn't just sing a song. She made it hers."

Steve Leggett -All Music Guide


Albums included:

CD 1 - Nina Simone Sings the Bues (LSP-3789) 1967
CD 2 - Silk & Soul (LSP-3837) 1967
CD 3 - 'Nuff Said! (LSP-4065) 1968
CD 4 - Nina Simone And Piano! (LSP-4102) 1969
CD 5 - To Love Somebody (LSP-4152) 1969
CD 6 - Black Gold [Live] (LSP-4248) 1970
CD 7 - Here Comes the Sun (LSP-4536) 1971
CD 8 - Emergency Ward! [Live] (LSP-4757) 1972
CD 9 - It Is Finished (APL 1-0241) 1974

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Complete tracklisting:

CD 1

01. Do I Move You 2:41
02. Day And Night 2:34
03. In The Dark 2:53
04. Real Deal 2:17
05. My Man's Gone Now 4:13
06. Backlash Blues 2:14
07. I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl 2:27
08. Buck 2:00
09. Since I Fell For You 2:44
10. The House Of The Rising Sun 3:55
11. Blues For Mama 3:52

CD 2

01. It Be's That Way Sometime 2:54
02. The Look Of Love 2:22
03. Go To Hell 2:45
04. Love O' Love 5:03
05. Cherish 3:20
06. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free 3:06
07. Turn Me On 2:23
08. Turning Point 2:00
09. Some Say 2:07
10. Consummation 4:09

CD 3

01. In The Morning 2:12
02. Sunday in Savannah 3:03
03. The Backlash Blues 2:43
04. Please Read Me 2:44
05. Gin House Blues 2:47
06. Why? (The King of Love Is Dead) 5:31
07. Peace of Mind 2:40
08. Ain't Got No I Got Life 2:05
09. I Loves You Porgy 3:27
10. Take My Hand Precious Lord 1:35
11. Do What You Gotta Do 2:55

CD 4

01. Seems I'm Never Tired Lovin' You 2:58
02. Nobody's Fault But Mine 2:56
03. I Think It's Going To Rain Today 3:18
04. Everone's Gone To The Moon 3:05
05. Compensation 1:35
06. Who Am I 4:09
07. Another Spring 3:29
08. The Human Touch 2:07
09. I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes) 4:45
10. The Desperate Ones 4:38

CD 5

01. Suzanne 4:16
02. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) 3:37
03. Revolution (Part I) 2:48
04. Revolution (Part II) 1:48
05. To Love Somebody 2:38
06. I Shall Be Released 4:00
07. I Can't See Nobody 3:06
08. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues 4:48
09. The Times They Are A Changin' 5:59

CD 6

01. Introduction 2:30
02. Black Is The Colour Of My True Love's Hair 7:30
03. Ain't Got No - I Got No Life 5:30
04. Westwind 9:40
05. Who Knows Where The Time Goes 8:08
06. The Assignment Sequence 6:28
07. To Be Young, Gifted And Black 10:10

CD 7

01. Here Comes The Sun 3:31
02. Just Like A Woman 4:38
03. O-O-H Child 3:14
04. Mr Bojangles 4:58
05. New World Coming 4:40
06. Angel Of The Morning 3:29
07. How Long Must I Wander 6:16
08. My Way 5:08

CD 8

01. My Sweet Lord / Today Is A Killer (Part 1) 4:15
02. Today Is A Killer (Part 2) 6:18
03. Poppies 4:06
04. Isn't It A Pity 11:02

CD 9

01. The Pusher 5:12
02. Com' By H'Yere - Good Lord 2:55
03. Funkier Then A Mosquito's Tweeter 5:21
04. Mr Bojangles 5:21
05. I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl 5:54
06. Dambala 6:53
07. Let It Be Me 3:35
08. Obeah Woman 6:17

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