Nina Simone - In Concert
Piano, vocals – Nina Simone [click here to see more vinyl featuring Nina Simone]
Guitar – Rudy Stevenson, Al Schackman, Phil Orlando
Bass – Lisle Atkinson
Drums – Bobby Hamilton, Montego Joe
Written by Nina Simone (A4, B2-3), DuBose Heyward (A1), George & Ira Gershwin (A1), Earl Burroughs (A2), André Maupray (A3), Berthold Brecht (A3), Kurt Weill (A3), Marc Blitzstein (A3), Jackie Alper (A4), Ron Vander Groef (A4), Willard Robison (B1), Alex Comfort (B2)
1 LP, Gatefold Jacket printed by Stoughton Printing
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12''
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings
Label : Verve - Acoustic Sounds Series
Original Label : Philips
Recorded at Carnegie Hall, New York City on March 21 1964 (A1, A4, B1); on April 4 1964 (A3, B2-3), April 6 1964 (A2)
Produced by Hal Mooney
mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound
Liner Notes by Nat Shapiro
Photography by Mort Shuman
Originally released in 1964
Reissued in 2024
Tracks :
Side A :
1 - I Loves You, Porgy
2 - Plain Gold Ring
3 - Pirate Jenny
4 - Old Jim Crow
Side B :
1 - Don't Smoke In Bed
2 - Go Limp
3 - Mississippi Goddam
Awards :
Rated as the 94th best album of the 1960s by Pitchfork
Reviews :
“This is probably the most personal album that Simone issued during her stay on Philips in the mid-'60s. On most of her studio sessions, she worked with orchestration that either enhanced her vocals tastefully or smothered her, and she tackled an astonishingly wide range of material that, while admirably eclectic, made for uneven listening. Here, the singer and pianist is backed by a spare, jazzy quartet, and some of the songs rank among her most socially conscious declarations of African-American pride: "Old Jim Crow," "Pirate Jenny," "Go Limp," and, especially, "Mississippi Goddam" were some of the most forthright musical reflections of the Civil Rights movement to be found at the time. In a more traditional vein, she also reprises her hit "I Loves You, Porgy" and the jazz ballad "Don't Smoke in Bed."” AllMusic Review by Richie Unterberger
Rating:
Discogs : 4.34 /5 ; AllMusic : 4 / 5