The Nina Simone Story [Box set]

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
'The Nina Simone Story' is a three disc career-spanning collection of studio & live recordings made in her heyday years between 1959 & 1985 & includes songs from all these musical genres. Included are all the studio recordings she made for the Bethlehem label in 1959 which launched her extraordinary career & gave her two of her biggest hits, 'My Baby Just Cares For Me' & 'I Loves You Porgy'. The set closes with some of her last studio recordings. Each disc comes in an individual paper sleeve & they're housed together in a flip-top box. Charly. 2003.

The Nina Simone Story, Music, Nina Simone, Jazz, Jazz Music, Jazz Vocals, Pop, Standards, Vocal Jazz
The Nina Simone Story
Average customer rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars
  • The Other Guys Are Right
  • Charly should be ashamed of this
  • Beautiful Songs and Great Artistry, Terrible SOUNDING Boxset
 The Nina Simone Story
Nina Simone
Manufacturer: Snapper UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
Vocal Jazz GeneralVocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
Traditional Vocal PopTraditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music
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Classic VocalistsClassic Vocalists | Broadway & Vocalists | Box Sets | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00009YWAV
Release Date: 2003-07-29

Tracks:

  1. My Baby Just Cares for Me
  2. I Loves You, Porgy
  3. Love Me or Leave Me
  4. Little Girl Blue
  5. Mood Indigo
  6. He Needs Me
  7. Don't Smoke in Bed
  8. Good Bait
  9. Plain Gold Ring
  10. You'll Never Walk Alone
  11. Central Park Blues
  12. He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
  13. For All We Know
  14. African Mailman
  15. Please Read Me
  16. Just in Time
  17. When I Was a Young Girl
  18. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
  19. Gin House Blues

Tracks:

  1. House of the Rising Sun
  2. See Line Woman
  3. To Love Somebody
  4. Ne Me Quitte Pas
  5. Ain't Got No (I Got Life)
  6. To Be Young, Gifted and Black
  7. Assignment Song
  8. No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed
  9. I'll Look Around
  10. After You've Gone
  11. When I Was in My Prime
  12. Ain't No Use
  13. Blues
  14. Cottom Eyed Joe
  15. Nobody
  16. Sunday in Savannah
  17. Zungo

Tracks:

  1. Backlash Blues
  2. Do What You Gotta Do
  3. Pirate Jenny
  4. Other Woman
  5. Mississippi Goddam
  6. You Took My Teeth
  7. Four Women
  8. I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl
  9. Fodder on Her Wings
  10. For a While
  11. It's Cold Out There
  12. Saratoga
  13. Touching and Caring
  14. I Sing Just to Know That I'm Alive
  15. You Must Have Another Lover
  16. Porgy

Product Description

  • My Baby Just Cares For Me
  • I Loves You Porgy
  • Love Me Or Leave Me
  • Little Girl Blue
  • Mood Indigo
  • He Needs Me
  • Don't Smoke In Bed
  • Good Bait
  • Plain Gold Ring
  • You'll Never Walk Alone
  • Central Park Blues
  • He's Got The Whole World In His Hands
  • For All We Know
  • African Mailman
  • Just In Time
  • Please Read Me
  • When I Was A Young Girl
  • To Love Somebody
  • Ne Me Quitte Pas
  • House Of The Rising Sun
  • Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
  • Ain't Got No
  • I Got Life
  • To Be Young, Gifted and Black
  • Blues
  • After You've Gone
  • No Experience Needed
  • When I Was In My Prime
  • Cotton Eyed Joe
  • I'll Look Around
  • Gin House Blues
  • Ain't No Use
  • Nobody
  • Sunday In Savannah
  • Zungo
  • Backlash Blues
  • Do What You Gotta Do
  • See Line Woman
  • Pirate Jenny
  • The Other Woman
  • Mississippi Goddam
  • You Took My Teeth
  • Four Women
  • I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl
  • Fodder In Her Wings
  • For A While
  • It's Cold Out There
  • Saratoga
  • Touching And Caring I Sing Just To Know That I'm Alive
  • You Must Have Another Lover
  • Porgy

    Format: CD

    Customer Reviews:

    2 out of 5 stars The Other Guys Are Right.......2007-07-05

    I bought this boxed set and the two above reviews are right about the poor sound quality. It's every bit as bad as they say.

    1 out of 5 stars Charly should be ashamed of this .......2006-02-16

    I'm no sound queen but the fidelity of this compliation is atrocious: vinyl crackle, cymbal rides that sound like tape hiss, compression problems, fuzzy at low volume, distorted at high volume, etc., etc. I've listened to lots of music on lots of formats and there are some fidelity issues on here I can't even identify. Not only would I avoid this release, I would avoid ALL of the Charly black box three CD compilations. Moreover, the liner notes are worthless, with no reference to source, year, musicians, etc.

    1 out of 5 stars Beautiful Songs and Great Artistry, Terrible SOUNDING Boxset.......2004-01-04

    This is by far one of the most terribly "re-mastered" reissue sets I've ever heard. A great talent such as Nina Simone deserves far better treatment. Thin on low end and shrill (even distorted!) in the midrange, this box set is wretched sounding considering the technology and fine mastering houses that are available out there. Unfortunately, there are a glut of bad ones out there, so my advice is to stick with the big labels who have the capital to do justice to the material.
    The Nina Simone Story
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		The Nina Simone Story
      Nina Simone
      Manufacturer: Snapper UK
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
      Vocal Jazz GeneralVocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
      Traditional Vocal PopTraditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music
      ASIN: B000MGBRMM
      Release Date: 2007-07-30

      Tracks:

      1. My Baby Just Cares for Me
      2. I Loves You, Porgy
      3. Love Me or Leave Me
      4. Little Girl Blue
      5. Mood Indigo
      6. He Needs Me
      7. Don't Smoke in Bed
      8. Good Bait
      9. Plain Gold Ring
      10. You'll Never Walk Alone
      11. Central Park Blues
      12. He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
      13. For All We Know
      14. African Mailman
      15. Please Read Me
      16. Just in Time
      17. When I Was a Young Girl
      18. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
      19. Gin House Blues

      Tracks:

      1. House of the Rising Sun
      2. See Line Woman
      3. To Love Somebody
      4. Ne Me Quitte Pas
      5. Ain't Got No (I Got Life)
      6. To Be Young, Gifted and Black
      7. Assignment Song
      8. No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed
      9. I'll Look Around
      10. After You've Gone
      11. When I Was in My Prime
      12. Ain't No Use
      13. Blues
      14. Cottom Eyed Joe
      15. Nobody
      16. Sunday in Savannah
      17. Zungo

      Tracks:

      1. Backlash Blues
      2. Do What You Gotta Do
      3. Pirate Jenny
      4. Other Woman
      5. Mississippi Goddam
      6. You Took My Teeth
      7. Four Women
      8. I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl
      9. Fodder on Her Wings
      10. For a While
      11. It's Cold Out There
      12. Saratoga
      13. Touching and Caring
      14. I Sing Just to Know That I'm Alive
      15. You Must Have Another Lover
      16. Porgy

      Music:

      1. The One, The Only Kay Starr/Blue Starr
      2. The Ultimate [Import]
      3. There Goes My Everything/Take a Message to Mary
      4. This Is My Song [Import]
      5. Tom Jones International [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]
      6. Traveling Light
      7. Tribute to Ellington
      8. Two of Us/Begin to Love [Import]
      9. Ultimate Shirley Horn
      10. Uptown Lounge

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