Ive also added it to discogs in a separate release.
Nina simone the blues vinyl.
Silk soul is the direct follow up to nina simone sings the blues and it represents a side of nina s career that gets some short shrift.
Nina simone s i put a spell on you and pastel blues are being reissued via verve ume this november.
Nina simone s classic 1965 albums i put a spell on you and pastel blues are being reissued on vinyl as part of verve ume s audiophile grade reissue series acoustic sounds the remastered.
I put a spell on you and pastel blues will be out on 180 gram vinyl through verve ume s acoustic sounds on november 6.
This is the first album nina simone made for rca.
The unrivaled and gifted voice of nina simone the high priestess of soul will be heard in remastered and audiophile grade quality this fall the top tier albums pastel blues and i put a spell on you both initially released in 1965 on phillips records will be reissued on 180 gram vinyl on november 6 as part of verve and universal music s new audiophile vinyl reissue series acoustic sounds.
Two landmark nina simone albums from 1965 i put a spell on you.
It is one of her more blues orientated albums.
Anyway the blues seems to be a re release of sings the blues because it has the same first 11 songs.
Songs are kerala and break apart.
I put a spell on you was released in june 1965 lead by its titular song written by jalacy screamin jay jay hawkins which fuelled the album s rise on top 40 charts of the time.
The arrangment and the players that follows her are just great.
Lauded during their initial releases both albums have only grown in stature and popularity over the years as simone s timeless recordings many covering such important territory as race and equality remain as.
She performed and recorded a great mixture of musical material but i think she is absolutely at her best when she came back to the blues.
If you like nina and you like the blues stop reading this review and just buy the album.
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Her open competition with artists like diana ross and aretha franklin who often covered the magazines of the african american media and who sold many more records than nina did.
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I put a spell on you and pastel blues are two of the seven incredible albums that simone recorded for philips records during an extremely prolific four year period from 1963 1967.
A good start if you want to get to know nina simone.
