Blackbird: The Colpix Recordings (1959 - 1963)
Compilation by Nina Simone
Released 29 March 2024
Tracklist
- CD 1: The Amazing Nina Simone (Expanded Edition)
- 1Blue Prelude3:214.0 ★
- 2Children Go Where I Send You2:524.0 ★
- 3Tomorrow (We Will Meet Once More)3:024.0 ★
- 4Stompin’ at the Savoy2:084.0 ★
- 5It Might as Well Be Spring3:553.6 ★
- 6You’ve Been Gone Too Long2:105.0 ★
- 7That’s Him Over There2:314.4 ★
- 8Chilly Winds Don’t Blow2:464.0 ★
- 9Theme from “Middle of the Night”2:293.0 ★
- 10Can’t Get Out of This Mood2:324.0 ★
- 11Willow Weep for Me3:123.4 ★
- 12Solitaire3:265.0 ★
- 13I Loves You Porgy4:065.0 ★
- 14Falling in Love Again (Can’t Help It)2:394.0 ★
- 15Spring Is Here3:57
- 16That’s All2:264.0 ★
- 17The Man With a Horn3:175.0 ★
- CD 2: Nina Simone at Town Hall (Expanded Edition)
- 1Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair3:344.0 ★
- 2Exactly Like You3:183.0 ★
- 3The Other Woman2:594.5 ★
- 4Under the Lowest5:35
- 5You Can Have Him5:51
- 6Summertime (instrumental)2:55
- 7Summertime2:47
- 8Cotton Eyed Joe2:562.0 ★
- 9Return Home5:294.0 ★
- 10Wild Is the Wind3:39
- 11Fine and Mellow3:26
- 12Under the Lowest (short version) (edit)3:10
- 13You Can Have Him3:35
- CD 3: Nina Simone at Newport (Expanded Edition)
- 1Trouble in Mind5:42
- 2Blues for Porgy5:121.5 ★
- 3Little Liza Jane4:35
- 4You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To5:23
- 5Flo Me La7:121.0 ★
- 6Nina’s Blues6:11
- 7In the Evening by the Moonlight6:16
- 8Since My Love Has Gone2:48
- 9If Only for Tonight3:02
- 10Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out2:403.5 ★
- 11Trouble in Mind (edit)2:11
- 12In the Evening by the Moonlight (edit)2:10
- CD 4: Forbidden Fruit (Expanded Edition)
- 1Rags and Old Iron4:084.5 ★
- 2No Good Man3:394.0 ★
- 3Gin House Blues3:023.0 ★
- 4I’ll Look Around5:043.5 ★
- 5I Love to Love3:243.0 ★
- 6Work Song2:344.5 ★
- 7Where Can I Go Without You2:513.0 ★
- 8Just Say I Love Him6:345.0 ★
- 9Memphis in June2:375.0 ★
- 10Forbidden Fruit3:493.0 ★
- 11Gimme a Pigfoot2:16
- 12Tain’t Nobody's Biz-Ness If I Do4:40
- 13Try a Little Tenderness3:21
- 14Lonesome Valley3:39
- 15Everytime We Say Goodbye3:27
- 16My Ship3:33
- 17Golden Earrings4:47
- 18Od Yesh Homa3:15
- 19Baubles, Bangles, and Beads4:034.0 ★
- 20Porgy, I Is Your Woman Now3:234.0 ★
- CD 5: Nina Simone at the Village Gate (Expanded Edition}
- 1Just in Time6:343.0 ★
- 2He Was Too Good to Me4:52
- 3House of the Rising Sun4:375.0 ★
- 4Bye Bye Blackbird8:171.0 ★
- 5Brown Baby5:482.0 ★
- 6Zungo3:00
- 7If He Changed My Name3:59
- 8Children Go Where I Send You7:49
- 9Eretz Zavat Chalav U’Dvash7:12
- 10Vaynikehu2:21
- 11Sinner Man8:003.0 ★
- 12You’ll Never Walk Alone5:27
- CD 6: Nina Simone Sings Ellington! (Expanded Edition)
- 1Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me2:503.5 ★
- 2I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good)4:064.0 ★
- 3Hey, Buddy Bolden2:273.0 ★
- 4Merry Mending2:343.0 ★
- 5Something to Live For2:543.0 ★
- 6You Better Know It2:244.0 ★
- 7I Like the Sunrise3:003.0 ★
- 8Solitude3:465.0 ★
- 9The Gal From Joe’s2:104.5 ★
- 10Satin Doll3:374.5 ★
- 11It Don’t Mean a Thing2:314.0 ★
- 12Come on Back Jack2:16
- 13I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl2:45
- 14Chain Gang (Work Song)2:413.0 ★
- CD 7: Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall
- 1Black Swan (from “The Medium”)6:04
- 2Theme from Samson and Delilah5:48
- 3If You Knew3:28
- 4Theme From Sayonara3:17
- 5The Twelfth of Never3:275.0 ★
- 6Will I Find My Love Today6:41
- 7Medley: The Other Woman/Cotton Eyed Joe7:242.0 ★
- 8Will I Find a Resting Place4:39
- 9Little Liza Jane4:43
- CD 8: Folksy Nina (Expanded Edition)
- 1Silver City Bound5:054.0 ★
- 2When I Was a Young Girl6:055.0 ★
- 3Eretz Zavat Chalav U’Dvash4:194.0 ★
- 4Lass of the Low Country6:083.0 ★
- 5The Young Knight5:333.5 ★
- 6Vaynikehu2:284.0 ★
- 7Mighty Lak a Rose3:043.0 ★
- 8Hush Little Baby4:083.0 ★
- 9Work Song10:24
- 10Blackbird3:52
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Release credits
- guitar [3.1-7, 7.1, 7.3, 7.5-7, 4.1-10, 5.3]
- drums (drum set) [1-11], membranophone [4, 6-7, 9]
- producer [1-11]
- drums (drum set) [4.1-10, 5.3, 3.1-7]
- producer [1-10]
- bass [5.3, 3.1-7, 4.1-10]
- recording [1-3, 5-7]
- producer [10]
- producer [1-12]
- producer [2-11]
- producer [7.1-3, 7.5-7, 8.10]
- bass [1-11]
- remixer [1]
- double bass [1, 3, 5-7]
- arranger [7.1-3, 7.5-7, 8.10], lead vocals [2.5, 2.10-11, 5.3, 7.5, 4.3, 4.6, 4.10-11, 4.15, 4.19, 6.2-3, 6.7-8, 6.11, 1.2, 1.5, 1.11], piano [1.1-12, 2.1-11, 3.1-7, 7.2, 4.1-10, 8.6], vocal [2.1-3, 2.7-8, 1.1, 1.3-4, 1.6-10, 1.12, 8.6, 4.1-2, 4.4-9, 7.1, 7.3, 7.5-7, 6.2, 3.1-7]
- guitar [1, 3, 5-7]
- arranger [3.12, 6.8, 6.12-13], conductor [6.8, 6.12-13, 3.12]
- arranger [1-12]
- membranophone [1, 3, 5-7], percussion [6]
- recording [1-12]
- arranger [8-10], producer [3.12, 6.13]
- choir vocals [8]
Issues
B29 March 2024





