To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story
Compilation by Nina Simone
Released 24 October 2008
Tracklist
- CD 1: 1957–1968
- 1Mood Indigo4:025.0 ★
- 2I Loves You, Porgy4:103.5 ★
- 3My Baby Just Cares for Me3:383.9 ★
- 4Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out2:393.5 ★
- 5You Can Have Him (live)5:56
- 6Wild Is the Wind (live)3:34
- 7Trouble in Mind (live)5:35
- 8When Malindy Sings / Swing Low Sweet Chariot (live)5:40
- 9See‐Line Woman2:372.6 ★
- 10Pirate Jenny (live)6:404.0 ★
- 11Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood2:454.0 ★
- 12I Put a Spell on You2:364.3 ★
- 13Ne me quitte pas3:364.0 ★
- 14Feeling Good2:554.2 ★
- 15Four Women4:253.5 ★
- 16My Man’s Gone Now4:173.0 ★
- 17I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free3:094.4 ★
- 18To Love Somebody2:404.0 ★
- 19Sunday in Savannah (live)3:18
- 20Backlash Blues (live)3:32
- CD 2: 1968–1969
- 1Mississippi Goddam (live)6:55
- 2In the Morning2:43
- 3Ain’t Got No, I Got Life2:58
- 4Do What You Gotta Do3:013.5 ★
- 5Seems I’m Never Tired Loving You3:024.0 ★
- 6Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues4:503.0 ★
- 7The Times They Are A‐Changin’5:563.0 ★
- 8Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)3:413.0 ★
- 9The Other Woman (live)6:01
- 10I Think It’s Going to Rain Today (live)4:444.0 ★
- 11Save Me (live)3:332.5 ★
- 12Revolution (live)6:233.0 ★
- 13To Be Young, Gifted and Black2:503.0 ★
- 14Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair (live)3:25
- 15Westwind (live)8:48
- 16Who Knows Where the Time Goes (live)4:59
- 17Suzanne (live)5:02
- CD 3: 1969–1993
- 1No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed (live)4:51
- 2Just Like a Woman4:525.0 ★
- 3Here Comes the Sun3:344.4 ★
- 4Tanywey3:274.0 ★
- 5Funkier Than a Mosquito’s Tweeter (live)5:172.6 ★
- 6My Sweet Lord / Today Is a Killer (live)18:19
- 7Let It Be Me (live)5:02
- 8Poppies4:472.0 ★
- 9Mr. Bojangles (live)4:52
- 10I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl (live)5:47
- 11Nina (live)4:13
- 12Zungo (live)4:19
- 13Baltimore4:393.0 ★
- 14A Single Woman3:324.0 ★
- DVD-Video 4: Nina: A Historical Perspective
- 1Ain’t Got No, I Got Life0.1 ★
- 2Pirate Jenny
- 3Don’t You Pay Them No Mind
- 4Milestones (instrumental)
- 5Go To Hell
- 6Backlash Blues
- 7Percussion / Drums / Clapping / Dancing
- 8I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
- 9Precious Lord
More by Nina Simone
Release credits
- acoustic guitar [9-10], bass [9-10], classical guitar [9-10], electric guitar [9], guitar [2.6-12, 3.11, 1.7-8], harmonica [15], piano [13], sitar [9-11]
- drums (drum set) [1-3, 5-6]
- drums (drum set) [3-4, 7], timpani [3-4, 7]
- producer [5-6]
- drums (drum set) [7, 10, 15]
- executive [5, 9-10]
- drums (drum set) [1-2]
- guitar [3-4]
- bass [7]
- producer [16-18]
- guitar [5]
- bongos [3.1, 2.15, 2.17], drums (drum set) [2.6, 2.8-12, 1.18], percussion [6-7]
- background vocals [6-7, 7-8, 8, 12], choir vocals [9]
- engineer [1], recording [3.1-12, 1.19, 2.2, 2.17]
- congas [11-12], percussion [11-12]
- guitar [3.1, 2.16-17]
- guitar [3-4]
- organ [3-4]
- trombone [3-4]
- electric bass guitar [13]
- bass [3.5, 2.6-8], electric bass guitar [7-12], producer [9-12]
- bass [2], electric bass guitar [1]
- background vocals [12], choir vocals [9]
- arranger [12-14], conductor [12-14], producer [4, 9, 12-15]
- trumpet [3-4]
- arranger [2-4], conductor [2-4], producer [2-4]
- guitar [3-4]
- arranger [1.11, 2.3-4], conductor [1.11, 2.3-4]
- performing orchestra [11]
- producer [5-6]
- bass [1, 5-6], double bass [2-3]
- electric bass guitar [3-4]
- membranophone [13]
- arranger [18], conductor [18]
- producer [1.19, 2.2, 2.4]
- trumpet [3-4]
- congas [2.15, 2.17, 3.1]
- bass [8], bass guitar [15], double bass [10, 15], percussion [15]
- mix [17]
- recording [16]
- recording [1.18, 2.6-8]
- other instruments [5, 9, 9-10, 10], percussion [11]
- producer [2-4]
- arranger [1.9-10, 2.5-8, 2.17, 3.2-5, 3.9-10], conductor [2.6-8, 1.9], lead vocals [1.1-3, 1.5-6, 1.10, 1.18-19, 2.3-4, 2.6-9, 2.12, 2.17, 3.1, 3.3, 3.5, 3.9-10], piano [2.1-12, 2.14, 2.16, 1.1-3, 1.5-15, 1.18-19, 3.5, 3.7, 3.9-11], producer [5, 9-10], vocal [3.7, 3.11, 2.1-3, 2.5, 2.9-11, 2.14-16, 1.7-9, 1.11-15, 1.17]
- piano [3-4]
- producer [8]
- guitar [8]
- engineer [13], recording [2.3-8, 1.16, 1.18]
- drums (drum set) [8]
- electric guitar [1-2], flute [15], guitar [10, 12-15]
- instrument [1], organ [3.7, 2.2], vocal [7]
- arranger [17], conductor [17]
- percussion [3-4], tambourine [3-4], vibraphone [3-4]
- arranger [4]
- guitar [6]
- artists and repertoire [4]
- guitar [2.17, 3.1]
- background vocals [6-7, 7-8, 8]
- organ [2.7-8, 2.11-12, 2.16-17, 3.1], producer [6-7]
- trumpet [3-4]
Issues
T3x CD, DVD-Video24 October 2008
T3x CD, DVD-Video2008





