Nina Simone was one of those controversial figures American pop music puts forward from time to time, with the notable exception that she started her controversy earlier in the 1960s than, say, Bob Dylan. To see this African- American woman get angry about the racial situation in her country, right there on stage, was a shock to people who'd come to hear her sing "I Loves You, Porgy." Not that she cared; she figured that it was the artists job to deliver the truth, and if the truth hurt, so be it. Of course, events wound up proving her right, but she never stopped being prickly about one thing or another. This release is a 3 CD Career Retrospective (1957-1993) that includes her work for Bethlehem, Colpix, Philips, RCA, CTI and Elektra plus a DVD featuring 1970 Emmy-nominated never-before-released documentary. Features 54 songs, 8 previously unreleased tracks including some never recorded elsewhere.

Tracklist:

Mood Indigo
I Loves You, Porgy
My Baby Just Cares for Me
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
You Can Have Him (Live)
Wild Is the Wind (Live)
Trouble in Mind (Live)
When Malindy Sings/Swing Low Sweet Chariot (Live) [Previously Unreleased]
See-Line Woman 1
Pirate Jenny (Live) 1
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 1
I Put a Spell on You 1
Ne Me Quitte Pas 1
Feeling Good 1
Four Women 1
My Man's Gone Now 1
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free 1
To Love Somebody 1
Sunday in Savannah (Live) 2
Backlash Blues (Live) 2
Mississippi Goddam (Live) 2
In the Morning 2
Ain't Got No-I Got Life [Previously Unreleased in the U.S. - Alternate Version] 2
Do What You Gotta Do 2
Seems I'm Never Tired Loving You 2
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues 2
The Times They Are A-Changin' 2
Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) 2
The Other Woman (Live) 3
I Think It's Going to Rain Today (Live) 3
Save Me (Live) 3
Revolution (Live) 3
To Be Young, Gifted and Black 3
Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair (Live) 3
Westwind (Live) 3
Who Knows Where the Time Goes (Live) 3
Suzanne (Live) [Previously Unreleased in the U.S.] 3
No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed (Live) [Previously Unreleased] 3
Just Like a Woman 4
Here Comes the Sun 4
Tanywey [Previously Unreleased] 4
Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter (Live) 4
My Sweet Lord/Today Is a Killer (Live) 4
Let It Be Me (Live) [Previously Unreleased] 4
Poppies 4
Mr. Bojangles (Live) 4
I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Live) 4
Nina (Live) [Previously Unreleased] 4
Zungo (Live) [Previously Unreleased] 5
Baltimore 5
A Single Woman 5
Ain't Got No-I Got Life (DVD Content) 5
Pirate Jenny (DVD Content) 5
Don't You Pay Them No Mind (DVD Content) 5
Milestones (DVD Content) 5
Go to Hell (DVD Content) 5
Backlash Blues (DVD Content) 5
Percussion/Drums/Clapping/Dancing (DVD Content) 5
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free (DVD Content) 6
Precious Lord (DVD Content) 6
Bonus Material [DVD]

UPC: 886971100921
Label: Sony Legacy
Release Date: 9.30.08
Format: CD

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