Anthology: The Colpix Years available on December 31 2013 from Amazon for 24.96
UPC bar code 081227256722 ξ1 registered December 31 2013
Product category is Audio
Manufacturered by Rhino
Product weight is 0.4 lbs.
40 early sides-a total tally of almost two and a half hours of the High Priestess of Soul's famed Colpix recordings! Live and studio tracks are among these early-'60s LP cuts and non-LP singles, including Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out; Trouble in Mind; Blackbird; If You Knew; Forbidden Fruit; Willow Weep for Me; Porgy; Work Song; That's All; Solitude , and more. This two-CD set collects tracks issued between 1959 and 1966. Although Nina Simone was to achieve greater public recognition after leaving Colpix Records, her recordings for the small label set the tone for her later work. Anthology finds the singer-pianist tackling everything from ancient folk tunes ("Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" and even a slow-drag version of "Cotton Eyed Joe") to jazz and pop standards ("Fine and Mellow," "The Twelfth of Never"), and the occasional original. Similarly, the backing ranges from full orchestral arrangements to trio and quartet work. While the best known of Simone's music was to come after her tenure at Colpix, these discs well reflect her broad-minded, sensitive aesthetic. --Rickey Wright
