Genre | Soul |
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Date (CEST) | 2019-03-02 19:33:38 |
Group | GCP_INT |
Size | None MB |
Files | 51 |
M3U / SFV / NFO |
Nina_Simone-To_Be_Free-The_Nina_Simone_Story-Remastered-3CD-2008-GCP_INT
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Tracklist (M3U)
# | Filename | Artist | Songname | Bitrate | BPM |
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101 | 101-nina_simone-mood_indigo-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Mood Indigo | 244 | Unknown |
102 | 102-nina_simone-i_loves_you_porgy-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | I Loves You, Porgy | 231 | Unknown |
103 | 103-nina_simone-my_baby_just_cares_for_me-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | My Baby Just Cares For Me | 226 | Unknown |
104 | 104-nina_simone-nobody_knows_you_when_youre_down_and_out-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out | 163 | Unknown |
105 | 105-nina_simone-you_can_have_him_(live)-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | You Can Have Him (Live) | 145 | Unknown |
106 | 106-nina_simone-wild_is_the_wind_(live)-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Wild Is The Wind (Live) | 145 | Unknown |
107 | 107-nina_simone-trouble_in_mind_(live)-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Trouble In Mind (Live) | 219 | Unknown |
108 | 108-nina_simone-when_malindy_sings_swing_low_sweet_chariot_(live)_(previously_unreleased)-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | When Malindy Sings / Swing Low Sweet Chariot (Live) (Previously Unreleased) | 225 | Unknown |
109 | 109-nina_simone-see-line_woman-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | See-Line Woman | 251 | Unknown |
110 | 110-nina_simone-pirate_jenny_(live)-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Pirate Jenny (Live) | 222 | Unknown |
111 | 111-nina_simone-dont_let_me_be_misunderstood-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood | 233 | Unknown |
112 | 112-nina_simone-i_put_a_spell_on_you-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | I Put A Spell On You | 240 | Unknown |
113 | 113-nina_simone-ne_me_quitte_pas-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Ne Me Quitte Pas | 236 | Unknown |
114 | 114-nina_simone-feeling_good-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Feeling Good | 238 | Unknown |
115 | 115-nina_simone-four_women-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Four Women | 215 | Unknown |
116 | 116-nina_simone-my_mans_gone_now-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | My Man's Gone Now | 207 | Unknown |
117 | 117-nina_simone-i_wish_i_knew_how_it_would_feel_to_be_free-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free | 236 | Unknown |
118 | 118-nina_simone-to_love_somebody-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | To Love Somebody | 244 | Unknown |
119 | 119-nina_simone-sunday_in_savannah_(live)-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Sunday In Savannah (Live) | 222 | Unknown |
120 | 120-nina_simone-backlash_blues_(live)-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Backlash Blues (Live) | 240 | Unknown |
201 | 201-nina_simone-mississippi_goddam_(live)-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Mississippi Goddam (Live) | 225 | Unknown |
202 | 202-nina_simone-in_the_morning-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | In The Morning | 238 | Unknown |
203 | 203-nina_simone-aint_got_no_i_got_life_(alternate_version)_(previously_unreleased_in_the_us)-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Ain't Got No I Got Life (Alternate Version) (Previously Unreleased In The US) | 229 | Unknown |
204 | 204-nina_simone-do_what_you_gotta_do-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Do What You Gotta Do | 258 | Unknown |
205 | 205-nina_simone-seems_im_never_tired_loving_you-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Seems I'm Never Tired Loving You | 208 | Unknown |
206 | 206-nina_simone-just_like_tom_thumbs_blues-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues | 216 | Unknown |
207 | 207-nina_simone-the_times_they_are_a-changin-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | The Times They Are A-Changin' | 210 | Unknown |
208 | 208-nina_simone-turn_turn_turn_(to_everything_there_is_a_season)-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) | 237 | Unknown |
209 | 209-nina_simone-the_other_woman_(live)-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | The Other Woman (Live) | 151 | Unknown |
210 | 210-nina_simone-i_think_its_going_to_rain_today_(live)-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | I Think It's Going To Rain Today (Live) | 155 | Unknown |
211 | 211-nina_simone-save_me_(live)-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Save Me (Live) | 178 | Unknown |
212 | 212-nina_simone-revolution_(live)-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Revolution (Live) | 195 | Unknown |
213 | 213-nina_simone-to_be_young_gifted_and_black-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | To Be Young, Gifted And Black | 215 | Unknown |
214 | 214-nina_simone-black_is_the_color_of_my_true_loves_hair_(live)-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair (Live) | 208 | Unknown |
215 | 215-nina_simone-westwind_(live)-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Westwind (Live) | 203 | Unknown |
216 | 216-nina_simone-who_knows_where_the_time_goes_(live)-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Who Knows Where The Time Goes (Live) | 218 | Unknown |
217 | 217-nina_simone-suzanne_(live)_(previously_unreleased_in_the_us)-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Suzanne (Live) (Previously Unreleased In The US) | 198 | Unknown |
301 | 301-nina_simone-no_opportunity_necessary_no_experience_needed_(live)-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed (Live) | 203 | Unknown |
302 | 302-nina_simone-just_like_a_woman-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Just Like A Woman | 235 | Unknown |
303 | 303-nina_simone-here_comes_the_sun-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Here Comes The Sun | 236 | Unknown |
304 | 304-nina_simone-tanywey_(previously_unreleased)-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Tanywey (Previously Unreleased) | 212 | Unknown |
305 | 305-nina_simone-funkier_than_a_mosquitos_tweeter_(live)-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter (Live) | 217 | Unknown |
306 | 306-nina_simone-my_sweet_lord_today_is_a_killer_(live)-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | My Sweet Lord / Today Is A Killer (Live) | 223 | Unknown |
307 | 307-nina_simone-let_it_be_me_(live)_(previously_unreleased)-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Let It Be Me (Live) (Previously Unreleased) | 224 | Unknown |
308 | 308-nina_simone-poppies-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Poppies | 231 | Unknown |
309 | 309-nina_simone-mr._bojangles_(live)-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Mr. Bojangles (Live) | 206 | Unknown |
310 | 310-nina_simone-i_want_a_little_sugar_in_my_bowl_(live)-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl (Live) | 213 | Unknown |
311 | 311-nina_simone-nina_(live)_(previously_unreleased)-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Nina (Live) (Previously Unreleased) | 223 | Unknown |
312 | 312-nina_simone-zungo_(live)_(previously_unreleased)-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Zungo (Live) (Previously Unreleased) | 257 | Unknown |
313 | 313-nina_simone-baltimore-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | Baltimore | 226 | Unknown |
314 | 314-nina_simone-a_single_woman-gcp.mp3 | Nina Simone | A Single Woman | 239 | Unknown |
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░ Artist | Nina Simone
Title | To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story
Genre | Soul
Source | CDDA
Format | Album (Remastered)
Label | RCA
Catalog | 88697 11009 2
Released | 2008
Ripped | 2019
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░ R E L E A S E I N F O R M A T I O N
Nina Simone was one of the most gifted vocalists of her generation,
and also one of the most eclectic. Simone was a singer, pianist, and
songwriter who bent genres to her will rather than allowing herself
to be confined by their boundaries; her work swung back and forth
between jazz, blues, soul, classical, R&B, pop, gospel, and world
music, with passion, emotional honesty, and a strong grasp of
technique as the constants of her musical career.
There's no question that Simone is richly deserving of a three-CD
(plus one DVD), 51-song box set such as "To Be Free". From the late
'50s until her death, she was one of the great unclassifiable pop
singers of the 20th century, and if her voluminous recording career
was erratic, the first 15 years at any rate had many highlights. Any
complaint about this particular package has more to do with the
balance of eras represented than the quality of the contents, which
is generally very good. If one is to criticize, however, it's that
it does seem heavily weighted toward her 1967-1973 recordings for
RCA, which take up about two-thirds of the three audio discs.
Perhaps that's because it's on the RCA/Legacy label, but certainly a
good case could be made that her pre-1967 recordings for a variety
of other companies (most often Philips) were worthy of greater
representation. To focus on the positives, however, most of disc one
does include strong pre-RCA tracks from the first decade of her
recording career, including some of her best-known classics of the
time, like "My Baby Just Cares For Me", "Don't Let Me Be
Misunderstood", "See-Line Woman", "I Put A Spell On You," and "Four
Women". While the RCA era arguably saw her move too much into
pop-oriented production on occasion and too many covers of pop/rock
hits, the selections from that era are chosen with intelligence,
including a good number of live tracks.
The two post-1973 cuts - one from 1978 and one from her final proper
album, 1993's "A Single Woman" - seem like afterthoughts to ensure
that most of her career was covered in some way, but that's
justifiable considering that the last three decades of her life saw
little in the way of noteworthy recordings. Though there's not much
in the way of rarities, the set also does contain half a dozen
previously unreleased live tracks of merit; four songs from the
hard-to-find album "A Very Rare Evening", recorded live in Germany
in April 1969; and a couple (a live cover of Leonard Cohen's
'Suzanne' and an alternate version of 'Ain't Got No I Got Life')
that make their first US appearance.
The most tantalizing item for serious Simone fans is the DVD of a
1970 television special, though it turns out to be a little less
exciting than one might have hoped. Lasting just 23 minutes, it
intersperses scenes of her recording in the studio and performing
on-stage (most of the songs being fragments, highlighted by a
complete live version of 'Go To Hell') with interview snippets in
which Simone offers basic comments on the rewards and difficulties
of being a creative musician.
Still, in all this is a very good box set illustrating Simone's
facility at jumping between and blending numerous genres, including
soul, pop, rock, jazz, Broadway, classical, and even (on the
previously unissued 1973 live performance 'Nina') world fusion music
of sorts with backing by sitar and kalimba. Just don't necessarily
take it as a summation of all her greatest work, with much more from
the pre-1967 period in particular thankfully available to
investigate on other CDs.
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CD 1/3
01. Mood Indigo 4:02
02. I Loves You, Porgy 4:10
03. My Baby Just Cares For Me 3:38
04. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out 2:39
05. You Can Have Him (Live) 5:56
06. Wild Is The Wind (Live) 3:34
07. Trouble In Mind (Live) 5:35
08. When Malindy Sings / Swing Low Sweet Chariot (Live) (Previously 5:40
Unreleased)
09. See-Line Woman 2:37
10. Pirate Jenny (Live) 6:40
11. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 2:45
12. I Put A Spell On You 2:36
13. Ne Me Quitte Pas 3:36
14. Feeling Good 2:55
15. Four Women 4:25
16. My Man's Gone Now 4:17
17. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free 3:09
18. To Love Somebody 2:40
19. Sunday In Savannah (Live) 3:18
20. Backlash Blues (Live) 3:32
CD 2/3
01. Mississippi Goddam (Live) 6:55
02. In The Morning 2:43
03. Ain't Got No I Got Life (Alternate Version) (Previously Unreleased 2:58
In The US)
04. Do What You Gotta Do 3:01
05. Seems I'm Never Tired Loving You 3:02
06. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues 4:50
07. The Times They Are A-Changin' 5:56
08. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) 3:41
09. The Other Woman (Live) 6:01
10. I Think It's Going To Rain Today (Live) 4:44
11. Save Me (Live) 3:33
12. Revolution (Live) 6:23
13. To Be Young, Gifted And Black 2:51
14. Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair (Live) 3:25
15. Westwind (Live) 8:48
16. Who Knows Where The Time Goes (Live) 4:59
17. Suzanne (Live) (Previously Unreleased In The US) 5:02
CD 3/3
01. No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed (Live) 4:51
02. Just Like A Woman 4:52
03. Here Comes The Sun 3:34
04. Tanywey (Previously Unreleased) 3:27
05. Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter (Live) 5:17
06. My Sweet Lord / Today Is A Killer (Live) 18:19
07. Let It Be Me (Live) (Previously Unreleased) 5:02
08. Poppies 4:47
09. Mr. Bojangles (Live) 4:52
10. I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl (Live) 5:47
11. Nina (Live) (Previously Unreleased) 4:13
12. Zungo (Live) (Previously Unreleased) 4:19
13. Baltimore 4:39
14. A Single Woman 3:32
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