Black Gold [IMPORT] [LIMITED EDITION] [LIVE] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Nina Simone

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 26, 2004)
• Original Release Date: July 20, 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Limited Edition, Live, Original recording remastered
• Label: Bmg Int'l
• ASIN: B0001ZXMCM
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #194,923 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
24bit digitally remastered Japanese limited edition issue of the album classic in a deluxe, miniaturized LP sleeve replica of the original vinyl album artwork. K2 laser cutting. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Last Place To Start, May 24, 2005

By	Remaster Bob (Hong Kong, China SAR Hong Kong) - See all my reviews

If you're thinking of dipping your toe into the tumultuous waters of Nina Simone's artistry then you're making a good decision, but whatever you do don't start here. This is for completists and fanatics only. (Try my favourite single album "Baltimore" perhaps, or one of the many credible compilations such as "Sugar In My Bowl - The Very Best Of 1967-1972").

There is virtually no information provided on this release to tell us who to blame for what claims to be of 2004 quality standard, but let's be charitable and assume the problem lies with the original live recordings rather than a hapless remastering engineer. Either way the sound is dreadful. As if it was recorded on tin cans, or recorded in a tin shed. Nina's vocals are approaching inaudible. The temptation of hearing her sing Sandy Denny's "Who Knows Where The Time Goes" led to a bitter disappointment, and the muffled sound of "Young, Gifted, and Black" will make you wonder (yet again) how the record companies keep managing to beguile that money out of your wallet.

Nina Simone is a major artist; this is a major disappointment.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Fascinating Album, March 7, 2007

By	DJ Wilbur (Manhasset, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This is an incredible listen. Granted its got a minor sound issue but its such a rewarding performance, you just need to turn the volume knob up a bit to hear it well. This is not utterly compressed like other live records and there is a lot of dynamic range between the quiet and louder sections.

Nina is almost under a spell on this one. Her storytelling is fascinating and this album contains some of her most astonishing live cuts of all her live albums. Who Knows Where The Time Goes, Westwind, The Assisgnment sequence.

Maybe not the album to start your Nina journey with, but if you want one of her most compelling RCA titles, and one of her most compelling live albums, this is the one to get when you're exploring that part of her catalog.