Very Best of [Import]

Nancy Wilson (Jazz) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 25, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Gold Imports
• ASIN: B000PMLIKY
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,575 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #6 in Music > Imports > Jazz
  • #74 in Music > Jazz > Traditional Jazz & Ragtime > General AAS
  • #74 in Music > Jazz > Traditional Jazz & Ragtime > Traditional Jazz General

Track Listings

1. Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)

2. I Wanna Be Loved (2001 Digital Remaster)

3. On The Street Where You Live

4. Guess Who I Saw Today (2004 Digital Remaster)

5. What A Little Moonlight Can Do

6. Call It Stormy Monday But Tuesday Is Just As Bad

7. The Nearness Of You

8. On Green Dolphin Street

9. The Things We Did Last Summer

10. (I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over

11. Happy Talk

12. The Old Country (Vocal)

13. Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable To Lunch Today) (1993 Digital Remaster)

14. Little Girl Blue

15. Sophisticated Lady

16. As Long As He Needs Me

17. You Can Have Him (2002 Digital Remaster)

18. Days Of Wine And Roses

19. Moon River

20. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

See all 71 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

2007 three CD collection that spans four decades of recordings for Capitol Records, taken from 34 original albums and showcases Nancy's amazing versatility. Diva Nancy Wilson was among contemporary music's most stylish and sultry vocalists; while often crossing over into the Pop and R&B markets and even hosting her own television variety program. Produced in association with Nancy Wilson and her management, and packed with tracks from albums never previously released on CD, and tracks much requested on CD by fans as well as all of Nancy's famous signature tunes. 71 amazing songs performed with class and style. EMI Gold. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practically perfect, September 21, 2007

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Jim Andrews "Wayne Brasler" (Chicago, Illinois USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

This overview of Nancy's Capitol years presents a nearly perfect selection of recordings. Many artists don't have a clue about their own careers but Nancy Wilson has always been highly aware and articulate about her own musical journey. Every recording here is brilliant--there simply are no lapses in taste or quality--and the range of material is remarkable. For years people have told Nancy they liked her "until you changed your style" but the fact is she never changed her style. She did grow in depth, breadth and wisdom as an artist and in the type of music she chose. At long last, this collection proves from first track to last that her style never changed. It was her music landscape that cinescoped! In my opinion, people became frustrated because she could not be classified, she didn't repeat and she was unpredictable. The proof she made wise choices is evident in the current high level of her career and her newest Grammy awards. She hasn't grown older, she's grown better.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good to see you again Nancy!, March 16, 2010

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Kachil (New Orleans, La.) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Very Best: Capitol Recordings 1960-1976 (Audio CD)

The 1960's and 1970's are considered the the prime years of "Soul" and "R & B" music. Consequently almost all black singers were comfortably snuggled into either one of those niches. Nancy Wilson was a singer, period. She had her share of popular hits such as "Now I'm A Woman" and "Guess Who" but she pretty much stayed true to her own muse more of a jazz singer. If you are familiar with Nancy, listening to "The Very Best of Nancy Wilson:The Capital Recordings 1960-1976" is like seeing an old friend for the first time in twenty years. You smile and laugh and hug and want to know what ever happened to this song or that song. If you are new to Nancy and only heard "old heads" talking about her, lay back, relax and absorb. Nancy Wilson is listening and feeling music. In popular parlance it's "grown folks music". This is a grown woman singing about feelings and experiences through a grown woman's prism.

The only thing missing from this cd is a loaf of bread and a jug of wine.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars At last! At Long LAST!!, March 21, 2008

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DL Minor "movie maven" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

Like reviewer Carolyn Scott, I too have been searching far and wide and for quite a long time for the CD release of my all-time favorite of Nancy Wilson's remarkable catalogue, the baroque "In A Long White Room".

From the moment I heard it I was captivated by this song, with its witty, trippy lyric, delicate psychedelic arrangement and Miss Wilson's playful and seductive vocal; it received serious radio play in Chicago on WMAQ-AM back in 1970-71 when that station featured classic and MOR vocalists.

Not too long after I went searching local record shops for either the single or its lp, which I eventually found ("Nancy: The Charm, The Thrill, The Beauty, The Excitement of the Magnificent Nancy Wilson") and played incessantly. And with the release of other, earlier Wilson CD compilations featuring cuts such as "You'd Better Go" and "If We Only Have Love", I'd been encouraged to believe that it could only be a matter of time before "In A Long White Room" found its way to compact disc--FINALLY my patience has been rewarded!