Very Rare Evening (24bt) [Import, Live]

Nina Simone | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 4, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 1969
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Live
• Label: Bmg Japan
• ASIN: B00009V9M6
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #74,975 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. In the Morning

2. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)

3. To Love Somebody

4. Ain't Got No (I Got Life) [from the Musical "Hair"]

5. The Other Woman

6. I Think It's Going to Rain Today

7. Save Me

8. Revolution

Editorial Reviews

"It’s her first LP in years, but was taped back in 1969 in Europe with a confident, impressive organ and rhythm section backup band. Simone is an acquired taste. But, for those who appreciate her singing, these eight tracks will prove welcome." - BILLBOARD

Never released on CD and out print for decades, this is one of Simone’s rarest recordings and a true collector’s item! Nina Simone was a star, performing repertoire ranging from gospel music to African music, from blues to Ellington songs, from classical music to folk songs of diverse origin. A protest singer, jazz singer, pianist, arranger and composer, Nina Simone is a great artist who defies easy classification. Her biography can be found in jazz, rock, pop, black and soul literature. Her style and her hits provided many singers with material for hits of their own! Live recording, Germany, 1969. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Creme de la Simone Creme..., February 22, 2006

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Timothy M. White "SUMMITofMusic" (Bethlehem, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Very Rare Evening (Audio CD)

What an amazing album... The best Nina Simone live (or in my opinion studio) record on the market. Great rhythm section, wonderful selection of tunes, and the remaster is significantly better than the japanese import or the LP. Jazz Times agree, BUY THIS RECORD!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nina's Live Peak, June 22, 2008

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John Ellis "jonthes" (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Very Rare Evening (Audio CD)

Nina Simone issued several good to great live albums. One or two were contractual obligations, or sound like it, but this is prime with terrific support. This was also when she finally had complete artistic control on RCA, though there seems to have been pressure to record pop songs (she charted in Europe a lot, a major star). All the same the pop songs she chose - the cream of the Bee Gees, a deconstruction of the Beatles' "Revolution" (she took it further until it was a new song entirely later), and later a mind-bending double-tracked "Cherish", were very good choices. Her earlier live albums tended to be coronations or as if they were in some personal church, so for me this is the best live Nina. Too bad it's on such an odd label it looks like a bootleg, and that will keep buyers away. I have the LP (which I cleaned and transferred) so look elsewhere for advice on the sound on this particular issue, but the source material - stellar.