Nina Simone – In Concert (Philips Acoustic Sounds) 180g Vinyl LP

Acoustic Sounds Series reissues from Verve/Universal Music Enterprises!
Monthly releases highlighting the world’s most historic and best jazz records!
Mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound from the original analog tapes
180-gram LPs pressed at Quality Record Pressings!
Stoughton Printing gatefold old-style tip-on jackets
Series supervised by Chad Kassem CEO of Acoustic Sounds

Writes AllMusic in a 4.5 Star review: “On most of her studio sessions, she worked with orchestration that either enhanced her vocals tastefully or smothered her, and she tackled an astonishingly wide range of material that, while admirably eclectic, made for uneven listening. Here, the singer and pianist is backed by a spare, jazzy quartet, and some of the songs rank among her most socially conscious declarations of African-American pride: ‘Old Jim Crow,’ ‘Pirate Jenny,’ ‘Go Limp,’ and, especially, ‘Mississippi Goddam’ were some of the most forthright musical reflections of the Civil Rights movement to be found at the time. In a more traditional vein, she also reprises her hit ‘I Loves You, Porgy’ and the jazz ballad ‘Don’t Smoke in Bed.'”

Track Listing

Side A
1. I Loves You, Porgy
2. Plain Gold Ring
3. Pirate Jenny
4. Old Jim Crow

Side B
1. Don’t Smoke In Bed
2. Go Limp
3. Mississippi Goddam