NINA SIMONE - At The Village Gate - LP - 180g Blue Vinyl

LABEL: 20th Century Masterworks

CAT NO: 350222

BARCODE: 8436563183423

Tracklisting:

SIDE A:
1 JUST IN TIME (6:34)
2 HE WAS TOO GOOD TO ME (4:53)
3 HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN (4:37)
4 BYE BYE BLACKBIRD (8:15)
5 BLACK IS THE COLOR OF MY TRUE LOVE’S HAIR (3:32*)

SIDE B:
1 BROWN BABY (5:47)
2 ZUNGO (3:00)
3 IF HE CHANGED MY NAME (3:59)
4 CHILDREN GO WHERE I SEND YOU (7:45)
5 SUMMERTIME [Parts 1 & 2] (5:40*)

*Bonus Tracks

NINA SIMONE – At The Village Gate
[+ 2 Bonus Tracks & Alternate Cover]

LP – Limited Edition 180g Blue Virgin Vinyl

“The breathtaking originality of the second half of the show is what makes this album great. Opening with Oscar Brown, Jr.’s “Brown Baby” and then Michael Olatunji’s “Zungo” and delivering a long version of another traditional song “Children, Go Where I Send You”, Simone makes a profound stand on the black musical tradition, drawing on her deep reading in Frantz Fanon’s auto-theory and Léopold Senghor’s ideas on négritude to create a body of work that transcends jazz styles and critical pigeonholes. She was unique, but only because she drew on multitudes.”

– PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ

“Always surprising, but nevertheless totally coherent and devoid of any artifice, At the Village Gate is one of the most emblematic albums recorded by the unparalleled talent of Nina Simone.”

– JAZZ MAGAZINE

See below for tracklisting…