Nina Simone - Live In 65 & 68 - DVD (2008)

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Nina Simone: Live in '65 & '68 is an amazing testimony of the power of song to communicate emotions, and the power of Nina Simone to communicate through song. For those of you who thought they had seen impassioned singers before, this disc will leave all of them in its wake. While it's irresponsible to label anyone as a spokesperson for any group of people, Nina Simone's singing captures a good deal of what it must have been like to be black in America during those tumultuous times. Like the griot she was, she told the story of her people in song, and this DVD is a record of her storytelling. The extensive liner notes that come with the enclosed booklet, are an amazing overview of Nina Simone's life and career, providing information that you'd be hard pressed to find on any other similar music collection. For lovers of Nina Simone, and those just new to her work, Nina Simone: Live In '65 & '68 will be a pleasure and a revelation. This release contains a dozen songs performed by Nina Simone. The selections are culled from a pair of live appearances in Holland (1965) and England (1968).

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Musical Selections:
1. Brown Baby [5:40]
2. Four Women [5:23]
3. The Ballad of Hollis Brown [6:57]
4. Tomorrow Is My Turn/ Images [6:16]
5. Go Limp [3:14]
6. Mississippi Goddam [6:33]
1. Go To Hell [3:24]
2. Ain't Got No/I Got Life [4:46]
3. Backlash Blues [3:33]
4. I Put A Spell On You [1:45]
5. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood [2:49]
6. Why? (The King Of Love Is Dead) [5:55]
7. Credits [1:28]

Holland concert: December 25, 1965
Personnel: Nina Simone (Piano, Vocal), Rudy Stevenson (Guitar), Lisle Atkinson (Bass), Bobby Hamilton (Drums).

England concert: September 14, 1968
Personnel: Nina Simone (Piano, Vocal), Sam Wayman (Organ, Vocal, Percussion), Henry Young (Guitar), Gene Taylor (Bass), Buck Clark (Drums).

The included 24-page booklet (and the DVD packaging) is scanned at 360 DPI. It includes liner notes by Rob Bowman, a forward by Nina's daughter, Lisa Kelly, and rare photographs, along with a collage of Nina Simone memorabilia.