The Nina Simone Web
  Early Recordings
On the left are listed the LPs, on the right the CDs. Albums on the same row are equivalent, i.e. are the same album on different media (LP and CD, CD may have bonus tracks). The year on the left is the (last) recording year.  

Label, number and year indicated are those of the first album's publication. For further details click on album's title (if underlined).

LP CD
1954  Gifted & Black -- (US, 1971) Rocker Records

The earliest existing recordings, made in Philadelphia in 1954. Released perhaps in 1971/1972, according Roger Nupie this LP is to be considered a bootleg. Also published on Vogue (F), Pye (UK), Canyon (US)

Ne Me Quitte Pas -- (F) Vogue, Mode Laser VG 671-670030 (tracks 8-15)
1956  Starring 

"...the first album I ever made was a pirate that I never got paid for and knew nothing about."


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