I'm looking for any recorded media of Nina Simone. Anyone who has some items, please contact Mauro Boscarol by e-mail. Thank you.
| Early recordings |
Live (with Vince Guaraldi) bootleg
Coronet CXS242 (US)VG+/NM, $14.00, Recycled Music,
VG++/VG++, $10.00 , Saturn
Gifted and Black bootleg
Starring Nina Simone bootleg
Spinorama M 130 (US)
| Bethlehem |
Jazz As Played in an Exclusive Side Street Club (1959)
The original issue was mono and has been appeared as "Jazz As Played in an Exclusive Side Street Club" with label number BCP 6028. The title on the label and on the back cover is "Little Girl Blue" while on the front cover is "Jazz As Played in an Exclusive Side Street Club".
The Bethlehem label was dark red with silver printing. "BETHLEHEM" in red against a silver background on a straight line above the center hole. Immediately below the logo is "HIGH FIDELITY" in silver.
original mono BCP 6028
I have a copy with 2 clear taped seams, VG-, $10 , Craig Moerer (11/97)
NM/NM, $100, Saturn (10/98)
reissued with the new title The Original Nina Simone, slightly different cover, same label number, but stereo. VG/VG+, World Wide Wax, $20
reissued by Starday in the early 1970s as Nina Simone, BS-6028.
reissued by Bethlehem as BCP 6003 The Finest of Nina Simone, I Loves You Porgy, with different cover (pink background), for a new series distributed by RCA Victor and then by Caytronics. My copy from Euclid Records.
And Her Friends (1960) With Chris Connor & Carmen McRae. Contains four tracks by Nina, from the same session as "Jazz As Played". Mono. Dark red label and silver printing. The title on the label is "Nina Simone and Friends" while on the cover is "Nina Simone and Her Friends".
mono BCP 6041
My copy is VG++/VG++ $50, Dane C. LaBarr (10/97)
Compilations The album BCP-6068 "Jazz Vocals Award Album" by various artists [1963] , has a track by Nina, "He Needs Me"
Singles and EPBEP 134 VG+/VG++, $20, Saturn (10/98)
| Colpix |
The Amazing (1959)
I have a mono copy with gold label and black printing, with "COLPIX" in red squared letters curving around the top of the label. The cover od a second mono copy has colors slightly different (the words THE AMAZING are more brown, the word NINA is more orange, the word SIMONE is more light).
mono, CP 407
NM/NM, $20.00 , Saturn
NM+, $40, Recycled Music (3/98)
SS/SS, $40, World Wide Wax (10/98)
stereo, SCP 407
NM/VG+, $15.00, Saturn
At Town Hall (1959) I have a mono copy with gold label and black printing, with "COLPIX" in red squared letters curving around the top of the label.
mono CP 409
stereo SCP 409
VG++/NM, $30, Recycled Music (3/98)
At Newport (1960) I have a mono copy with gold label and black printing, with "COLPIX" in red squared letters curving around the top of the label.
mono CP 412
stereo SCP 412
NM/N, $20, Saturn
F edition (Pye)
stereo SLVLXPY.502
Forbidden Fruit (1961) I have a stereo copy with label light blue with black printing, above the center hole is a piece of movie film with the words "COLPIX RECORDS" in black on a light blue background. According Chris Unger stereo issues on this light blue label have often proved to be in fact mono, even if the album was released in true stereo previously. The disc is really stereo or mono?
mono CP 419
VG, $5, Recycled Music (3/98)
NM-/VG+, $20, World Wide Wax (10/98)
stereo SCP 419
NM/NM, $20, Saturn
VG+/VG++ 1963 $30, Dane C. LaBarr
UK Edition (Pye)
mono GGL 0383 (1966)
At The Village Gate (1962) I have a mono copy with gold label and black printing, with "COLPIX" in red squared letters curving around the top of the label.
mono CP 421
VG+/NM, $20.00 , Saturn (10/98)
SS, $20, Craig Moerer
sealed, bid, Recycled Music (3/98)
VG++/VG+, $15.00, Saturn
stereo SCP 421
NM/NM, $20.00, Saturn (10/98)
Sings Ellington (1962) According Chris Unger, there are two different covers for this LP.
The first has a drawn large full face of Nina on the right side of a red cover with "Nina Simone Sings Ellington" in large letters on the left ("Sings Ellington" in script).
The second cover has "Nina (Red) Sings (Gray) Duke (Purple) Ellington" (Blue) centered on a white cover with hand-drawn stage curtains on each side, a one-inch full face photo of Nina wearing a gold queen's crown in the upper left, and a gold King's crown over the "E" in "Ellington".
The back covers of both versions are identical.
Ghent's re-issue of this album uses cover #1.
I have a stereo copy with cover #2, light blue label, black printing. Stereo issues on this light blue label have often proved to be in fact mono, even if the album was released in true stereo previously. The disc is really stereo or mono? I have also a stereo copy with cover #1.
mono CP 425
VG++/VG++, $20.00 , Saturn
stereo SCP 425
VG++/VG++, $25.00 , Saturn (10/98)
Nina's choice (1963) I have a mono copy.
mono CP 443
VG+, $15, Craig Moerer
Demo, NM/M, $37, Recycled Music (3/98)
stereo SCP 443
Sealed, $25.00 , Saturn
At Carnegie Hall (1963) I have a stereo copy with a dark blue with silver printing, above the center hole is" COLPIX RECORDS" on two lines in silver. According Chris Unger "this label may only have been used on stereo issues around 1966". I have a mono copy also.
stereo SCP 455
BluLbl, VG+/VG++, $10.00, Saturn (11/97-10/98)
NM-, $25, Recycled Music (3/98)
mono CP 455
VG/VG, bid (>$10), HotPlatters (10/97)
SS/SS, $40, World Wide Wax (10/98)
Folksy Nina (1964) I have a copy with label light blue with black printing, above the center hole is a piece of movie film with the words "COLPIX RECORDS" in black on a light blue background. Stereo issues on this light blue label have often proved to be in fact mono, even if the album was released in true stereo previously. The cover of my copy reports "SCP-465 stereo", but the disc has "CP 465 mono". The disc is really stereo or mono?
mono CP 465
Demo, M-M, $38, Recycled Music (3/98)
stereo SCP 465
With Strings (1966) According to David Nathan, as this LP turned out "it became an instant rarity, barely distributed and almost unavailable from the time of its release".
I have a disk jockey copy CPL 496 with white label, black printing, and a piece of movie film with "Colpix Records". The side 2 label reports "Chain Gang" by Cooke but the tracks is actually "Work Song" by Oscar Brown and Nat Adderley.
mono CPL 496
NM/VG+, $10, Saturn (10/98)
| European editions licensed by Colpix |
Nina Simone, Marble Arch MAL 895 (© Pye Records Ltd 1969) compilation of Colpix rec.
Nina Simone, Golden Hour GH535 compilation of Colpix recordings
At Newport, Pye (F), Collection Loisirs SLVLXPY.502, French version of Colpix original
Forbidden Fruit, Pye (UK), Golden Guinea GGL 0383, English version of Colpix original
The Amazing, same cover as the original, but Italian print.
| Philips |
| US editions | UK editions | NL editions |
| In Concert |
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| stereo PHS 600 135 NM/NM, $15.00 , Saturn M/M- bid (>$15), California Albums EX/M-, white label, $25, In Your Ear mono PHM 200-135VG/VG+, $5, World Wide Wax |
mono BL 7678stereo |
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| Pastel Blues |
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| stereo PHS 600-187 M/M- bid (>$15), California Albums mono PHM 200-187 |
stereo Fontana FJL 954 Tell Me More |
NLstereo 852-073 BY |
| High Priestess of Soul |
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| stereo PHS 600-219 M/M- bid (>$15), California Albums mono PHM 200-219 |
stereo SBL 7764mono |
NLstereo 852 097 BY |
| I Put a Spell on You |
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| stereo (WOBC,TOC) VG+/VG+, bid (>$10), HotPlatters mono |
mono BL 7671stereo |
NL mono 652 068 BLstereo 870 015 BFY (low cost serie) |
| Let It All Out |
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| stereo PHS 600-202 M/M bid (>$15), California Albums mono PHM 200-202 |
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| Broadway Blues Ballads |
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| mono PHM 200-148 LP 200-148, M-, $20 , Craig Moerer stereo |
mono BL 7662stereo |
mono 652 063 BL |
| Wild is the Wind |
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| stereo PHS 600-207 M/M- bid (>$15), California Albums SS, $25, Saturn (10/98) mono PHM 200-207 |
stereo SBL 7726 |
stereo 852 086 BY |
| Best of (1965) |
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| stereo PHS 600-298 VG++,$17.00, Recycled Music (3/98) (WOBC) VG++/M-, bid (>$15) HotPlatters mono |
| RCA |
And Piano!
stereo LSP 4102
NM/NM, $10.00, Saturn
SEALED,$28.00, Recycled Music (3/98)
M/M- bid (>$15), California Albums
Emergency Ward!
stereo LSP 4757
Sealed, $10.00, Saturn
M/M- bid (>$15), California Albums
stereo SPS33-57 4
Special radio PROMO,NM/MINT-,$25.00, Recycled Music (3/98)
Silk & Soul
stereo LSP 3837
NM/NM, $15 , Saturn (10/98)
M/M-, bid (>$15), California Albums
Best of
mono LP 4374
VG+, $12 , Craig Moerer
stereo AFL1-4374
NM-/NM-, 1970, $22, Dane C. LaBarr
'Nuff said
stereo LSP 4065
MINT/MINT-,$20.00, Recycled Music (3/98)
NM/NM $20, Dane C. LaBarr
M/VG+ bid (>$15), California Albums
Black Gold
stereo LSP 4248
VG++/VG-, 1970, $15, Dane C. LaBarr
| Stroud |
Gospel According To
stereo SLP 1006
VG++/NM, $10.00, Saturn (11/97-10/98)
Live At Berkeley (1973?)
stereo SLP 1007
NM/NM, $10.00 , Saturn (11/97)
NM/NM, 1973, $25, Dane C. LaBarr (10/97)
Sings Billie Holiday
Town Hall Revisited| Miscellanea |
Sings Porgy, (Mono), PALACE LP 771, SS, $15, Craig Moerer
Portrait of Nina, 1 LP (1 missing), TRIP LP 9521, M-, $6 , Craig Moerer
Nina Simone, Up Front (US), UPF-145, seems to me a compilation of RCA tracks
Baltimore, CTI 7084 WLP NM/NM, $7.95 , Saturn
| Vinyl Resellers |
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