New York, 1959 Studio session
	Bob Mersey, conductor of a large band -- Nina Simone, vocal, piano
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		Blue Prelude   Gordon Jenkins, Joe Bishop
		LP 1959 Amazing Colpix CP/SCP 407 [00:15]
		CD 1989 Amazing Official 86002 [03:15]
		CD 1990 51 Great Jazz Performances That's Jazz TJ401 [04:37]
		CD 1993 Something To Live For Drive CD 3534 [00:37]
		CD 1994 The Tomato Collection Tomato R2 71712 [04:36]
		CD 1996 Anthology, The Colpix Years Rhino R2 72567
		Can't Get Out of This Mood   Jimmy MacHugh, Loesser
		LP 1959 Amazing Colpix CP/SCP 407 [00:30]
		CD 1989 Amazing Official 86002 [02:30]
		Children Go Where I Send You   Traditional
		LP 1959 Amazing Colpix CP/SCP 407 [00:45]
		CD 1989 Amazing Official 86002 [02:45]
		CD 1992 The Best Of The Colpix Years Roulette CDP 7985842 [02:52]
		Chilly Winds Don't Blow   H. Krasnow, B. Lovelock
		LP 1959 Amazing Colpix CP/SCP 407 [00:40]
		CD 1989 Amazing Official 86002 [02:40]
		It Might As Well Be Spring   Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
		LP 1959 Amazing Colpix CP/SCP 407 [00:50]
		CD 1989 Amazing Official 86002 [03:50]
		CD 1992 The Best Of The Colpix Years Roulette CDP 7985842 [03:59]
		Solitaire   Carl Nutter, Renee Borek, King Guion
		LP 1959 Amazing Colpix CP/SCP 407 [00:20]
		CD 1989 Amazing Official 86002 [03:20]
		CD 1996 Anthology, The Colpix Years Rhino R2 72567
		Stompin' At the Savoy   Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Edgar Sampson, Andy Razaf
		LP 1959 Amazing Colpix CP/SCP 407 [00:05]
		CD 1989 Amazing Official 86002 [02:05]
		That's Him Over There   Marilyn Bergman, Lew Spence
		LP 1959 Amazing Colpix CP/SCP 407 [00:28]
		CD 1989 Amazing Official 86002 [02:28]
		CD 1996 Anthology, The Colpix Years Rhino R2 72567
		Theme from "Middle of the Night"   George Bassman, Chayefsky
		LP 1959 Amazing Colpix CP/SCP 407 [00:25]
		CD 1989 Amazing Official 86002 [02:25]
		CD 1996 Anthology, The Colpix Years Rhino R2 72567
		Tomorrow (We Will Meet Once More)   Gale, Silverman
		LP 1959 Amazing Colpix CP/SCP 407 [00:56]
		CD 1989 Amazing Official 86002 [02:56]
		Willow Weep For Me   Ann Ronell
		LP 1959 Amazing Colpix CP/SCP 407 [00:10]
		CD 1989 Amazing Official 86002 [03:10]
		CD 1992 The Best Of The Colpix Years Roulette CDP 7985842 [03:12]
		CD 1996 Anthology, The Colpix Years Rhino R2 72567
		You've Been Gone Too Long   Sellers
		LP 1959 Amazing Colpix CP/SCP 407 [00:08]
		CD 1989 Amazing Official 86002 [02:08]
	Arrangements and conduction by Bob Mersey. Production by Hecky Krasnow. This is Nina's first session with Colpix. All tracks were released on the LP The Amazing in 1959, her debut album on Colpix Records. "Solitaire" has also been released on single Colpix 116. According to the liner notes for The Amazing, Nina was "auditioned" by Colpix's Paul Wexler after Columbia Pictures talent scout and famed producer, Joyce Selznick, had brought her to his attention. Nina was immediately signed to a long term contract. "She [Joyce Selznick] wanted to sign me to her label. My agreement with Bethlehem was for only one album, so Colpix moved in and offered me a long-term deal. Max Cohen negotiated it for me and we signed the contract in April. My first album for Colpix was The Amazing Nina Simone, but before it even came out Bethlehem had released a rival, Nina Simone and Her Friends, which contained the few remaining songs that we had decided not to use on Little Girl Blue." (From Nina's autobiography.)
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