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Forbidden Fruit/At Newport

Nina Simone

SKU: VP80126

Barcode: 8712177060429

20.00 £20.00
  • Genre: Jazz
  • Label: Vinyl Passion
  • Released Date: 26th June 2013
  • Buying Format:
    180g 2LP Gatefold Sleeve

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Two classic albums in one double gatefold LP release!

When Nina Simone signed to Colpix in 1959 she was granted complete creative control over her music. This new freedom gave her the ability to explore new subject areas, particularly themes dealing with Civil Rights. Songs like “Work Song” on 1961’s Forbidden Fruit gave an inkling of the maelstrom that was to come, when she would become a veritable force to be reckoned with, making white audiences squirm in their seats with her harsh condemnation of American apartheid.

When “At Newport” was recorded live at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1960, Nina Simone had just had her first Top 20 hit with “I Loves You, Porgy”, but the “Porgy” found here (written by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields, most famous for “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love”) is actually a continuation of Gershwin’s original version of the story. Other highlights include “Flo Me La”, an African work chant, and “Little Liza Jane”, an African American folk song.

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Track Listings

Forbidden Fruit:
Side A:
1. Rags And Old Iron
2. No Good Man
3. Gin House Blues
4. I’ll Look Around
5. I Love To Love

Side B:
1. Work Song
2. Where Can I Go Without You
3. Just Say I Love Him (English Version)
4. Memphis In June
5. Forbidden Fruit

At Newport:
Side A:
1. Trouble In Mind
2. Porgy
3. Little Liza Jane
4. You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To

Side B:
1. Flo Me La
2. Nina’s Blues
3. In The Evening By The Moonlight

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