NINA SIMONE - The Diva Serie (2003) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Nina Simone spent time recording with Verve or the associated Philips during the mid-'60s, so her entry in the label's 2003 The Diva Series focuses on that period, when she had an R&B hit with "I Put a Spell on You" and recorded many live albums. Though it is much longer than Verve's previous attempts, it certainly doesn't qualify as a solid compilation of Simone's career. A few career-defining songs like "I Loves You, Porgy" are presented in live versions which, fine as they are, don't rate with the studio recordings. For what it is, The Diva Series is a solid label wrap-up, including rarer material like "Wild Is the Wind" as well as a few classics like "Mississippi Goddam" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood." John Bush
Tracklist :
1    I Put A Spell On You 2:31
Arranged By – Hal Mooney
Conductor – Hal Mooney
Guitar – Rudy Stevenson
Written By – Jalacy Hawkins
2    He Ain't Comin' Home No More 3:06
Arranged By – Hal Mooney
Conductor – Hal Mooney
Written By – Angelo Badalamenti, John Clifford
3    I Loves You, Porgy 2:30
Arranged By – Nina Simone
Bass – Lisle Atkinson
Drums – Bobby Hamilton
Guitar – Rudy Stevenson
Written By – DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
4    Mississippi Goddam 4:52
Arranged By – Nina Simone
Bass – Lisle Atkinson
Drums – Bobby Hamilton
Guitar – Rudy Stevenson
Written By – Nina Simone
5    Tell Me More And More And Then Some 3:08
Arranged By – Nina Simone
Bass – Lisle Atkinson
Drums – Bobby Hamilton
Harmonica – Al Schackman
Written By – Billie Holiday
6    Love Me Or Leave Me 4:05
Arranged By – Nina Simone
Bass – Lisle Atkinson
Drums – Bobby Hamilton
Guitar – Rudy Stevenson
Written By – Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson
7    See-Line Woman 2:35
Drums – Bobby Hamilton
Flute – Rudy Stevenson
Percussion – Lisle Atkinson
Written By – George Bass
8    Wild Is The Wind 6:57
Arranged By – Nina Simone
Bass – Lisle Atkinson
Drums – Bobby Hamilton
Guitar – Rudy Stevenson
Written By – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington
9    Four Women 4:21
Arranged By – Nina Simone
Bass – Lisle Atkinson
Drums – Bobby Hamilton
Flute – Rudy Stevenson
Guitar – Rudy Stevenson
Written By – Nina Simone
10    Don't You Pay Them No Mind 3:03
Arranged By – Hal Mooney
Conductor – Hal Mooney
Written By – Angelo Badalamenti, John Clifford
11    Lilac Wine 4:15
Bass – Lisle Atkinson
Drums – Bobby Hamilton
Written By – James Shelton
12    Either Way I Lose 2:42
Arranged By – Horace Ott
Bass – Lisle Atkinson
Conductor – Horace Ott
Drums – Bobby Hamilton
Flute – Rudy Stevenson
Guitar – Rudy Stevenson
Written By – Van McCoy
13    The Gal From Joe's 2:43
Arranged By – Hal Mooney
Conductor – Hal Mooney
Written By – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
14    Don't Explain 4:19
Arranged By – Nina Simone
Bass – Lisle Atkinson
Drums – Bobby Hamilton
Flute – Rudy Stevenson
Written By – Arthur Herzog, Jr., Bille Holiday
15    I Love My Baby 4:00
Written By – Andy Stroud
16    Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 2:16
Arranged By – Horace Ott
Conductor – Horace Ott
Written By – Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell, Sol Marcus