Nina Simone - Pastel Blues / Original 1965 Deep Groove Stereo Clean Shrink Wrap

$

80

ARTIST: Nina Simone
LABEL: Philips PHS 600-187 (1966 Stereo)
TITLE: Pastel Blues
CONDITION:
Sleeve: Beautiful Mint- in very clean original shrink wrap. The shrink is split a little at the bottom right corner. Also has a couple of tiny spots of dust under the shrink of the front cover.
Record: Gorgeous! Looks & plays Mint- / VPI cleaned / By the spindle hole it looks like this LP may have been played once.
COMMENTS: Beautiful original 1965 deep groove stereo copy w/ M1 / M1 stamper. Comes in very clean shrink wrap. One of my personal favorite Nina Simone LP's.
This LP comes from a recently acquired batch of eclectic records still in their original shrink wrap. I will be listing them in the coming weeks and months
Released in 1965, Pastel Blues was one of Nina Simone's best titles for Philips.. While recording for Philips, Simone was -- as were most singers of the era -- surrounded by crowded studio production. She shed most of it, though, on this set. Evidence is in the opening cut: "Be My Husband" (co-written with her then-husband, Andy Stroud) is nearly an a cappella performance. Simone, singing in a classic field chant blues style, is accompanied only by Bobby Hamilton's hi-hat drenched in reverb. Simone's piano, thankfully, is front and center. She is a fine stylist, and the strange mix that pushes the piano to the same level as her voice is arresting. Other tracks that make this a keeper include her wonderful reading of "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out," her jazz-gospel version of "Trouble in Mind," and the striking New Orleans blues-styled barrelhouse piano she plays on "Chilly Winds Don't Blow." Her piano is font and center in "Ain't No Use," written by her guitarist, Rudy Stevenson. There is also her excellent cover of Lewis Allan's "Strange Fruit," which is very different in approach from Billie Holiday's version. The set ends with the traditional gospel tune "Sinnerman," which is frenetic, skittering, and full of fury. It's over ten minutes long and it never loses its urgent stride. The band comes in with a vengeance and the tension becomes nearly unbearable until the track explodes with a chorus of male backing singers chanting back to Simone, pushing the tune into the red. There are instrumental solos in the center, though the tautness of the track never loses its power. It is a finish that is utterly dramatic and even stunning.
(EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY THOM JUREK, ALL MUSIC GUIDE /ALLMUSIC.COM/)
NOTE: VPI cleaned means that this record was cleaned on a professional $500 VPI cleaning machine, which does wonders for the playback of all vinyl records!
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