Let It All Out: Selected Singles 1961–1972

~ Release by Nina Simone (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Work Song
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1961)
producer:
Cal Lampley
bass:
Chris White (jazz bassist) (in 1961)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Hamilton (percussionist, keyboards, vocals) (in 1961)
guitar:
Al Schackman (in 1961)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (in 1961)
vocals:
Nina Simone
cover recording of:
Work Song (lyrics added by Oscar Brown Jr.) (in 1961)
lyricist:
Oscar Brown Jr. (US jazz singer-songwriter from Chicago)
composer:
Nat Adderley
publisher:
Upam Music Co. and シンコーミュージック・パブリッシャーズ (Shinko Music Publishing Co., Ltd.)
version of:
Work Song (original instrumental)
4.652:35
2Gin House Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1961)
producer:
Cal Lampley
bass:
Chris White (jazz bassist) (in 1961)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Hamilton (percussionist, keyboards, vocals) (in 1961)
guitar:
Al Schackman (in 1961)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (in 1961)
cover recording of:
Gin House Blues (in 1961)
composer:
Fletcher Henderson (in 1925) and Henry Troy (in 1925)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corp
33:02
3Come on Back, Jack
conductor:
Ralph Burns
arranger:
Ralph Burns
cover recording of:
Come on Back, Jack
lyricist:
Earl S. Shuman (composer / lyricist)
composer:
Leon Carr
2:16
4My Baby Just Cares for Me
double bass:
Jimmy Bond (in 1957-12)
drums (drum set):
Albert “Tootie” Heath (in 1957-12)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (in 1957-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Bethlehem Records (US jazz label, active 1950s–) (in 1958)
recorded at:
Beltone Studios in New York, New York, United States (in 1957-12)
edit of:
My Baby Just Cares for Me (special extended version) by Nina Simone
cover recording of:
My Baby Just Cares for Me (in 1957-12)
lyricist and composer:
Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Chappell Music Co. Inc., Donaldson Publishing Co., Donaldson, Douglas & Gumble Inc., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Gus Kahn Music Co., The Songwriters Guild and Tobago Music Co.
3.93:42
5I Put a Spell on You
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1965-01-15)
producer:
Hal Mooney
guitar:
Rudy Stevenson (on 1965-01-15)
piano:
Nina Simone (on 1965-01-15)
vocals:
Nina Simone (on 1965-01-15)
conductor:
Hal Mooney (on 1965-01-15)
arranger:
Hal Mooney
cover recording of:
I Put a Spell on You (on 1965-01-15)
lyricist and composer:
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), SBK Unart Catalog Inc., EMI Unart Catalog Inc. (in 1956) and EMI United Partnership Ltd. (in 1956)
4.252:36
6Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1964-06)
piano:
Nina Simone (in 1964-06)
vocals:
Nina Simone (in 1964-06)
orchestra:
Horace Ott's Orchestra (in 1964-06)
conductor:
Horace Ott (in 1964-06)
arranger:
Horace Ott
recording of:
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood (in 1964-06)
writer:
Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell, Sol Marcus and Horace Ott
publisher:
Bennie Benjamin Music Inc., Carlin Music Corporation, Chris-n-Jen Music, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) and Unichappell Music, Inc. (in 1981)
4.052:45
7Either Way I Lose
producer:
Hal Mooney
double bass and percussion:
Lisle Atkinson
drums (drum set):
Bobby Hamilton (percussionist, keyboards, vocals)
flute and guitar:
Rudy Stevenson
harmonica:
Al Schackman
piano:
Nina Simone
vocals:
Nina Simone
conductor:
Horace Ott
arranger:
Horace Ott
cover recording of:
Either Way I Lose (on 1965-10-01)
writer:
Van Allen Mc Coy
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and Van McCoy Music Inc.
2.52:46
8Break Down and Let It All Out
producer:
Hal Mooney
double bass:
Lisle Atkinson
drums (drum set):
Bobby Hamilton (percussionist, keyboards, vocals)
guitar:
Rudy Stevenson
piano:
Nina Simone
vocals:
Nina Simone
conductor:
Horace Ott
arranger:
Horace Ott
cover recording of:
Break Down and Let It All Out (on 1965-10-01)
lyricist and composer:
Van McCoy
2.52:39
9Don’t You Pay Them No Mind
bass guitar and percussion:
Lisle Atkinson
drums (drum set):
Bobby Hamilton (percussionist, keyboards, vocals)
flute and guitar:
Rudy Stevenson
harmonica:
Al Schackman
piano:
Nina Simone
cover recording of:
Don’t You Pay Them No Mind
writer:
Fred Ahlert, Richard Ahlert, Arthur Scott (Motown composer signed to Jobete Music Co) and Bobby Scott (vocals, piano, US musician & producer)
2.353:05
10Do I Move You
recording engineer:
Mickey Crofford (on 1966-12-19) and Ray Hall (engineer) (on 1966-12-19)
producer:
Danny Davis (country music band leader, trumpeter, singer, producer, and best known as the founder and leader of the Nashville Brass)
recorded at:
RCA Studio B (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1966-12-19)
recording of:
Do I Move You? (on 1966-12-19)
lyricist and composer:
Nina Simone
publisher:
Filmtrax Mogull (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
42:45
11It Be’s That Way Sometime
recording of:
It Be’s That Way Sometime
composer:
Sam Waymon
22:56
12To Love Somebody
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer) and Mike Moran (American engineer, associated with RCA)
producer:
Danny Davis (country music band leader, trumpeter, singer, producer, and best known as the founder and leader of the Nashville Brass)
drums (drum set):
Don Alias (in 1967)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (in 1967)
conductor:
Jimmy Wisner (pianist, producer and songwriter)
arranger:
Jimmy Wisner (pianist, producer and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 1969)
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
recorded at:
RCA Studio B (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1967-12-20)
cover recording of:
To Love Somebody (on 1967-12-20)
written in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1967)
writer:
Barry Gibb (in 1967) and Robin Gibb (in 1967)
publisher:
Abigail Music, BMG Music, BMG Music Publishing (NYC‐based headquarters, with national subsidiaries under it), BMG Music Publishing Ltd., BMG Publishing Ltd., Careers Music, Inc., Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Crompton Songs, Gibb Brothers Music, Nemperor, Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) and Universal Music Careers
part of:
50/50
3.852:40
13Why? (The King of Love Is Dead)
5:33
14Do What You Gotta Do
cover recording of:
Do What You Gotta Do (on 1968-06-24)
lyricist and composer:
Hazel O’Connor and Jimmy Webb (US songwriter, composer, producer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
EMI Songs Ltd., Jonathan Three Music Co., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sosahamu Music Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:36
15Ain’t Got No, I Got Life
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer) (on 1968-06-24)
drums (drum set) and timpani:
Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
electric bass guitar:
Jerry Jemmott (on 1968-06-24)
guitar:
Eric Gale (on 1968-06-24), Carl Lynch (on 1968-06-24) and Henry Young (Chinese-Ukrainian guitarist from Vancouver, B.C.; toured with Nina Simone) (on 1968-06-24)
organ:
Ernest Hayes (American pianist, organist and arranger) (on 1968-06-24)
percussion, tambourine and vibraphone:
Specs Powell (on 1968-06-24)
piano:
Paul Griffin (American pianist, session musician) (on 1968-06-24) and Nina Simone (on 1968-06-24)
trombone:
Garnett Brown (on 1968-06-24)
trumpet:
Wilbur "Dud" Bascomb (Sr., jazz trumpeter) (on 1968-06-24), Harold Johnson (US jazz trumpeter aka "Money") (on 1968-06-24) and Joe Shepley (on 1968-06-24)
lead vocals:
Nina Simone (on 1968-06-24)
vocals:
Nina Simone
conductor:
Horace Ott (on 1968-06-24)
arranger:
Horace Ott
recorded at:
RCA Studio B (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1968-06-24)
cover recording of:
Ain’t Got No, I Got Life (on 1968-06-24)
lyricist:
James Rado (US actor, playwright, director, writer & composer) and Gerome Ragni
composer:
Galt MacDermot (Canadian composer, pianist and writer of musical theatre)
publisher:
EMI U Catalog (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and EMI United Partnership Ltd.
medley of:
I Got Life (from “Hair”)
medley of:
Ain’t Got No (from “Hair”)
12:53
16Real Real
recording engineer:
Mickey Crofford (on 1966-12-22) and Ray Hall (engineer) (on 1966-12-22)
producer:
Danny Davis (country music band leader, trumpeter, singer, producer, and best known as the founder and leader of the Nashville Brass)
recorded at:
RCA Studio B (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1966-12-22)
recording of:
Real Real (on 1966-12-22)
lyricist and composer:
Nina Simone
2.52:20
17Suzanne
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer) and Mike Moran (American engineer, associated with RCA)
bass [Fender bass] and electric bass guitar:
Gene A Perla
drums (drum set):
Don Alias
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Charles D. Alias
guitar:
Al Schackman
organ:
Weldon J. Irvine, Jr.
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone
background vocals and background vocals [vocalist]:
Virdia Crawford and Doris Willingham
conductor:
Nina Simone
arranger:
Nina Simone
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
recorded at:
RCA Studio B (New York) in New York, New York, United States and Westbury Music Fair in Westbury, New York, United States (on 1968-04-05)
cover recording of:
Suzanne (English original song by Leonard Cohen)
lyricist:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer‐songwriter and poet) (in 1966)
composer:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer‐songwriter and poet)
publisher:
Ardmore & Beechwood Music Ltd., Project 7 Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Stranger Music Inc. and Writers Workshop Ltd.
2.54:19
18Revolution, Pt. 1
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer) and Mike Moran (American engineer, associated with RCA)
bass [Fender bass] and electric bass guitar:
Gene A Perla
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Charles D. Alias
guitar:
Al Schackman
organ:
Weldon J. Irvine, Jr.
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone
background vocals and background vocals [vocalist]:
Virdia Crawford and Doris Willingham
conductor:
Nina Simone
arranger:
Nina Simone
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
recorded at:
RCA Studio B (New York) in New York, New York, United States
partial cover recording of:
Revolution (Beatles song)
written in:
Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India (from 1968-02 until 1968-05-30)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (from 1968-02 until 1968-05-30) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (from 1968-02 until 1968-05-30)
publisher:
Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
22:50
19To Be Young, Gifted and Black
engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer) (from 1969-08-25 until 1969-08-26)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 1969)
recorded at:
RCA Studios (New York, later noted as RCA Recording Studios) in New York, New York, United States (from 1969-08-25 until 1969-08-26)
recording of:
To Be Young, Gifted and Black (from 1969-08-25 until 1969-08-26)
lyricist:
Weldon Irvine
composer:
Nina Simone
32:49
20Save Me
engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer) (on 1969-08-26)
producer:
Andy Stroud (former husband of Nina Simone.)
electric bass guitar:
Jerry Jemmott (on 1969-08-26)
electric guitar:
Eric Gale (on 1969-08-26)
keyboard:
Weldon Irvine (on 1969-08-26) and Richard Tee (on 1969-08-26)
percussion:
Roger “Montego Joe” Sanders (on 1969-08-26)
piano:
Nina Simone (on 1969-08-26)
vocals:
Nina Simone (on 1969-08-26)
conductor:
Weldon Irvine (on 1969-08-26) and Nina Simone (on 1969-08-26)
arranger:
Weldon Irvine and Nina Simone
recorded at:
RCA Studio A (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1969-08-26)
cover recording of:
Save Me (Aretha Franklin song) (on 1969-08-26)
writer:
Aretha Franklin, Carolyn Franklin and Curtis Ousley
publisher:
Kilynn Music and Pronto Music (publisher)
33:24
21Whatever I Am (You Made Me)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 1970)
recorded at:
RCA Studio A (New York) in New York, New York, United States (from 1969-08-25 until 1969-08-26)
cover recording of:
Whatever I Am (You Made Me) (from 1969-08-25 until 1969-08-26)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Jewel Music Publ. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
2.53:04
22Ooh Child
recording engineer:
Ed Begley (sound engineer in RCA Victor) (on 1971-02-09)
producer:
Nat Shapiro and Harold Wheeler
conductor:
Harold Wheeler
arranger:
Nina Simone and Harold Wheeler
recorded at:
RCA Studios (New York, later noted as RCA Recording Studios) in New York, New York, United States (on 1971-02-09)
cover recording of:
O‐o‐h Child
lyricist and composer:
Stan Vincent (1960s/70s pop songwriter)
publisher:
Flamingo Music, Kama Sutra Music Inc. (USA branch), Stan Vincent Music, フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
43:17
23Baltimore
electric bass guitar:
Gary King (jazz bassist, arranger and songwriter)
membranophone:
Jimmy Madison
piano:
Al Schackman
cover recording of:
Baltimore
lyricist, writer and composer:
Randy Newman (American singer‐songwriter and score composer)
publisher:
Six Pictures Music, Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named 1970‐01‐23–1971‐04‐26 and 1972‐04‐25–1988‐08‐23) and Hightree Music (in 1977)
2.54:38
24Ain’t Go No, I Got Life [UK single version]
producer:
Joe René
edit of:
Ain’t Got No – I Got Life (from “Hair”) (‘’Nuff Said’ version without overdubs) by Nina Simone
2:06