Nina Simone at Town Hall
Nina Simone at Town Hall is a 1959 album by Nina Simone. It was recorded live at The Town Hall, New York, on 15 September 1959 and released as her second album for Colpix Records that same year. Some of the songs were featured in the concert but were re-recorded in a studio for the album. The cover photography was credited to Herb Snitzer.
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| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded | September 15, 1959 - Studio tracks recorded October 1959 | |||
| Venue | The Town Hall New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz, blues, folk | |||
| Label | Colpix | |||
| Producer | Jack Gold, Bob Blake | |||
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Songs
- "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" also features on the albums Wild Is the Wind (1966) and Black Gold (1970).
- "The Other Woman" is written by Jessie Mae Robinson and also features on the albums Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall (1963), Let It All Out (1966), and Live at Ronnie Scott's (1984). The song was covered by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey and is the eleventh track on her third studio album, Ultraviolence (2014).
- "Wild Is the Wind" also features on the album Wild Is the Wind (1966).
Track listing
- "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" (Traditional) – 3:31
- "Exactly Like You" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) – 3:13
- "The Other Woman" (Jessie Mae Robinson) – 3:00
- "Under the Lowest" (Simone) – 5:32
- "You Can Have Him" (Irving Berlin) – 5:49
- "Summertime (Instr.)" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 2:54
- "Summertime (Vocal)" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 2:41
- "Cotton-Eyed Joe" (Traditional) – 2:51
- "Return Home" (Simone) – 5:27
- "Wild Is the Wind" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 3:28
- "Fine and Mellow" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) – 3:32
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