NINA SIMONE SINGS THE BLUES RARE RCA DEBUT ORI '67 (MT)

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The item you are bidding on is a ORIGINAL, 1967 (RCA DEBUT ALBUM), (STONE MINT) copy of : 

NINA SIMONE,  "SINGS THE BLUES"

on RCA VICTOR records

#LSP 3789 (STEREO)

COLLECTOR'S GIFT IDEA AT ITS BEST

LOOKS NEVER PLAYED!

It opens with the sultry, nocturnal, slow-burning original "Do I Move You," which doesn't beg the question but demands an answer:

"Do I move you?/Are you willin'?/Do I groove you?/Is it thrillin'?/Do I soothe you?/Tell the truth now?/Do I move you?/Are you loose now?/The answer better be yeah...It pleases me...." As the guitarists slip and slide around her husky vocal, a harmonica wails in the space between, and Simone's piano is the authority, hard and purposely slow.

• ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING.
• NOTE>THIS IS THE ORIGINAL; NOT A REISSUE
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• INCREASINGLY RARE RCA STEREO 'DYNAGROOVE' MARKED LABEL WITH "RCA VICTOR" MUCH LARGER IN WHITE ALONG TOP OF LABEL WITH NIPPER LOGO SLIGHTLY SMALLER UNDERNEATH.
• ON ALL ALBUMS PRESSED BY ANY RCA PRESSING PLANT (THROUGH 1972), THERE IS AN EIGHT-DIGIT MASTER NUMBER, THE FIRST DIGIT, WHICH WILL ALWAYS BE A LETTER, SHOWS PROOF OF YEAR MASTERED. FOR 1967 THE LETTER IS 'U' (SHOWN HERE AS 'UPRS-4212-1')  THUS, AUTHENTICATING MASTERED IN THAT YEAR.
• ORIGINAL COVER, MADE OF THICK CARDBOARD (AMERICAN STYLE).
• ORIGINAL 1967 INNER-SLEEVE
• CLEAN WEAR FREE BLACK SHINY LABELS

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Review

Nina Simone Sings the Blues, issued in 1967, was her RCA label debut, and was a brave departure from the material she had been recording for Phillips. Indeed, her final album for that label, High Priestess of Soul, featured the singer, pianist, and songwriter fronting a virtual orchestra. Here, Simone is backed by a pair of guitarists (Eric Gale and Rudy Stevenson), bassist (Bob Bushnell), drummer (Bernard "Pretty" Purdie), organist (Ernie Hayes), and harmonica player who doubled on saxophone (Buddy Lucas). Simone handled the piano chores. The song selection is key here. Because for all intents and purposes this is perhaps the rawest record Simone ever cut. It opens with the sultry, nocturnal, slow-burning original "Do I Move You," which doesn't beg the question but demands an answer: "Do I move you?/Are you willin'?/Do I groove you?/Is it thrillin'?/Do I soothe you?/Tell the truth now?/Do I move you?/Are you loose now?/The answer better be yeah...It pleases me...." As the guitarists slip and slide around her husky vocal, a harmonica wails in the space between, and Simone's piano is the authority, hard and purposely slow. The other tune in that vein, "In the Dark," is equally tense and unnerving; the band sounds as if it's literally sitting around as she plays and sings. There are a number of Simone signature tunes on this set, including "I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl," "Backlash Blues," and her singular, hallmark, definitive reading of "My Man's Gone Now" from Porgy and Bess. Other notable tracks are the raucous, sexual roadhouse blues of "Buck," written by Simone's then husband Andy Stroud, and the woolly gospel blues of "Real Real," with the Hammond B-3 soaring around her vocal. The cover of Buddy Johnson's "Since I Fell for You" literally drips with ache and want. Simone also reprised her earlier performance of "House of the Rising Sun" (released on a 1962 Colpix live platter called At the Village Gate). It has more authority in this setting as a barrelhouse blues; it's fast, loud, proud, and wailing with harmonica and B-3 leading the charge. The original set closes with the slow yet sassy "Blues for Mama," ending with the same sexy strut the album began with, giving it the feel of a Möbius strip. Nina Simone Sings the Blues is a hallmark recording that endures; it deserves to be called a classic.   (Courtesy of Allmusic)

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CONDITION OF THE RECORD:

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, we grade ALL records under a strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight).

• WE GRADE THE VINYL AS (STONE) MINT. We rarely grade a record as MINT after it's been opened unless it REALLY WARRANTS IT (PERFECTION). This, is the exception; absolutely beautiful! The original luster is very much in tact, and the vinyl is beautiful and spotless with NO imperfections found. NO MARKS are seen even under a light. 
• The record is pressed on a beautiful high quality, thick, inflexible vinyl, which is used for the first or very first early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, bright and rich in quality.
• The original luster is very much intact, the vinyl shines almost like new.
• Record comes in original inner-sleeve.

CONDITION OF THE COVER:

THE COVER IS EXCELLENT; GRADED VG+++

The following flaws or imperfections are found on the cover:

• Cover shows very little ring impression. On a scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and 10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring impression as a <1.
• Cover seam (bottom only), shows just a bit of wear (not significant) - some will not notice; on a scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and 10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of seam wear (bottom only) as a 1.

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS FOUND ON THE COVER:

• NO CORNER WEAR
• NO SPLIT SEAMS
• NO CUTS/HOLES
• NO SAW MARKS
• NO WATER DAMAGE
• NO WARPING
• NO TEARING
• NO STAINS
• NO BAR CODES

THE CUTS:

      SIDE ONE:

• DO I MOVE YOU?
• DAY AND NIGHT
• IN THE DARK
• REAL REAL
• MY MAN'S GONE NOW
• BACKLASH BLUES
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      SIDE TWO:

• I WANT A LITTLE SUGAR IN MY BOWL
• BUCK
• SINCE I FELL FOR YOU
• THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN
• BLUES FOR MAMA

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