Nina Simone – Wild Is The Wind (LP Vinyl)
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"Four Women" remains one of the most unflinching portraits of Black womanhood ever committed to tape, its characters drawn with a precision that made radio programmers uncomfortable for exactly the right reasons. Simone was operating at the intersection of art and activism here, years before that combination became a talking point, delivering performances so raw they still land like a gut punch decades later.
Vinyl LP pressing. Nina Simone's sixth album for Philips Records was Wild Is the Wind, released in 1966. The album was compiled from several recordings that were left over from sessions for previous Philips albums. The song "Four Women" was released as a single, and gained attention when banned by the New York jazz focused radio station WLIB due to concern over the lyrics. "Wild Is The Wind" was covered by David Bowie on his 1976 studio recording Station to Station. Nina Simone was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist who worked in a broad range of musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop. Simone's musical style fused gospel and pop with classical music, in particular Johann Sebastian Bach, and accompanied expressive, jazz-like singing in her contralto voice.
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UPC: 600753605738
Label: Verve
Release Date: 9.30.16
Format: LP Vinyl