Bleep

Music On Vinyl strike gold again with this essential mood-setting LP from Nina Simone. Released initially in 1967, this was Simone’s first chapter of her illustrious stint at RCA. All the facets of her singular artistic vision come to the fore on this record. Backlash Blues showcases her sociopolitical conscience with charged lyrics from novelist and activist Langston Hughes. My Man's Gone Now allows her voice to embrace a Gershwin-penned number and do it all the justice in the world. Most prominently, The House of the Rising Sun shows off her knack for rehashing old numbers and transforming them in to bold, new and uplifting cuts.