Nina Simone - Pastel Blues
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Nina Simone – piano, vocals, arrangement [click here to see more vinyl featuring Nina Simone]
Al Schackman – guitar, harmonica
Rudy Stevenson – guitar, flute
Lisle Atkinson – double bass
Bobby Hamilton – drums
1 LP, gatefold old-style tip-on jackets
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings
Label : Acoustic Sounds Series
Original Label : Philips
Recorded March 1964 – May 1965 in New York City
Produced by Hal Mooney
Remastered by Ryan K. Smith
Originally released in 1965
Reissued in 2020
Tracks:
Side A :
- Be My Husband
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
- End Of The Line
- Trouble In Mind
- Tell Me More And More And
- Some
Side B :
- Chilly Winds Don't Blow
- Ain't No Use
- Strange Fruit
- Sinnerman
Reviews :
"If this is blues, it's blues in the Billie Holiday sense, not the Muddy Waters one. This is one of Nina Simone's more subdued mid-'60s LPs, putting the emphasis on her piano rather than band arrangements. It's rather slanted toward torch-blues ballads like "Strange Fruit," "Trouble in Mind," Billie Holiday's own composition "Tell Me More and More and Then Some," and "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out." Simone's then-husband, Andy Stroud, wrote "Be My Husband," an effective adaptation of a traditional blues chant. By far the most impressive track is her frantic ten-minute rendition of the traditional "Sinnerman," an explosive tour de force that dwarfs everything else on the album." AllMusic Review by Richie Unterberger
"Whether you have an original pressing or especially if you bought the aforementioned box set (or either of these albums from the box that were later available individually), within a few seconds of the opening percussive cracks on Pastel Blues made by hand claps and a hi-hat on 'Be My Husband' (written by Andrew Stroud - Simone's husband at the time and a former policeman who eventually turned abusive) you'll know you're hearing a vastly superior edition of the album, both aurally and emotionally. The all analog version's superior three-dimensionality, transparency and attention to the small details produce a 'you are there' sensation the digitized versions hide behind a scrim. The originals were never well-mastered or pressed... Her devastating 'Strange Fruit' serves as the set's denouement, which is followed by an extended 'Sinnerman' - a worthwhile, show stopping encore (though of course this is a studio session that Simone treats like a live performance) that Simone delivers with power usually reserved for the stage. What sounds like a mediocre recording on the digitized version comes to transparent and three-dimensional life on this edition. The laminated gatefold presentation completes the package." - Michael Fremer, Analog Planet
Ratings :
AllMusic : 3,5 / 5 , Discogs : 4,59 / 5 , Michael Fremer : Music = 9/11; Sound = 9/11