The album opens with her hit title track written by Screamin Jay Hawkins, whose 1956 Recording was selected years later by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as seminal genre shaper. Producer, arranger and conductor Hal Mooney contributed compelling orchestral support along with Simones guitarist Rudy Stevenson in creating the backdrop for Simone to express, sometimes viscerally, sometimes joyfully. Dub High Priestess of Soul, Simone radiantly covers a wide range of emotional territory in I Put Spell on You, including angst in relationships, true Love blooming in trees, bluesy acceptance of Life, and moody anger. In 2018, Simone was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, who proclaim: Her triumphant voice sang what it means to be Young, Gifted and Black in a sometimes unjust and troubled world. A distinctive control vocalist and Julliard-school pianist who expressively melded jazz, Blues, pop and classical in her repertoire, Simone was, unlike most other top-Line vocalists of Her Time, an ardent political activist who often used her voice to protest racial inequality and became a siren of the civil rights movement. Laud during their initial releases, both albums have only grown in stature and popularity over the years as Simone's timeless recordings, many covering such important territory as race and equality, remain as vital and relevant as ever 55 years later. I Put Spell on You and Pastel Blues are two of seven incredible albums that Nina Simone Record For Philips Records during an extremely prolific Four-year period from 1963-1967. Nina Simone Albums follow Acoustic Sounds editions of John Coltranes Love Supreme and Ballads set for release on October 9. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Like all Acoustic Sounds titles, releases are being supervise by Chad Kassem, CEO of Acoustic Sounds, world's largest source of audiophile grade recordings. Utilizing the skills of top mastering engineers and the unsurpassed production craft of Quality Record Pressings, new audiophile grade LPs, which will be available on November 6, were mastered in stereo from original analog tapes, pressed on 180-gram vinyl and packaged by Stoughton Printing Co.
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Two landmark Nina Simone Albums from 1965, I Put Spell on You and Pastel Blues, will be released as definitive audiophile grade versions as the third installment of Verve / UMes ' recently launched audiophile vinyl reissues series Acoustic Sounds.