’Nuff Said!

~ Release by Nina Simone (see all versions of this release, 6 available)

Annotation

tracks #1 "In the Morning" and #8 "Ain’t Got No / I Got Life" are not true live recordings, but studio recordings made to sound 'live' with the addition of applause and other audio effects, while track #11 is explicitly mentioned as a bonus studio recording.

for ref: https://longislandweekly.com/magic-moments-westbury-music-fair/
to correct the event/recording date to Apr 7, 1968 - three days after the murder of MLK

Annotation last modified on 2023-03-10 19:16 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl
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A1In the Morning
recording engineer:
Ed Begley (sound engineer in RCA Victor) (on 1968-05-13)
producer:
Joe René
drums (drum set):
Buck Clarke (on 1968-05-13)
electric bass guitar:
Gene Taylor (US jazz bassist) (on 1968-05-13)
electric guitar:
Rudy Stevenson (on 1968-05-13)
organ:
Sam Waymon (on 1968-05-13)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (on 1968-05-13)
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
recorded at:
RCA Studio B (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1968-05-13)
edit of:
In the Morning (full studio recording without added applause) by Nina Simone
cover recording of:
In the Morning (aka “Morning of My Life”) (on 1968-05-13)
lyricist and composer:
Barry Gibb (in 1965)
publisher:
Bramsdene Music Corporation, Campbell Connelly, Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Connelly Musikverlag, Gibb Brothers Music, Norman Whiteley Ltd., Penjane Music (Australia) Pty. Limited and Plymouth Music Co., Inc.
2:12
A2Sunday in Savannah
recording engineer:
Ed Begley (sound engineer in RCA Victor) (on 1968-04-07)
producer:
Joe René
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (on 1968-04-07)
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
recorded at:
Westbury Music Fair in Westbury, New York, United States (on 1968-04-07)
edit of:
Sunday in Savannah (live, 1968‐04‐07: Westbury Music Fair, Long Island, NY, USA) by Nina Simone
live cover recording of:
Sunday in Savannah (on 1968-04-07)
lyricist and composer:
Hugh M. MacKay
publisher:
Irving Music (BMI)
part of:
Martin Luther King Suite
3:03
A3The Backlash Blues
recording engineer:
Ed Begley (sound engineer in RCA Victor) (on 1968-04-07)
producer:
Joe René
drums (drum set):
Buck Clarke (on 1968-04-07)
electric bass guitar:
Gene Taylor (US jazz bassist) (on 1968-04-07)
electric guitar:
Rudy Stevenson (on 1968-04-07)
instruments:
Sam Waymon (on 1968-04-07)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (on 1968-04-07)
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
recorded at:
Westbury Music Fair in Westbury, New York, United States (on 1968-04-07)
edit of:
Backlash Blues (live, 1968-04-07: Westbury Music Fair, Long Island, NY, USA, unabridged version) by Nina Simone
live recording of:
Backlash Blues (on 1968-04-07)
lyricist:
Langston Hughes
composer:
Nina Simone
publisher:
Filmtrax-Mogul (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Rolls Royce Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
2:43
A4Please Read Me
recording engineer:
Ed Begley (sound engineer in RCA Victor) (on 1968-04-07)
producer:
Joe René
drums (drum set):
Buck Clarke (on 1968-04-07)
electric bass guitar:
Gene Taylor (US jazz bassist) (on 1968-04-07)
electric guitar:
Rudy Stevenson (on 1968-04-07)
instruments:
Sam Waymon (on 1968-04-07)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (on 1968-04-07)
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
recorded at:
Westbury Music Fair in Westbury, New York, United States (on 1968-04-07)
live cover recording of:
Please Read Me (on 1968-04-07)
writer:
Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb
publisher:
Abigail Music and Gibb Brothers Music
22:44
A5Gin House Blues
recording engineer:
Ed Begley (sound engineer in RCA Victor) (on 1968-04-07)
producer:
Joe René
drums (drum set):
Buck Clarke (on 1968-04-07)
electric bass guitar:
Gene Taylor (US jazz bassist) (on 1968-04-07)
electric guitar:
Rudy Stevenson (on 1968-04-07)
instruments:
Sam Waymon (on 1968-04-07)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (on 1968-04-07)
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
recorded at:
Westbury Music Fair in Westbury, New York, United States (on 1968-04-07)
live cover recording of:
Gin House Blues (on 1968-04-07)
composer:
Fletcher Henderson (in 1925) and Henry Troy (in 1925)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corp
2:47
B1Why? (The King of Love Is Dead)
recording engineer:
Ed Begley (sound engineer in RCA Victor) (on 1968-04-07)
producer:
Joe René
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (on 1968-04-07)
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
recorded at:
Westbury Music Fair in Westbury, New York, United States (on 1968-04-07)
edit of:
Why? (The King of Love Is Dead) (live, 1968‐04‐07: Westbury Music Fair, Long Island, NY, USA, unabridged version) by Nina Simone
live recording of:
Why? (The King of Love Is Dead) (on 1968-04-07)
lyricist and composer:
Gene Taylor (US jazz bassist)
dedicated to:
Dr. Martin Luther King (group)
publisher:
Ninandy Music Co. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
part of:
Martin Luther King Suite
55:31
B2Peace of Mind
recording engineer:
Ed Begley (sound engineer in RCA Victor) (on 1968-04-07)
producer:
Joe René
drums (drum set):
Buck Clarke (on 1968-04-07)
electric bass guitar:
Gene Taylor (US jazz bassist) (on 1968-04-07)
electric guitar:
Rudy Stevenson (on 1968-04-07)
instruments:
Sam Waymon (on 1968-04-07)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (on 1968-04-07)
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
recorded at:
Westbury Music Fair in Westbury, New York, United States (on 1968-04-07)
live recording of:
Peace of Mind (on 1968-04-07)
lyricist and composer:
Millard Delbert Woods
2:40
B3Ain’t Got No / I Got Life
recording engineer:
Ed Begley (sound engineer in RCA Victor) (on 1968-05-13)
producer:
Joe René
drums (drum set):
Buck Clarke (on 1968-05-13)
electric bass guitar:
Gene Taylor (US jazz bassist) (on 1968-05-13)
electric guitar:
Rudy Stevenson (on 1968-05-13)
organ:
Sam Waymon (on 1968-05-13)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (on 1968-05-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Ariola (company mostly named as distributor in Europe) (in 1968) and BMG Music (in 1968)
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
recorded at:
RCA Studio B (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1968-05-13)
edit of:
Ain’t Got No / I Got Life (’Nuff Said’ version without overdubs and with studio banter at the end (“It’s groovy”)) by Nina Simone
cover recording of:
Ain’t Got No, I Got Life (on 1968-05-13)
lyricist:
James Rado (US actor, playwright, director, writer & composer) and Gerome Ragni
composer:
Galt MacDermot (Canadian composer, pianist and writer of musical theatre)
publisher:
EMI U Catalog (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and EMI United Partnership Ltd.
medley of:
I Got Life (from “Hair”)
medley of:
Ain’t Got No (from “Hair”)
3.62:05
B4I Loves You Porgy
recording engineer:
Ed Begley (sound engineer in RCA Victor) (on 1968-04-07)
producer:
Joe René
drums (drum set):
Buck Clarke (on 1968-04-07)
electric bass guitar:
Gene Taylor (US jazz bassist) (on 1968-04-07)
electric guitar:
Rudy Stevenson (on 1968-04-07)
organ:
Sam Waymon (on 1968-04-07)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (on 1968-04-07)
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
recorded at:
Westbury Music Fair in Westbury, New York, United States (on 1968-04-07)
live cover recording of:
I Loves You, Porgy (use this for non-operatic performances) (on 1968-04-07)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “I loves you, Porgy”
3:27
B5Take My Hand Precious Lord
recording engineer:
Ed Begley (sound engineer in RCA Victor) (on 1968-04-07)
producer:
Joe René
drums (drum set):
Buck Clarke (on 1968-04-07)
electric bass guitar:
Gene Taylor (US jazz bassist) (on 1968-04-07)
electric guitar:
Rudy Stevenson (on 1968-04-07)
instruments:
Sam Waymon (on 1968-04-07)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (on 1968-04-07)
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
recorded at:
Westbury Music Fair in Westbury, New York, United States (on 1968-04-07)
live cover recording of:
Take My Hand, Precious Lord (on 1968-04-07)
lyricist and arranger:
Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
additional composer:
Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
previously attributed to:
George Nelson Allen (American composer from the 1800s)
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
1:35
B6Do What You Gotta Do
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer) (on 1968-06-24)
artist & repertoire support:
Tom Berman
producer:
Joe René
drums (drum set) and timpani:
Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
electric bass guitar:
Jerry Jemmott (on 1968-06-24)
guitar:
Eric Gale (on 1968-06-24), Carl Lynch (on 1968-06-24) and Henry Young (Chinese-Ukrainian guitarist from Vancouver, B.C.; toured with Nina Simone) (on 1968-06-24)
organ:
Ernest Hayes (American pianist, organist and arranger) (on 1968-06-24)
percussion, tambourine and vibraphone:
Specs Powell (on 1968-06-24)
piano:
Paul Griffin (American pianist, session musician) (on 1968-06-24) and Nina Simone (on 1968-06-24)
trombone:
Garnett Brown (on 1968-06-24)
trumpet:
Wilbur "Dud" Bascomb (Sr., jazz trumpeter) (on 1968-06-24), Harold Johnson (US jazz trumpeter aka "Money") (on 1968-06-24) and Joe Shepley (on 1968-06-24)
lead vocals:
Nina Simone (on 1968-06-24)
conductor:
Horace Ott (on 1968-06-24)
arranger:
Horace Ott
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
recorded at:
RCA Studio B (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1968-06-24)
edit of:
Do What You Gotta Do (1968 version, full length) by Nina Simone
cover recording of:
Do What You Gotta Do (on 1968-06-24)
lyricist and composer:
Hazel O’Connor and Jimmy Webb (US songwriter, composer, producer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
EMI Songs Ltd., Jonathan Three Music Co., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sosahamu Music Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
32:55

Credits

Release

liner notes:Nat Shapiro
artwork:Ronald Jackson (visual artist, credited for cover drawing) (task: cover drawing)
copyrighted (©) by:RCA (RCA Records, not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (in 1968)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/659025 [info]

Release group

included in:Original Album Classics ('Nuff Said! / To Love Somebody / Black Gold / It Is Finished / Nina Simone and Piano!)
Sings the Blues / ’Nuff Said
The Complete RCA Albums Collection
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/99021 [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000742365 [info]
Wikidata:Q1765772 [info]