Nina Simone, pe numele real Eunice Kathleen Waymon, a fost o cântăreață, pianistă, compozitoare americană și activistă pentru drepturile civile. Stilul ei muzical a îmbinat gospel, blues, jazz, soul și muzica clasică, în special operele lui Johann Sebastian Bach. A devenit celebră prin vocea sa expresivă de contralt și prin prezența sa scenică unică, care i-a adus porecla de „marea preoteasă a soulului”.
Complete RCA Albums Collection pe CD reunește șase albume de studio pe care Nina Simone le-a înregistrat pentru casa de discuri RCA Victor: Nina Simone Sings the Blues, Silk & Soul, Nuff Said!, Nina Simone and Piano!, To Love Somebody și albumul live Black Gold. Colecția cuprinde peste 80 de piese, inclusiv hiturile Ain't Got No – I Got Life, To Be Young, Gifted and Black, To Love Somebody, Mississippi Goddam și I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free. Colecția surprinde bogăția creației Ninei Simone din perioada de la sfârșitul anilor '60 și începutul anilor '70, etapă în care și-a conectat deschis muzica de lupta pentru drepturile civile.
Melodii
CD1
1. Do I Move You?
2. Day and Night
3. In the Dark
4. Real, Real
5. My Man's Gone Now
6. Backlash Blues
7. I Want a Little Sugar In My Bowl
8. Buck
9. Since I Fell For You
10. The House of the Rising Sun
11. Blues For Mama
12. Do I Move You? (Second Version)
13. Whatever I Am (You Made Me)
CD2
1. It Be That Way Sometimes
2. The Look of Love
3. Go To Hell
4. Love O' Love
5. Cherish
6. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
7. Turn Me On
8. Turning Point
9. Some Day
10. Consummation
11. Why Must Your Love Well Be So Dry
12. Save Me
CD3
1. In the Morning
2. Sunday In Savannah
3. The Backlash Blues
4. Please Read Me
5. Gin House Blues
6. Why? (the King of Love is Dead)
7. Peace of Mind
8. Ain't Got No - I Got Life
9. I Loves You Porgy
10. Take My Hand Precious Lord
11. Do What You Gotta
12. Mississippi Goddam
13. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
14. Come Ye
15. Ain't Got No - I Got Life (Single)
16. Peace of Mind (Single)
CD4
1. Seems I'm Never Tired Lovin' You
2. Nobody's Fault But Mine
3. I Think It's Going To Rain Today
4. Everybody's Gone To the Moon
5. Compensation
6. Who Am I
7. Another Spring
8. The Human Touch
9. I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)
10. The Desperate Ones
11. Music For Lovers
12. In Love In Vain
13. I'll Look Around
14. The Man With the Horn
15. I Think It's Gonna Rain Today (Live)
CD5
1. Suzanne
2. Turn, Turn, Turn (To Everything There is a Season)
3. Revolution (Part 1)
4. Revolution (Part 2)
5. To Love Somebody
6. I Shall Be Released
7. I Can't See Nobody
8. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
9. The Times They Are A-Changin'
10. Suzanne (Alternate Version)
11. Turn, Turn, Turn (To Everything There is a Season)(Alt.Vers)
12. Revolution (Live)
13. Save Me (Live)
14. The Glory of Love
15. Cosi Ti Amo (To Love Somebody)(Italian Version)
CD6
1. Introduction
2. Black is the Colour of My True Love's Hair
3. Ain't Got No - I Got Life
4. Westwind
5. Who Knows Where the Time Goes
6. The Assignment Sequence
7. To Be Young, Gifted and Black
8. Suzanne
9. No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed
10. The Other Woman (Live)
11. Turn, Turn, Turn (To Everything There is a Season)(Live)
12. To Be Young, Gifted and Black (Single)
CD7
1. Here Comes the Sun
2. Just Like a Woman
3. O-O-H Child
4. Mr. Bojangles
5. New World Coming
6. Angel of the Morning
7. How Long Must I Wonder
8. My Way
9. Tanywey
10. My Father
11. Jelly Roll
12. Tell It Like It is
13. 22nd Century
14. What Have They Done To My Song, Ma
CD8
1. My Sweet Lord/Today is a Killer
2. Poppies
3. Isn't It a Pity
4. Let It Be Me
CD9
1. The Pusher
2. Com'by H'yere Good Lord
3. Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter
4. Mr. Bojangles
5. I Want a Little Sugar In My Bowl
6. Dambala
7. Let It Be Me
8. Obeah Woman
9. Nina
10. Zungo
11. Thandewye A.K.A. a Charge To Keep
