Pastel Blues (Vinyl LP) JazzThis 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
found him in the company of a new band line-up with Joe Henderson
blending wit
the spelling crassly anglicized
Arthur Russell's writing and recording methods are cloaked in urban myth - some say he would only record under a full moon
and allowing those universes
Computer World captured the band right at the moment when its pioneering approach fully broke through in popular music
RSD release now repressed on black vinyl housed in gatefold sleeve
Limited Edition White Vinyl
is something to behold here
The brainchild of Merrill Garbus
Lion's Mane opens the record and immediately takes your breath away as Beam's voice is so beautiful and his hooks are razor sharp
Contains the singles "Thank You ( falettinme be mice elf agin )"
