To Love Somebody (Vinyl LP) Rhythm & Blues

To Love Somebody (Vinyl LP) Rhythm & BluesNina Simone ably picked a variety of compositional classics from the new Rock era for her 1969 LP To Love Somebody. Opening with a beautiful, introspective version of Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne," Simone shows an obvious affinity for social statements with the Byrds' "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)" and a trio of Dylan standards: "I Shall Be Released," "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues," plus a dramatic, meditative "The Times They Are A

Pure analogue remastered directly from the original tapes and pressed on "Kaleidoscope/paddled" effect coloured vinyl

It sees him inhabiting a loose character that looks back at the last decade

Young decided to share this new material as a kind of 'audio verite'

This debut album

and newcomer Danny Davis

recorded in 1969

The flip side finds Davis in 1968 leading the same group (with possibly Chick Corea and Dave Holland replacing Hancock and Carter) on two early fusion jams that look a bit toward Bitches Brew

DePlume would record these impromptu sessions in his phone

the exquisite darkness of David Lynch's movies and - on tracks like 'Devotion' and 'Higher' - the thunderous energy of leftfield rave music

mere words can but understate the power and majesty on tap

fully remastered and with the inclusion of two bonus rare single-only tracks

Count Ossie's drummers performed on the first commercially released single to integrate Rastafarian traditional music with popular music: the vocal group The Folkes Brothers' groundbreaking song 'Oh Carolina'