{"product_id":"nina-simone-pastel-blues-vinyl-lp","title":"Nina Simone — Pastel Blues [Vinyl LP]","description":"\u003ch3\u003eNina Simone — Pastel Blues [Vinyl LP]\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl LP, Album, Reissue, 180 Gram, Stereo\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Number:\u003c\/strong\u003e MOVLP543\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBarcode:\u003c\/strong\u003e 600753369791\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jazz \/ Soul \/ Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Music On Vinyl \/ Philips\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOriginally Released:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1965\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReissue Released:\u003c\/strong\u003e 16 May 2012\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePressing:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180 Gram Black Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New \u0026amp; Sealed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePastel Blues\u003c\/em\u003e is one of Nina Simone's most celebrated studio albums, originally released on Philips Records in 1965. Recorded in New York, it is a masterclass in stripped-back blues — austere, intimate and utterly commanding. Only someone with Simone's depth of musicianship and emotional authority could make material this spare feel so overwhelming. The album draws directly from the blues and gospel traditions that shaped her earliest musical education, transformed entirely by the force of her personality and the precision of her arrangements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe opening \u003cstrong\u003e\"Be My Husband\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — performed almost a cappella with only handclaps and Simone's own vocals — is one of the most arresting moments in her entire discography, later covered by both Jeff Buckley and Antony Hegarty. \u003cstrong\u003e\"Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out\"\u003c\/strong\u003e, a standard associated with Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday, receives a definitive reading, while \u003cstrong\u003e\"Strange Fruit\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — the Billie Holiday signature about the lynching of Black Americans — is handled with shattering restraint. The album closes with the monumental \u003cstrong\u003e\"Sinnerman\"\u003c\/strong\u003e: ten minutes of relentless, escalating intensity, driven by percussion and Simone's hammering piano, that became one of her most iconic recordings and was later used in the pivotal chess scene of \u003cem\u003eThe Thomas Crown Affair\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Music On Vinyl reissue presents \u003cem\u003ePastel Blues\u003c\/em\u003e on \u003cstrong\u003e180-gram black vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBe My Husband\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eNobody Knows You When You're Down and Out\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eEnd of the Line\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTrouble in Mind\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTell Me More and More and Then Some\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eChilly Winds Don't Blow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAin't No Use\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eStrange Fruit\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSinnerman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eCredits\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eNina Simone – Vocals, Piano\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eLabel – Music On Vinyl \/ Philips\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Nina Simone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57749560197507,"sku":"MOVLP543","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0932\/9757\/4275\/files\/NinaSimonePastelBluesVinylMOVLP543_Mockup.webp?v=1775740209","url":"https:\/\/vikingrecords.co.uk\/products\/nina-simone-pastel-blues-vinyl-lp","provider":"Viking Records Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}