Black Gold

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

Tracklist

▼ 12" Vinyl 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair (vocal Nina Simone)
live cover recording of:
Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair (Arranged by Nina Simone)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
arrangement of:
Black Is the Colour (of My True Love’s Hair)
5:58
2Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair (vocal Emile Latimer)
vocals:
Emile Latimer
live cover recording of:
Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair (Arranged by Nina Simone)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
arrangement of:
Black Is the Colour (of My True Love’s Hair)
4:01
3Ain’t Got No, I Got Life
recording engineer:
Ed Begley (sound engineer in RCA Victor)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
arranger:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
live cover recording of:
Ain’t Got No, I Got Life
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”)
5:28
4Westwind
recording engineer:
Ed Begley (sound engineer in RCA Victor)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
arranger:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
9:30
5Who Knows Where the Time Goes
recording engineer:
Ed Begley (sound engineer in RCA Victor)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
arranger:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
cover recording of:
Who Knows Where the Time Goes?
lyricist and composer:
Sandy Denny
publisher:
Irving Music (BMI), Strawberry Music (Strawbs) and Winckler Musikforlag
38:09
6The Assignment Sequence
recording engineer:
Ed Begley (sound engineer in RCA Victor)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
arranger:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
26:58
7To Be Young, Gifted and Black
live recording of:
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
lyricist:
Weldon Irvine
composer:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
39:35

Credits

Release group

included in:Emergency Ward / It Is Finished / Black Gold
Original Album Classics ('Nuff Said! / To Love Somebody / Black Gold / It Is Finished / Nina Simone and Piano!)
The Complete RCA Albums Collection
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/122257 [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000467098 [info]
Wikidata:Q3640715 [info]