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Title: Nina Simone - Songs of the Poets: Dylan, Harrison & Simone
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1976, Soul/Jazz, Vocal Jazz/Folk Soul, Tryon, North Carolina / New York, New York 6/26
Matrix #: APL1-1788
Condition: VG+, sounds great, looks great CC | Members: Nina S (33' - 03')
Cultural Facts:

1. Songwriter Lens This collection frames Simone as an interpreter of modern writers, moving between Bob Dylan, George Harrison, and her own politically charged, deeply personal material.
2. Personal Struggle Simone lived with racism, industry pressure, mental health struggles, and exile from the U.S., all of which sharpened the emotional force behind her later recordings.
3. Scene Ecology Her version of folk and pop material never felt like simple covers; she pulled songs into jazz, gospel, blues, classical phrasing, and civil-rights-era intensity until they sounded fully her own.

7/30/2026 CC