#hot august night
1972 COUNTDOWN… #69 — #66
1972 COUNTDOWN… #69 — #66
69 NINA SIMONE — EMERGENCY WARD
Part sermon, part social commentary, part lament on love, this odd semi-live LP is held in high regard. Certainly the first side, an extended melding of George Harrison’s “My sweet lord” with a poem by David Nelson, is an engrossing journey through soul funk to gospel refrain. The other side, where no evidence of a live recording is audible, is far less riveting.…