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.…

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