Description:
Gathering three of the four live albums Nina Simone released during her time at RCA, the double-disc package Emergency Ward!/It Is Finished/Black Gold certainly reissues a spate of consistent material. Recorded in 1969 (Black Gold), 1972 (Emergency Ward!), and 1974 (It Is Finished), the set brings back several of her rarest and least-heard LPs. Despite the obscurity of the recordings, there's scattered moments of brilliance here, including loose-groove renditions of "The Pusher," "Funkier than a Mosquito's Tweeter," and "To Be Young, Gifted and Black." Not every selection works, however; the nearly 20-minute version of "My Sweet Lord" (also encompassing "Today Is a Killer," a piece by David Nelson) opening Emergency Ward! is mantra-like and exhausting.

Track Listing:

Disk 1
1.	Medley: My Sweet Lord / Today Is A Killer
2.	Poppies
3.	Isn't It A Pity
4.	The Pusher
5.	Com' By H'yere - Good Lord
6.	Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter
7.	Mr. Bojangles
8.	I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl
9.	Dambala
10.	Let It Be Me
11.	Obeah Woman
Disk 2
1.	Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
2.	Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
3.	Ain't Got No - I Got Life
4.	Westwind
5.	Who Knows Where The Time Goes?
6.	The Assignment Sequence
7.	To Be Young, Gifted And Black

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