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To Love Somebody

Nina Simone

Recorded	1967
Label	RCA Victor
Released	1967
Personnel	6 credited players
Discogs	master 122311

The record

Simone bends Bee Gees, Dylan, and Morrison tunes into her own gospel-soaked idiom, backed by her working band of the late RCA years. A record of the interpreter as alchemist -- pop and rock songbooks refitted for a voice that answered to no one.

Session personnel

Gene Perla — bass
Charles Alias — drums
Al Schackman — guitar
Weldon Irvine — organ
Doris Willingham — vocals
Virdia Crawford — vocals

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

The earliest we list is a 1969 UK mono, RD 8018, but that reflects our data rather than any precedence -- the same year brings the UK stereo SF 8018 and the US LSP-4152 in both Indianapolis and Hollywood pressings. Continental copies run to the German LSP 4152 and French 740.607. The mono-versus-stereo choice is real here. Modern options are 4 Men With Beards 4m807 from 2011 and Music On Vinyl's MOVLP1047, repressed in 2014, 2019 and 2023.

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 44 pressings on file.

1969	RCA Victor · LSP-4152 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Indianapolis Pressing earliest on file
1968	RCA Victor · RCA 1779 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Promo
1969	RCA Victor
1969	RCA Victor · RCA 1779 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single
1969	RCA Victor · RD 8018 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1969	RCA Victor · LSP 4152 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1969	RCA Victor · SF 8018 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1969	RCA Victor · RCA 1779 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single
1969	RCA Victor · 740.607 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1969	RCA Victor · LSP-4152 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1969	RCA Victor · RCA 1779 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single
1969	RCA Victor · LSP 4152 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1969	RCA Victor · LSP-4152 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1969	RCA Victor · LSP-4152 — Vinyl, LP, Album · laminated sleeve