Little Girl Blue

[Vinny]

Simple question - are there any good vinyl versions out there at modest cost, say below £30?

There are almost countless releases of the album, including many recent ones bypassing copyright.
Some, by no means all, are listed here - https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/nina-simone/little-girl-blue-21/ - for instance, the 2013 Bethlehem release on Amazon UK has a different ASIN to any on rateyourmusic - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00B81NJFI/?tag=pinkfishmedia-21

Cut my losses and buy CD? If so, which CD version?

 

[daytona600]

Pure Pleasure Mono & Analogue Productions Stereo 33 & 2x45 best versions
both are AAA versions

On the strength of this AP edition — which I’ve heard countless times on standard pressings — one could easily be converted to 45rpm, despite the cost. Even as a regular LP, Simone’s 1957 debut is a milestone among jazz vocal albums. her piano is as big a star as her voice, while ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ will cause you to shudder — Sound Quality: 90% — Ken Kessler, Hi Fi News

https://www.audaud.com/nina-simone-little-girl-blue-bethlehem-records-pure-pleasure-records-vinyl/
https://www.analogplanet.com/conten...irl-blue-remains-timeless#TtFgBRHDZGxB7IxF.97

 

[divedeepdog]

I heard Analogue productions and made the mistake of not buying it. Same old story, buy crap buy twice

 

[Vinny]

I heard Analogue productions and made the mistake of not buying it. Same old story, buy crap buy twice

Well, I bought the AP issue and it has to be the oddest record ever. It is dual mono, not stereo - each instrument or voice plays via only one speaker or the other, so that there is no soundstage or anything like.
Mastering/recording/pressing quality is superb...……………..

I bought the Muddy Waters, Folk Singer recording at the same time - real stereo.

 

[audiopile]

Ya -early stereo was pretty weird when it came to soundstaging. Own several Stereo Dinah Washingtons on Mercury that sound great except for the band in the left corner -Dinah in the right . Finally found a mono of the same record which I enjoy more.