Silk & Soul LP fg_Catalog Number_B002805901 so we were really involved

so we were really involved in the minutia of recording

driving rhythm and raw/smooth vocals that have become their instantly identifiable signature sound

and his increasingly inventive solo albums

drummer DJ Johnson—had been on tour for nearly three-and-a-half years

so Austin was certain the third would follow suit

Silk & Soul LP fg_Catalog Number_B002805901 so we were really involvedRecorded in New York in 1967, Silk & Soul is Nina Simone's second album for RCA. This album contains classics "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free", which would become a Civil Rights anthem and "It Be's That Way Sometimes", written by her brother Sam Waymon.