Narrative: Copper sourced from Chile, Peru, or Ecuador and produced in a factory in the United States; aluminum from Russia or China; polycarbonate plastic from California, South Africa, Somalia, South Korea, or Germany; boxite from Australia, and parts assembled in a factory in the United States.

The larger supply chain includes: Petroleum refineries; Power generation and supply; Plastics material and resin manufacturing; Coal mining; Alumina refining and primary aluminum production; Oil and Gas extraction; Motor vehicle parts and manufacturing; Truck transportation; Iron and steel mills.

Through a Verve archives project, singer Dianne Reeves selects and sequences the Philips recordings of Nina Simone. PolyGram was started by Philips as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. In 1999 it was sold to Seagram and merged into Universal Music Group.  

I purchased this CD used at Tower Records on a trip to New York in 1998, moved it from CT to Boston, Portland, Oregon, Rotterdam, Netherlands, and New York City. I'm currently living with it in Brooklyn.