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It's practically a cliché to say that Dusty Springfield was the greatest white soul singer to ever come out of the U.K., but like most clichés, it's a commonplace wisdom that's based in an obvious fact. While most blue-eyed soul belters sounded as if they were determined to worry a song into submission though brute force and melismatic torture, Springfield's gift was a superb instrument and the wisdom to do its work with a careful balance of emotional force and instinctive restraint (perhaps the product of her fondness for jazz and smart pop as well as rock and R&B). Springfield was also a gifted songwriter who was a shrewd judge of material, and she knew how to match her voice to either Phil Spector-esque bombast or a more subtle and elegant production, and anyone looking for a perspective on just how sure Springfield's instincts in the studio were should give a listen to this set. Complete A and B Sides 1963-1970 is just what its title says it is -- every U.K. single Dusty released during this eight-year stretch is included (except for a stray Yuletide release), with all the A-sides on disc one and the flip sides on disc two (except for the B-side to "Morning Please Don't Come," which was a solo track from her brother Tom Springfield and subsequently left by the wayside). The consistent quality of these recordings is truly a wonder -- there are no throwaway B-sides, no major artistic missteps, and every tune appears to been crafted as if Springfield and her studio helpers were convinced it could be a hit (and in a wiser alternate universe, perhaps they all were). While American fans will notice that a number of Springfield's biggest U.S. hits are missing (remarkably, "I Only Want to Be with You," "Wishin' and Hopin'," and "All Cried Out" were never released as singles in Great Britain), as a document of Dusty performing at the top of her game during her golden era, this set is all but flawless, assembled with care and boasting superb audio, and anyone who loves her music will find much to revel in. Bob Stanley of Saint Etienne contributes a fine and informative essay on Dusty Springfield in the 1960s to the liner notes.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
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Ivor Raymonde, ComposerLyricist - Mike Hawker, ComposerLyricist - Dusty Springfield, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Franz, Producer
℗ 1963 Mercury Records Limited
Ivor Raymonde, ComposerLyricist - Mike Hawker, ComposerLyricist - Dusty Springfield, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Franz, Producer
℗ 1964 Mercury Records Limited
Burt Bacharach, ComposerLyricist - Hal David, ComposerLyricist - Dusty Springfield, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Franz, Producer
℗ 1964 Mercury Records Limited
Dusty Springfield, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Springfield, ComposerLyricist - John Franz, Producer - Clive Gerald Westlake, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 Mercury Records Limited
Ivor Raymonde, ComposerLyricist - Mike Hawker, ComposerLyricist - Dusty Springfield, MainArtist - John Franz, Producer
℗ 1965 Mercury Records Limited
Dusty Springfield, MainArtist - Buddy Kaye, ComposerLyricist - John Franz, Producer - Bea Verdi, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1965 Mercury Records Limited
Carole King, ComposerLyricist - Gerry Goffin, ComposerLyricist - Dusty Springfield, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Franz, Producer
℗ 1965 Mercury Records Limited
Dusty Springfield, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Kaye, ComposerLyricist - John Franz, Producer - Bea Verdi, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Mercury Records Limited
Simon Napier-Bell, Translator - Vicki Wickham, Translator - Vito Pallavicini, Author - Pino Donaggio, Composer - Dusty Springfield, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Franz, Producer
℗ 1966 Mercury Records Limited
Carole King, ComposerLyricist - Gerry Goffin, ComposerLyricist - Dusty Springfield, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Franz, Producer
℗ 1966 Mercury Records Limited
Ben Weisman, ComposerLyricist - Dusty Springfield, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Franz, Producer - Clive Gerald Westlake, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Mercury Records Limited
Victor Millrose, ComposerLyricist - Mark Barkan, ComposerLyricist - Dusty Springfield, MainArtist - John Franz, Producer
℗ 1967 Mercury Records Limited
Peter Callander, ComposerLyricist - Pietro Melfa, ComposerLyricist - Alberto Morina, ComposerLyricist - Dusty Springfield, MainArtist - Amadeo Tommasi, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 Mercury Records Limited
Mort Shuman, ComposerLyricist - JERRY RAGOVOY, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Dusty Springfield, MainArtist - Roger Wake, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Gill, Remixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2000 Mercury Records Limited
Dusty Springfield, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Franz, Producer - Clive Gerald Westlake, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Mercury Records Limited
Dusty Springfield, MainArtist - John Franz, Producer - Clive Gerald Westlake, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Mercury Records Limited
Jerry Wexler, Producer - Arif Mardin, Producer - John David Hurley, ComposerLyricist - TOM DOWD, Producer - Dusty Springfield, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie Stephen Wilkins, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Mercury Records Limited
Eugene Booker Record, ComposerLyricist - Dusty Springfield, MainArtist - Bill Landis, Producer - William Nelson Sanders, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 Mercury Records Limited
Kenneth Gamble, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Butler, ComposerLyricist - Theresa Bell, ComposerLyricist - THOM BELL, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dusty Springfield, MainArtist - John Franz, Producer
℗ 1970 Mercury Records Limited
Dusty Springfield, MainArtist - Tom Springfield, ComposerLyricist - Marcel Stellman, Producer
℗ 1970 Mercury Records Limited
Eddie Brigati, ComposerLyricist - Felix Cavaliere, ComposerLyricist - Dusty Springfield, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Franz, Producer - Peter Kingsbery, Author
℗ 1970 Mercury Records Limited
DISC 2
Dusty Springfield, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - John Franz, Producer
℗ 1963 Mercury Records Limited
Dusty Springfield, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - John Franz, Producer
℗ 1964 Mercury Records Limited
Dusty Springfield, MainArtist - John Kander, ComposerLyricist - Fred Ebb, ComposerLyricist - John Franz, Producer
℗ 1964 Mercury Records Limited
Dusty Springfield, MainArtist - Tom Springfield, ComposerLyricist - John Franz, Producer - Clive Gerald Westlake, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 Mercury Records Limited
Dusty Springfield, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - CHIP TAYLOR, ComposerLyricist - Ted Daryll, ComposerLyricist - John Franz, Producer
℗ 1964 Mercury Records Limited
Dusty Springfield, MainArtist - Buddy Kaye, ComposerLyricist - John Franz, Producer - Bea Verdi, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1965 Mercury Records Limited
Carole King, ComposerLyricist - Gerry Goffin, ComposerLyricist - Dusty Springfield, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Franz, Producer
℗ 1965 Mercury Records Limited
Dusty Springfield, MainArtist - Buddy Kaye, ComposerLyricist - John Franz, Producer - Bea Verdi, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Mercury Records Limited
Isaac Hayes, ComposerLyricist - Steve Cropper, ComposerLyricist - Dusty Springfield, MainArtist - David Porter, ComposerLyricist - John Franz, Producer
℗ 1966 Mercury Records Limited
Lesley Duncan, ComposerLyricist - Dusty Springfield, Composer, MainArtist - John Franz, Producer - Madeline Bell, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Mercury Records Limited
Dusty Springfield, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - John Franz, Producer - The Echoes, MainArtist - Madeline Bell, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Mercury Records Limited
Dusty Springfield, MainArtist - Buddy Kaye, ComposerLyricist - John Franz, Producer - Georges Garvarentz, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1994 Mercury Records Limited
Burt Bacharach, Composer - Hal David, Author - Dusty Springfield, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Franz, Producer
℗ 1967 Mercury Records Limited
Arnold Goland, ComposerLyricist - Dusty Springfield, MainArtist - John Franz, Producer - Aaron H. Schroeder, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 Mercury Records Limited
Dusty Springfield, MainArtist - John Franz, Producer - Norma Cecilia Tanega, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Mercury Records Limited
Dusty Springfield, Producer, MainArtist - John Franz, Producer - Norma Cecilia Tanega, ComposerLyricist - R. McKernan, ComposerLyricist - Roger Wake, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Gill, Remixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1998 Mercury Records Limited
Jerry Wexler, Producer - Arif Mardin, Producer - Barry Mann, ComposerLyricist - Cynthia Weil, ComposerLyricist - TOM DOWD, Producer - Dusty Springfield, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Mercury Records Limited
Dusty Springfield, MainArtist - Bill Landis, Producer - Dan White, ComposerLyricist - Norma Cecilia Tanega, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 Mercury Records Limited
Kenneth Gamble, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Roland Chambers, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - LEON HUFF, Producer - Dusty Springfield, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Mercury Records Limited
Harry Middlebrooks, ComposerLyricist - Mike Shapiro, ComposerLyricist - Dusty Springfield, Producer, MainArtist - Perry Carlton Buie, ComposerLyricist - John Franz, Producer - James B. Cobb, ComposerLyricist - Ronnie Von, Translator
℗ 1970 Mercury Records Limited
Album review
It's practically a cliché to say that Dusty Springfield was the greatest white soul singer to ever come out of the U.K., but like most clichés, it's a commonplace wisdom that's based in an obvious fact. While most blue-eyed soul belters sounded as if they were determined to worry a song into submission though brute force and melismatic torture, Springfield's gift was a superb instrument and the wisdom to do its work with a careful balance of emotional force and instinctive restraint (perhaps the product of her fondness for jazz and smart pop as well as rock and R&B). Springfield was also a gifted songwriter who was a shrewd judge of material, and she knew how to match her voice to either Phil Spector-esque bombast or a more subtle and elegant production, and anyone looking for a perspective on just how sure Springfield's instincts in the studio were should give a listen to this set. Complete A and B Sides 1963-1970 is just what its title says it is -- every U.K. single Dusty released during this eight-year stretch is included (except for a stray Yuletide release), with all the A-sides on disc one and the flip sides on disc two (except for the B-side to "Morning Please Don't Come," which was a solo track from her brother Tom Springfield and subsequently left by the wayside). The consistent quality of these recordings is truly a wonder -- there are no throwaway B-sides, no major artistic missteps, and every tune appears to been crafted as if Springfield and her studio helpers were convinced it could be a hit (and in a wiser alternate universe, perhaps they all were). While American fans will notice that a number of Springfield's biggest U.S. hits are missing (remarkably, "I Only Want to Be with You," "Wishin' and Hopin'," and "All Cried Out" were never released as singles in Great Britain), as a document of Dusty performing at the top of her game during her golden era, this set is all but flawless, assembled with care and boasting superb audio, and anyone who loves her music will find much to revel in. Bob Stanley of Saint Etienne contributes a fine and informative essay on Dusty Springfield in the 1960s to the liner notes.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 41 track(s)
- Total length: 01:49:59
- Main artists: Dusty Springfield
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2006 Mercury Records Limited This Compilation ℗ 2006 Mercury Records Limited
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