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Old 17-01-2012, 19:16
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Received "The magic of Dusty Springfield" for Christmas and am in love with her - I always knew I'd love her knowing the main singles and wish I'd investigated sooner....oh well better late than never.
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Old 17-01-2012, 23:38
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Shocking....oh well let's carry on talking about Justin Bieber and The Saturdays. sigh
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Old 17-01-2012, 23:42
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Haha! Well I don't know many of her songs to be honest, although I do like Son of a Preacher Man. What are your favourite songs by her?
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Old 17-01-2012, 23:46
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Am I The Same Girl
Son of a Preacher Man
Little By Little
Nothing Has Been Proved
Spooky
I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten
In Private
Goin' Back
What's It Gonna Be
I Only Want To Be With You
The Look Of Love
The Corrupt Ones

and many more yet to discover....a shame her 70's albums are out of print.
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Old 17-01-2012, 23:49
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I'd rather listen to Dusty Springfield than Bieber.
It's amazing how influential she has been. Adele, Duffy, Amy Winehouse recently and before that Annie Lennox, Debbie Harry, Cher, Madonna... Dusty had a bit of the melancholy, a bit mysterious, a true artist....greatest female white singer of all time, probably.

I guess you also might want to listen to Sandie Shaw, Petula Clark and Cilla Black who all also had their moments back then but never touched Dusty.
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Old 17-01-2012, 23:55
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Am I The Same Girl
Son of a Preacher Man
Little By Little
Nothing Has Been Proved
Spooky
I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten
In Private
Goin' Back
What's It Gonna Be
I Only Want To Be With You
The Look Of Love
The Corrupt Ones

and many more yet to discover....a shame her 70's albums are out of print.
I might listen to some of her music soon then because I'm trying to listen to lots of albums/artists that I haven't listened to before, at the moment.
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Old 18-01-2012, 00:00
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You didn't list my favourite. This is a live version and not a single bum note, wonderful!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5xovVHU16I
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Old 18-01-2012, 00:05
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Anyone who had a heart
I just don't know what to do with myself
You don't have to say you love me
Windmills of my Mind
All I see is You
Losing You
How Can I be Sure.....
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Old 18-01-2012, 09:16
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fantastic artiste, id argue our best female, (although kate bush wins on creativity). the white woman of soul who loved black motown music and used her gifted voice to sing in a soulfull style.

goin back
little by little
i just dont know what to do with myself
losing you


superb.
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Old 18-01-2012, 09:41
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Breakfast in Bed is my favourite Dusty track, followed by 24 hours from Tulsa
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Old 18-01-2012, 09:55
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Love Dusty
She is timeless. I only really became a fan until last year. I much prefer her early stuff specifically her first five albums. She is such an Icon and a true British legend. I hope a resurge in her music comes into play in the near future. Without Dusty, no White Soul singer would be where they are today. We may praise Adele as today's biggest star and she rightly deserves it, but remember, if there was no Dusty, we would have no Adele.
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Old 18-01-2012, 10:02
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I know some of her biggest hits and absolutely LOVE her voice but can't say I own any of her albums
Would a greatest hits/best of album be a good place to start? Or does anybody have any recommendations of actual albums?
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Old 18-01-2012, 10:06
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Dusty in Memphis
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Old 18-01-2012, 11:09
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Dusty in Memphis
Classic album.
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Old 18-01-2012, 11:55
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I know some of her biggest hits and absolutely LOVE her voice but can't say I own any of her albums
Would a greatest hits/best of album be a good place to start? Or does anybody have any recommendations of actual albums?
there are too many best of albums and most of them tend to miss a few of her best songs

I reccomend her her first five albums which are A girl called dusty, Everything's coming up dusty, Where am i going, Dusty definatley and Dusty in memphis.
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Old 18-01-2012, 12:47
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i think the difference between dusty and adele and joss stone, is that dusty understands soul. not only was she blessed with a soulful voice (as indeed adele and joss are) , but she understood how to use it, to convey the emotion without resorting to melisma that a track requires.
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Old 18-01-2012, 12:52
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Also, her duet with the Pet Shop Boys is very good http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn9E5i7l-Eg
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Old 18-01-2012, 13:21
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I know some of her biggest hits and absolutely LOVE her voice but can't say I own any of her albums
Would a greatest hits/best of album be a good place to start? Or does anybody have any recommendations of actual albums?
Dusty In Memphis first. It's an album everyone that likes music should have in their record collection. It still sounds contemporary, even today.
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Old 18-01-2012, 14:11
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Dusty In Memphis first. It's an album everyone that likes music should have in their record collection. It still sounds contemporary, even today.
Of course that could be a commentary on the standard and style of the new stuff. I like Adele and Amy Winehouse but it's all so retro and borrowed.

Dusty in Memphis is the album.
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Old 18-01-2012, 14:25
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In the '60s she was Britain's white answer to black American female soul singers and was frequently compared to them. She was also the first female in Britain who had control over what she would record. In those days females in the music business did what they were told to by managers and producers, but Dusty was the exception. Her records have held up well and there's lots of her performing on Youtube.
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Old 18-01-2012, 14:32
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i mostly prefer her early stuff, but I stumbled on her version of Quiet Please from 1979 and even though it ends up being a bit camp and cabaret, I would have loved to have been in the crowd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf91ILhvHpo
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Old 18-01-2012, 14:47
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I'm old enough to remember The Springfields before she went solo. Her brother Tom was also in the band.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhF-Mqn-HEQ

Great voice, nice harmonies.
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Old 18-01-2012, 14:56
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Love Dusty
She is timeless. I only really became a fan until last year. I much prefer her early stuff specifically her first five albums. She is such an Icon and a true British legend. I hope a resurge in her music comes into play in the near future. Without Dusty, no White Soul singer would be where they are today. We may praise Adele as today's biggest star and she rightly deserves it, but remember, if there was no Dusty, we would have no Adele.
Dusty and Adele, 2 legends.
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Old 19-01-2012, 00:40
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i mostly prefer her early stuff, but I stumbled on her version of Quiet Please from 1979 and even though it ends up being a bit camp and cabaret, I would have loved to have been in the crowd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf91ILhvHpo
Yes, it's a shame about the song towards the end. A gospely bit would have been better.

Frankly the cut off of her recording is 1974 or so - the unfinished 'Longings' tracks are available on Beautiful Soul - which completes her 60's career. I would avoid her 70's songs, unless you're into very middle of the road West Coast dinner party music. Although the much later Pet Shop Boys collaborations are good too.
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Old 19-01-2012, 01:39
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I'm old enough to remember The Springfields before she went solo. Her brother Tom was also in the band.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhF-Mqn-HEQ

Great voice, nice harmonies.
Yeah.......I remember that too......

I think Dusty wasn't very 'cool' in the 60s. Party because the Springfields seemed pretty old hat once you had the Beatles and the Stones

Also in her early solo career she seemed to do a lot of covers of Dionne Warwick type stuff which seemed a bit second-hand and Cilla Black-ish...........if you liked that music, which i did, you got Dionne Warwick's versions

'Preacher Man' was a great single though

From later years i really love that record she did as the theme song for the Profumo Affair film - Scandal ?

I think that was written by the Pet Shop Boys
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