Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis
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Free Music Review: How did I never buy this until recently
Hit: 5 Stars
I always loved Dusty Springfield. Maybe it was her eye-liner. Maybe it was that blond helmet that she wore for hair. I'm sure her voice had something to do with it too, but after her first flurry of hit singles, I wrote her off. There was too much else to listen to--Bowie, Bolan, heroine inflected Marianne Faithful. Just recently I broke down and ordered this, probably because with the price, it guaranteed me free shipping from amazon. What a great cd! Some of it sounds a little dated (like some sitar solo in the middle of nowhere), but overall it's just pure Dusty. Her voice is like a good cup of tea: soothing and invigorating at the same time. You don't have to worry for the length of one very long cd. You just have to sit back and enjoy one of pop's greatest voices.Free Music Review: No music collection should be without this album!
Hit: 5 Stars
In 1969, Dusty Springfield traveled to Memphis to record an album with the "Memphis sound." Initially, she only selected two songs to record: JUST A LITTLE LOVIN' and her monster hit SON OF A PREACHERMAN. Fortunately, she was talked into recording several more. Get this DELUXE edition of the cd that includes about a dozen addition songs from the original album. Be sure to listen to LIVE HERE WITH YOU, MAKE IT WITH YOU, ALL THE KINGS HORSES, YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND, LOVE SHINE DOWN, THAT OLD SWEET ROLL, WILLIE AND LAURA MAE JONES, etc. Also, the packaging is very cool, in that the slot for the cd is designed to resemble the original 45. Miss Springfield was a one-of-kind talent who's voice was remarkably soulful and "dusty" for a blonde girl from England. To me, Memphis seemed a more fitting local to record a Dusty album, even over her real hometown of London. What a true original.Free Music Review: Just a Little Dusty in the morning!
Hit: 5 Stars
Having Dusty Springfield music playing is worth getting this wonderful compact disc or any of her music. She was truly a timeless voice of our times. She died prematurely of breast cancer in 1999 not even 60 years old. I bet she's singing in God's choir or heavenly angels leading the chorus to utter perfection. This collection includes the usual Son of a Preacher Man which is considered a gold classic by now. I like Breakfast in Bed, Just a Little Lovin, Willie and Laura Mae. Her voice range was just phenomenal. She could sing country, pop, classic, rock, etc. with a unique stamp on it. Once she sung, nobody else could touch her.Free Music Review: Dusty's Memphis Pyramid
Hit: 5 Stars
In and near the ancient city of Memphis, capital of the ancient kingdom of Egypt, the great pyramids of Egypt may be found. These pyramids were built as monuments to the various pharaohs who ruled over Egypt. If I had to pick one album that would serve as a fitting monument to Dusty Springfield's it would have to be her classic "Dusty in Memphis". It was a tremendous, if sadly overlooked, album when it was first released in 1969 (it managed to hit only #99 on the pop charts). It is even better now that a deluxe edition has been issued that contains 14 `bonus tracks' that had not previously been released.
Produced by Atlantic Records' Jerry Wexler and Arif Mardin (who produced a number of Aretha Franklin's early albums), Dusty in Memphis cemented Dusty's reputation as having one of the most powerful, soulful voices of the 60s. Just about every song on this deluxe edition helps cement that reputation.
"Son of a Preacher Man" is probably the best known song on the original album. It is a tremendous performance that highlights Dusty's wonderfully smoky, bluesy voice and her ability to interpret a song. The song starts low and wistful and build to a very powerful conclusion. Dusty covers a number of songs written by the team of Gerry Coffin and Carole King. Carole King has said (according to the liner notes) that Dusty was the definitive performer of her songs. After listening to Dusty's covers of King's songs, included spectacular version of "You've Got a Friend" it is hard to find fault with that assessment. The bonus tracks are as compelling as the original album tracks. "Willie & Laura Mae Jones" makes for a perfect follow up to "Son of a Preacher Man" both as to style and substance. Dusty even turns in an excellent performance of "Make it With You", originally performed by Bread. Springfield extracts all the extra sugar from the original and replaces it with a version in which you can hear the yearning in Dusty's voice.
Dusty in Memphis is a wonderful monument to a wonderful performer.
Free Music Review: always complaints
Hit: 5 Stars
this album is brilliant. even if i don't listen to every single track, i listen to like 98% of it, and for me that's alot of an album.
i am very sick of people complaining with everything here, vocal quality should not be "improved" what does that even mean? louder? it sounds wonderful, the atmosphere of this album is second to none, incorporating a lushness that was chased after by many of the pop-psych/baroque pop scene of the time (to these ears atleast).
it is the classic it has been called for all these years, more people in the out of touch u.s. need to be in touch with good music, this country has lost it's taste for great music, in the majority sense, i don't think it ever had it. i mean the zombies should of been bigger, pet sounds was a flop, and dusty was not recognized here as well, what more can i say.