20th Century Masters: The Best Of Dusty Springfield (Millennium Collection) [Original recording remastered]

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There are many facets to Dusty Springfield's career, and this brief set tells only part of the story. But for as much as it takes on--Springfield's hits from the start of her solo career up to (but not including) her triumphant soul album, Dusty in Memphis--it shows an artist of immense talent, range, and self-assurance. From the start, Springfield was very selective about her material, but the songs that she did choose she was able to make utterly her own--"I Only Want to Be with You," an homage to the great girl-group records produced by Phil Spector; her ultra-sultry reading of Bacharach/David's "The Look of Love"; her dynamic, sexually direct take on "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me." The Very Best of Dusty Springfield offers a more generous selection of cuts for a few extra bucks, but there's much to recommend this one, too. --Daniel Durchholz

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Average customer rating: Missing Some Hits! Poor remastering A Good Album That Gets Your Feet Wet Into the World of Dusty Not the Greatest, But It'll Do Explanation Of Lost Classic Tracks

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Tracks:

1. I Only Want To Be With You
2. Stay Awhile
3. Wishin' And Hopin'
4. Little By Little
5. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
6. All Cried Out
7. All I See Is You
8. I'll Try Anything
9. The Look Of Love
10. Losing You
11. What's It Gonna Be
12. Give Me Time

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There are many facets to Dusty Springfield's career, and this brief set tells only part of the story. But for as much as it takes on--Springfield's hits from the start of her solo career up to (but not including) her triumphant soul album, Dusty in Memphis--it shows an artist of immense talent, range, and self-assurance. From the start, Springfield was very selective about her material, but the songs that she did choose she was able to make utterly her own--"I Only Want to Be with You," an homage to the great girl-group records produced by Phil Spector; her ultra-sultry reading of Bacharach/David's "The Look of Love"; her dynamic, sexually direct take on "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me." The Very Best of Dusty Springfield offers a more generous selection of cuts for a few extra bucks, but there's much to recommend this one, too. --Daniel Durchholz

Customer Reviews:

Missing Some Hits!.......2007-06-01

I would give it a five star but the omission of Son of A Preacher Man is clearly the reason. It was one of her biggest hits of her career. Anyway, they could have used a couple of her more modern rather than just focused on the sixties where she peaked. The obvious hits are still here but the omission of Preacher Man makes you ask yourself why was it omitted. If I produced the biggest hits of Michael Jackson, I wouldn't forget Billie Jean would I? No, of course not, an explanation would be nice like maybe they didn't get the rights to some songs. The Millennium soluting the twentieth century artists like Dusty Springfield and Joan Armatrading are worth the price even if it's incomplete.

Poor remastering.......2007-03-18

Very poor sound quality. For example, if you compare Stay Awhile & I Only Want To Be With You on this recording to the originals on the album: "Stay Awhile--I Only Want To Be With You" or the album: "OOOOEEEEE!" you will find that these are muddy renditions with the highs muffled and the very life of the songs squashed. I have several different CDs of many of the songs and I know.

A Good Album That Gets Your Feet Wet Into the World of Dusty.......2007-03-03

20th Century Masters is a great, inexpensive collection that does a good job of showcasing an artist's talent. To me, this cd shows her earlier important hits like You Don't Have to Say you Love, I Only Want To Be With You, Wishin' and Hopin', The Look of Love, and some lesser explored gems: All I See Is You, Losing You, and What's It Gonna Be. These 12 tracks are essential to any DS collection, but be sure you don't limit yourself to them either.

Not the Greatest, But It'll Do.......2007-02-07

This is a 1999 compilation of Dusty Springfield's biggest British and American hits, with the glaring exception of "Son of a Preacher Man." The market seems to have decreed that considering this lack, and the muffled sound of this CD, it's best to spend a few bucks more on one of the other compilations, and the market is generally right. Still, if you love the greatest pop diva produced by the United Kingdom-- and the finest white, blue-eyed soul singer of her generation, the late 1960's-early 1970's-- there's plenty to recommend here.

Springfield had a big strong sensual voice, great power, yet sensitivity. She delivers an exciting, big beat, Phil Spector-sized, wall-of-sound, pounding-drum opening "I Only Want To Be With You," that can match Spector's wife Ronnie for aggressive sexuality. Then she does a sophisticated, seductive "Look of Love;" Burt Bacharach wrote it for her, and Dionne Warwick never forgave her for it. She's out there again sexually on "Wishin' and Hopin'," and "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me." She was, as an artist, always very aware of what her American cohort was doing: in addition to Spector's girl groups, she greatly admired the Motown girl groups, particularly Martha and The Vandellas; and then there was her venture into country, the unforgettable "Dusty in Memphis." She is also surprisingly emotionally open -- for a Brit; perhaps as a result, her songs retain their emotional resonance still. But she was unable to read or write music and therefore dependent on others for her material, her arrangements: this led to some recording sessions of legendary frustration.

Dusty was the childhood nickname of the tomboy Mary Catherine O'Brien, born in Ealing, West London on April 16, 1939. She had big hair, raccoon eyes, and several British television shows. She was also relatively open, for her time, about her sexual ambidexterity. She was once deported from South Africa for refusing to perform to a segregated audience. She had her emotional problems: the 1970's saw chronic drug and alcohol abuse, suicide attempts, and hospitalizations, as a result of which she was artistically inactive for a couple of decades. But she came back big with the Pet Shop Boys in the 1990s. She died, unfortunately young, of breast cancer, on March 3, 1999, just about the time she was being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and being given the British honor,an OBE.

Some of us have loved her work, all along, in real time; and, for us, this compilation will certainly do.

Explanation Of Lost Classic Tracks.......2003-02-02

This is a superb DUSTY SPRINGFIELD collection for the casual listener and fan of her mid-1960's solo period. Mostly what is included on this disc is her Phillips Records output, which is a division of the Universal-Polygram Records Group, as are all artists from the Decca-MCA-related/Mercury Records/Polydor Records/A&M Records/Motown Records/etc.-etc. companies which were absorbed through the years by the the Universal-Polygram group. All the original record companies' catalogues of many of these artists were recorded during different periods of their careers are now owned by the above group. DUSTY SPRINGFIELD recorded for about 5 to 7 different record companies throughout her long career. Her ATLANTIC RECORDS recordings, "Son Of A Preacher Man" period are from her "Dusty In Memphis - Brand New Me - Dusty In London(The Lost Recordings)" albums of her critically acclaimed late 60's period and are available through Rhino-Atlantic reissues, and ATLANTIC RECORDS is part of the Time-Warner/Warner-Elektra-Atlantic conglomerate. In some cases(Aaron Neville-Linda Ronstadt on his 20th Century Masters Collection)artists who record for different companies are occasionally allowed to record with other artists contractually. You can find most of an artist's recorded output at AMAZON.COM - IF IT'S STILL IN PRINT & PRODUCTION, and always found here at AMAZON.COM if it's not available in stores. I hope this explanation helps music fans understand why some recordings are not included, other than the artist may have not wanted it reissued, which is rare. I highly recommend the above three recordings by DUSTY if you want to explore her "Son Of A Preacher Man" era of the late 60's-early 70's which were tragically not hits - save that one song, but fit perfectly right into the Atlantic/STAX Records recordings of the era. DUSTY sparkles, smolders, burns and steam rolls like a veteran R&B singer throughout each and every track on those three discs, enchanting and leaving the listener deeply mesmerized by her soulful delivery.

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