Dusty Springfield - A Girl Called Dusty

Title: A Girl Called Dusty Artist: Dusty Springfield Release Date: 4/1964 Re-Released On: 2/9/2006 Label: Mercury, Universal Distribution Duration: 56:21 Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 731453452022, 0731453452022, 766482800124 Genre: Rock Styles: Soul, Early Pop/Rock, British Invasion, Girl Groups, Blue-Eyed Soul, Pop-Soul, AM Pop Moods: Effervescent, Elegant, Melancholy, Soothing, Sophisticated, Stylish, Summery, Bittersweet, Plaintive, Romantic, Sentimental, Wistful, Poignant, Sensual, Sexy Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 3 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Mama Said
2. You Don't Own Me
3. Do Re Mi (Forget About the Do and Think About Me)
4. When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes
5. My Coloring Book
6. Mockingbird
7. Twenty-Four Hours from Tulsa
8. Nothing Has Been Proved
9. Anyone Who Had a Heart
10. Will You Love Me Tomorrow
11. Wishin' and Hopin'
12. Don't You Know
13. I Only Want to Be With You [Alternate Mix]
14. He's Got Something
15. Every Day I Have to Cry [*]
16. Can I Get a Witness [*]
17. All Cried Out [*]
18. I Wish I'd Never Loved You [*]
19. Once upon a Time [*]
20. Summer Is Over [*]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2006 CD Universal Distribution 5345202 2000 CD Mercury 534520

No other editions were found for this album.

This 1964 album was the U.K. equivalent of the LP that Americans knew as I Only Want to Be with You -- as such, most of what was on there is embraced by the middle-late '90s reissue of that title. Polygram's British operation, however, not content to have their thunder stolen, reissued the CD separately in 1997 on the Mercury label, under its original U.K. title with eight bonus tracks taken from her first two EPs, which never made it onto an album in England. The remastering of the original LP material is, of course, spot-on (though one someday hopes to see this catalog redone for 24-bit remastering and playback). The bonus cuts include an alternate mix of "I Only Want to Be with You" with a slightly crisper profile to the rhythm instruments, and such contemporary sides as "Everyday I Have to Cry," "Can I Get a Witness," and "All Cried Out," along with slightly less familiar fare such as the stunningly soulful "I Wish I'd Never Loved You," "Once Upon a Time," and "Summer Is Over." Coupled with the original album tracks such as Springfield's devastating cover of "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," they make this a towering release in its own right, separate from the U.S. issue of I Only Want to Be with You. Most of the bonus tracks do turn up elsewhere, but it is very handy to have all of her early 1964 sides in one place, between the same two covers, and the whole CD is a overpowering listening experience. Indeed, if she'd never recorded another LP, Springfield would still have been a legend, based on the contents of this one release. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Name Credits A. Richards Producer Andrew Biscomb Design Dusty Springfield Vocals Gary Moore Digital Remastering Gerd Liner Notes Ivor Raymonde Director John Franz Producer Julian Mendelsohn Producer Mardin Producer Mike Gill Remixing, Compilation Producer Paul Howes Liner Notes Pet Shop Boys Performer Peter Barrett Design Peter Burton Liner Notes Roger Wake Remixing, Digital Remastering The Springfields Performer Tom Dowd Producer