Dusty Springfield – The BBC Sessions (New Vinyl)

NEW DOUBLE LP

New sealed copy. 2024 reissue.

First time on vinyl for this stunning collection of sessions Dusty recorded for the BBC, from 1962 to 1970, originally released on CD in 2007. More poignantly, these 22 tracks are the session tapes that survived (the BBC recorded over many sessions in the past for cost-saving reasons) and remained in good sound quality. The set includes three tracks recorded in July 1962, as part of The Springfields in a different, more folk-oriented style than her subsequent recordings.

Featured highlights are a selection of her always immaculate covers, including - Stevie Wonder's 'Uptight (Everything's Alright)', The Rascals' 'Good Lovin', Jackie Wilson's R&B stomper 'Higher and Higher (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me)', and the Bee Gees' classic 'To Love Somebody'. The other tracks include BBC renditions of some of her biggest hits - 'Wishin' and Hopin', 'Little by Little', 'You Don't Have to Say You Love Me', 'Son of a Preacher Man', and 'I Just Don't Know What to with Myself'.

TRACKLIST:

A1        Swahili Papa
A2        Dear John
A3        Say I Won't Be There
A4        La Bamba
A5        Tossin' And Turnin'
A6        I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
B1        I Can't Hear You (No More)
B2        Wishin' And Hopin'
B3        Losing You
B4        I Can't Hear You (No More)
B5        In The Middle Of Nowhere
C1        Mocking Bird
C2        Little By Little
C3        Uptight (Everything's Alright)
C4        Chained To A Memory
C5        We're Doing Fine
C6        Every Ounce Of Strength
D1        You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
D2        Good Lovin'
D3        To Love Somebody
D4        Son Of A Preacher Man
D5        (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher