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Description: A Girl Called Dusty was the debut album of British singer Dusty Springfield. It was released in the UK on Philips Records in 1964. Dusty Springfield had been a member of the girl group The Lana Sisters from 1958 to 1960, and the folk-pop trio The Springfields from 1960-1963, in the latter case with her brother Tom Springfield. While on tour in the US in the early 'sixties she was exposed to soul music, which was to have a profound impact on her subsequent life and career. Although The Springfields were moderately successful, with songs such as "Island Of Dreams", "Bambino" and "Silver Threads And Gold A Girl Called Dusty was the debut album of British singer Dusty Springfield. It was released in the UK on Philips Records in 1964.

Dusty Springfield had been a member of the girl group The Lana Sisters from 1958 to 1960, and the folk-pop trio The Springfields from 1960-1963, in the latter case with her brother Tom Springfield. While on tour in the US in the early 'sixties she was exposed to soul music, which was to have a profound impact on her subsequent life and career. Although The Springfields were moderately successful, with songs such as "Island Of Dreams", "Bambino" and "Silver Threads And Golden Needles" (a #16 US country hit), their style of music limited the wide range of material that Dusty Springfield wanted to sing. Therefore, in 1963, Springfield decided to begin a career as a solo singer.

Her first single, "I Only Want To Be With You", was actually recorded while still a member of The Springfields, and was released one week after their final concert. The song was a success in both Britain and the US, and led to the recording of A Girl Called Dusty which was released in 1964. The album contained a mix of mostly straightforward pop songs and a few Motown influenced numbers, such as "When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes", "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" and "Mockingbird". It also marked Springfield's first collaboration with well known songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David, as well as Gerry Goffin and Carole King, whose songs Springfield continued to record for the rest of her career.

At the time, A Girl Called Dusty was not released to the US market. Instead, Philips released a compilation of singles and tracks recorded for the album as Stay Awhile/I Only Want To Be With You. It was named after her first two singles, which had been Top 20 hits in the US. Later in 1964 Philips released Dusty, a second version of A Girl Called Dusty with a different tracklisting and different tracks.

A Girl Called Dusty was first released to CD in June 1990 by Philips Records/PolyGram, then a direct transfer from vinyl. In 1997, two years before Springfield's death, a digitally remastered and expanded edition was issued by Mercury Records/Universal Music, then including eight bonus tracks as well as a few alternate mixes. Due to the fact that some of the original multi-track master tapes no longer were to be found in the Philips Records archives, some tracks on the 1997 version are in mono or in some cases re-created stereo mixes using alternate vocal takes. The current CD version of A Girl Called Dusty, which still remains in print, is consequently radically different from the original album, as produced by Johnny Franz and Springfield herself. The album appears in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. ... (more)

Manufacturer: Philips Records
Release date: 17 April 1964
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0731453452022 UPC: 731453452022

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"A GIRL CALLED DUSTY (1964) DUSTY SPRINGFIELD Review coming soon... FAV TRACKS: "Twenty-Four Hours From Tulsa"; "Mama Said"; "Wishin' and Hopin'"; "I Only Want to Be With You"; "Summer is Over"; "You Don't Own Me"; "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"; "Can I Get a Witness"; "All Cried Out"; "Anyone Who Had a Heart"; "He's Got Something"; "Don't You Know"; "I Wish I'd Never Loved You"; "When the Lovelight Starts Shining"; "Do Re Mi" "

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