Dusty in Memphis

Artist - Dusty Springfield ... [Goo?] [Posters] [Scores]

This Audio CD Music item from Rhino / Wea was reviewed on 10-Dec-2008.

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1) Audio CD Music Dusty in Memphis by Rhino / Wea. "Dusty In Memphis" is an album you can get completely lost in, put it on, sit back, and forget about the outside world, all that exists for the time being is Dusty and Memphis accompanied by the wonderous rhythms and strings of the Memphis Cats, and the sweet soulful backings of the aptly named Sweet Inspirations who complemented Dusty´s vocals so well. If heaven could be an album, this would be it.
Several songs will be familiar to even the newest of Dusty fans; "Son Of A Preacher Man" being one of her most famous and instantly recognisable songs, this is the one that stopped Aretha Franklin in her tracks, making her re-consider her decision not to record it, her version appeared a year after Dusty´s. "Breakfast in Bed" was covered by UB40/Chrissie Hynde in 1988, twenty years after this album, Dusty´s version gives an erotic lush over the vocals; amazingly beautiful, the same could be said for "Windmills Of Your Mind", i just love the slow build on this, i have never heard the original version by Noel Harrison that was used in the film "The Thomas Crown Affair", and don´t really want to! No disrespect, but, once you have heard Dusty sing something, it seems almost akin to sacrilege to hear it covered by someone else.
Once again, a look through the list of songwriters may well reduce you to a state of constant drooling....before you have even put the CD on the stereo. Of the album proper (before the bonuses) the original 11 tracks crams in four by Goffin/King; "So Much Love"/"Don´t Forget About Me"/"No Easy Way Down" and "I Can´t Make It Alone", there are two by Randy Newman; "I Don´t Want To Hear It Anymore", and the excellent "Just One Smile" which wasn´t released as a single, but would surely have set the top 10 on fire. On Bacharach/David´s "In The Land Of Make Believe" and on Mann/Weil´s "Just A Little Lovin´(Early In The Mornin´)", Dusty delivers them both with a smooth, sweet purity.
Of the three albums that Dusty signed up for in the US, two were released ("Memphis" and "From Dusty, With Love"), the third was shelved, as a result we have an unusual mixture of 14 bonus tracks, longer than the actual album! So many tracks, too numerous to mention them all, we have "That Old Sweet Roll (Hi-de-Ho)", from the magical pens of Goffin/King, "You´ve Got A Friend" (Carole King), and heck, "Make It With You" (David Gates), is completely and utterly out of this world. "Cherished", a Gamble/Huff song gives a tiny taste of things to come for Dusty´s next album. More highlights, for me....amongst many...."Love Shine Down"/ "Live Here With You"/ "I´ll Be Faithful"/ "Have A Good Life Baby"/ "Natchez Trace"....whoot!! Anybody out there wondering why we are such a fanatical lot, us Dusty Springfield fans, my advice is; listen to ´In Memphis´, get knocked sideways....and wonder no more!

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2) Audio CD Music Dusty in Memphis by Rhino / Wea. Dusty Springfield-Dusty In Memphis **1/2

To be honest Dusty In Memphis is not the blue eyed soul masterpiece it is hyped up to be. Sure she was a land mark and original in her time, of course she was influential, and yes those pipes are among some of the best to ever be laid to tape but that does not justify the massive hyperbole that accompanies this album.

´Son Of A Preacher Man´ is the obvious classic, both sultry and soulful, a song that many have tried but just as many have failed, all except for the phenomenal Dusty. ´I Don´t Want To Hear It Anymore´ is almost heartbreaking, and ´I Can´t Make It Alone´ is where it´s at. The rest of the album falls flat, and does so with a dull thud rather than a crash.

Dusty has made better.¤

3) Audio CD Music Dusty in Memphis by Rhino / Wea. This is one of the best collections of Dusty Springfield´s work. Definitely a good selection.¤

4) Audio CD Music Dusty in Memphis by Rhino / Wea. Dusty in Memphis has a timeless quality to it that is the mark of an album/cd that has become a classic. As evidenced by Shelby Lynn´s recent homage to it the material remains fresh and undated. Dusty is in fine vocal form on these selections and the vaunted Memphis rhythm section does her proud. The addition of the numerous additional songs on this extended package make it a must have. I just sent this cd as a gift to a friend who had bought the Shelby Lynn but didn´t own Dusty and she was blown away. Any serious pop music fan or collector should (and probably already does) own this.¤

5) Audio CD Music Dusty in Memphis by Rhino / Wea. The selection of songs is strongly R&B. Aretha Franklin´s producers produced the original record. The Memphis Cats provide backup vocals. A couple of the songs didn´t ring true for me, but the majority of the music was divine.
In the liner notes, it says that Carole King considered Dusty to be the premier singer of her songs. And wonderfully enough, this CD has Dusty singing "You Have a Friend," previously unreleased. This song was recorded before James Taylor made it a hit. Having this recording on the CD makes up for not having "You Don´t Have to Say You Love Me."¤

6) Audio CD Music Dusty in Memphis by Rhino / Wea. Dusty Springfield never claimed to be a soul singer, but Dusty in Memphis effects a unique and deeply moving synthesis of her brand of stylish pop and the Southern R&B of the late ´60s. Her soft tones and hushed, confessional readings make for definitive versions of everything from "Son of a Preacher Man" (a later version by Aretha Franklin is good but less thrillingly sensual than this one) to Randy Newman´s ballads "I Don´t Want to Hear It Anymore" and "Just One Smile" to a swirling take on "The Windmills of Your Mind." The soul obscurity "Breakfast in Bed" even gives a knowing spin to a line from an earlier Springfield classic: "You don´t have to say you love me." This expanded edition features vastly improved sound and a number of bonus tracks not on the earlier CD. --Rickey Wright¤

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