Track Listing

1. Everything's Coming Up Roses
2. Sweetest Sounds
3. He Loves Me
4. I Believe In You
5. People
6. Lady Is A Tramp
7. Once In A Lifetime
8. Something Wonderful
9. Lot Of Livin' To Do
10. If Ever I Would Leave You
11. Somewhere
12. I Could Have Danced All Night
13. Come Back To Me
14. I'm A Fool To Want You
15. House Is Not A Home
16. If Love Were All
17. Moon River
18. Don't Rain On My Parade
19. Something's Coming
20. Days Of Wine And Roses
21. Call Me
22. Charade
23. I Wish You Love
24. One Of Those Songs

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #50119 in Music
• Released on: 2008-11-03
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .24 pounds

Customer Reviews

Expectations Exceeded
I wasn't quite sure how much I would enjoy this particular pairing of two of Dame Shirley's last albums for EMI's Columbia label. The track listing at first sight seems very much of its period and many of us have several versions of most of these songs in our collections already so I put this on with less enthusiasm than I had felt for most of BGO's reissues of Dame Shirley's work.

Good news: as usual, the sound is far superior to that on the vinyl originals but the performances and arrangements are so tingling with vitality and insight that there is no question of this being a routine listen. Several times, I have listened to this collection whilst doing some chores and found myself really listening and thoroughly enjoying what I was hearing.

According to my reckoning, all but three of Dame Shirley's EMI/UA albums have now been reissued. Unless I have missed something, only "Does Anybody Miss Me?", "This Is My Life" and "The Magic Is you" have yet to be reissued and I sincerely hope BGO gives them to us soon. It would also be good to have Dame Shirley's Philips albums reissued.

That, however, is a hope for the future. Enjoy what we have now in the present. I am thoroughly enjoying listening to these albums again in such good sound. I recommend them without reservation. Thank you, BGO.

Shirley at her best
Thanks to BGO we are able to experience again the wonderful releases of Shirley Bassey that we originally loved on LP. Hearing her powerful voice calling across the years makes me for one feel young again. It is a shame that most people think of her as the Goldfinger Girl without realising that her range is so much more and she is the most exciting live performer of our generation. These albums are a true testament to her command of emotion and diction which make a Bassey interpreation of a song a truly professional and artistic triumph. It is also wonderful to see the original photography that made Shirley a fashion icon.

Bassey is the best!
Finally, The Sweetest Sounds is on CD. Despite countless compilations, this song has never appeared on any CD. This wonderfully remastered CD sounds much better than my old records. I am hearing more of the instruments and Bassey's voice has never sounded better. Long live BGO!