Track Listing

1. Mama Said
2. You Don't Own Me
3. Do Re Mi
4. When The Love Light Starts Shining Thru His Eyes
5. My Coloring Book
6. Mockingbird
7. Twenty-Four Hours From Tulsa
8. Nothing
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
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

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8328 in Music
• Released on: 1997-02-17
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 56 minutes

Customer Reviews

Utterly Dusty....
Dusty's digitally-remastered, bells & whistles re-release of her debut solo Album is a real treasure. It shows that, although her style and material may have become more sophisticated with later recordings, unlike some other Artists, her voice was as strong and natural in the early sixties as it was when she died.

Belting her way through true diva-esque numbers like 'When The LoveLight Starts Shining Through His Eyes' and 'Don't you Know', her voice shows its true power when handling numbers like 'My Colouring Book', a song which, under a less sensitive talent, could very easily have become maudlin and anodyne.

This re-release version also contains bonus tracks not contained on the original, of which 'Once upon a Time', 'Can I Get a Witness' and 'All Cried Out' shine out as some of Dusty's best recordings this side of 'Dusty In Memphis'.

Put simply, this is one of her abolute best releases, and a must-have for everybody.

The beginning of her solo career
Dusty was lead singer of the Springfields, a folk-pop trio whose complete recordings can be found on Over the hills and far away (which I’ve already reviewed). Dusty wanted to record pop and R+B music so the trio disbanded. This CD contains all the tracks from Dusty’s first album, plus bonus tracks recorded at around the same time. On this re-issue, many of the tracks have been re-mixed but they sound fine to me. You must make up your own mind about the re-mixing.

The big hit here is I only want to be with you, which provided Dusty with her first solo hit. In the seventies, the Bay City Rollers and the Tourists both covered it and each had a UK hit with it.

Anyone who had a heart was an American hit for Dionne Warwick, a British hit for Cilla Black and a French hit (sung in French) for Petula Clark. I don’t think Dusty’s version was released as a single in any country, but it’s every bit as good as the hit versions.

Other covers here include You don’t own me (Lesley Gore), My coloring book (Barbra Streisand), Mockingbird (Charlie and Inez Foxx), Twenty four hours from Tulsa (Gene Pitney), Will you love me tomorrow (Shirelles) and Can I get a witness (Marvin Gaye).

This is a wonderful album, very different from Dusty’s music with the Springfields, which clearly signalled the way her solo career would go.

Classic Dusty
This is my third dusty album - and I am amazed

This was Dusty's album for the american market, she was desperate to put an album together that would break her into the scene. The american heard of her anti - aparthied views and stong demeanour, and were skeptical.

The influence of black gospel is prevelant here, but the style of her voice and production is sheer magic. 'You dont own me' makes you sing along, a real girls song and 'can I get a witness' lifts you up to new heights.

If you have a dusty compilation, I throughly recommend this album - pure class