Cat. No. VV 1162: DUSTY SPRINGFIELD ~ GOLDEN HITS. PHILIPS PDS251.
USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.
THE STORY OF DUSTY SPRINGFIELD (MARY ISOBEL CATHERINE BERNADETTE O'BRIEN) IS PROBABLY FAIRLY WELL KNOWN TO MOST MUSIC AFICIONADOS. BORN INTO A FAMILY THAT ENJOYED MUSIC, DUSTY LEARNED TO SING AT HOME. IN 1958, SHE JOINED HER FIRST PROFESSIONAL GROUP, THE LANA SISTERS. TWO YEARS LATER, WITH HER BROTHER DION ("TOM SPRINGFIELD" AND TIM FIELD SHE FORMED THE FOLK-POP VOCAL TRIO "THE SPRINGFIELDS" WHO ENJOYED SEVERAL HITS ON THE TOP 40 UK CHARTS AS WELL AS SUCCESS IN THE U.S. IN 1962 WITH "SILVER THREADS AND GOLDEN NEEDLES".
IN 1963, THE SPRINGFIELDS SPLIT UP AND DUSTY STRUCK OUT ON A SOLO CAREER. HER EARLY TRY-OUT RECORDING SESSIONS DID NOT OFFER ANYTHING MEMORABLE BUT DUSTY KNEW WHAT SHE WANTED AND IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE KNEW AS WELL AND WITHIN A FEW WEEKS HER FIRST SINGLE "I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU" SOARED TO NUMBER FOUR ON THE BRITISH CHARTS. "STAY AWHILE" FOLLOWED IN FEBRUARY OF 1964 GOING TO NUMBER THIRTEEN ON THE CHARTS AND IN JUNE OF THAT YEAR "I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF" REACHED NUMBER THREE ON THE CHARTS. DUSTY SPRINGFIELD HAD ARRIVED. THE HITS CONTINUED AND IN MARCH 1966 DUSTY FINALLY HIT THE NUMBER ONE SPOT WITH "YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME". OVER THE YEARS DUSTY CONTINUED TO PLACE MANY RECORDS ON THE CHARTS BOTH IN THE UK AND ABROAD. DUSTY DIED OF BREAST CANCER ON MARCH 2, 1999 JUST SHY OF HER 60TH BIRTHDAY.
THIS ALBUM CONTAINS 12 INCREDIBLE TRACKS FROM THOSE FIRST THREE YEARS. THE SLEEVE IS GRADED VERY GOOD WITH SOME MINOR WEAR ON THE BOTTOM CORNERS AND SLIGHT WEAR ALONG THE OUTER EDGE OF THE SLEEVE. THERE IS ALSO SOME MINOR SOILING ON THE REAR OF THE SLEEVE ALONG WITH SOME YELLOWING WHICH IS BARELY NOTICEABLE BUT HAS BEEN ENHANCED BY THE SCAN. THE RECORD IS GRADED VERY GOOD WITH ONLY A COUPLE OF SLIGHT SURFACE MARKS WHICH DO NOT EFFECT PLAY.
TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - All I See Is You / Wishin' And Hopin' / In The Middle Of Nowhere / My Coloring Book / Goin' Back / All Cried Out.
Side 2 - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me / I Only Want To Be With You / Little By Little / Losing You / Stay Awhile / I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself.
12" VINYL RECORD
