''Dusty'' is the second album of singer

Dusty Springfield Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), better known by her stage name Dusty Springfield, was a British singer. With her distinctive mezzo-soprano voice, she was a popular singer of blue-eyed soul, Pop mus ...

to be released in the USA. It was issued on the

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label in 1964 and includes Springfield's hit singles "All Cried Out", "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself" and the double A-side "Guess Who?"/"Live It Up".

Background

Just like the preceding '' Stay Awhile/I Only Want to Be with You'', ''Dusty'' comprises tracks from Springfield's UK debut album '' A Girl Called Dusty'' (from which this album borrows the cover photo) as well as recordings from UK singles and EP's. The album also includes tracks from the very first recordings Springfield made in the United States as a solo performer. A total of eight tracks were recorded in New York in September 1964, produced by Shelby Singleton Jr., some of which were first issued in the UK on the 1965 EP ''Dusty in New York'', others as single B-sides, while some in fact would remain unreleased in Springfield's native Britain for more than thirty years, until they had their debut as bonus tracks on the digitally remastered edition of the 1965 UK album ''

Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty ''Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty'' is the second studio album by singer Dusty Springfield, released on Philips Records in the UK in 1965. Springfield's 1964 debut album, '' A Girl Called Dusty'', sold well enough to make her Philips Records' top- ...

'' – issued in 1998. ''Dusty'' combined with ''Stay Awhile/I Only Want to Be With You'' was first released on CD as a single-disc compilation by the minor label Taragon Records in 1997 with stereo mixes created by Eliot Goshman. In 1999 the album was digitally remastered and re-issued by

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, then as a separate album and featuring three bonus tracks. One of these tracks is 'I'm Gonna Leave You', which features a similar verse melody to Ain't No Mountain High Enough, a song she wanted to record first.

Track listing

;Side A #"All Cried Out" (Buddy Kaye, Phil Springer) – 3:02 #* First release: Philips UK EP ''Dusty'', BE 12564, 4 September 1964 #"I Wish I'd Never Loved You" (Mike Hawker) – 3:35 #* First release: Philips UK EP ''Dusty'' #"Can I Get a Witness" (

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, Edward Holland Jr.) – 2:43 #* First release: Philips UK EP ''Dusty'' #" Summer Is Over" ( Tom Springfield, Clive Westlake) – 3:43 #* First release: Philips UK single BF 1369 (B-side of "Losing You"), 16 October 1964 #"Don't Say It Baby" (Ted Daryll,

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) – 2:22 #* Recorded in New York, September 1964. First UK release: Philips single BF 1396 (B-side of "Your Hurtin' Kinda Love"), 5 February 1965 #"Guess Who?" (Gary Klein,

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) – 2:31 #* Recorded in New York, September 1964. First UK release: bonus track 1998 re-issue of 1965 album ''

'' ;Side B #"Live It Up" (

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) – 2:24 #* Recorded in New York, September 1964. First UK release: Philips EP ''Dusty In New York'', BE 12572, 9 April 1965 #" My Coloring Book" (

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) – 3:00 #* First release: UK album '' A Girl Called Dusty'', April 1964 #"Nothing" (Frank Augustus, Bob Elgin, Clarence Lewis Jr.) – 2:09 #* First release: ''A Girl Called Dusty'' #"Do Re Mi (Forget About the Do and Think About Me)" (

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) – 2:20 #* First release: ''A Girl Called Dusty'' #* 1999 CD-re-issue: remix #"Don't You Know" (

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) – 2:42 #* First release: ''A Girl Called Dusty'' #"

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) – 2:59 #* Recorded in London, 4 June 1964. First release: Philips UK single BE 1348 (A-side), 26 June 1964 ;1999 reissue bonus tracks #

"Every Ounce of Strength" (

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, David Porter) – 2:17 #* Recorded in London, 26 November 1965. First release: Philips UK single BF 1482 (B-side of "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me"), 25 March 1966 #"I'm Gonna Leave You" (

, Lesley Duncan,

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) – 3:13 #* Recorded in London, 15 June 1966. First release: Philips UK single BF 1502 (B-side of "Goin' Back"), 1 July 1966 #"Heartbeat" (unedited) ( Edward Cobb) – 4:21 #* Recorded in London, 26 November 1965. Originally unissued. First release (edited): UK 4-CD box set ''The Legend of Dusty Springfield'', 1994.

Personnel

– lead vocals; background vocals on "I'm Gonna Leave You" and "Heartbeat" * The Breakaways –

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(UK sessions, except on "I'm Gonna Leave You" and "Heartbeat") *

– background vocals on "I'm Gonna Leave You" and "Heartbeat" * Lesley Duncan – background vocals on "I'm Gonna Leave You" *

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– background vocals on "Heartbeat" * Johnny Franz – producer * The Echoes – accompaniment (UK sessions—side A, track 3; bonus tracks 13 & 15) *

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– orchestra director (UK sessions) *Shelby Singleton Jr. – producer (New York sessions) *

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– arranger & orchestra director (New York sessions) *Eliot Goshman – digital remastering (US) (1997 re-issue) *Roger Wake – digital remastering (UK) (1999 re-issue) *Mike Gill – digital remastering (UK) (1999 re-issue)

References

* Howes, Paul (2001). The Complete Dusty Springfield. London: Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. . {{Authority control Dusty Springfield albums 1964 albums Philips Records albums Albums produced by Johnny Franz