The Ultimate Collection: Dusty Springfield

by Dusty Springfield

Overview

This three-CD set issued by Universal in the Netherlands is actually a two-CD best-of with a shorter third disc featuring "bonus tracks." Disc One begins with the Springfields' hit "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" from the album of the same name, and is the only cut from that group included. Ultimate Collection goes right through the early years with tracks from Stay Awhile -- I Only Want to Be With You (from 1963), "Wishin' and Hopin" and "24 Hours From Tulsa," from Girl Called Dusty issued in 1964, and into "Stay Awhile" from an album of the same name released in 1964. And so it goes, touching on every album Springfield released through 1971 over the first two discs, meaning that virtually all of the hits are here. Disc Three picks up in 1987 with her collaborations with Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe from Pet Shop Boys, and gives us four from Reputation, the single "What Have I Done to Deserve This" with P.S. Boys from the Goin' Back retrospective, and a pair of tracks from 1995's Very Fine Love. That the '70s and most of the '80s are ignored, particularly when there was plenty of room on the third disc to represent them, is inexcusable. The Rhino collection, Anthology, is still the one to beat. ~ Thom Jurek

Product Details

Release Date:	12/04/2001
Label:	Hip-O
UPC:	0731458563426
Rank:	23727

Tracks

1. Silver Threads and Golden Needles
2. I Only Want to Be With You
3. Stay Awhile
4. Wishin' and Hopin'
5. I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself
6. All Cried Out
7. You Didn't Have to Say You Love Me
8. Oh No, Not My Baby
9. All I See Is You
10. The Look of Love
11. What's It Gonna Be?
12. Son of a Preacher Man
13. Breakfast in Bed
14. The Windmills of Your Mind
15. A Brand New Me
16. Tupelo Honey
17. Mama's Little Girl
18. A Love Like Yours
19. Something in Your Eyes
20. What Have I Done to Deserve This?

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Dusty Springfield   Primary Artist,Vocals
Pet Shop Boys   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
The Springfields   Primary Artist
Daryl Hall   Primary Artist
Richard Carpenter   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Ivor Raymonde   Accompaniment
Garry Sherman   Conductor
Wally Stott   Accompaniment
Reg Guest   Accompaniment

Technical Credits

Roy Thomas Baker   Audio Production,Producer
Richard Carpenter   Audio Production,Arranger,Composer,Composer,Producer
Jerry Wexler   Audio Production,Producer
Jerry Ragovoy   Audio Production,Producer,Composer
John Franz   Audio Production,Producer
Pino Donaggio   Composer
Ivor Raymonde   Composer
Lamont Dozier   Composer
Jack Rhodes   Composer
Pat Lawrence   Executive Producer
Cynthia Weil   Composer
Clive Westlake   Composer
Ben Weisman   Composer
Eddie Brigati   Composer
Felix Cavaliere   Composer
Eddie Holland   Composer
Carole King   Composer
John Hurley   Composer
Eugene Record   Composer
Vito Pallavicini   Composer
Marilyn Bergman   Composer
Pet Shop Boys   Performer
Mark Barkan   Composer
Ugene Dozier   Producer
Jeannette Obstoj   Composer
Martee Lebow   Composer
Dr. W.A. Jennings   Composer
Vic Millrose   Composer
Ilene Weingard   Art Direction
Jim Pierson   Liner Notes
Roland Chambers   Producer
Van Morrison   Composer
Peter Callander   Composer
Jerry Butler   Composer
Ronnie Wilkins   Composer
Randy Newman   Composer
Michel Legrand   Composer
Michele Horie   Production Coordination
Michael Hawker   Composer
Mike Ragogna   Compilation Producer
Chris Lowe   Composer
Brian Holland   Composer
Buddy Kaye   Composer
Diane Warren   Composer
Theresa Bell   Composer
Mort Shuman   Composer
Arif Mardin   Producer
Tom Springfield   Composer
Alan Bergman   Composer
Brian Potter   Composer,Producer
Thom Bell   Arranger
Burt Bacharach   Composer
Gerry Goffin   Composer
Philip Springer   Composer
Suha Gur   Mastering
Bert Berns   Composer
Hal David   Composer
Barry Mann   Composer
Beatrice Verdi   Composer
Eddie Hinton   Composer
Vicki Wickham   Composer
Dennis Lambert   Composer,Producer
Leon Huff   Composer
Rupert Hine   Composer
Neil Tennant   Composer
Tom Dowd   Producer
Brian Spence   Composer
William D. "Smitty" Smith   Arranger
Donnie Fritts   Composer
Geary Chansley   Photo Research
Trevor Veitch   Arranger
Giuseppe Donaggio   Composer
Paul Howes   Track Notes
Jeff Willens   Mastering
Pamela Phillips-Oland   Composer
John David Hurley   Composer
Allee Willis   Composer
Amedeo Tommasi   Composer
Stephen Hague   Producer
Steve Barri   Producer
Andy McKaie   Compilation Producer
Simon Napier-Bell   Composer
Bill Halley   Composer
Kenny Gamble   Composer
Ronnie Stephen Wilkins   Composer
William Sanders   Composer
Mike Hawker   Composer
Dick Reynolds   Composer