Description
**THIS IS A VINYL LP**
Release Date: 2023
Label: Atlantic
Track List
Side A
- Just a Little Lovin’
- So Much Love
- Son of Preacher Man
- I Don’t Want to Hear It Anymore
- Don’t Forget About Me
- Breakfast in Bed
Side B
- Just One Smile
- The Windmills of Your Mind
- In the Land of Make Believe
- No Easy Way Down
- I Can’t Make It Alone
Notes
Famed (and notoriously curmudgeonly) rock critic Robert Christgau dubbed this “the all-time rock-era torch record” and the Library of Congress included it into the national registry. It’s got Dusty’s interpretation of “Son of a Preacher Man,” plus choice selections written by Goffin and King, Randy Newman, Burt Bacharach and Hal David, and more. Pour a glass of wine, turn on the fire, and put Dusty in Memphis on the turntable. Your night is planned.
Originally released in 1969, the concept for Dusty In Memphis was to take England’s reigning female soul queen to the home of the music which had inspired her. Produced by Atlantic’s Jerry Wexler and Arif Mardin and engineered by Tom Dowd, the record’s highlights include “Son Of A Preacher Man,” “So Much Love,” “Breakfast In Bed,” “Just One Smile,” “I Don’t Want To Hear It Anymore” and “Just A Little Lovin'”. Springfield is backed by a crack band that had previously worked with Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, King Curtis and Elvis Presley among others. The musicians – collectively known as the Memphis Cats – include guitarist Reggie Young, bassist Tommy Cogbill, drummer Gene Chrismann, pianist Bobby Wood and Bobby Emmons on organ and electric piano. Songwriting contributions came from, among others, Randy Newman, Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. Dusty Springfield is one of the finest white soul singers of her era, and this is the undisputed proof.
