EMI/UA Years 1959-1979 [Box set] [Import]

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Import only 1994 re-issue featuring 93 digitally remastered studio tracks, including 14 previously unreleased masters. 24 page booklet includes track by track annotations & rare photographs along with a UK discography. CD1 conists of 1959-1966, CD2 of 1966-1969, CD3 of 1970-1972 & CD5 of 1973-1979. Packaged in a long box and now at a much lower price.

Tracks:

S' Wonderful
As Long As He Needs Me
You're Never Know
So In Love
Reach For The Stars
Who Are We
I'll Get By As Long As I Have You
Tonight
What Now My Love
Above All Others
It Could Happen To You
It All Depends On You
I (Who Have Nothing)
Gone
How Can You Believe
Goldfinger
My Child
Seesaw Of Dreams
Its Yourself
Secrets
Stay On The Island
Once In A Lifetime
The Liquidator
Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
The Boy From Ipanema
More
A House Is Not A Home

Tracks:

Don't Take The Lovers From The World
Take Away
I've Got A Song For You
Shirley
Give Him Your Love
And We Were Lovers
Who Could Love Me
Do I Look Like A Fool
Big Spender
Dangerous Games
La Vita
I Must Know
This Is My Life
Without A Word
If He Walked Into My Life
To Give
My Love Has To Faces
Clown Town
Does Anybody Miss Me
I'll Never Fall In Love Again
(You Are) My Way Of Life
The Bus That Never Comes
Fa Fa Fa (Live For Today)

Tracks:

Something
Spinning Wheel
Yesterday I Heard The Rain
Sea And Sand
What About Today
You And I
Light My Life
Yesterday When I Was Young
Fool On The Hill
Where Do I Begin
Till Love Touches Your Life
For The Love Of Him
Vehicle
Diamonds Are Forever
The Way A Woman Loves
For All We Know
The Grestest Performance Of My Life
Lost And Lonely
The Way Of Love
Day By Day
Ballad Of The Sad Young Men
If I Should Love Again
Let Me Be The One

Tracks:

Never Never Never
Somehow
Going Going Gone
Make The World A Little Younger
Everything I Own
All That Love Went To Waste
I'm Not Anyone
Jesse
Living
Natali
If I Never Sing Another Song
Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You
You Take My Heart Away
Come In From The Rain
Tomorrow Morning
Razzle Dazzle
You Made Me Love You
My Man
Natural Boy
The Greatest Love Of All
Bonus Track

Tracks:

Once In A Lifetime
Just One Of Those Things
As Long As He Needs Me
Burn My Candle (At Both Ends)
All The Things That You Are
If I Were A Bell
What Now My Love
A Lot Of Living To Do
No Regrets
Typically English
In Other Words (Fly Me To The Moon)
Please Mr Brown
I'm A Fool To Want You
You
Johnny One Note
I Could Have Danced All Night & A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening

Album Description

Import only 1994 re-issue featuring 93 digitally remastered studio tracks, including 14 previously unreleased masters. 24 page booklet includes track by track annotations & rare photographs along with a UK discography. CD1 conists of 1959-1966, CD2 of 1966-1969, CD3 of 1970-1972 & CD5 of 1973-1979. Packaged in a long box and now at a much lower price.

Album Details

Five CD Box Set .

Customer Reviews:

SHIRLEY SHINES.......2001-06-26

..in this epic collection of her best loved songs and quite a few rarities and unreleased material. This handsomely packaged 5 disc set is worth every penny you pay for it. From Shirley's modest beginnings trying to shed the "accolade" one senior showman afforded this diva ("Just another bloody lounge singer") to almost present time, here is the collection you must have. Early outings of note include her take on Broadway material ("S'Wonderful", "So In Love") and sparkling arrangements on nearly every track throughout. Paired with the immortal Nelson Riddle for sessions in 1962 (Let's Face The Music And Dance album) she gives a spectacular reading of "What Now, My Love?" (she would graciously tip her hat to Nelson for this arrangement at a Carnegie Hall date, the 5th "bonus" disc included here) The 70's were ever-changin' times for everyone, Shirley included. Living abroad away from her Welsh upbringing due to tax difficulties, she recorded here in the States with more than modest success. Songs of the day were good to Shirley, and she was good to them in return. Examples of this are found in The Beatles' "Something", "Fool On The Hill" "The Way Of Love" (a big hit for Cher) and the touching "Ballad Of The Sad Young Men" (this is THE DEFINITIVE version, folks) but she could also put in a less than average performance when stuck with lesser quality material of that period as well ("Vehicle" may be downright embarrasing to listen to). Highlights of her latter recordings continue to amaze in the Italian based "Never, Never, Never" and "La Vita" (aka "This Is My Life", which is also included here) the French composed "Living" glorious in its own simplicity, the Sammy Cahn penned "All That Love Went To Waste", a touching cover of Roberta Flack's "Jesse", and the perennial latter day Bassey showstopper, "If I Never Sing Another Song". As mentioned by one of my fellow reviewers, the Carnegie Hall disc, where quality and quantity is concerned, leaves a little something to be desired, and was obviously edited, but still gives us a long awaited, albiet modest look at Shirley in action here in the States. One of her earliest hits "Burn My Candle At Both Ends" comes off with a sultry sassiness that you can't ignore, and the commercial resonance of Leslie Bricusse's "Typically English" is a nice faux pas for Shirley, who reminds us after the song that she's "not English, she's Welsh". Liner notes are also chintzy; I would have liked to absorb much more info about Shirley, as I am relatively a new "bonafide" fan. You will be too!

JUST A COUPLE OF GRIPES.......2000-12-20

Although this is an exceptional boxed set, I was a bit stunned to discover the LIVE disc included here was not the 2-LP Live At Carnegie Hall set, which is yet to be issed on CD. The live version here was from a 1963 concert, and her snappy, sassy one-liners belted between sets are gone. I was also surprised that "I CAPRICORN" was omitted from this boxed set. This singer is classy and stylish, and the DIVAS ARE FOREVER video proves that without a doubt. The booklet included here wasn't as picturesque as it could have been. I would have loved seeing original color album covers of all her LPs featured in the booklet. Overall, the boxed set excels, despite hefty price tag!! I'm stuck on Disc #3. Remastering gets a 10 !!

Bassey At Her Best!.......1999-12-27

This is one great collection! I purchased it when it was first released and was quite impressed! The quality of the recordings are terrific as well as the booklet of liner notes. It's great to hear songs I haven't listened to in years and have them so beautifully reproduced on CD! What a treat! Run, don't walk to order this one. You have a real treat in store. As a long time Bassey afficienado, this is one of the best, most comprehensive of her EMI work. LOVE IT!

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