DUSTY SPRINGFIELD "Where Am I Going" UK 1967 1st MONO

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Apr 18, 2011 Sold Date

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DUSTY SPRINGFIELD "Where Am I Going" UK 1967 1st MONO

GREAT COPY, SEEN LITTLE PLAY, SUPERB CLEAN SOUND EX+

DUSTY SPRINGFIELD
Where Am I Going

ORIGINAL UK PHILIPS (RBL 7820) FIRST *MONO* PRESSING (October 1967) OF DUSTY SPRINGFIELD'S OUTSTANDING THIRD LP "Where Am I Going" - WITH IT'S STRONG MOTOWN FEEL AND IN GREAT CONDITION - IT'S SEEN VERY LITTLE PLAY AND IT DELIVERS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AUDIO THROUGHOUT WITH A NICE LOUD, CRYSTAL CLEAR, FRESH, SHARP AND BRIGHT *MONO* CUT

PRESSED ON QUALITY HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL WITH THE BLACK/SILVER PHILIPS LABELS
FIRST ISSUE MATRIX NUMBERS: 632386 1L ? 1 420 11 8 / 632386 2L ? 1 420 11 21
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FRONT LAMINATED FLIPBACK SLEEVE
AND COMES COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE DATE CODED '097' (September, 1967)

Where Am I Going is a phenomenal album by Dusty Springfield
The LP cover is great too - a black and white image of a smiling Springfield with wide-brimmed hat, mini skirt, and a comic book quotation in psychedelic off-pink and orange stating Where Am I Going.
The music inside with strings and orchestration is a relentless delight.
The Pat Williams arrangement of Bobby Hebb's "Sunny" with conductor Peter Knight reveals a touch of the James Bond riff, a definite sign of the times.
One can hear the wondrous voices of Madeline Bell and Lesley Duncan, the backing voices blending perfectly with the orchestration in songs like "I Can't Wait Until I See My Baby's Face" and "Don't Let Me Lose This Dream."
"Where Am I Going?" is as perfectly surreal as its title suggests -- imagine Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music twirling around in the windmills of Springfield's mind. This is not the driving pop of "I Only Want to Be With You" or "Wishin' & Hopin'," this is symphonic adult contemporary.
"They Long to Be Close to You" is the serious and dramatic blues that the Carpenters aspired to develop. "Welcome Home" is out of this world rhythm & blues told with authority. It and other tracks from Where Am I Going? puts Springfield in that elite class reserved for the best of Janis Joplin, Etta James, and Ella Fitzgerald -- female vocalists who found notes in niches of songs that were unavailable to lesser mortals.
While Springfield was filling the airwaves with "The Son of a Preacher Man" toward the end of 1968, a band called Vanilla Fudge had "Take Me for a Little While" on the U.S. charts, but their disc was issued in July of 1967 and their success in the States was a delayed reaction. Dusty Springfield takes that great composition and turns it into snappy pop with an amazing vocal.
Add "If You Go Away" and the musicians on these grooves take the listener on a wild ride running the gamut of genres without disrupting Where Am I Going?'s flow.
This is a tremendous and often forgotten masterpiece in the repertoire of Dusty Springfield which deserves more attention. It truly is the record which keeps on giving.

Side A
"Bring Him Back" (Mort Shuman, Doc Pomus) - 2:12
"Don't Let Me Lose This Dream" (Aretha Franklin, Ted White - 2:24
"I Can't Wait Until I See My Baby's Face" (Jerry Ragovoy, Chip Taylor) - 2:39
"Take Me For A Little While" (Trade Martin) - 2:22
"Chained To A Memory" (Kay Rogers, Richard Ahlert) - 2:35
"Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 1:52

Side B
"(They Long to Be) Close to You" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 2:25
"Welcome Home" (Chip Taylor) - 2:38
"Come Back To Me" (Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane) - 2:03
"If You Go Away (Ne Me Quitte Pas)" (Jacques Brel, Rod McKuen) - 3:50
"Broken Blossoms" (Traditional, Tom Springfield, Robert Gray) - 2:41
"Where Am I Going" (Dorothy Fields, Cy Coleman) - 3:39

LABELS: The labels are clean, bright and unmarked with just a few light spindle traces and vinyl reside to the spindle hole indicating how little this copy has been played - EXCELLENT++
VINYL Visual: Both surfaces retain their original deep, glossy sheen with a beautiful lustre. There are some light hairlines and a few light scuffs (superficial and minor) but these have no real audio consequence - the playback is superb - EXCELLENT
VINYL Audio: Outstanding audio delivery to this first MONO press with a crystal clear, clean, sharp and fresh sound (incredibly vibrant and beautifully produced with a really soulful 'Motown' feel, especially on some of the more up-tempo numbers) and on playback at a loud volume (which is how I always listen to my LPs prior to listing and it's always a great pleasure to return to this one) there are no major audio issues of note - the whole LP plays to a very high standard with superb clarity, no discernible groove-wear, no distortion, sounds wonderful and is strictly graded EXCELLENT+ for audio - fantastic LP - very, very highly recommended indeed
SLEEVE: The original front laminated flipback sleeve is in EXCELLENT condition with little wear to speak of. The front laminated surface is clean and unrubbed with a deep glossy sheen and the unlaminated back is remarkably clean. There is a small 'knock' to the bottom spine corner but otherwise, a beautifully preserved example

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