(Jazz / Pop / Vocal) Shirley Bassey - Discography (117 Albums) / Дискография (117 альбомов) (with Vikki Carr, Yello, Propellerheads, Chris Rea, Paloma Faith) - 1957-2015, MP3, 128-320 kbps

Shirley Bassey - Primary Artist
Liner Notes – John Franz
Orchestra – Jimmy Carroll And His Orchestra (track 4)
Orchestra, Chorus – Wally Stott And His Orchestra And Chorus (tracks: 1-3, 5-14)
Producer – John Franz, Mitch Miller

The Bewitching Miss Bassey is a studio album from Shirley Bassey. Consisting of new and previously released material this was the first album from Bassey to be issued on the 12" Long-playing record format. Tracks were taken from sessions recorded between 1956 and early 1959. All the songs were recorded in the UK with Wally Stott and his Orchestra, with production by Johnny Franz. The only exception was "The Wall" which was recorded in New York with Jimmy Carroll and his orchestra and produced by Mitch Miller. Featuring Bassey's first five hit songs, including Bassey's 1958 number one single "As I Love You" and the huge hit "Kiss Me, Honey, Honey, Kiss Me".[1] The album showcases the best of the early career of Shirley Bassey. All the songs were only recorded in mono, no stereo versions are known to exist. In the 1970s Philips did re-issue them in an "electronically enhanced" stereo (also known as "pseudo-stereo"). The album was re-issued in the US on the Epic label with different artwork. To date (October 2009) there has been no complete CD re-issue of the album, it remains the only UK released album from Bassey not to have had a CD release. Philips did re-issue several tracks on compilations in the 1990s, and several more have been released since the material fell under public domain laws.
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Review
The Bewitching Miss Bassey was the first of Shirley s albums to be released on 12 vinyl and was recorded between 1956 and early 1959. Despite the presence of several major hits, including the number one hit As I Love You, the album failed to chart when originally released. Perhaps because of this the album has invariably been overlooked in recent years when much of Shirley s repertoire has been reissued on CD until now!
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Shirley Bassey - Primary Artist, Vocals
Backing Vocals – The Williams Singers
Conductor – Geoff Love & His Orchestra
Recording Supervisor – Norman Newell
Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse
Photography [Back Cover] – Derek Allen
Sleeve Notes – Pauline Grant
Made and Printed in Great Britain
Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.

Bassey's third album is a pleasing if momentarily uneven collection of 13 songs, accompanied by Geoff Love and his orchestra with the Rita Williams Singers. Once one gets past the most questionable track here (the opener, no less), a version of "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" that Bassey belts out to a too-loud accompaniment, everything is a winner. The best cut here, and one of the highlights of her early recording career, is "The Nearness of You," a dark and moody, totally sensual experience in which her voice gently washes over the listener, like a female analog to Nat King Cole at his most subtle. "Fools Rush In" isn't far behind, though on that particular cut the orchestra may even be a little under-recorded -- the Rita Williams Singers are very tastefully used on that track, however, in a successful, understated manner. They're a little more prominent but still most effective on the beautiful "Who Are We?." "This Love of Mine" and "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening" are sung by Bassey solo, the former with a hauntingly beautiful held note on the fade-out. She also acquits herself well on the bluesy "Angel Eyes," which breaks up the pacing and mood around all of this charmingly ethereal pop. Producer Norman Newell also bolsters the songwriting department with "Goodbye Lover -- Hello Friend," which Bassey turns into a beautifully dramatic vehicle for her voice -- she might even be a little too dramatic on Rodgers & Hart's "Where or When," but is so overpowering in her intonation that the slight excess can be forgiven. In all, this is a delightful and rewarding release from her early career, and is worth tracking down, particularly in the 1997 reissue as part of EMI's 100th anniversary CD series.
Source: Allmusic

Recorded at Advision Studios, London.

In keeping with the title, Shirley Bassey's follow-up to her 1970 hit LP Something does indeed present a bit of a change of direction. In fact, it's a step back to her MOR dates of the mid-'60s; the album includes no recent rock standards, and the arrangements focus on full-orchestra symphonic pop with fewer nods to the contemporary scene. Though it didn't chart quite as high as its predecessor, it did make the Top Ten while her version of "(Where Do I Begin) Love Story" hit the Top 40 in Britain. Most of the album is given over to large scale, dramatic pop songs -- "It's Impossible," "Bridge Over Troubled Water," "Until It's Time to Go" -- best treated by a full-throated vocalist like Bassey. It's not quite as raucous or adventurous as Something, but it must've been an easier album to digest for Bassey fans from way back.
Source: Allmusic

Vocals: Shirley Bassey
Executive Producer: Noel Rogers
Producer: Johnny Harris
Arranger: Johnny Harris
Conductor: Johnny Harris
Assistant Arranger: John Bromley
Assistant Conductor: John Bromley
Engineer: Martin Rushent
Photography and sleeve design: Norman Seef
Recorded at Advision Studios, London

01. What Now, My Love?
02. Moon River
03. Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)
04. No Regrets
05. I Wish You Love
06. The Liquidator
07. People
08. The Second Time Around
09. Tonight
10. Strange How Love Can Be
11. I'm in the Mood for Love
12. I Get a Kick Out of You

01. The Nearness of You
02. This Love of Mine
03. Where Are You?
04. If Love Were All
05. There Will Never Be Another You
06. Days of Wine and Roses
07. Angel Eyes
08. To Be Loved By a Man
09. Hold Me Tight
10. I Believe in You
11. Let's Start All Over Again
12. I'm a Fool to Want You

01. 'S Wonderful
02. As Long as He Needs Me
03. You'll Never Know
04. So in Love
05. Reach for the Stars
06. Who Are We?
07. I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)
08. Tonight
09. What Now, My Love?
10. Above All Others
11. It Could Happen to You
12. It All Depends on You
13. I (Who Have Nothing)
14. Gone
15. How Can You Believe
16. Goldfinger
17. My Child
18. Seesaw of Dreams
19. It's Yourself
20. Secrets
21. Stay on the Island
22. Once in a Lifetime
23. The Liquidator
24. Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
25. The Boy from Ipanema
26. More
27. A House Is Not a Home

01. Don't Take the Lovers From the World
02. Take Away
03. I've Got a Song for You
04. Shirley
05. Give Him Your Love
06. And We Were Lovers
07. Who Could Love Me
08. Do I Look Like a Fool
09. Big Spender
10. Dangerous Games
11. La Vita
12. I Must Know
13. This Is My Life
14. Without a Word
15. If He Walked Into My Life
16. To Give
17. My Love Has Two Faces
18. Clown Town
19. Does Anybody Miss Me?
20. I'll Never Fall in Love Again
21. (You Are) My Way of Life
22. The Bus That Never Comes
23. Fa Fa Fa (Live for Today)

01. Something
02. Spinning Wheel
03. Yesterday I Heard the Rain
04. Sea and Sand
05. What About Today?
06. You and I
07. Light My Fire
08. Yesterday, When I Was Young
09. The Fool on the Hill
10. Where Do I Begin? (Love Story)
11. 'Till Love Touches Your Life
12. For the Love of Him
13. Vehicle
14. Diamonds Are Forever
15. The Way a Woman Loves
16. For All We Know
17. The Greatest Performance of My Life
18. Lost and Lonely
19. The Way of Love
20. Day by Day
21. Ballad of the Sad Young Men
22. If I Should Love Again
23. Let Me Be The One

01. Never, Never, Never
02. Somehow
03. Going, Going, Gone
04. Make the World a Little Younger
05. Everything I Own
06. All That Love Went to Waste
07. I'm Not Anyone
08. Jesse
09. Living
10. Natali
11. If I Never Sing Another Song
12. Can't Take My Eyes Off You
13. You Take My Heart Away
14. Come in From the Rain
15. Tomorrow Morning
16. Razzle Dazzle
17. You Made Me Love You
18. My Man
19. Nature Boy
20. The Greatest Love of All
21. Moonraker

01. Once in a Lifetime
02. Just One of Those Things
03. As Long as He Needs Me
04. Burn My Candle (At Both Ends)
05. All the Things You Are
06. If I Were a Bell
07. What Now, My Love?
08. A Lot of Living to Do
09. No Regrets
10. Typically English
11. In Other Words (Fly Me to the Moon)
12. Please Mr. Brown
13. I'm a Fool to Want You
14. You
15. Johnny One Note
16. Medley: I Could Have Danced All Night / A Lovely Way To Spend an Evening

01. In Other Words (Fly Me to the Moon)
02. Something
03. I've Got You Under My Skin
04. Somewhere
05. Moon River
06. People
07. The Lady Is a Tramp
08. Goldfinger
09. Diamonds Are Forever
10. Let There Be Love
11. For All We Know
12. The Fool on the Hill
13. Spinning Wheel
14. Cry Me a River
15. Send in the Clowns
16. Anyone Who Had a Heart
17. And I Love You So
18. Feelings

01. Starlight Express
02. Don't Cry for Me Argentina
03. You Made Me Love You
04. As Time Goes By
05. The Look of Love
06. Softly, as I Leave You
07. Where Do I Begin? (Love Story)
08. Alone Again (Naturally)
09. Can't Take My Eyes Off You
10. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
11. Killing Me Softly With His Song
12. Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)
13. Tonight
14. Macavity
15. Memory
16. The Shadow of Your Smile
17. What Now, My Love?
18. No Regrets

01. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
02. Bill
03. If You Love Me (Really Love Me)
04. Count On Me
05. With These Hands
06. The Party's Over
07. As Long as He Needs Me
08. So in Love
09. You'll Never Know
10. Hold Me Tight
11. Reach for the Stars
12. Climb Ev'ry Mountain
13. I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)
14. Who Are We?
15. Angel d'Amore
16. Where Shall I Find Him
17. It Might as Well Be Spring
18. Tonight
19. Let's Start All Over Again
20. Ave Maria
21. You'll Never Walk Alone
22. Far Away
23. My Faith
24. What Now, My Love?
25. Above All Others

01. What Kind of Fool Am I?
02. Till
03. I (Who Have Nothing)
04. How Can You Tell? (When the Right One Comes Along)
05. In Other Words (Fly Me to the Moon)
06. Just One of Those Things
07. It's Magic
08. The Song Is You
09. My Special Dream
10. You
11. Gone
12. Your Love
13. Who Can I Turn To
14. To Be Loved By a Man
15. Goldfinger
16. Strange How Love Can Be
17. Now
18. How Can You Believe?
19. No Regrets (Non, je ne regrette rien)
20. Seesaw of Dreams
21. It's Yourself
22. Secrets
23. The Liquidator
24. My Liquidator
25. Sunshine

01. A Foggy Day in London Town
02. I've Got You Under My Skin
03. Cry Me a River
04. April in Paris
05. I've Never Been in Love Before
06. The Man That Got Away
07. 'S Wonderful
08. I'll Remember April
09. Easy to Love
10. No One Ever Tells You
11. They Can't Take That Away from Me
12. The Party's Over

01. Born to Sing the Blues
02. Tonight My Heart She Is Crying
03. Hands Across the Sea
04. There's Never Been a Night
05. Beale Street Blues
06. Stormy Weather
07. The Gypsy in My Soul
08. Blues in the Night
09. The Wayward Wind
10. Basin Street Blues
11. Puh-Leeze! Mister Brown
12. The Birth of the Blues

01. Burn My Candle (At Both Ends)
02. Stormy Weather
03. The Wayward Wind
04. Born to Sing the Blues
05. After the Lights Go Down Low
06. If You Don't Love Me
07. The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)
08. Tra La La
09. If I Had a Needle and Thread
10. Tonight My Heart Is Crying
11. Fire Down Below
12. You, You Romeo
13. Puh-Leeze! Mister Brown
14. Take My Love, Take My Love
15. As I Love You
16. Hands Across the Sea
17. Kiss Me, Honey, Honey, Kiss Me
18. There's Never Been a Night
19. Love for Sale
20. Crazy Rhythm
21. My Funny Valentine
22. How About You?
23. Night and Day
24. The Gypsy in My Soul
25. The Wall

01. From This Moment On
02. Born to Sing the Blues (Live)
03. Somebody Loves Me (Live)
04. My Body's More Important Than My Mind (Live)
05. Sex (Live)
06. I've Got You Under My Skin (Live)
07. Born to Sing the Blues
08. Beale Street Blues
09. Wabash Blues
10. Basin Street Blues
11. The Birth of the Blues
12. Careless Love Blues
13. Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Told Me)
14. Interview 1971

#77701. 'Till Love Touches Your Life
02. Where Do I Begin? (Love Story)
03. Yesterday, When I Was Young
04. Love, Look at the Two of Us
05. Something
06. The Joker
07. The Sea and Sand
08. Medley: Something's Gotta Give / Hey Good Lookin' / I Get a Kick Out of You / The Gipsy In My Soul / Tonight
09. Flattery Will Get You Everywhere
10. Where Do I Begin? (Love Story)
11. Big Spender
12. There's No Business Like Show Business
13. What About Today?
14. Where Do I Begin? (Love Story)
15. 'Till Love Touches Your Life
16. Diamonds Are Forever
17. 'Till Love Touches Your Life
18. I've Never Been a Woman Before
19. Did You Ever?
20. I Am What I Am
21. Send in the Clowns
22. Goldfinger / Diamonds Are Forever

#77701. When You're Smiling
02. What I Did for Love?
03. There's No Place Like London
04. My Way
05. A View to a Kill
06. Goldfinger / Diamonds Are Forever
07. There's No Place Like London
08. I Could Have Danced All Night
09. Hey Jude
10. New York, New York
11. The Rhythm Divine
12. As Long as He Needs Me
13. Almost Like Being in Love
14. Kiss Me, Honey, Honey, Kiss Me
15. The Greatest Love of All
16. Goldfinger
17. The Living Tree
18. Music (Was My First Love)

01. Diamonds Are Forever
02. History Repeating
03. Big Spender
04. Kiss Me Honey, Honey, Kiss Me
05. Moonraker
06. Something
07. For All We Know
08. Never, Never, Never
09. Light My Fire
10. I (Who Have Nothing)
11. Where Do I Begin? (Love Story)
12. And I Love You So

01. This Is My Life
02. Goldfinger
03. You Are the Sunshine of My Life
04. Fly Me to the Moon
05. I Get a Kick Out of You
06. Love is a Many Splendored Thing
07. The Liquidator
08. Moon River
09. Natali
10. If You Go Away
11. No Regrets
12. What Kind of Fool Am I?