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Carole R.
Higher and Higher
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 13/12/2007 : 23:43:18
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Which d'ya like best? 
...and why?
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Sara
Higher and Higher
United Kingdom
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Posted - 14/12/2007 : 01:11:59
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I love them both best
Gonna have to say 'Dusty In Memphis' though cos it's so beautiful and it just means more to me..
ECUD is amazing too though. They're completely different albums!
Are you still talking to me now, Carole?
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Carole R.
Higher and Higher
United Kingdom
13640 Posts |
Posted - 14/12/2007 : 09:11:25
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Are you still talking to me now, Carole?
NO, I'm not!...Only kidding.
I prefer ECUD because I liked it from the first time I heard it. However,DIM had to grow on me.
...but Individual tracks, like ' Just One Smile' and 'I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore' are SUPERB.
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Brian
Sweet Inspiration
United Kingdom
2030 Posts |
Posted - 14/12/2007 : 09:22:09
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'ECUD' EVERY time!
A record so far advanced for a British girl singer in 1965.
'DIM' is also a great record btw
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reputation
Something Special
United Kingdom
1346 Posts |
Posted - 14/12/2007 : 10:15:34
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ECUD will ALWAYS be my favourite album, it was also the first Dusty album I bought.
From the opening Won't Be Long it's just sheer perfection all the way through!
I love all Dusty's albums just some more than others, DIM I feel often eclipses other greats like Definitely & Where Am I Going. |
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treking
Wasn't Born To Follow
United Kingdom
5663 Posts |
Posted - 14/12/2007 : 18:49:05
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Ya mean you didn't buy A Girl Called Dusty--Rep!!
I love them both but ECUD just abit more because it was way ahead of its time.
Memphis does have great tracks but somehow not the impact the other one had on me.
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Something Special
United Kingdom
1346 Posts |
Posted - 14/12/2007 : 20:30:44
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quote:
Originally posted by treking
Ya mean you didn't buy A Girl Called Dusty--Rep!!
I love them both but ECUD just abit more because it was way ahead of its time.
Memphis does have great tracks but somehow not the impact the other one had on me.
Trek
Also known as Carole.
You have to ASK????? I said ECUD was the first album I bought, I was then given AGCD for Xmas in Mono and I now have it in Stereo, on cassette, cd, budget release you name it! |
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Something Special
United Kingdom
1346 Posts |
Posted - 14/12/2007 : 20:32:36
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| By the way Memphis is still a great album but very different, Dusty was working with a new sound, different musicians etc, it's just a shame that album did not get the sales it deserved at the time. |
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furtivenudist
Wishing And Hoping
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Posted - 15/12/2007 : 23:07:41
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There are just some albums that become more than a sum of their parts, more than a song collection - there's a tone, a mood, a point of view, an attitude carried over from song to song.
ECUD is a collection of great songs, DIM is an interwoven whole.
Other exceptional albums: Marianne Faithfull's "Broken English", Carole King's "Tapestry", Miles Davis' "Kind Of Blue".
Can you think of anymore? |
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Sara
Higher and Higher
United Kingdom
9288 Posts |
Posted - 15/12/2007 : 23:09:38
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The Carpenters "Horizon"
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chrispld
Wishing And Hoping
United Kingdom
370 Posts |
Posted - 15/12/2007 : 23:33:11
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They are both great albums.I prefer DIM because Dustys voice sounds so soulful on virtually all the tracks and the musicians backing her are amazing.
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Lindakron
Sweet Inspiration
Canada
2700 Posts |
Posted - 16/12/2007 : 02:45:53
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The Memphis album, IMO, requires more attentiveness to fully appreciate. ECUD just jumps out at me, but the talent behind Memphis is subtle.
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marg
Sweet Inspiration
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Posted - 16/12/2007 : 08:31:50
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They're my two favourite albums.
I refuse to choose.
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TMAK
Wasn't Born To Follow
USA
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Posted - 16/12/2007 : 11:44:14
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Originally posted by Lindakron
The Memphis album, IMO, requires more attentiveness to fully appreciate. ECUD just jumps out at me, but the talent behind Memphis is subtle.
Linda
Well stated, Linda. I concur.
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reputation
Something Special
United Kingdom
1346 Posts |
Posted - 16/12/2007 : 12:03:36
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Originally posted by chrispld
They are both great albums.I prefer DIM because Dustys voice sounds so soulful on virtually all the tracks and the musicians backing her are amazing.
Chris
Like it doesn't sound soulful on ECUD aw c'mon Chris!!!! |
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neilallenuk
Brand New Me
United Kingdom
60 Posts |
Posted - 16/12/2007 : 15:24:06
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DUSTY IN MEMPHIS....no contest....
In my own errrrrrrrrrr (if I may so) 'humble' opinion...it's nothing short of a masterpiece, vocally and technically!
The album possesses that rare quality of being able to take the listener on a journey..emotionally and musically...track after track from 'Just a Little Lovin' right through too 'I Can't Make It Alone' it's like one glorious tapestry...each track (for me) invokes different feelings, images and thoughts all bound together tightly by Dusty's voice and the orchestrations.
The story behind the album also gives it that sort of legendary quality:
Rejecting all the songs Wexler recommended for the sessions, Dusty's battle with her nerves and confidence, 'Bespeckled-awkward-shy-destined-to-be-a-librarian' Mary O'Brien from Ealing, London in the deep South...Memphis, Tennessee. Singing in the same recording booth as her heroes, feeling out of her depth, so much to prove to herself and everyone else, refusal to sing a note until she was in New York, flying ash-trays...i never tire of hearing the stories behind the sessions!
I don't know about everyone else but when you think about it, very few albums possess the kind of power and clarity 'Dusty in Memphis' has. Albums like 'Whats Going On?' (Marvin Gaye) and Tapestry (Carole King) are similar. But in terms of charm 'Memphis' is in a league of its own, it cannot be compared with any other.
Neil 
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Janie
Administrator
United Kingdom
6058 Posts |
Posted - 17/12/2007 : 09:41:37
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neilallenuk..just where have you been my Boy?!! I've missed your diatribes .
Glad to see you here again (don't suppose you're hankering after a Christmas pressie, are you?!!   ).
Seriously Neil, hope all is well in that busy life of yours .
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Pablito
Wishing And Hoping
Ireland
465 Posts |
Posted - 18/12/2007 : 21:31:31
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I'd go for "Dusty In Memphis" if I was absolutely forced to choose (by our resident meanie...Carole).
It's very hard to compare the two albums...they're quite different from each other. I'd agree though that ECUD is more accessible than "..In Memphis"...the songs just hit you full throttle on "ECUD" - whereas "In Memphis" is more subtle and sophisticated.
If I had to choose between Dusty's U.K. recorded LP's I'd still go for "Where am I Going" though.
Paul
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Sara
Higher and Higher
United Kingdom
9288 Posts |
Posted - 18/12/2007 : 23:23:31
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I think 'Where Am I Going?' is my favourite from the first four too Maybe
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Carole R.
Higher and Higher
United Kingdom
13640 Posts |
Posted - 18/12/2007 : 23:45:19
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I suppose you could say that The Beatles 'Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band' is an interwoven whole.
But, I aint heard anyone ever say it!
Carole R xx
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marg
Sweet Inspiration
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Posted - 19/12/2007 : 10:21:07
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The Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" is an interwoven whole... but let's not further complicate things.
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