Sold Date: August 7, 2014
Start Date: July 24, 2014
Final Price: $29.75 (USD)
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DUSTY SPRINGFIELD Greatest Hits U.K. IMPORT FROM 83-20 TRACKS-FINEST WHITE SOUL




A MINT MINUS LP ON PHILIPS PRICE 45 (9109 629)

U.K. IMPORT FROM 1983 WITH 17 OF HER CLASSIC TRACKS

RECORDED IN LONDON AT PHONOGRAM STUDIOS

WITH THE ORIGINAL PRICELESS INNER SLEEVE AS SHOWN

TRACKS AS SHOWN ON THE LABEL PHOTOS

BACKGROUND INFO FROM ALLMUSIC.COM WEBSITE:
Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny
Britain's greatest pop diva, Dusty Springfield was also the finest white soul singer of her era, a performer of remarkable emotional resonance whose body of work spans the decades and their attendant musical transformations with a consistency and purity unmatched by any of her contemporaries; though a camp icon of glamorous excess in her towering beehive hairdo and panda-eye black mascara, the sultry intimacy and heartbreaking urgency of Springfield's voice transcended image and fashion, embracing everything from lushly orchestrated pop to gritty R&B to disco with unparalleled sophistication and depth. She was born Mary O'Brien on April 16, 1939, and raised on an eclectic diet of classical music and jazz, coming to worship Peggy Lee; after completing her schooling she joined the Lana Sisters, a pop vocal trio which issued a few singles on Fontana before dissolving. In 1960, upon teaming with her brother Dion O' Brien and his friend Tim Feild in the folk trio the Springfields, O'Brien adopted the stage name Dusty Springfield; thanks to a series of hits including "Breakaway," "Bambino," and "Say I Won't Be There," the group was soon the U.K.'s best-selling act…..

THE THIN EURO COVER STOCK WITH LIGHT RUB AND RING WEAR AND AGE DISCOLORATION. CORNERS WITH SMALL ROUGH SPOTS AND OUTER LAYER LOSSES ON POINT. EDGES WITH SOME FRAYING AND SMALL OUTER LAYER LOSSES. SOME LIGHT CREASE LINES AROUND THE EDGES. NOTWITHSTANDING, A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS, SO PLEASE DO LOOK AT THE COVER PHOTOS TO ASCERTAIN COVER CONDITION.

VIRGIN SPINDLE HOLE. THE HIGH LUSTER VINYL BLANK AT FIRST GLANCE OUT OF THE SLEEVE APPEARS UNUSUALLY PRISTINE AND TO HAVE NOT BEEN PLAYED, MUCH LESS TOUCHED, BEFORE NOW. UNDER BRIGHT ANGLED LIGHT AND ASSIDUOUS EXAMINATION A FEW LIGHT SURFACE RUB MARKS AND OR PAPER SLEEVE STORAGE IMPRESSIONS.

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