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Complete EMI Columbia Singles Collection [Original recording remastered]

~ Shirley Bassey
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  • Audio CD (1 May 2006)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Original recording remastered
  • Label: EMI Gold
  • ASIN: B000F3A7BO
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 35,790 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Disc: 1
1. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
2. Bill
3. If You Love Me (Really Love Me)
4. Count On Me
5. With These Hands
6. Party's Over
7. As Long As He Needs Me
8. So In Love
9. You'll Never Know
10. Hold Me Tight
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Disc: 2
1. What Kind Of Fool Am I
2. Till
3. I (Who Have Nothing)
4. How Can You Tell
5. In Other Words (Fly Me To The Moon)
6. Just One Of Those Things
7. It's Magic
8. Song Is You
9. My Special Dream
10. You
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For most people born after 1965 or so, Shirley Bassey is best known as the singer of songs associated with James Bond movies (especially the theme song for GOLDFINGER). For those born a bit earlier, Bassey was a British counterpart to singers like Tony Bennett and Judy Garland--that is, a classy, polished interpretive vocalist of classic, non-rock pop. Thisset compiles all the singles (both A- and B-sides) Shirley Bassey recorded for (the British branch of) Columbia Recordsbetween 1959 and 1966, in their original mono form. For collectors of classic orchestral pop, this set will be forever golden (or diamonds).

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Long-awaited complete singles set, 10 May 2006
By Lee Eng Kong "Terence Lee" (George Town, Penang Malaysia) - See all my reviews
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What a marvellous collection! Theo Morgan has written well-researched & comprehensive liner notes to accompany these songs which were compiled by him. I hope Theo & EMI will now work on Shirley Bassey's singles during her United Artists tenure and include rare non-album recordings like Copacabana & Runaway. Now, that will be a set to die for. Meanwhile there is a fantastic picture of Shirley Bassey in the booklet apparently taken from the "I've Got A Song For You" photo session but never seen before. I would have selected that photo to be the cover of this double CD set.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, 20 April 2006
This compilation collects all the tracks from Dame Shirley's time at EMI with the Columbia singles collection. This two cd set is definitive, lovingly restored and accompanied by fantastic in depth sleevenotes. I can't recommend this cd enough!
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, 29 Jun 2006
By Mr. R. B. Ager "Ronald Ager" (Nottingham, UK) - See all my reviews
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Almost incredibly, Dame Shirley Bassey will be 70 years old next January, and for over 50 of them she has been Britain's best non-operatic singer of popular ballads. Blessed with an unmistakeable, powerful voice, when she wraps her pipes round a song it stays wrapped, and becomes her own, no matter whether it was originally Piaf's, or Newley's, or the Beatles', come to that.

This excellent collection comes from the period 1959 to 1966, when she was signed to EMI's (then) Columbia label, and is made up of 20 singles, A and B sides, 15 of which charted, plus seven tracks off two EPs, two from an LP of the musical Showboat, and one movie end-credit song, "My Liquidator", which is an alternative version of the preceding song which she sings at the start of the film. They are all in their original glorious mono, undoctored, and sound superb.

Nearly all the songs are those epic, emotive ballads she sings so well, many come from stage shows and from the cream of British and American popular songwriters, and all are given the lush big orchestra or big band arrangements to match the power of the vocals. Only final track "Sunshine", written by Mitch Murray, is different, in bouncy, jokey, Merseybeat style, a B-side that says "I can do this stuff as well, you know" (and better than nearly everyone else).

There will be many a household up and down the land with a pile of worn and warped green or black Shirley Bassey 7-inch singles lurking in the loft. Now's the time for a clearout, buy this CD and refresh the memory of a true diva of song and style.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best
One of her best as it has the 'old' songs, which are only on records and not on other CDs. Only 'our Shirl' can sing these songs in her own way - softly or belting them out. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mrs. C. N. G. Willis

2.0 out of 5 stars Great content but all mono
Here was a great opportunity to release the original stereo versions of these singles. Unfortunately, everything on here is mono.
Published on 28 May 2007 by Andrew R. Prets

3.0 out of 5 stars Both CDs all mono
Those considering the purchase of this item might like to know that all tracks are the original 45 rpm mono versions.
Published on 16 Jun 2006 by N. Beck

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent CD...hear the singles as they were supposed to sound in glorious MONO!
This is an excellent collection of 50 tracks!. The singles are released in their original mono sound...so we can hear them as they were supposed to sound... Read more
Published on 2 May 2006 by cduk2001

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