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It Begins Again

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It's near impossible to rate any of Dusty's back catalogue below three stars because anything she manipulated with that incredible voice became gold. In her native country Britain, five years of hit single after hit single (1964-1969) had well and truly established Dusty as an icon. However, after an ill-fated move to Los Angeles in the early seventies her career began back-peddling at a rapid rate of knots. It was not until the intervention of then-hot duo the Pet Shop Boys in 1988 that she would reclaim mainstream popularity, but her attempts in the late seventies (of which 'It Begins Again' is an artefact) were admirable if not particularly successful.

It's interesting to note that this release marked the first time a photograph of Dusty had appeared on a studio album of hers for almost a decade. Her self-loathing and bouts of depression are well documented in other resources, but all things considered it's obvious Dusty threw herself into this 1978 comeback - albeit an airbrushing effort that would even make Beyonce gawk. Along with the flattering photography, the rest of 'It Begins Again' reeked of professionalism. The credits read like a 'who's who' of soft rock / easy listening music from the seventies: writing credits include Barry Manilow, Nona Hendryx (of Labelle), Lesley Gore, the Motown hitmakers Holland/Dozier/Holland, whilst the production responsibilites went to Roy Thomas Baker who had recently workd with Queen. Even the most stubborn critic would have to agree this was a pretty impressive line-up.

The album yields a handful of highlights good enough to rival Dusty's seemingly infallable sixties catalogue. Her reading of the Peter Allen / Carole Bayer Sager co-write 'I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love' rises above the cliche of the lyric to become unambiguously poignant, whilst 'Hollywood Movie Girls' is an all-too-knowing look at the less glamorous reality of Hollywood. 'Turn Me Around' melds a capable vocal from Dusty with a memorable hook and 'Love Me By Name' is classic 'theatre de Dusty' a la her sixties recordings, but as always it is Dusty's more experimental selections which prove most satisfying. 'Sandra', the sweeping melodrama about a depressed housewife who drinks her sorrows away and eventually commits suicide, becomes a stunning piece of work with Dusty's vulnerable and soaring vocals respectively capturing the character's desperation and yearning. The fact that lyrically it runs close parallels with her private life a few years earlier doesn't exactly hurt the integrity of the performance, either. The final cut (despite being hideously out of place musically) is a futuristic Latin-disco tune (!) called 'That's The Kind Of Love I Got For You', with Dusty's treated vocal writhing in pure ecstasy over the infectious melody. Bizarre, but that was increasingly becoming Dusty's specialty.

The entire album is technically superb and every cut is an enjoyable one, however I can't help but feel that Roy Thomas Baker's suffocating production hinders the project rather than enhancing it. That said, no level of production can hide the strength of Dusty's performances here. Nona Hendryx's 'Checkmate' is a rocking track with a curious lyric whilst the Motown-influenced cuts 'A Love Like Yours' (a baffling first single choice) and 'I Found Love With You' become are inoffensive but joyful efforts. On the upside, the overall feel of the production manages to offset the fact that 'It Begins Again' is quite schizophrenic; starting with midtempo pop moving to soft rock to balladry to Motown to disco, the record could be quite disjointed but Baker's 'sound' manages to ground it.

The album didn't perform as well as had been expected and as such never reached the status of a 'classic' Dusty record. This is a shame, because 'It Begins Again' is a solid effort - one of the best post-sixties releases - ultimately worth hearing for some incredible vocals (by now Dust had completely mastered the breathy subtlety which would characterise her work around this period) and some truly excellent songs.

[The CD reissue adds the attraction 12" remix of 'That's The Kind Of Love I Got For You', but I wonder why Mercury didn't add some of the other recordings from this period such as 'Let Me Love You Once Before You Go', 'I Am Your Child' and 'Give Me The Night'?]

This 1978 release was Dusty Springfield's first album since 1973's CAMEO, or if you count it, the unreleased 1974 (intended) album "Longing", which they believed would have killed her career. She went through some personal problems between those albums, but she came back in top form with this release.

The album opens with the wonderful "Turn Me Around", which was intended for the LONGING album. She does a great job on Nona Hendryx's "Checkmate". Another notable cover song on here is her cover of Barry Manilow's "Sandra", which sounds better from a woman's perspective, with Dusty's warm vocals. The album is a bit overproduced, but has some fine vocals from Dusty. The album was produced by Roy Thomas Baker. I enjoy the ballads a lot on this disc, such as "Love Me By Name", "I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love", and "Hollywood Movie Girls".

There's some nice album filler like "I Found Love With You". I don't particularily like her version of "A Love Like Yours", which was originally done by Martha and the Vandellas. The album closes with a disco ditty called "That's The Kind of Love I Got For You", in it's original form and a 12" extended mix. It's a nice song, a bit obscure on here but memorable. Overall a fine album, probably the best of her 70's work.

I am not too sure what is in the water over in England, but it appears that they have a better time creating White singers with fair amounts of Black soul in them than anywhere else (certainly, than in America). Of course, Dusty Springfield had originally started out singing folk music with her group, The Springfields, until she was won over by American soul music. While her first real stab at all-out soul music would not come until 1969's DUSTY IN MEMPHIS, even the white-bread music of her early solo years still had a lot more life in it than the similar material in vogue at the time.

After that album, Dusty's career (which had always appeared to be based more on singles than albums) began to go sideways more than forward. 1970's A BRAND NEW ME was another stab at R&B that was not quite the pleasant surprise of IN MEMPHIS; 1972's SEE ALL HER FACES gave equal time to Adult Contemporary pop & White R&B, but was released only in Europe; 1973's CAMEO was more the former than the latter, though the occasional surprise like Van Morrison's "Tupelo Honey" elevated it above normal. Then Dusty began work on an album called LONGINGS that was never completed, mainly because it was assumed it would be a career-killer. So for 5 years after CAMEO, Dusty was silent, spending most of the time dealing with various personal problems.

But in 1978, Dusty made a slight return back into the limelight with her new album IT BEGINS AGAIN. The consensus appears to be that this album was more polish than rough edges, accenting the poppier side of Dusty's sound. Yes, the host of studio musicians & back-up singers indicated the album would have no holes in it whatsoever, and producer Roy Thomas Baker was more famous for his work with bands like Queen & The Cars. However, the choice in material is what makes IT BEGINS AGAIN stand out in Dusty's catalog. LONGINGS was said to have featured material that broke away from Dusty's usual easily-accessible pop music, and IT BEGINS AGAIN even features one song slated for that album. As Mop & Glo-smooth as the album's sound may be, there is no denying the song choices being given the treatment, and Dusty has always known which songs were best for her.

IT BEGINS AGAIN begins with the LONGINGS outtake "Turn Me Around", written by Chi Coltrane, who had had a top 40 hit in 1972 with the Carole King-derived "Thunder & Lightning". The album's preoccupation with ballads & midtempo numbers is set with this song that just barely hints at something more soulful than what was on the radio at the time. Even if Dusty was going into her "commercial love song" character, she was still going to go her way.

However, Dusty breaks the mold a few times on IT BEGINS AGAIN, particularly on Nona Hendryx's "Checkmate". One can only imagine what Patti Labelle would have done with this song (Nona was a former member of Labelle), but Dusty does a not-half-bad job at injecting a little life into what could easily have been a too-slick album. Just maybe a little more grit like this could have improved IT BEGINS AGAIN's chances of being the commercial comeback it was intended to be.

But it was songs like Peter Allen's "I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love" that appeared to be what Dusty (or at least her record label) wanted to come back with. Not that the song was bad; in fact it was quite good, but maybe a little too good. Music that sounds perfect with not one note sounding out of place may be what often tops the charts, yet also is what irks critics who contend that the music business is, after all, a hit factory. Dusty claims in the liner notes that one of the reasons for her 5-year hiatus was because her managers tried to market her as an Adult Contemporary goddess playing nightclubs. Recording songs like this was certainly not going to have people see otherwise.

A lot of people have claimed releasing Martha & The Vandellas' "A Love Like Yours" killed IT BEGINS AGAIN's chance for success, but it actually would been a surefire hit if radio stations had paid attention. A bouncy pop nugget that harked back to the days of "I Only Want To Be With You", this really did have "hit" written all over it because it manages to be catchy but not grating. Also, looking to an old soul classic helped reaffirm Dusty's reputation as a White girl with soul. A true missed opportunity for a hit if I saw one.

Another song that echoes Dusty's 1960s glory days is Lesley Gore's "Love Me By Name". However, the dramatic ballad side of Dusty in the vein of "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" is the template here for a better-than-average love song with more than enough soul to put it above the generalness of "I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love". This could certainly have added some spice to the soft rock radio formats of the late 1970s.

Barry Manilow may have a problematic reputation as an artist on his own, but what about people who cover his music? Could it be more palatable from artists who know not to oversell a song like he can? If that is true, then Dusty's version of Barry's "Sandra" is ample proof. Again, the genius is in covering a song no one would think about doing, and this story of a woman's battle with alcoholism is certainly miles ahead of "Mandy". Dusty thought the song sounded better coming from a woman's voice, and I definitely agree. Where she could have played to the back row, Dusty goes more for subtlety, and that is what wins the song points for poignancy.

"I Found Love With You" suffers again from the "I'd Rather Leave While I'm Love" syndrome of being pleasant-yet-inconsequential AC pop that could have been a hit, but a cheap hit nevertheless. Dusty could sing songs like these in her sleep, and while she does not act like that while singing it, even she had to agree that she could do much better than this.

The old story about a young small-town girl heading for the city to make it big in show business is as old as time itself, but Dusty shows with "Hollywood Movie Girls" that cautioning people about the fickleness of fame is also timeless. Dusty herself knew that no one is famous forever seeing as her own career had its hills & valleys, and would continue to for the rest of her life. Whenever Dusty could play on her own experiences for singing a song, that is what made it succeed so often, and above-average tunes like "Hollywood Movie Girls" was one she had a goldmine in.

IT BEGINS AGAIN closes out with one last bow to current trends in "That's The Kind Of Love I've Got For You". Disco was riding high with just about every artist young & old trying it at least once on a song, and with a voice like Dusty's, she could certainly succeed in creating an anthem to dance the night away. But the Latin elements of the tune rise the song above typical disco & make it yet another lost opportunity for a hit single (it was one after "A Love Like Yours"). The bonus 12" mix provides more opportunities for getting your groove on, and would definitely still find a home in today's club culture.

While IT BEGINS AGAIN had all the efforts & makings of returning Dusty Springfield to the top of the commercial game, audiences just did not warm up to it. Maybe Dusty's label did not promote it enough, although critical reviews were mostly positive. Even now, IT BEGINS AGAIN seems to divide fans who either think it was a brave attempt at recovering lost commercial ground, or an album made more by committee than one that highlighted what made Dusty tick. She would try again with a similar approach on her next album, even though it would take her another decade to have a truly sizable hit. Not quite the career-energizer it was hoped to be, but IT BEGINS AGAIN did at least show Dusty Springfield was ready to start again somehow.

After the sessions for the ill-fated album LONGING were regretfully abandoned in 1974, Dusty Springfield withdrew almost completely from music, severing her contract with ABC/Dunhill and disappearing from the public eye. Aside from one-off background work for Anne Murray and Elton John, Dusty spent the next 3 years battling personal issues. In 1977, she signed with United Artists Records and returned to the studio. The single-only "Let Me Love You Once Before You Go" was released to test the waters. Several months later, Dusty returned with IT BEGINS AGAIN, her first new release in 5 years.

This is not the Dusty springfield of yore. On IBA, Dusty works hard to project a new, modern image: confident, mature, classy with a feminist edge. This image reveals itself both in the photos for the album (a sophisticated Dusty in soft focus) and in the grooves. In a somewhat unusual pairing between Dusty and fellow Brit producer Roy Thomas Baker (at the time best known for his work with Queen), IBA offers an interesting assortment of songs, some harking back to her 1960's heyday, others with surprisingly contemporary sound and subject matter.

The album opens with Chi Coltrane's "Turn Me Around", which Dusty originally recorded for the aforementioned LONGING album. This is an updated arrangement, with a surprising amount of gloss and sheen. The change in Dusty's voice is also somewhat startling- she seems lighter...more delicate, more intimate. The contrast is actually very appealing, and "Turn Me Around" sets the tone for the album nicely.

Next up is Nona Hendryx's "Checkmate", a funky little song with Dusty giving a dynamic vocal. The production would've benefited from more of a rock sound- at times it borders on country, especially in the opening. Still a fun song, with a killer climax toward the end.

Much of the album is firmly rooted in MOR (which, deride it if you must, was perhaps most prevalent commercial sound of the period, outside of disco), and the oft-covered Carole Bayer Sager/Peter Allen tune "I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love" most certainly falls under this category. Fortunately, Dusty's positively radiant take on the song conquers a somewhat busy arrangement (with an annoyingly noisy sax solo in the middle?). the fact that UA chose NOT to release this as a single is frustrating, especially considering Rita Coolidge scored a Top 40 hit barely a year later with a decidedly similar take.

She returns to her Motown-loving roots with a cover of Martha and the Vandellas' HDH classic "A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Every Day)" (another song originally intended for inclusion on LONGING). It's perfectly fine, and fun, but here's one instance where Baker's production detracts- it's so glossy that it drains any grit from the song, despite Dusty's rough and ready vocal, which also recalls her 60's prime.

The modern, feminist slant of the album now comes to the fore with the next two songs- first, Lesley Gore's "Love Me By Name", a surprisingly honest lament of the emptiness of one-night-stands. The song moves at snail's pace, but Dusty dreamy vocal makes it engaging. That track is followed by Barry Manilow's moody "Sandra", with Dusty delivering a standout performance. Manilow's tale of a borderline housewife alternating her mundane activities with alcohol and attempted suicide can be overwrought and maudlin in lesser hands, but Dusty makes the pain immediate and real. When she insists she loves her family in the chorus, but then cries out about not having the chance "to be me, for myself...", you BELIEVE her. Dusty's done her job. It's an album highlight.

Talk about 180's- from attempted suicide to the happy-go-lucky swing of "I Found Love With You", a bubbly tune that recalls Natalie Cole's "This Will Be". Dusty delivers another surprising vocal- she's sung in falsetto before (and would after), but on here she manages to spend so much time in the absolute rafters of her upper register you nearly forget the word "husky" has ever been used to describe her voice. After that bit of fun, we get another cautionary tale with a hint of feminism in "Hollywood Movie Girls", which Dusty again resuces from schmaltzville with her tender vocal. And while the song is touching and clever at times, it ultimately comes off as somewhat contrived.

Then comes a shock of a closer- Baker persuaded Dusty to record this cover of the little-known Rita Jean Bodine release, "That's the Kind of Love I've Got For You". While it's obvious Baker tried to add a little diversity to this by turning up the guitars, taking down the violins and adding vocal distortion to Dusty's voice, it ultimately is what it is- a straight-ahead jump into disco. Dusty delivers a wild, rowdy vocal and lets out some trademark wails at certain points. Atypical of the album, perhaps...but a memorable closer, all the same. The song was effectively remixed for the clubs by Tom Moulton (who DID turn down the guitars, turned up the violins and cleared out the lead vocal)- the 12" was popular with DJ's, and the song went Top 40 on the US Dance chart (one of Dusty's few substantial chart showings at the time).

Ultimately, IT BEGINS AGAIN flopped, charting only briefly in the UK and missing the Billboard 200 in the US altogether. "A Love Like Yours", fun as it may be, was probably not an appropriate leadoff single in Dusty's homeland. And shockingly, UA didnt release ANY official singles from the album in the US (which almost doomed it to failure), opting instead to release the humdrum "Give Me the Night", from the UA film CORVETTE SUMMER.

However, to revisit IBA these days is to witness an artist searching for redemption and integrity, on a fascinating journey of discovery. Yes, it's dated. Yes, Baker's production is sometimes too polished or too busy. And yes, not every song is a home run. But the album holds up very well as a unique, cohesive artistic statement. And in it's best moments, IT BEGINS AGAIN will remind you of why Dusty Springfield is so revered as one of the greatest female vocalists of the 2nd half of the 20th Century.

This is Dusty Springfield's fantastic 1978 comeback album. After a 4 year hiatus from solo work, Dusty came back with a vengeance with this wonderfully eclectic (if a tad overproduced) album. The opening song, "Turn Me Around" will stop you cold..especially the first 10 seconds of the track. The emotional intesity of "Checkmate" (a funky mid-tempo written by Nona Hendryx from Labelle), the subdued sadness of Barry Manilow's "Sandra" and the funky disco beat of "That's The Kind of Love I've Got For You" all come together on one album. Nobody else could have carried off such a wide range of styles in one album but Dusty. And carry it off she does, with a lovely voice, obviously not as strong as it was in its late 60s/early 70s hey day, but in exchange, with a knowing knew found maturity that really sparkles.

Roy Thomas Baker (famous for producing lots of Queen's work) goes a bit overboard when trying to reign in the White Queen of Soul. Lots of double-tracking of her voice (which sounds quite good actually in places...) and arrangements are a bit too busy and occasionally hinder what is perhaps the most beautiful voice in 20th century pop music.

Overall, an excellent album that has criminally not been available on CD until now.

A must for Dusty Springfield fans and a pleasure for those who enjoy good pop singing with an eclectic stylistic mix.

My favorite track is "I Found Love With You". While probably considered a throw away by many, I find it sweet, to the point, and just so wonderful. Dusty sounds so happy to be there.
And that is all this longtime fan needs to hear.

"IT BEGIN'S AGAIN" is one of the finest vocal treats to come out of the musically bland seventies and would have been a blockbuster but radio didn't rise to the occasion of this awesome gem so only fans of this legendary singing wonder got to feast on a very fine set of varied songs by the greatest DIVA ever to come out of England! The WHITE QUEEN OF SOUL is awesome from the opening to closing of "It Begin's Again" and it never stopped for Dusty for those who had a long love affair with this magnificent singer. Vocal perfection from start to finish, this tremendous collection of amazing performances should have been a "GRAMMY AWARD WINNER" and sold millions but the industry blew it and this masterwork was yet another lost opportunity and this aggravating occurrence strangely plagued this stunning singers brilliant career more times than it ever should have. Dusty was let down by shocking and ignorant indifference from the MUSIC INDUSTRY in general & especially RADIO PROGRAMMERS for reasons not understood by those who rated this once in a lifetime talent as on of the finest ever and this sumptuous collection filled with what sounds like a number of memorable TOP TEN hits thankfully now available for all lovers of a great voice to savor and enjoy...opening smokey voiced with the hypnotic "TURN ME AROUND", DUSTY is in great form on this soulful ballad followed by a NONA HENDRYZ gem "CHECKMATE" which is a frenied rocker with Dusty in intense & wildly soulful form! A #1 dance club hit "THAT'S THE KIND OF LOVE I FEEL FOR YOU" (ALSO THE SMOKING 12" EXTENDED MIX!) is a cooker with a wild LATIN rhythm that is feels like it is going to fly off the track with Dusty at her rocking best...exhuberant "I FOUND LOVE WITH YOU" is a scorcher while a MOTOWN CLASSIC "A LOVE LIKE YOURS" sounds like a BIG HIT!!! A PETER ALLEN classic "I'D RATHER LEAVE WHILE I'M IN LOVE" is definitive and should have been released as a single and would have gone to the TOP of the charts! BARRY MANILOW'S "SANDRA" is mesmerizing while "HOLLYWOOD MOVIES GIRL'S" is a fascinating expose how acting hopefuls hit a dead end in a fantasy dreamland that becomes a nightmare. Great singers always have a anthem that gives the listener the thrill of a lifetime and "LOVE ME BY NAME" is a haunting tour-de-force that takes one to the depths of Dusty's soul in a performance so riveting that one just has to experience it...all of DUSTY'S incredible range is contained throughout "IT BEGIN'S AGAIN" which is the ultimate DESERT ISLAND CLASSIC!
BRAVO DUSTY!!!

This is Dusty's 1978 album IT BEGINS AGAIN, aptly titled since this was her first album since CAMEO. She endured a lot of personal problems in between albums but this album was her return to music. The album received a wide variety of promotion yet did not do much to help the album. However it is a stunning collection of songs, with beautiful vocals all around from Dusty. The album opens with "Turn Me Around" which had been previously recorded for her album LONGING in 1974, which was never released. One of my favorites is the breezy "I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love" ready for radio, but never released, its a wonderful track. Her cover of Martha & the Vandellas' "A Love Like Yours" is subpar but still enjoyable. She turns in an excellent rendition of Barry Manilow's "Sandra", about a woman who is an alcoholic housewife, very tragic and beautiful song. Some other highlights include Nona Hendrix's "Checkmate", her foray into disco on "That's The Kind of Love I Got For You", the MOR "Hollywood Movie Girls", and the upbeat "I Found Love With You". The album overall suffers slightly from sounding too polished, but its an album that you should not miss in Dusty's catalog.

"It Begins Again (IBA)" was Dusty's comeback album after a long hiatus in 1978. It was launched on the back of heavy record company promotion and elaborate media fanfare in England but rather quietly in America. In neither market did the album catch fire, though obviously it made more of an impression in England where she always had a more intense and loyal following. In America, she was well respected but lacked a mass audience and so earned a reputation for being something of a critical favourite.

To this day, fans and music critics are deeply divided about IBA. There are those - mostly in the UK (eg, Record Collector) - who think the world of it and even consider it to be some of the best music she ever made in her post-60s career. Detractors from this view range from the indifferent (mostly in the US) to those who feel that the album suffers from generally weak material and overproduction at the hands of Roy Thomas Baker, the man most remembered for the pomp and grand overstatement of the music of 70s super group Queen. There was consensus however that Dusty's vocal performances were superlative throughout the album. She decided wisely not to overstrain herself vocally for her comeback effort but used her breathy feather light voice to such steamy effect that Robert Christgau, writing for Village Voice, said he could listen to her breathe and sing tracking charts all day in that voice.

All things considered, I love everything Dusty does but IBA isn't one of her best. To my ears, Dusty and her producer spent too much time polishing the sound to a high gloss they allowed her performances to be buried underneath it. Take Nona Hendryx's "Checkmate" for instance. It's an obscure number but one I love. Minus the strings and over busy backing track and you'll find Dusty delivering a knock out performance recalling her best with soul ravers in the 60s, but you'd have to listen hard to discern it.

"Turn Me Around", the opening cut, is an ultra smooth, ultra polished remake of an earlier version recorded in 1974 under Brooks Arthur's direction for the abandoned "Longing" album. Less heartfelt perhaps, but overall a more professional take that should please most listeners. "I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love", the Carole Bayer Sager song that gave Rita Coolidge a hit, is arguably the most radio friendly choice for single release that never was. A pity 'cos it's light and breezy and perfect for the airwaves.

The piece de resistance of the set must however be "Sandra", a rather low key ballad from Barry Manilow's songbook, which Dusty dramatically yet touchingly transforms into an anthem for the secret alcoholic American housewife. I would rank it among her career highlights. It is that good. Lesley Gore's "Love Me By Name" is the other tortured ballad that is remarkable for Dusty's high wattage performance that borders on the overwrought. How she must love doing this number.

The other cuts on the album range from indifferent late 70s Hollywood MOR ("Hollywood Movie Girls") to charming fillers ("I Found Love with You"). Her cover of Martha & the Vandellas' "A Love Like Yours" is disappointing, marred by a stilted and leaden production. The closing number, "That's The Kind Of Love I Got From You", is Dusty's half successful experiment with disco. The exotic Latin influences add to the excitement of the song but the strange distortions they used on Dusty's voice take some of the immediacy away. The 12" remix by Tony Moulton is great though. It should have been released at the time as a single. It could have given her a hit.

IBA may not have been Dusty's best but the highlights are worth buying the album for.

This 1978 lp was a welcome return to the then absent voice of Dusty.The mid to late 70's were a bit of a black-out for the popular British blue eyed soul singer.
The songs here sound radio ready,although the times did not embrace the Diva and her return.Little was made of this return lp at the time.
For some reason my favorite cut is "I'd rather leave while I'm in love",a Peter Allen composition.She handles the song with a haunting resonance. Dusty is in fine mature form,but this CD was later trumped by her 80-90's output with White Heat, and Reputation albums.
Still there is a longing and edge to the voice that makes Dusty a singer's singer."Hollywood movie girls" is another song that is wistful and moving. Even though it seems silly-I like the maudlin romantic songs .Dusty has a personal whispering intimacy that gets to me.Barry Manilow's
Sandra is a touch too maudlin-too obvious for the nuance-laden Miss Springfield's deft instrument. Still this album should be heard by all her fans.