Cameo [Import, Original recording remastered]

Dusty Springfield | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 12, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Polygram Int'l
• ASIN: B00005Y44G
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #479,595 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Dusty's album from 1974, digitally remastered & available on CD for the first time ever! Features her covers of Van Morrison's 'Tupelo Honey' & Ashford & Simpson's 'I Just Wanna Be There'. 2002.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally on CD!, December 13, 2002

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Dario Margeli (San Jose, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cameo (Audio CD)

Released in 1973, this was unfairly not a commercial hit. However, its one gorgeous album. Probably one of the most underated albums of all time. Even though the album does not have the importance of her "in Memphis" album, in someways,
the arrangements and production of "Cameo" are more appropriate for the emotional outpour Dusty provides. Where "in Memphis" at times one hears very few instruments, in Cameo the gaps are filled with warm strings. Don't pay so much attention to the cover versions of this album, the real deal is the original song "Who gets the love".

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A CLASSIC SOUL MASTERPIECE>, December 19, 2004

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david maderich (NYC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cameo (Audio CD)

THIS IS THE LP DUSTY SHOULD HAVE RELEASED POST MEMPHIS - PURE 70s SOUL AT ITS BEST. THE TRACK TUPELO HONEY IS WORTH THE PRICE OF THE CD. ENJOY>

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DUSTY'S " WHITE QUEEN OF SOUL" MASTERPIECE!!!, January 26, 2004

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Bradly Briggs (TOLUCA LAKE, CALIFORNIA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cameo (Audio CD)

I remember watching Susan Hayward's last and great motion picture "Say Goodbye To Maggie Cole" and hearing Dusty sing "Learn To Say Goodbye" and feeling that this was one of the best ever from Dusty...I was then eager to see if a new album was comming out and pleased when "Cameo" was released!! Complete amazement is how I felt when I listened to another masterpiece from this great singer but completely disappointment when I realized that this strong album was not getting any airplay!! The radio programmers where falling all over themselves grabbing for anything that a "singer-songwriter" of any caliber was releasing yet completely ignoring a masterpiece such as this soulful collection of great songs and masterful performances. The opening "Who Get's Your Love" is a solid funky soulful groove which Dusty takes to the max..."Breakin'Up A Happy Home" has a wild rhythm track and a brilliantly soulful vocal from Dusty that is stunning. "Easy Evil" features Dusty at her seductive best and given any airplay this would have been a major hit!! Haunting and soulful are the vocals on "Mama's Little Girl" and Ashford & Simpson's "I Just Wanna Be There" becomes another soul classic in Dusty's hands! Pure funk is "Who Could Be Loving You Other Than Me? and this would have been a huge R&B classic hit if promoted properly and given any airplay at all...programmers were spaced-out letting this masterwork slip by. Van Morrison's "Tupelo Honey" is a smooth and sulty masterpiece where Dusty oozes with passionate soul that would have gone to #1 if given release on a single...talk about missed opportunities. Hypnotic and ethereal is the gorgeous "Of All The Things" which is one of Dusty's best ever silk & soul vocals...if you are not moved by this haunting vocal then have your pulse checked!!! The closing "Learn To Say Goodbye" is in my Top 10 list of Dusty classics and this beautiful song can bring one to tears...in life saying Goodbye is always hard and never has this been so brilliantly espressed in a song. Finally everyone get's a chance to experience this lost masterpiece so don't miss the opportunity...love and miss you Dusty!