SHIRLEY BASSEY: ANY ONE OF 5 EXC ORIGINAL SIGNED/AUTOGRAPHED 1960s/1970s ALBUMS

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SHIRLEY BASSEY: ANY ONE OF 5 SIGNED 1960s/1970s EXC ORIGINAL ALBUMS + Buy It Now Saving opportunity (see below)  

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In case you didn’t know……..

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 BUT, if you win this auction using the BIN option and complete payment within 2 days, I’ll take £5.00 off my BIN price - by giving you a Paypal refund - so you can win any one of these excellent quality autographed vinyl albums immediately and for only £16.00 - that's just £1.00 more than the auction start price.

This auction is ANY ONE of five original vinyl albums shown here/listed below and all personally signed by Shirley - now Dame Shirley - Bassey in the late 1980s. If you win this auction, please state which album you want. Should more than one be required, please win the auction and then ask for details.  

These releases comprise songs mostly recorded between 1959 and the mid/late 1960s when the Cardiff-born songstress was recording with EMI’s Columbia label. It was the period when her career started to accelerate and, during this time, she was a regular visitor to the studios, where she recorded dozens and dozens of classic songs.

However, in this period, Shirley only released six original studio albums, so many of the songs recorded remained as effectively out-takes, some of which were released as non-album singles, while many others found their way onto the mass of compilations that EMI released after she moved to the United Artists label in the mid/late 1960s.

These compilations were, on the whole, not promoted seriously, so didn’t sell very well and, as a result, most of them were deleted fairly quickly.

With the rise of compact discs (CDs), many of Shirley’s earlier songs have found their way onto new CD compilations, but the sheer number of her recordings means that many of the songs have yet to become available in this format, with those that do emerging in ones and twos alongside better-known titles.

Indeed, the size of her vinyl/pre-CD back catalogue is so large that there have to be question marks over how many of those original songs may not ever make it to CD. And, just to “muddy the waters”, tracking down those of her recordings that have yet to be released on CD is now an even more painstaking job, as she has recorded updated/new versions of quite a number of her earlier songs.

This means that, for the serious Bassey enthusiast seeking to build as complete a collection of her recorded work as possible, CD releases are likely - at least for the time being - to need augmenting with vinyl releases, and the selection offered here is likely to fill a number of the non-CD gaps.

Potential buyers should however note that, in the absence of a full list of Shirley’s CD releases and their tracks, the seller cannot guarantee that any of the

 songs on the records offered here are not available somewhere on a CD recording in the UK, or elsewhere in the world.

The albums in the selection offered here are a mixture of original recordings (one of them a re-issued version) and compilations, which were all were bought new in the late 1960s and early/mid 1970s, and have been played no more than an average of 5 times, after being recorded to cassette for ongoing listening.

However, all of these records are a bit special in a way that the Dame’s admirers would readily appreciate, because they’ve been autographed - see photos - by the lady herself,

something she was more than happy to do when the current owner, an avid Bassey admirer, visited her at the Dorchester Hotel during one of her late 1980s visits to London.

Regarding general quality…

all ten sides of these 40 to 45 year old records are in excellent or similar condition, spinning smoothly on the turntable with none of the “up/down” rippling seen on some older records. All of them also retain much of the lustre usually just seen on new vinyl, while some of them still exude a certain amount of static when removed from their lined inner sleeves.

The sound quality is first class, noticeably clear, full and sharp with just the occasional instance of surface noise during or between the songs, and virtually no extraneous sound in any of the run-ins and run-outs. Moreover, the label areas are very clean/bright with just minimal marks around their spindle holes.

Specifically, the other details of these five albums - which are all in excellent or better overall condition - are as follows:

 What Now My Love (Originally released in 1962 as “Let’s Face The Music” with Nelson Riddle Orchestra)

EMI/Music For Pleasure - MFP5230, stereo, UK-manufactured with Garrod & Lofthouse, front-laminated sleeve, and comes with a poly-lined inner sleeve and a medium-weight outer plastic cover.

Condition: Record - near mint, Inner sleeve - near mint & Outer sleeve - light surface scuffing, minor creasing, light edge and ringwear, minor laminate lift/wear with some ultraviolet security information, only visible in direct light on the top/back/left edge.

12 Tracks

Side 1:   Let’s Face The Music And Dance*; I Should Care*; Let’s Fall In Love*; The Second Time Around*; Imagination & All The Things You Are.

Side 2:   I Get A Kick Out Of You*; Everything I Have Is Yours*; Spring Is Here*; All Of Me; I Can’t Get You Out Of My Mind* & What Now My Love.

Shirley Stops The Shows (Original release from 1965, late 1960s pressing)

EMI/Columbia - SCX3543, stereo, UK-manufactured with “The Gramophone Company” label rim text and Garrod & Lofthouse, front-laminated, full/three-side “flipover” sleeve, and comes with a poly-lined inner sleeve and a medium-weight outer plastic cover.

Condition: Record - near mint, Inner sleeve - some creasing  & Outer sleeve - very light surface scuffing, the odd small crease, light edge and ringwear, very minor laminate lift/wear with some - almost invisible - ultraviolet security information on the top/back/left edge.

12 Tracks

Side 1:   Everything’s Coming Up Roses*; The Sweetest Sounds*; He Loves Me; I Believe In You*; People* & The Lady Is A Tramp*.

Side 2:   Once In A Lifetime; Something Wonderful; A Lot Of Livin’ To Do; If Ever I Would Leave You*; Somewhere* & I Could Have Danced All Night.

The Nearness Of You (Compilation, early 1970s)

EMI/Music For Pleasure - MFP50207, UK-manufactured with Garrod & Lofthouse, matt-finished sleeve, and comes with a poly-lined inner sleeve and a medium-weight outer plastic cover.

Condition: Record - near mint, Inner sleeve - near mint & Outer sleeve - very light surface scuffing and the odd small crease, with some - virtually invisible - ultraviolet security information on the top/back/left edge.

Note: The labels have the title “The Sensational Shirley Bassey”, but all their other details - the songs, their sequence, writing credits and production years, plus the catalogue number - are as on the outer sleeve.

12 Tracks

Side 1:   The Nearness Of You [1961]*; This Love Of Mine [1961]*; Where Are You [1961]*; If Love Were All [1968]*; There Will Never Be Another You [1961]* & Days Of Wine And Roses [1968].

Side 2:   Angel Eyes [1961]*; To Be Loved By A Man [1964]*; Hold Me Tight [1961]*; I Believe In You [1965]*; Let’s Start All Over Again [1971]* & I’m A Fool To Want You [1968]*.

The Magic Of Shirley Bassey - As Long As He Needs Me (Compilation, early 1970s)

EMI/Music For Pleasure:Sounds Superb - SPR90024, UK-manufactured with Garrod & Lofthouse, front-laminated sleeve, and comes with a poly-lined inner sleeve and a medium-weight outer plastic cover.

Condition: Record - near mint, Inner sleeve - near mint  & Outer sleeve - some surface scuffs, a few creases, noticeable bottom edgewear, a little ringwear, some laminate lift/wear, with some ultraviolet security information, only visible in direct light on the top/back/left edge.

12 Tracks

Side 1:   As Long As He Needs Me [1961]; If I Were A Bell [1961]; Too Late Now [1961]*; You’re Nearer [1961]*; Where Or When [1961] & The Lady Is A Tramp [1965]*.

Side 2:   It’s Magic [1963]*; Cry Me A River [1959]; Somewhere [1965]*; Let’s Fall In Love [1962]*; Now [1964]* & How Can You Believe [1964].

It’s Magic (Compilation, 1971)

EMI/Starline - SRS5082, stereo, UK-manufactured with “The Gramophone Company” label rim text and Garrod & Lofthouse, front-laminated, full/three-side “flipover” sleeve, and comes with a poly-lined inner sleeve and a medium-weight outer plastic cover.

Condition: Record - near mint, Inner sleeve - near mint  & Outer sleeve - some surface scuffs, a few creases, a little ringwear, some laminate lift/wear, with some - virtually invisible - ultraviolet security information on the top/back/left edge.

14 Tracks

Side 1:   Don’t Rain On My Parade [1968]; It Might As Well Be Spring [1971]*; Count On Me [1971]*; Somewhere [1965]*; Your Love [1964]*; Fools Rush In [1961]* & You’ll Never Walk Alone [1971]*.

Side 2:   Let’s Start All Over Again [1971]*; I’ve Got You Under My Skin [1959]; Where Or When [1961]; Gone [1964]; It’s Magic [1963]*; The Lady Is A Tramp [1965]* & My Special Dream [1964].

(*Not on major Shirley B multi-CD compilations like “The EMI/UA Years: 1959 - 1979” or “Four Decades Of Song”, or on the “I Am What I Am” retrospective.)

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