SHIRLEY BASSEY. " LET'S FACE THE MUSIC " COLUMBIA LABEL, UK 1959 LP. ORIG MONO

	£		20
	$		27

Shirley Bassey With Nelson Riddle And His Orchestra ?– Let's Face The Music Label: Columbia ?– 33SX 1454 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono Country: UK Released: 1962 Genre: Jazz, Pop Style: Ballad, Easy Listening Tracklist A1 Let's Face The Music And Dance Written-By – Berln* A2 I Should Care Written By – Cahn-Stordahl-Weston Written-By – Stordahl*, Weston*, Cahn* A3 Let's Fall In Love Written By – Koehler-Arlen Written-By – Arlen*, Koehler* A4 The Second Time Around Written-By – Van Heusen-Cahn* A5 Imagination Written-By – Van Heusen-Burke* A6 All The Things You Are Written-By – Kern*, Hammerstein* B1 I Get A Kick Out Of You Written-By – Porter* B2 Everything I Have Is Yours Written-By – Lane*, Adamson* B3 Spring Is Here Written-By – Rodgers-Hart* B4 All Of Me Written By – Simons-Marks Written-By – Marks*, Simons* B5 I Can't Get You Out Of My Mind Written-By – Lewis* B6 What Now My Love Written By – Becaud-Sigman Written-By – Sigman*, Becaud* Companies, etc. Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Made By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Record Company – E.M.I. Records Limited Record Company – Columbia Graphophone Company Ltd. Published By – Irving Berlin Ltd. Published By – Southern Music Published By – Francis Day Published By – Robbins Music Published By – France Mélodie Published By – Chappell Published By – Leo Feist Ltd. Published By – Lords Music Ltd. Published By – Blossom Music Credits Recording Supervisor – Norman Newell Sleeve Notes – Kenneth Hume Notes Very first UK pressing with GOLD TEXT on olive green label Recording first published 1962
Publishers: A1: I. Berlin Ltd. BIEM A2: Southern Mus. BIEM. NCB. A3: F. Day. NCB A4: Robbins Mus. F. Day. Fr. Melodie. Mecolico. BIEM. NCB A5, A6: Chappell. Mecolico. BIEM. NCB B1: Chappell. NCB B2: L. Feist Ltd. F. Day. BIEM. NCB B3: F. Day. Fr. Melodie. Mecolico. BIEM. NCB. B4: F. Day. Mecolico. NCB B5: Lords Mus. Ltd. B6: Blossom Music. BIEM.



AllMusic Review by Bruce Eder  [-] Bassey's fourth EMI/Columbia album is regarded as the magnum opus of her pre-Goldfinger career, bringing her together with conductor/arranger Nelson Riddle. (Ironically, it was Riddle's still being under contract to Capitol Records which prevented him from working with Sinatra on Reprise at the time, that made this record possible). Riddle approached this album from the standpoint that less is more, providing elegant and subdued accompaniment that emphasized the strings. Bassey's voice comes across with a delicacy of nuance that is startling to hear, achieving new levels of subtlety on this album. One may disagree with the order of the songs -- the moodily expressive "I Should Care," reminiscent of Judy Garland at her best, would be the ideal opener -- but not with the overall content of this album. Throughout Let's Face the Music, one almost gets a sense of Bassey slipping inside these songs, becoming part of them and they her, rather than merely performing them. The interpretations are fresh in other respects as well, with works such as "Let's Fall in Love" or "The Second Time Around" given unexpectedly slow tempos that work beautifully. Riddle is so careful and measured in his every orchestral nuance of this record, that he leaves us open to surprises at many points, perhaps most startlingly the sudden appearance of a harp glissando on "Spring Is Here," after we've been lulled into the expectation that no part of this orchestra will play full-out.