Cameo (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Cameo
Type = Album
Artist = Dusty Springfield


Released = February, 1973 (US)
May, 1973 (UK)
Recorded = ABC Recording Studios, Los Angeles, July - October, 1972
Genre = Pop
Length = 34:28
Label = ABC Dunhill Records
DSX 50128 (US)
Philips Records
6308 152 (UK)
Producer = Steve Barri
Brian Potter
Dennis Lambert
Reviews = Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:39fwxqu5ldde~T1]
Last album = "See All Her Faces"
(1972)
This album = "Cameo"
(1973)
Next album = "Longing"
(1974) "Unreleased"|

"Cameo" is the ninth studio album, and eighth released, by singer Dusty Springfield. "Cameo" is her first LP for the ABC Dunhill Records label. It was recorded in the States between July and October 1972 and released in the UK (by Philips Records) in May 1973, having appeared in the States some three months earlier. "Cameo" was produced by Steve Barri, Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter who later went on to write and produce major hits for among others Glen Campbell, The Four Tops and The Tavares. The album also included material written by Alan O'Day, David Gates, Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson and Van Morrison and among the all-star line up of musicians contributing were Hal Blaine, Paul Humphrey, Larry Carlton, Wilton Felder, Carol Kaye, Victor Feldman, Michael Omartian, Venetta Fields and Clydie King.

While "Cameo" was only a moderate critical success and a commercial failure in 1973 - charting neither in the UK nor the US - it has since been re-evaluated by both fans and music critics alike and is now often cited as one of the highlights of Springfield's recording career alongside 1969's "Dusty in Memphis" and 1971's unreleased "Faithful". A planned second album on the ABC Dunhill label with the working title of "Elements" (eventually re-titled "Longing"), was started, but never finished, due to Springfield's personal problems at the time. Most of the uncompleted album "Longing" can also be found on the Hip-O Records compilation "Beautiful Soul", released in the United States in 2001.

"Cameo" was digitally remastered and released on CD for the first time in Europe by Mercury/Universal Music in 2002, though not containing any bonus tracks. Due to its relative obscurity upon the LP's initial release in 1973, "Cameo" is considered to be the one of the rarer titles of Springfield's official catalogue/discography, and hard to find on any format, though it's increased popularity in recent years due to the CD release and digital music file sharing has alleviated that difficulty to a good degree.

Track listing

Side A
#"Who Gets Your Love" (Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter) - 3:24
#"Breakin' Up a Happy Home" (Lambert, Potter) - 3:32
#"Easy Evil" (Alan O'Day) - 2:54
#"Mama's Little Girl" (Lambert, Potter) - 3:30
#"The Other Side of Life" (David Gates) - 2:39
#"Comin' and Goin'" (Lambert, Potter) - 3:10

Side B
#"I Just Wanna Be There" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 2:44
#"Who Could Be Loving You Other Than Me?" (Willie Hutchinson) - 2:59
#"Of All the Things" (Lambert, Potter) - 3:03
#"Tupelo Honey" (Van Morrison) - 3:52
#"Learn to Say Goodbye" (from the ABC Movie of the Week, "Say Goodbye Maggie Cole") (Hugo Montenegro, Bradford Craig) - 2:43

Personnel and production

* Dusty Springfield - vocals
* Steve Barri - record producer
* Dennis Lambert - producer, keyboards
* Brian Potter - producer, percussion
* Hal Blaine - drums
* Paul Humphrey - drums
* Ben Benay - guitar
* Larry Carlton - guitar
* David Cohen - guitar
* Wilton Felder - bass guitar
* Carol Kaye - bass
* Victor Feldman - percussion
* Michael Lang - keyboards
* Michael Omartian - keyboards, string, horn and flute arrangements
* Clydie King - background vocals
* Venetta Fields - background vocals
* Sherlie Matthews - background vocals
* Myrna Matthews - background vocals
* Sid Sharp - concert master
* Jimmie Haskell - string arrangements
* Joe Black - project coordinator
* Ruby Mazur - design
* Recorded at ABC Recording Studios Inc., Los Angeles, California
* Roger Wake - remastering (2002 re-issue)
* Mike Gill - executive producer (2002 re-issue)

ources

* Howes, Paul (2001). The Complete Dusty Springfield. London: Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. ISBN 1 903111 24 2.