The Complete Scepter Singles 1962-1973

The Complete Scepter Singles 1962-1973

by Dionne Warwick
The Complete Scepter Singles 1962-1973

The Complete Scepter Singles 1962-1973

by Dionne Warwick

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Overview

The Complete Scepter Singles 1962-1973 falls into place beside The Complete Warner Bros. Singles (1972-1977) with a thorough supply of Dionne Warwick's earliest A-sides and B-sides. (As of 2023, the singer's post-Warner 1979-1994 singles for Arista, the third label for which she recorded, had yet to be similarly compiled.) This three-disc anthology was previously issued in 2018 under another title, The Complete 1960s Singles Plus, as part of a PBS pledge drive that coincided with a Warwick special. It's without doubt a necessary and long-overdue wider release -- if limited to 3,000 CD copies -- as it offers an exploration of Warwick's early solo work more satisfying than a straightforward hits anthology. Further, all of the material originally issued in mono mixes are presented as such. Almost all of the A-sides here entered the Hot 100. While none topped the chart, many of them are everlasting pop classics -- "Anyone Who Had a Heart," "Walk On By," "I Say a Little Prayer," and "This Girl's in Love with You" account for some of the Top Ten hits among a total of 20 that went Top 40. Like no other team before or after them, Warwick and primary collaborators Burt Bacharach and Hal David combined masterful pop songcraft with impeccably expressive and understated vocal performances. The trio's advanced creativity spilled over to the B-sides, many of which are well-chosen album cuts such as the eyelash-batting "Any Old Time of Day," the exquisitely crushing "Walk Little Dolly," and the powerful title theme to the Warwick-starring film Slaves (written by Bobby Scott and Bob Kessler, and produced by Bacharach/David). For good measure, this also includes "Only Love Can Break a Heart" and "If I Ruled the World," Scepter-era recordings the Musicor label paired on a 7" in 1977. ~ Andy Kellman

Product Details

Release Date: 04/14/2023
Label: Real Gone Music
UPC: 0848064015550

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. Don't Make Me Over
  2. I Smiled Yesterday
  3. This Empty Place
  4. Wishin' and Hopin'
  5. Make The Music Play
  6. Please Make Him Love Me
  7. Anyone Who Had a Heart
  8. The Love of a Boy
  9. Walk On By
  10. Any Old Time of Day
  11. You'll Never Get To Heaven (If You Break My Heart)
  12. A House Is Not a Home
  13. Reach Out for Me
  14. How Many Days of Sadness
  15. You Can Have Him
  16. Is There Another Way to Love You
  17. Who Can I Turn To
  18. Don't Say I Didn't Tell You So
  19. Here I Am
  20. They Long to Be Close to You
  21. Looking With My Eyes
  22. Only The Strong, Only the Brave
  23. Are You There (With Another Girl)
  24. If I Ever Make You Cry
  25. Message To Michael
  26. Here Where There Is Love

Disc 2

  1. Trains And Boats and Planes
  2. Don't Go Breaking My Heart
  3. I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself
  4. In Between The Heartaches
  5. Another Night
  6. Go With Love
  7. The Alfie
  8. The The Beginning of Loneliness
  9. The The Windows of The World
  10. Walk Little Dolly
  11. I Say a Little Prayer
  12. (Theme From) Valley of The Dolls
  13. Do You Know the Way to San Jose
  14. Let Me Be Lonely
  15. Who Is Gonna Love Me?
  16. (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me
  17. Promises, Promises
  18. Whoever You Are, I Love You
  19. This Girl's In Love With You
  20. Dream Sweet Dreamer
  21. The The April Fools
  22. Slaves
  23. Odds And Ends
  24. As Long as There's an Apple Tree

Disc 3

  1. You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling
  2. Window Wishing
  3. I'll Never Fall in Love Again
  4. What The World Needs Now Is Love
  5. Let Me Go to Him
  6. Loneliness Remembers What Happiness Forgets
  7. Paper Mache
  8. The The Wine Is Young
  9. Make It Easy on Yourself
  10. Knowing When to Leave
  11. The The Green Grass Starts to Grow
  12. They Don't Give Medals to Yesterday's Heroes
  13. Who Gets the Guy
  14. Walk The Way You Talk
  15. Amanda
  16. He's Moving On
  17. The The Love of My Man
  18. Hurts So Bad
  19. Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
  20. I'm Your Puppet
  21. The The Good Life
  22. Medley: Reach Out & Touch (Somebody's Hand) / All Kinds of People
  23. Only Love Can Break a Heart
  24. If I Ruled the World

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Dionne Warwick   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Hal David   Composer,Producer
Bob Kessler   Composer
Barry Mann   Composer
Dory Previn   Composer
Don Sebesky   Arranger
Ruth Batchelor   Composer
Cyril Ornadel   Composer
Nickolas Ashford   Composer
Artie Butler   Composer
Gordon Anderson   Executive Producer
Jacques Denjean   Arranger,Producer
John Sellards   Art Direction
Mike Milchner   Mastering
Pat Williams   Arranger
Michael Ochs Archives   Photography
Jack Reardon   Composer
Bobby Weinstein   Composer
Bobby Hart   Composer
Cynthia Weil   Composer
Spooner Oldham   Composer
Ed Townsend   Composer
Teddy Randazzo   Composer
Andre Previn   Composer
Mark Lindsay   Composer
Leslie Bricusse   Composer
Valerie Simpson   Composer
Sacha Distel   Composer
Jim Pierson   Compilation Producer
Bryan Wells   Composer
Burt Bacharach   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Dan Penn   Composer
Phil Spector   Composer
Anthony Newley   Composer
Bill Cook   Composer
Bobby Scott   Arranger,Composer
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