Customer Reviews:
 Complete? December 15, 2007
Bill Peter (Malaysia)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I haven't heard this CD yet, but I do have the DVD, which has just been released in Malaysia.
However, how can the CD be called "complete", when there are far less tracks than on the DVD? Surely a double or triple CD would have been appropriate.
A Valuable Find October 22, 2007
Geoffrey Millar (Brunswick Australia)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The sound archives of the BBC have given up some real treasures in the past few years: The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, The Who and Cream, to name a few.
Like this set, each BBC release contains mostly familiar material, some undiscovered gems and some filler. However, they're still excellent documents and usually a good listen to boot.
This collection is no different. The first three tracks with The Sringfields had me reaching for the skip button, but things improve from there. The last track is the best, a storming version of (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher.
There are other unreleased gems, such as Uptight and To Love Somebody, and fresh versions of hits. The rarest Dusty track - her duet with Jimi Hendrix on Mockingbird - isn't here, unfortunately.
The sound is good, without the thin strings and trebly tone of some offcial releases. The instrumental backing is OK, although Son of a Preacher Man suffers from some stilted lead guitar; still, the take makes up for that with a great vocal.
Worth buying if you're a Dusty, Sixties or good music fan.
 Classic Dusty July 8, 2007
The Man in Grey (Ely)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
It's really great to hear something new from Dusty, particularly from her golden period in the 60s. These BBC sessions find her at the peak of her powers. She sounds like she's having a good time on these shows.
DUSTY'S AMAZING LIVE June 5, 2007
K. Johansen (Scotland)
27 out of 29 found this review helpful
When you have collected Dusty's records since the days of The Springfields it's always great to have something different.
This new release has some previously unreleased Springfields tracks and Dusty solo tracks that until now the solo tracks were only available on a cd released exclusivley through The Dusty Springfield Bulletin.
Hearing songs that Dusty never recorded but performed either on tv, radio or onstage is a real joy and here we have the fantastic Jackie Wilson hit (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher plus The Bee Gees wonderful To Love Somebody that she DID record but was lost when a fire or flood swept through the Atlantic vaults. Stevie Wonder's Uptight is also
here along with Live versions of some of Dusty's huge hits, Losing You, Little By Little, In The Middle Of Nowhere and her number one You Don't Have To Say You Love Me.
If you are a recent convert to Dusty's music then this is sheer nectar as Dusty Live was something to behold, the companion DVD to this cd is due around August, GET IT!!!!!!
impeccable live performances June 4, 2007
J. M. Nash (West Yorkshire, UK)
28 out of 29 found this review helpful
I had forgotten that, way back in the past, the BBC's pop output consisted of so many live performances. These tracks from the sixties show Dusty at her very best, both rocking and soulful at the same time. Some songs are not be found on any of her studio albums, others are well known to us, but what this album has is energy, passion and huge musical ability from one of the most iconic voices of the twentieth century.
You need to own this collection. Boy can she sing!!
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