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| ARTIST: | Jackie DeShannon |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Capitol |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | Buddy, Heaven Is Being With You, You Won't Forget Me, Needles And Pins, Hellos And Goodbyes, When You Walk In The Room, Till You Say You'll Be Mine, Breakaway, Should I Cry, I Remember The Boy, Dream Boy, Don't Turn Your Back On Me, What The World Needs Now Is Love, A Lifetime Of Loneliness, Come And Get Me, Splendor In The Grass (Version #1), For Granted, Windows And Doors, I Can Make It With You, 500 Miles From Yesterday, Where Does The Sun Go?, It Shines On You Too, Reason To Believe, The Weight, Come And Stay With Me (Remix), Put A Little Love In Your Heart, Love Will Find A Way, Brighton Hill |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 724382978626 |
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Customer Reviews of What the World Needs Now Is...Jackie DeShannon: The Definitive Collection
Best compilation of her sixties music This compilation may be difficult to find but it remains the strongest compilation of her sixties music although it does not include anything that Jackie recorded after the sixties. It actually begins with a 1958 tribute to Buddy Holly. There have been many tributes to him but this is the only one I know of that was recorded while he was still alive.
Jackie was more successful as a songwriter than as a singer although one of her two most famous recordings, What the world needs now, comes from the Bacharach-David songbook. Jackie's other famous recordings, Put a little love in your heart, is one of her own songs.
This compilation includes Jackie's versions of some songs that became famous after other singers and groups had hits with them. Many people think that Jackie wrote Needles and pins - she didn't, but it was her version that the Searchers covered. It became a major international hit for them and this encouraged them to record some of Jackie's own songs, most notably When you walk in the room. Marianne Faithfull had her biggest UK hit with Jackie's song, Come and stay with me. Irma Thomas recorded Breakaway. In the eighties, singer-comedienne Tracey Ullman covered the song and had a huge UK hit with it.
Aside from the famous songs, this collection contains many excellent songs that demonstrate Jackie's brilliance and versatility - some up-tempo rockers, some romantic ballads and some songs that veer towards folk. I particularly like Brighton Hill, a single that didn't chart. I lived for many years in a suburb of that name and it's definitely not that place that Jackie sings about. The contrast between Jackie's Brighton Hill and the one I know is the kind of contrast that appeals to me.
Jackie recorded plenty of other people's songs as well as her own. Apart from Needles and pins and What the world needs now, these include more Bacharach-David songs (A lifetime of loneliness, Come and get me, Windows and doors) as well as Reason to believe (Tim Hardin's oft-covered classic), The weight (The Band) and 500 miles from Yesterday (Warren Zevon). Yes, Jackie discovered Warren's talents when Linda Ronstadt was just beginning her career.
Jackie has been poorly served by CD releases but It seems that she does not have enough fans to make it worth the effort of record companies to do any more than release the occasional compilation. If your interest in sixties pop music extends beyond the hits, you will enjoy this and the insightful liner notes that come with it.
If You Can Find It, Get It
I don't know exactly why this CD is out of print, but it is. Thus, I still recommend Raven Records' easily accessible "Come and Get Me" compilation as a first purchase for those of you who don't want to hunt this one down. But if you happen to find this CD, get it while you can.
This CD is devoted exclusively to material that Jackie cut for the Liberty and Imperial labels (because that's what EMI, the makers of this CD, owned when this was produced), and therefore it spans the years 1958-1970. Though a few bona fide classics were inexplicably omitted (where are "Hold Your Head High," "Love Is Leading Me," and others?), this disc is compiled in such a way that it holds together impeccably--more than I can say for "Come and Get Me," which admittedly has some filler. Those of you who are mix buffs will want both CDs, though, as tracks like "Needles and Pins," "Walk In The Room," and "What The World Needs Now" have airier and more clearly separated stereo mixes on "Come and Get Me." They all sound very good here, however, and "Needles" is extended to almost three minutes.
Several previously unreleased tracks are included, the best of which are an alternate take of "Should I Cry" (different percussion arrangment), a breathtaking rendition of the Warren Zevon number "500 Miles From Yesterday," and Jackie's own haunting folk tune "It Shines On You Too."
All the expected hits are here, and some of her other fine singles like "Heaven Is Being With You," "You Won't Forget Me," "A Lifetime of Loneliness," and the original version of "Splendor In The Grass." This song is on "Come And Get Me" in a lavishly orchestrated version, but the earthier rendition included here is superior--it's actually a demo cut with The Byrds as her backing band! Her version of The Band's "The Weight" works very well--would have been tragic if she had messed that one up--and it is distinguished especially by Barry White's soulful backup vocals on the chorus. A young guitar slinger named James Page helps out on the thrilling "Don't Turn Your Back On Me" and "I Remember The Boy." And then there's Jackie's original version of the emotional "Till You Say You'll Be Mine." Later recorded by The Searchers in a most heartwrenching, tearjerking fashion, Jackie's version is actually lighthearted in comparison!
I could go on, but the music speaks for itself......that is, if you can find it. If not, no big tragedy as long as "Come and Get Me" stays in print.