Born Mary O'Brien (1939-99). At the time for this debute album already an experienced recording artist and singer as member of vocal trio The Lana Sisters and folk/country group The Springfields. Her first '45 as a solo artist 1963 "I Only Want To Be With You" reached #4 in UK and #12 on Billboard and the next three single releases same year all sold well. So you don't get the nerves and energy of an actual debute here, more the skill and security of an already established artist. All numbers reflects the American music scene at the time - some covers from soul groups like Supremes and Shirelles and some from pop/entertainment artists like Gene Pitney, Dianne Warwick and Barbara Streisand. Handeled by a top notch British studio crew led by producer John Franz and arranger Ivor Raymonde it's clearly inspired by Phil Spector and early Motown yet with a British expression. I love the front cover pic on this and the flirting. Later on you get a settled sucessful artist, but here it's still cheeky and challenging and she never looked better. Not issued in US where the songs instead showed up on two Philips albums 1964 coupled with original '45 A:s and B:s - "Stay Awhile/I Only Want To Be With You" (PHM 200-133/PHS 600-133) and "Dusty" (PHM 200-156/PHS 600-156). Early UK releases with "Recording first Published 1964" on label. Very first had the older design with large "33 1/3" on top as shown here, later "rectangle" label with Philips on top. It came in a thick, laminated flip/back cover without maker credit. (FÄV*) (TÖZ*)
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