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RE-PRESS: CD ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 2020
- First-of-its-kind box set of multi-Grammy-winning Dionne Warwick’s 159 recordings for Arista.
- Including 29 bonus tracks, with expanded editions of nine of her 12 albums for the label.
- With a deluxe booklet with artwork by Roger Williams including detailed essays on each album by SoulMusic.com/SoulMusic Records’ founder David Nathan, with quotes from Dionne, Clive Davis and producer Steve Buckingham.
Disc 1; ‘Dionne’ marked the rejuvenation of the famed entertainer’s career as an international hit maker, with then- labelmate Barry Manilow producing Dionne’s first platinum-selling LP with the classics ‘I’ll Never Love This Way Again’ and ‘Déjà Vu’, garnering the singer two Grammy Awards. Disc 2 is 1980’s ‘No Night So Long’ was produced by then Atlanta-based Steve Buckingham with the title cut achieving US Top 30 and Top 20 R&B status.
Disc 3 is 1981’s ‘Hot! Live And Otherwise’ features shows at Harrah’s in Reno including the famous 20-minute ‘Hit Records Medley’; plus studio cuts (produced by Michael Masser) kaing up the ‘Otherwise’ side of the LP. Disc 4, features 1982’s ‘Friends In Love’, produced by renowned musician/songwriter Jay Graydon, and includes Dionne’s US Top 40 hit duet with Johnny Mathis along with original compositions by Stevie Wonder and Tom Snow along with distinctive cover versions of ‘Can’t Hide Love’ (EW&F) and ‘Betcha By Golly Wow’ (The Stylistics).
1982s Heartbreaker’ makes up disc 5, Dionne’s biggest-selling LP to date (with over 3 million sales), a worldwide success thanks to the title track, ‘All The Love In The World’. Produced by Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten & Karl Richardson with eight songs written specifically for Dionne. Disc 6, followed in 1983: ‘How Many times Can We Say Goodbye’ (released in Europe as ‘So Amazing’), produced by Luther Vandross, featuring the US Top 10 R&B and Top 30 pop charted title track and a musical reunion with Dionne’s ‘60s Scepter label-mates, The Shirelles on ‘Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow’.
Disc 7, 1985’s ‘Finder Of Lost Loves’ is an expanded edition with five bonus tracks including the original Dionne & Luther duet from the US television series of the same name (a musical reunion with Burt Bacharach) and duets with Barry Manilow, Stevie Wonder and Glenn Jones