Rating: 5/5
Review:
A true hidden gem
I spend quite a lot of time poking about in obscure corners of late
60s/early 70s music. A lot of the stuff I hear deserves to be
obscure, to be honest, but occasionally I come across a gem like this
which makes the search worthwhile.
This is an album
largely of covers, sung superbly and excellently accompanied.
Dalton’s voice has much of the cracked, slightly fragile-sounding
beauty of Billie Holiday, and she can sing with the same intensity.
Really – she can, and I know what a big statement that is. I find
this spellbinding to listen to, with stripped back, excellently
played accompaniment which is very well produced to give a great,
almost torch-singer sound.
This is one of those
rare albums which genuinely deserves the tag “hidden gem.” I’m
delighted to have discovered it and can recommend it very warmly
indeed.
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