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(23/02/1998) Helen Shapiro At Abbey Road EMI 7243 4 93452 2 5 ##
493452 2 21:2:
Track 1. *Don't treat me like a child 2. *You don't know 3. Walkin' back to happiness (Take 2+ Studio conversation) 4. Walkin' back to happiness (take 13 master) 5. Kiss 'n' run 6. I want to be happy 7. *Let's talk about love 8. Tell me what he said 9. *Little Miss lonely 10. *A teenager sings the blues 11. I can't say no to your kiss (Take 4 B/D + Take 5 +studio conversation) 12. Sometime yesterday 13. I don't care 14. *Basin Street Blues 15. *Every one but the right one 16. *Keep away from other girls 17. A dozen other boys (Take 4 B/D + Take 5 + Studio conversation) 18. Queen for tonight 19. Time and time again 20. *Look who it is 21. *Fever 22. *Look over your shoulder 23. It's in his kiss 24. I wish I'd never loved you 25. Shop around 26. *Keep your hands off my baby 27. *You're my remedy 28*I'm going out (the same way I came in)
Demo *I can't say no to your kiss+
Recorded 12-01-1962 ABBEY ROAD STUDIO 2
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(1998) Sing Swing Together Calligraph AAC1561 00666CLGC034 SP
AAC15610066 CLGCD034SP
Track 1. Shiny stockings 2. Sentimental journey 3. Someone to watch over me 4. Red beans & rice 5. Maybe/Java jive 6. All too soon 7. The old familiar trouble 8. Beale Street blues 9. Echoing the blues 10. Moving into spring 11. I must tell Jesus 12. Body & soul 13. Medley:On the sunny side of the street; I can't give you anything but love; Exactly like you/Take the 'A' train 14. How long has this been going on? 15. Caravan
(1998) By Request KAT 0002
A0100253434-0101 AO
Track 1. Sir Duke 2. Whenever I see your smiling face/Just the two of us 3. Keep on running 4. Straighten up and fly right 5. New York Medley: (a)I'll never fall in love again (b) Up on the roof (c) Will you love me tomorrow 6>Can't buy me love 7. Hits Medley: (a)Don't treat me like a child (b)Let's talk about love (c)Fever (d)Little Miss Lonely (e)Queen for tonight (f)Tell me what he said (g)You don't know (h)Walkin' back to happiness 8. Choo choo ch'boogie 9. (a)I got it bad(and that ain't good)(b)When a woman loves a man 10. Midnight at The Oasis 11. Nobody does it like me 12. I go to The Rock
Trivia.
## Helen Shapiro began her singing career as a 14 year old in 1961. Hearing her voice on the first cut from Helen Shapiro at Abbey Road: 1961-1967, "Don't Treat Me Like a Child," one would never believe it. She sounds confident and as assured as someone who had been in the business for 20 years. Shapiro had some big hits in the early days of her career: "You Don't Know," "Tell Me What He Said," and the bouncy "Walkin' Back to Happiness." Her early style is very similar to artists like Timi Yuro or Gene Pitney: ultrapoppy musical backing, slightly fluffy songs, and very soulful vocals. She also sounds quite good in a brassy jazz vein; there are some good examples here such as her knockout rendition of "I Want to Be Happy" and her sultry take on "Basin St. Blues." As the decade progressed Shapiro (and everyone who wasn't from Liverpool) found herself shunted off to the fringe. She kept on making great records: a powerhouse version of "Fever," the Drifters-influenced "Look Over Your Shoulder," and the heartbreaking and soulful "I Wish I'd Never Loved You" to name a few. These tracks were all from 1964, the year she seems to have broken away from the formula pop of her first records and branched out into girl-group sounds and generally took a grittier approach. She started covering, quite credibly, Motown tracks like "Shop Around" and also began dipping into Brill Building songbooks, covering tunes like "Keep Your Hands off My Baby" by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. Unfortunately this collection gives this period less coverage than her early hitmaking years. The five or six songs they trot out just leave one wishing for more. The disc ends with the powerful one-two punch of two unreleased tracks: the pounding girl-group shout of "You're My Remedy" and the dramatic string-filled "I'm Going Out (The Same Way I Came In)." These songs give Dusty Springfield, Sandie Shaw, and Lulu a run for their money. It is too bad her career ran out of gas and she pretty much dropped out of sight. One can lament what might have been or curse the powers that were for mismanaging her so fully, but it is a waste of time. Better to just enjoy the music she was able to release. This disc does a fine job of summing up Shapiro's career and is an essential item for any fan of girl pop singers and girl groups. ~ Tim Sendra
