Faithful (Dusty Springfield album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Faithful
Type = Album
Artist = Dusty Springfield


Released = "Unreleased"
Recorded = Century Sound Studios
New York, New York
January - June, 1971.
Genre = Pop
Length = 36:17
Label = Recorded for Atlantic Records
Producer = Jeff Barry
Last album = "A Brand New Me"
(1970)
This album = Faithful
(1971)
(unreleased)
Next album = "See All Her Faces"
(1972)|

"Faithful" is the title of Dusty Springfield's planned third album for Atlantic Records, and seventh studio album overall, recorded in the first half of 1971. Two singles from the planned album, "I Believe In You" (b/w "Someone Who Cares"), and "Haunted" (b/w "Nothing Is Forever", a track not intended for the album) were released in the U.S. in the fall of 1971, but didn't chart nationally, though "Haunted" has long been reported as a local chart-topper in Boston. Due to poor response from the two singles, and a rumoured falling out with Atlantic executives, Springfield's contract with the company was not renewed, and the planned album was never given an official release, catalogue number, or title. "Faithful" is a working title, taken from the name of an album track, "I'll Be Faithful", which had possibly been under consideration as a third single. A fire in the mid-seventies at one of Atlantic's storage sites was thought to have destroyed the 'Faithful' session tapes, leaving only the two singles (and possible third single, as a mono mix existed into the nineties) and their b-sides from the sessions intact. However, in the nineties the album's producer, Jeff Barry, was asked about the sessions and revealed he had kept completed stereo mixes of all the tracks. Most were released as bonus tracks on the Rhino/Atlantic deluxe remastered edition of "Dusty in Memphis" in 1999.

Tracks from the "Faithful" sessions

All tracks were recorded from January to June of 1971.
#"I Believe In You" - 3:16
#*First release: Single A-Side, US 1971
#"I'll Be Faithful" - 3:01
#*First release: "A Brand New Me" CD, US 1992 (mono mix), "Dusty In Memphis-Deluxe Edition", US 1999 (stereo mix)
#"All The King's Horses" - 3:10
#*First release: "Dusty In Memphis-Deluxe Edition", US 1999
#"Someone Who Cares" - 2:54
#*First release: Single B-side of "I Believe In You", US 1971
#"Make It With You - 3:13
#*First release: "Dusty In Memphis-Deluxe Edition", US 1999
#"Love Shine Down" - 2:22
#*First release: "Dusty In Memphis-Deluxe Edition", US 1999
#"Haunted" - 2:26
#*First release: Single A-side, US 1971
#"Natchez Trace" - 2:58
#*First release: "Dusty In Memphis-Deluxe Edition", US 1999
#"Live Here With You" - 2:44
#*First release: "Dusty In Memphis-Deluxe Edition", US 1999
#"Have A Good Life Baby" - 3:09
#*First release: "Dusty In Memphis-Deluxe Edition", US 1999
#"You've Got A Friend" -5:28
#*First release: "Dusty In Memphis-Deluxe Edition", US 1999
#"I Found My Way" -3:12
#*First release: "Dusty In Memphis-Deluxe Edition", US 1999
#"Nothing Is Forever" -2:34
#*First release: Single B-side of "Haunted", US 1971

ources

* Howes, Paul (2001). The Complete Dusty Springfield. London: Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. ISBN 1 903111 24 2.