What happened to be the worst production of her career turned out to be a collectors' item in the end...
The recording itself is so badly produced that it is almost a freakish experience to listen to it...
Not an orchestra to accompany her vocal chords but only a synthetic rhythm box in the background..
Not a real record company was mentioned.. only an obscure low budget label... with not even a proper sleeve design.
Shirley indeed filed a law-suit because her reputation was at stake and she won the case..
but a lot of copies were already spread throughout
the world...
In the 80's Shirley filed also law-suits against producer Eddy Luijcx (Thought I'd Ring You and That's Right) and also Towerbell Records, for not getting paid properly for single-productions.
In that period she was no longer tied to a real personal and caring management. I always found that a pity...
Such a great artistic talent like Shirley Bassey must always be looked after in a proper way by a management that cares, was my opinion at that time.
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