Dionne Warwick - Odds & Ends: Scepter Records Rarities (2018)
R&B, Soul, Pop-Soul, Vocal | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (PNG) | 01:19:10 | 745,52 Mb
Label: Rhino Custom Products/Real Gone Music (USA) | Cat.# OPCD-9003 | Released: 2018-01-12 (1962-71)
With a total of 40 Pop chart hits, Dionne Warwick's recordings for the Scepter label rank as arguably the most successful run of any artist - and certainly of any female artist - for an independent label during the 1960s. But all that success had a downside for her considerable legacy: Scepter became a hot property for acquisition, and as a result the label's holdings were bought and sold several times before Dionne herself arranged to buy her own masters back. By that time, though, the Scepter tapes had been scattered in disarray, thus leaving a lot of material in limbo and causing compilers to throw up their hands. Well, where other reissue labels fear to tread Real Gone Music goes full speed ahead! Odds & Ends - Scepter Records Rarities offers 26 hard-to-find tracks (plus some bonus promo spots) from the Scepter vaults, including rare alternate versions.