The Shirley Bassey Collection


The Shirley Bassey Collection is a double compilation album released in 1972 by British singer Shirley Bassey. The album charted at #37 in the UK charts in January 1972.
Shirley Bassey enjoyed a successful comeback in the early 1970s, having achieved five hit singles in the first two years of the decade, plus two Top ten albums, Something and Something Else. This led to several re-issues of her earlier backcatalogue, these included several compilation albums and complete albums, they were mainly released on the EMI Music For Pleasure label. The double album set includes both the album This is My Life originally released in 1968 and Does Anybody Miss Me from 1969.
This two vinyl record set was re-released on by EMI on a 2-CD set in 1993, complete with alternative artwork and further expanded to include The Shirley Bassey Collection II, a second double album set from 1975, featuring tracks recorded in the period 1966 to 1969. Most notably this compilation included several previously unreleased recordings and recordings previously only available in the US.

Track listing

Disc one: The Shirley Bassey Collection
  1. "Does Anybody Miss Me" - 2.25
  2. "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" - 2.50
  3. "Never, Never, No" - 2.59
  4. "Picture Puzzle" - 2.33
  5. "I Only Miss Him" - 2.27
  6. "As I Love You" - 2.17
  7. "This Is My Life " - 3.07
  8. "Who Am I?" - 2.37
  9. "Funny Girl" - 2.23
  10. "Sunny" - 2.42
  11. "I've Been Loved" - 2.54
  12. "Where Is Tomorrow?" - 2.39
  13. "Think of Me" -
  14. " My Way of Life" - 2.21
  15. "We" - 3.04
  16. "Give Me You" - 2.25
  17. "It's Always 4 A.M." - 3.25
  18. "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" - 2.53
  19. "Now You Want To Be Loved" - 2.55
  20. Medley
  21. *"Goin' Out of My Head"
  22. *"You Go to My Head" - 2.53
  23. "Softly as I Leave You" - 2.27
  24. "A Time for Us" - 2.27
  25. "The Joker" - 2.25
  26. "I Must Know" - 2.40
Disc two: The Shirley Bassey Collection II
  1. "You're Gonna Hear From Me" - 2.10
  2. "Big Spender" - 4.33
  3. "Burn My Candle " - 3.30
  4. "The Shadow of Your Smile" - 3.44
  5. "Kiss Me, Honey Honey, Kiss Me" - 1.57
  6. "The Impossible Dream" - 2.39
  7. "Johnny One Note" - 2.08
  8. "Summer Wind" - 2.46
  9. "Walking Happy" - 2.17
  10. "Strangers in the Night" - 2.32
  11. "Look For Me Tomorrow " - 2.29
  12. "Let Me Sing - and I'm Happy" - 3.01
  13. "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" - 3.17
  14. "It Must Be Him" - 3.17
  15. "All or Nothing at All" - 2.32
  16. "Dangerous Games" - 2.22
  17. "I'm Glad There Is You" - 3.05
  18. "That's Life" - 2.59
  19. " My Way of Life" - 2.58
  20. "You Can Have Him" - 5.20
  21. "The Lady Is a Tramp" - 3.36
  22. "You and I" - 4.17
  23. "Big Spender" - 1.51
  24. "I " - 2.39
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