Play Dusty For Me
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Play Dusty For Me is the second solo album by British singer and songwriter David Westlake
. This album's sound has something in common with the "Pale Blue Eyes
"/"Sunday Morning
" Velvet Underground. Add in a wistful touch of Dusty Springfield
(an old Westlake favourite, feted here in the both the album title and opening title track), and a general unhurried nature of an LP put out for pure love rather than commercial gain, and Play Dusty For Me just seems to lay there in its relaxed, prettied loveliness.
, Ireland
by Cormac Moore, and mixed and mastered by Willis Moore. The 2010 digital reissue includes three bonus tracks. "My Ice Queen" and "Never Grow Up" were recorded and mixed by Cormac Moore; "Loggerheads" is a new version of an old Servants
song, recorded with Des Lambert. The 2010 digital reissue features a different mix of the track "Nowhere Days". The album sleeve was designed by Derek Sozou.
David Westlake’s first album Westlake
was released in 1987 on Creation Records
. Luke Haines
describes it as "a minor classic". Between 1985 and 1991 Westlake was in British indie band The Servants
. A 2006 Servants retrospective called Reserved issued by the Cherry Red
label is the best place to begin with the band.
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Bonus Tracks
David Westlake
David Westlake is a British singer/songwriter. What few people who know and love Westlake and his tiny catologue of terrific tunes usually come from one of three associations...
. This album's sound has something in common with the "Pale Blue Eyes
Pale Blue Eyes
"Pale Blue Eyes" is a song written by Lou Reed and performed by The Velvet Underground. It was included on the band's eponymous 1969 album The Velvet Underground....
"/"Sunday Morning
Sunday Morning (The Velvet Underground song)
"Sunday Morning" is a song by The Velvet Underground. It is the opening track on their 1967 debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico. It was also released as a single in 1966 with "Femme Fatale".-Recording:...
" Velvet Underground. Add in a wistful touch of Dusty Springfield
Dusty Springfield
Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'BrienSources use both Isabel and Isobel as the spelling of her second name. OBE , known professionally as Dusty Springfield and dubbed The White Queen of Soul, was a British pop singer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s...
(an old Westlake favourite, feted here in the both the album title and opening title track), and a general unhurried nature of an LP put out for pure love rather than commercial gain, and Play Dusty For Me just seems to lay there in its relaxed, prettied loveliness.
Context
The original fifteen-track album was recorded in August 2001 at P.Boy Studios in KilkennyKilkenny
Kilkenny is a city and is the county town of the eponymous County Kilkenny in Ireland. It is situated on both banks of the River Nore in the province of Leinster, in the south-east of Ireland...
, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
by Cormac Moore, and mixed and mastered by Willis Moore. The 2010 digital reissue includes three bonus tracks. "My Ice Queen" and "Never Grow Up" were recorded and mixed by Cormac Moore; "Loggerheads" is a new version of an old Servants
The Servants
The Servants was an indie band formed in 1985 in Hayes, Middlesex, England by singer and songwriter David Westlake. The Servants were on 1986’s NME-associated C86 compilation, and the greatly expanded 48-song reissue version in 2006. The Servants was the original home of Luke Haines...
song, recorded with Des Lambert. The 2010 digital reissue features a different mix of the track "Nowhere Days". The album sleeve was designed by Derek Sozou.
David Westlake’s first album Westlake
Westlake
-New Zealand:*Westlake, New Zealand, a suburb of Auckland**Westlake Girls High School**Westlake Boys High School-United States:*Westlake, Daly City, California*Westlake, Los Angeles, California*Westlake, Louisiana*Westlake, Ohio*Westlake, Oregon...
was released in 1987 on Creation Records
Creation Records
Creation Records was a British independent record label headed by Alan McGee. Along with Dick Green and Joe Foster, McGee founded Creation in 1983. The label lasted until its demise in 1999. The name came from the 1960s band The Creation , whom McGee greatly admired. McGee, Green and Foster were...
. Luke Haines
Luke Haines
Luke Haines is an English musician, songwriter and author, who has recorded music under various names and with various bands, including The Auteurs, Baader Meinhof and Black Box Recorder.-'New Wave':...
describes it as "a minor classic". Between 1985 and 1991 Westlake was in British indie band The Servants
The Servants
The Servants was an indie band formed in 1985 in Hayes, Middlesex, England by singer and songwriter David Westlake. The Servants were on 1986’s NME-associated C86 compilation, and the greatly expanded 48-song reissue version in 2006. The Servants was the original home of Luke Haines...
. A 2006 Servants retrospective called Reserved issued by the Cherry Red
Cherry Red
Cherry Red is a London-based independent record label formed in 1978.-History:Cherry Red grew from the rock promotion company founded in 1971 to promote rock concerts at the Malvern Winter Gardens...
label is the best place to begin with the band.
Release history
Play Dusty For Me was first released, sort of, in a highly limited issue in 2002 that quickly sold out but was still never re-pressed. The early copies of the album were released on the Mahlerphone label (CDA 001), but the 2010 digital re-issue is by AngularAngular Recording Corporation
Angular Recording Corporation is an independent record label originally based in New Cross, South East London. Set up in June 2003 by two ex-Goldsmiths College students, Joe Daniel and Joe Margetts, who reclaimed a local Ordnance Survey Triangulation Station and made it their first artefact: ARC 001...
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Track listing
All tracks written by David WestlakeDavid Westlake
David Westlake is a British singer/songwriter. What few people who know and love Westlake and his tiny catologue of terrific tunes usually come from one of three associations...
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- "Play Dusty For Me" – 3:30
- "Song For John" – 2:02
- "Back On Track" – 4:28
- "An Ocean Away" – 3:50
- "Say When" – 2:51
- "Stupid Love" – 3:33
- "The Lonely City" – 2:34
- "I Can't Give You The Life You Want" – 3:38
- "Nowhere Days" – 3:03
- "I Die For Love" – 3:40
- "Patience" – 4:40
- "Even If" – 4:22
- "Life On The Edge" – 3:44
- "Hi You" – 3:55
- "Life Goes On" – 4:20
Bonus Tracks
- "My Ice Queen" – 4:41
- "Never Grow Up" – 4:08
- "Loggerheads" – 1:59
Personnel
- David WestlakeDavid WestlakeDavid Westlake is a British singer/songwriter. What few people who know and love Westlake and his tiny catologue of terrific tunes usually come from one of three associations...
– vocals and guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with... - Dan Cross – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Cormac Moore – bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Willis Moore – drumsPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...