6 Dusty Springfield Where Am I Going? PHILIPS, 1967

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Her third UK studio LP found Dusty working with the country’s finest arrangers (Arthur Greenslade, Ivor Raymonde, Wally Stott, Peter Knight, Reg Guest, Johnnie Spence) to create an orch-pop wonder. Released while the singer was touring Australia, it received sparse promotion in the UK and has remained an underthe-radar gem ever since. Dusty’s voice is smooth, sophisticated and confident in songs that range from slinky show tunes (the title track) to a splendid cover of Evie Sands’ Take Me For A Little While. Saint Etienne fans will already know the LP, given that the intro from I Can’t Wait Until I See My Baby’s Face was sampled on Nothing Can Stop Us from 1991’s Foxbase Alpha.