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Dusty Springfield’s voice is one of the great pop instruments. Showcased here on 14 tracks, her sensuality and strength wrap themselves around every song she sings. Spectrum. Amazon.co.uk Now that Ms Springfield, the most important British female vocalist of the pop era, has passed away, completism sets in. You must have everything, and you must have everything on every single format, on each compilation, from any place in the world. Here comesBlue For You, a compilation from Australia that puts together some helpful bits and bobs for the obsessive fan. Not all-encompassing, this collection does have it’s strong points–although it misses out on her debut solo single “I Only Want To Be With You”, it includes her incredible reading of the classic “I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself”, and, interestingly, the B-side to that single–“My Colouring Book”. The collection leaps around the years–at one point landing in 1970 for her duet with Tom Springfield, “Morning Please Don’t Come”–but if you want to have everything, you can excuse the erratic nature to hear some immaculate vocal talent.– Charlie Porter