Side B:
This album has been re-released completely digitally remastered on the 2 CD collection LIVE!.
Comments by the Press:
The Stage 'Nightbeat' column by Peter Hepple:
BRAVO BASSEY! There are few artists who are capable of hypnotizing
a sophisticated night club audience. Usually the chatter of table companions
and the clinking of champagne glasses are inevitable background noises
to most cabaret acts.
SHIRLEY BASSEY, however, who opened on Sunday for an
eight weeks' season at the Pigalle, is one of those artists who cuts through
the fidgeting like a knife and compels attention...
She had her audience
completely under her spell from the moment she opened her act singing Wonderful
Day Like Today ... here was the late Edith Piaf, the fabulous Lena
Horne, Garland, plus all the greats of yesterday rolled into one...
Singing in different moods, from the pathos of The Other Woman
to the hip shaking Lady Is A Tramp she had the crowded
Pigalle room screaming for more...
Musical Express, London by John Wells:
SHIRLEY SHINES ... Shirley shines in cabaret. I look forward to seeing
if this time a record can do her justice.
Record Mirror, London by T. G.:
SHIRLEY'S TRIUMPH - Triumphant - that's the only word to describe
Shirley Bassey's cabaret opening at the Pigalle, Piccadilly Circus, on
Sunday...
Melody Maker, London by J. H.:
SHIRLEY ... For she was sensational. Today, she must be Britain's
number one cabaret attraction. Her singing is more assured, her performance
more polished, her delivery timed to perfection, her appearance - wow!
Evening Standard, London by R. K. W.:
BASSEY TURNS THE POWER ON ... Hers is a voice in the great tradition
of song belters. Here in London this week is an artist of international
class, willing and able to sing her heart out...
Fingers snapping, arms thrust heavenwards, her whole body responding to the music
like a dancer, she is now showing that in this line of country
she has few equals either in Europe or America.
Last night's Pigalle audience were lucky to catch her making a "live"
LP record accompanied by a splendid orchestra directed by Alyn Ainsworth.
Variety, London by Myro:
... Miss Bassey's 45-minute solo performance is immaculately conceived
and expertly executed. Fronting the Alyn Ainsworth orchestra on stage, she
exudes personality and vivacity...
Stunningly attired in a black sheath gown, she uses her voice and her hands
to give maximum dramatic effect to her well chosen ballads...
...The massive Alyn Ainsworth orchestra gives Miss Bassey superb backing,
handling the intricate arrangements with apparent ease.