Dionne Warwick is appearing in my area soon

**Cory Ander** · February 9th, 2010, 09:01 PM

(San Francisco) and I've been wondering. Does anyone own the album she recorded with Holland Dozier Holland ("Just Being Myself"). I'd love to know what it sounds like. I wonder if it has the Motown sound (though it's not on Motown) and if the songs are similar to those the trio gave Diana Ross and the Supremes. Thanks. 2/9/2010

**tyree_kevin** · February 11th, 2010, 05:39 PM

Hey Cory: Are you the same person who mixed T-Connection`s "At Midnight"? The long version.

**eddie** · February 12th, 2010, 09:03 PM

Here's a link to some samples.

Amazon.com: Just Being Myself: Dionne Warwick: Music

My assessment is that it's more early 70's and of quite high quality. It's closer to the Invictus/Goldwax HDH songs with a much higher emphasis on ballads. Even though she works with HDH, it's a Dionne Warwick album and actually foreshadowed her sound with the Spinners.

It was reissued by Spy records over 5 years ago so don't heitate because they didn't press many of these and it's still inprint. If a fan, buy it.:icon_mrgreen:

Here's a link to allmusic's review.
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p...0:wcfrxqq5ldke

**Cory Ander** · February 13th, 2010, 08:09 PM

Originally Written by eddie

Here's a link to some samples.

Amazon.com: Just Being Myself: Dionne Warwick: Music

My assessment is that it's more early 70's and of quite high quality. It's closer to the Invictus/Goldwax HDH songs with a much higher emphasis on ballads. Even though she works with HDH, it's a Dionne Warwick album and actually foreshadowed her sound with the Spinners.

It was reissued by Spy records over 5 years ago so don't heitate because they didn't press many of these and it's still inprint. If a fan, buy it.:icon_mrgreen:

Here's a link to allmusic's review.
allmusic ((( Just Being Myself > Overview )))

a local store has one copy of it and it's $11.99. If I buy it and feel it's not worth the money, expect major attitude! In fact I'm already hesitating because ballads never seemed to be Holland/Dozier/Holland's specialty. And by the way, a local paper ran a recent picture of Warwick advertising her appearance and it's hard to BELIEVE how awesome she looks! She lives in Brazil. 2/13/2010