Dionne Warwick - Hot! Live and Otherwise

Career highlight!

My favorite old school diva of all, Miss Dionne Warwick came back in the early 80s strong. This mostly live set captures this period of her long recording career when she could really still soar vocally. Her cousin, Whitney Houston can only hope to be half as good on her delayed, re-tooled "comeback" CD. July 8, 2008

Finally a reissue of this album on CD!

I absolutely love this recording. I was fortunate to see Dionne live in concert in the early '80s when she performed the live tracks that are on this album. I've had the vinyl and cassette versions, but never bought the CD when it was first released in the late '80s. The rare original CD version was being sold on e-Bay for over $100. Now we can finally buy this true gem of an album on CD at a reasonable price. Dionne is in great voice on the live portion of this album. The medley of early hits is a wonderful retrospective of the beginnings of her career, arranged beautifully and Dionne sings with great energy and pure joy. If you are a Dionne fan, this is a must have! June 14, 2008

Great Album

This album has been out of print for many years and has finally become available. This is a great opportunity to hear Ms Warwick at the height of her mid 1980's "comeback". Fans will appreciate the renditions of a medley of her classics. March 24, 2008

Dionne at the peak of her vocal powers!

It's great to have this long out of print album re-released. Dionne is at the height of her vocal powers and the "Hits Medley" is breathtaking. A couple of tracks from the original release have been replaced with two superior recordings (not listed here: "When The Good Times Come Again" and "Right Back") that I've never heard before so that's a bonus!. If you've loved this album since the 80's but didn't want to pay $150 dollars for a used version or you are a new fan wanting to hear why Dionne Warwick is considered one of the all time greatest song stylists...buy this cd..you won't be disappointed. March 8, 2008

Fairly disppointing re-release

Having been a dedicated Warwick-fan for years, naturally I was excited to hear that her live album from 1981, which was only on the market as a CD for a short time, was to be re-released. Ms. Warwick is AWESOME, but.....

......for some peculiar reason, (or as noted in the booklet: "due to time restrictions") two tracks have been omitted from the original 2LP release, namely "We Never Said Goodbye" and "Dedicate This Heart".

To my knowledge, the latter track was never ever released on CD, neither on the US-release which contains the same 13 original tracks as this re-release nor on the Japanese release which in stead of "Even A Fool Would Let Go" contains "We Never Said Goodbye".

So, why on Earth does soulmusic not go to a little expense and release, say, a 2CD set, containing ALL the tracks from the original 2LP-release and add whatever "bonus tracks" are available - here two so-called "bonus tracks" were added: "When The Good Times Come Again" and "Right Back".

THEN all the dedicated Warwick fans out there would be happy. This half-hearted release seems to be "neither, nor....." February 12, 2008

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