Nella Dodds - This Is a Girl's Life: The Complete Wand Recordings 1964-1965
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Artist: Nella DoddsEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2007-09-18
Music Label: Kent Records UK
Soundtracks:
- Come Back Baby
- A Girl's Life
- P's And Q's
- Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers
- Honey Boy
- You Don't Love Me Anymore
- Dream Boy
- First Date
- One Love Not Two
- Whisper You Love Me Boy
- To Get Your Love Back
- Gee Whiz
- Maybe Baby
- Come See About Me
- I Just Gotta Have You
Music reviews of This Is a Girl's Life: The Complete Wand Recordings 1964-1965
Music Review: Nella's a Hidden Treasure!!
Rating: 5 Stars
I came across Nella Dodds completely by accident, but I am glad I did. The recordings on this album are fun and reminiscent of the girl-group 60's sound with songs revolving around the familiar theme of love: How to find the man? How to get the man? How to keep the man? What to do to get over the man?
"Come Back Baby Come Back"- Is a nice, light fun opener for the album with the typical K. Gamble 60's girl sound with Nella asking her man to come back.
"A Girl's Life"- The opener on this tune reminds me of "Too Many Fish In Th Sea" by the Marvelettes,a Smokey inspired tune, which is why it may sound familiar. However it is a very catchy song,and found its way on the Billboard charts.
"Finders Keepers" (K. Gamble) and "P's and Q's" (definitely a "Come See About Me" sound alike) are both message songs on how to keep the "man" once you get him. It is easy to see how teenages at the time may have gravitated towards these cute, innocent songs about love.
The Motown sound factory tried out many songs on a variety of artists, always looking for that special something that would spell H-I-T! Songs like "Honey Boy", "Maybe Baby", "I Just Gotta Have You", were no different and Nella does each song justice.
Another K. Gamble tune, "You Don't Love Me Anymore" has a more melancholy sound, but everyone can relate to the familiar scenario of sitting around waiting for the phone to ring, hoping to hear from that special person. It's simple melody lends itself to this familiar situation.
This collection also contains several unissued Wand recordings such as: "First Date," "One Love Not Two," "Whisper You Love Me Boy." She gives a good rendition of Carla Thomas' "Gee Whiz" which really displays her fine vocal ability.
I actually preferred Nella's version of "Come See About Me" to that of the Supremes. Despite the fact that Diana's sound was more playful, Nella's voice was stronger and the background harmony screams "supremes" to me, it would have been interesting to see what would have happened if they both were allowwed to stay on the charts. Nella's version did appear on the Billboards Hot 100 where the song climbed to #74 before fading away.
Nella Dodds is one of those artists whose, name may not be on the tip of your tongue, but after listening to this album, you are unlikely to forget it. This CD has terrific liner notes and is really enjoyable! The overall sound quality is okay, although at times there may be a bit too much treble, but this probably has more to to with the master and production at the time.
As Nella says, "Finders Keepers," and I say this album is a keeper! Enjoy!
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Description of This Is a Girl's Life: The Complete Wand Recordings 1964-1965
Pioneering Philly soul from the girl who challenged the might of Motown and almost beat it.The recordings of Nella Dodds have charmed collectors of Northern Soul and girl groups for more than 35 years. Although Nella was scheduled to have a vinyl album in the mid 60s, it was never released. "This Is A Girl's Life" collects up all 15 of the tracks that she cut for Philadelphia's Dyno-Dynamic Productions (leased by New York's Wand label) between 1964 and 1966. Three of them have never been heard in public since the day they were recorded, more than 41 years ago.
Besides Nella, others who participated in these sessions include musicians who went on to form the core of MFSB, legendary Philly DJ/songwriter Jimmy Bishop - discoverer of and mentor to a host of other Philadelphia soul greats, most notably Barbara Mason - and Philadelphia International co-founder Kenneth Gamble, who wrote many of the songs.
These were the only recordings that Nella Dodds made during soul's golden era. Happily she's still around, singing, acting (she's in the Bruce Almighty follow-up film Evan Almighty) and totally thrilled that her early recordings are at last being enshrined on compact disc for soul lovers of all ages.
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