Shelby Lynne - Just A Little Lovin' - Analogue Productions 45rpm LP

Michael Fremer's 100 Recommended All-Analog LP Reissues Worth Owning - Rated 84/100!

Released originally by Lost Highway Records in 2008, Just a Little Lovin' is Shelby Lynne's stirring, emphatic tribute to the late British singer Dusty Springfield. It is to date the highest charting album of Lynne's career, reaching No. 41 on the Billboard 200. The producer is veteran Phil Ramone — the engineer for Springfield's original recording of "The Look of Love."

Reissuing this masterpiece to the Analogue Productions standards was an enormous — and expensive — undertaking. Keep in mind that almost without exception, for every pop record recorded after 1992, even if it's recorded to analog tape like this one, the songs are stored individually. That means that there is never an actual complete album master compiled. So to cut an LP from tape, they had to have mastering engineer Doug Sax assemble an analog master in order so that he could then cut the record to LP, using his famed tube electronics. This involves a lot of extra cost and work. But, since this is such an incredible album, they went all the way. Also, Shelby Lynne herself is reportedly a big fan of vinyl.

As for the quality of the record itself, the name says it all. This heavyweight platter from Quality Record Pressings is dead quiet — and smooth. Plating was also done in-house at QRP by Gary Salstrom.

Right on the heels of the Analogue Productions reissue of Dusty Springfield's Dusty in Memphis, which was named Stereophile's Recording of the Month for February 2012, the timing couldn't be more perfect.

In addition to the Springfield tracks, Lynne also covers Tony Joe White's "Willie and Laura Mae Jones."

PopMatters' review of Just a Little Lovin' wrote, "Lynne has crafted a disc that — while not exactly transcendent — still manages to go to emotional places that remain unattainable to your run-of-the-mill pop vocalists." Some of Dusty's biggest hits are covered here including "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me," "I Only Want to Be with You," and "How Can I Be Sure."

Let Shelby Lynne give you Just a Little Lovin' — it'll make your day!

See what reviewers had to say about AP's 33 1/3rpm reissue of Just a Little Lovin':

"...She's enough of a talent to serve up nine of Dusty's (plus one original) with reverence rather than mimicry, while avoiding the obvious songs. But the hook is the sound: it ranks with any 'audiophile' LP you can name." –Ken Kessler, Hi-Fi News, September 2012, Sound Quality: 90%, Hi-Fi News Album Choice

"...I heard the music in an entirely new way...the recording is so good, and the Analogue Productions mastering brings such new life to this LP...Mastered by Doug Sax, this explodes off your turntable." –Dennis D. Davis, Hi-Fi +, Issue 89, Recording 10/10; Music 9.5/10

"...it is simply hard to believe how good this LP sounds, the backgrounds are as quiet as any of the famous UHQR pressings. Lynne's voice simply comes out of silence and a real space. It is rich, detailed, and most of all, unbelievably alive sounding. This recording is so good that I swear it sounds like she sings better than she did on the original...This is an LP that every vinyl lover must have in their collection!" –Jack Roberts, Dagogo

"...the first truly all-analog version...a tad warmer tonally, goes even deeper in the lower bass, and has an overall ease to the presentation that makes it the best version yet of this record...Highly Recommended." –My Vinyl Review, March 18, 2012

"...all I can say is THIS IS INCREDIBLE!!!!!! The sonics are spectacular and the pressing quality is as good as has ever been pressed in my opinion. The backgrounds are dead, black, silent the way Japanese pressings used to come on JVC 'Supervinyl!' and believe me it doesn't get any better than that, though this may even be richer, darker and blacker." –Michael Fremer, analogplanet.com, Music 9/10, Sound 11/10