Following last year’s series of 23 expanded reissues of Dionne Warwick’s Scepter and Warner Bros. catalogue from WEA Japan, the U.K.’s Edsel label is revisiting 16 of those very albums on four new, multi-CD sets.  Each one of Edsel’s sets will contain four original stereo albums in chronological sequence, with two of the new titles adding singles and retaining bonus tracks originally introduced on Rhino Handmade’s expanded reissues.  The titles, due in stores on January 13, are as follows:

1. Presenting Dionne Warwick (1963) / Anyone Who Had a Heart (1964) / Make Way for Dionne Warwick (1964) / The Sensitive Sound of Dionne Warwick (1965) (2 CDs)
2. Here I Am (1965) / Dionne Warwick in Paris (1966) / Here Where There is Love (1966) / On Stage and in the Movies (1967) (2 CDs)
3. The Windows of the World (1967) / In the Valley of the Dolls (1968) / Promises, Promises (1968) / Soulful (1969) (Includes bonus tracks, 3 CDs)
4. I’ll Never Fall in Love Again (1970) / Very Dionne (1970, with bonus tracks) / Dionne (1972) / Just Being Myself (1973) (Includes bonus tracks, 2 CDs)

Edsel’s series does not include 1967’s The Magic of Believing, 1969’s Dionne Warwick’s Greatest Motion Picture Hits, the Scepter anthologies The Dionne Warwicke Story: A Decade of Gold (1971) and From Within (1972), or any of Warwick’s Warner Bros. albums post-Just Being Myself.  [Motion Picture Hits, The Dionne Warwicke Story and From Within all made their CD debuts in Japan and still await U.S. or U.K. reissue.]  What will you find on these new editions?  The full contents of Rhino Handmade’s 2003 reissue of Soulful are replicated, while other bonus material has been drawn from non-LP singles and Handmade’s expanded editions of The Windows of the World/In the Valley of the Dolls, Promises, Promises/I’ll Never Fall in Love Again and Very Dionne.  In addition, two tracks appear to make their CD debuts outside of Japan, “Amanda” and “He’s Moving On” from the film The Love Machine.  It’s unclear as of this writing whether these will be presented in mono or stereo; the mono single versions were included on the 2013 Japanese remaster of The Dionne Warwicke Story: A Decade of Gold but the stereo versions have never appeared on CD anywhere.

These new reissues also eliminate the duplicated songs heard on Warwick’s second and third albums.  In addition, the new Very Dionne seems to drop the 1970 live recording of “The Look of Love” from the otherwise all-studio original album.  (This track, recorded at New Jersey’s Garden State Arts Center, was joined by nine more tracks – most previously unissued – from the same performance on Handmade’s Very Dionne.  The balance of the concert was scheduled for reissue on an expanded edition of On Stage and in the Movies.  When Handmade abandoned the Warwick series, those four songs remained in the vaults.  One hopes a full standalone release of this dynamic show will arrive soon.)

In summary, all of the bonus tracks from the Rhino Handmade and WEA Japan campaigns have not been reprised by Edsel, but all of the bonus tracks on Edsel’s series do appear on the Japanese discs.  (The lone exceptions would be “Amanda” and “He’s Moving On” if Edsel includes them in stereo.)  We hope to provide further details soon on the remastering and liner notes for this upcoming series, so watch this space.  (And don’t forget to check out The Second Disc’s 2013 Gold Bonus Disc Awards, in which a title from Ms. Warwick and Real Gone Music took home a Reissue of the Year recognition!)

In the meantime, this series promises to deliver an affordable way to acquire the core of Dionne Warwick’s monumental catalogue, much of it crafted in tandem with Burt Bacharach and Hal David.  It’s an alternative to acquiring the costly Japanese reissues or hunting down the out-of-print and pricey album reissues on labels including Sequel, Collectors’ Choice Music and Rhino Handmade.  All four sets, encompassing sixteen albums, are due from Edsel on January 14, and you can pre-order below.

After the jump, you’ll find pre-order links and a complete discography for all titles! 

Dionne Warwick, Presenting Dionne Warwick (1963) / Anyone Who Had a Heart (1964) / Make Way for Dionne Warwick (1964) / The Sensitive Sound of Dionne Warwick (1965) (Edsel. 2014) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

CD 1

1. This Empty Place
2. Don’t Make Me Over
3. I Cry Alone
4. Wishin’ and Hopin’
5. I Smiled Yesterday
6. Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
7. Make the Music Play
8. If You See Bill
9. It’s Love That Really Counts
10. Unlucky
11. Make It Easy on Yourself
12. The Love of a Boy
13. Anyone Who Had a Heart
14. Shall I Tell Her
15. Getting Ready for the Heartbreak
16. Oh Lord What Are You Doing to Me
17. Any Old Time of Day
18. Mr. Heartbreak
19. Put Yourself in My Place
20. I Could Make You Mine
21. Please Make Him Love Me

CD 2

1. A House is Not a Home
2. People
3. They Long to Be Close to You
4. The Last One to Be Loved
5. In the Land of Make Believe
6. Reach Out for Me
7. You’ll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)
8. Walk On By
9. Get Rid of Him
10. Make the Night a Little Longer
11. Unchained Melody
12. Who Can I Turn To
13. How Many Days of Sadness
14. Is There Another Way to Love You
15. Where Can I Go Without You
16. You Can Have Him
17. Wives and Lovers
18. Don’t Say I Didn’t Tell You So
19. Only the Strong, Only the Brave
20. Forever My Love
21. That’s Not the Answer

CD 1, Tracks 1-12 from Presenting Dionne Warwick, Scepter LP 508, 1963 (Original LP in different sequence)
CD 1, Tracks 13-21 from Anyone Who Had a Heart, Scepter LP 517, 1964 (Drops repeated tracks “Don’t Make Me Over,” “I Cry Alone” and “This Empty Place”)
CD 2, Tracks 1-10 from Make Way for Dionne Warwick, Scepter LP 523, 1964 (Drops repeated tracks “Wishin’ and Hopin’” and “I Smiled Yesterday”)
CD 2, Tracks 11-21 from The Sensitive Sound of Dionne Warwick, Scepter LP 528, 1965

Dionne Warwick, Here I Am (1965) / Dionne Warwick in Paris (1966) / Here Where There is Love (1966) / On Stage and in the Movies (1967) (Edsel, 2014) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

CD 1

1. In Between the Heartaches
2. Here I Am
3. If I Ever Make You Cry
4. Lookin’ with My Eyes
5. Once in a Lifetime
6. This Little Light
7. Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
8. Window Wishing
9. Long Day, Short Night
10. Are You There (With Another Girl)
11. How Can I Hurt You?
12. I Loves You, Porgy
13. I Love Paris
14. C’est Si Bon
15. Message to Michael
16. A House is Not a Home (French Version)
17. Walk On By
18. Oh Yeah Yeah Yeah
19. The Good Life
20. La Vie en Rose
21. You’ll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart) (French Version)
22. What’d I Say

CD 2

1. Go with Love
2. What the World Needs Now is Love
3. I Just Don’t Know What to Do with Myself
4. Here Where There Is Love
5. Trains and Boats and Planes
6. Alfie
7. As Long as He Needs Me
8. I Wish You Love
9. I Never Knew What You Were Up To
10. Blowin’ in the Wind
11. Summertime
12. You’ll Never Walk Alone
13. My Favorite Things
14. Something Wonderful
15. One Hand, One Heart/With These Hands
16. The Way You Look Tonight
17. He Loves Me
18. I Believe in You
19. Baubles, Bangles and Beads
20. Anything You Can Do
21. My Ship

CD 1, Tracks 1-12 from Here I Am, Scepter LP 531, 1965
CD 1, Tracks 13-22 from Dionne Warwick in Paris, Scepter LP 534, 1966
CD 2, Tracks 1-10 from Here Where There is Love, Scepter LP 555, 1966
CD 2, Tracks 11-21 from On Stage and in the Movies, Scepter LP 559, 1967

Dionne Warwick, The Windows of the World (1967) / In the Valley of the Dolls (1968) / Promises, Promises (1968) / Soulful (1969) (plus bonus tracks) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

CD 1

1. I Say a Little Prayer
2. Walk Little Dolly
3. The Beginning of Loneliness
4. Another Night
5. The Windows of the World
6. (There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me
7. Somewhere
8. You’re Gonna Hear from Me
9. Love
10. What’s Good About Goodbye
11. As Long As There’s An Apple Tree
12. Up, Up and Away
13. You’re My World
14. (Theme From) Valley of the Dolls
15. Silent Voices
16. Do You Know the Way to San Jose
17. For the Rest of My Life
18. Let Me Be Lonely
19. Where Would I Go
20. Walking Backwards Down the Road

CD 2

1. Taking a Chance on Love
2. For the Rest of My Life (Dedicato All Amore)
3. Silent Voices (Lo Volce di Silenzio)
4. Promises, Promises
5. This Girl’s in Love with You
6. Little Green Apples
7. Where is Love
8. Who is Gonna Love Me
9. Whoever You Are, I Love You
10. Where Am I Going
11. Wanting Things
12. Lonely in My Heart
13. Yesterday I Heard the Rain
14. Dream Sweet Dreamer
15. The April Fools
16. Slaves
17. Odds and Ends
18. Our Ages or Our Hearts
19. If You Let Me Make Love to You, Then Why Can’t I Touch You

CD 3

1. You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling
2. I’m Your Puppet
3. People Got to Be Free
4. You’re All I Need to Get By
5. We Can Work It Out
6. A Hard Day’s Night
7. Do Right Woman – Do Right Man
8. I’ve Been Loving You Too Long
9. People Get Ready
10. Hey Jude
11. The Weight
12. Loving You is Sweeter Than Ever
13. The Love of My Man
14. Hurts So Bad
15. Someday We’ll Be Together
16. Everyday People
17. Stand
18. Games People Play
19. MacArthur Park
20. Reach Out and Touch/All Kinds of People
21. Give a Damn
22. To Be Young, Gifted and Black
23. Put a Little Love in Your Heart

CD 1, Tracks 1-10 from The Windows of the World, Scepter LP 563, 1967
CD 1, Tracks 11-20 from In the Valley of the Dolls, Scepter LP 568, 1968
CD 2, Tracks 1-3 first collected on The Windows of the World/In the Valley of the Dolls, Rhino Handmade CD RHM2 7859, 2004)
CD 2, Tracks 4-13 from Promises, Promises, Scepter LP 571, 1968
CD 2, Track 14 from Scepter single 12241-B, 1969, also included on Promises, Promises/I’ll Never Fall in Love Again, Rhino Handmade CD RHM2 7837, 2003
CD 2, Tracks 15-16 from Dionne Warwick’s Greatest Motion Picture Hits, Scepter LP 575, 1969
CD 2, Track 17 from Scepter single 12256-A, 1969, also included on Promises, Promises/I’ll Never Fall in Love Again, Rhino Handmade CD RHM2 7837, 2003
CD 2, Tracks 18-19 from From Within, Scepter LP 598, 1972
CD 3 replicates the contents of Soulful reissue, Rhino Handmade CD RHM2 7838, 2003 - Tracks 1-10 from Soulful, Scepter LP 573, 1969, Tracks 11-22 from From Within, Scepter LP 598, 1972, Track 23 first released 2003

Dionne Warwick, I’ll Never Fall in Love Again (1970) / Very Dionne (1970) / Dionne (1972) / Just Being Myself (1973) (Edsel, 2014) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

CD 1

1. The Wine is Young
2. I’ll Never Fall in Love Again
3. Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head
4. Loneliness Remembers What Happiness Forgets
5. Something
6. Paper Mache
7. Knowing When to Leave
8. Let Me Go to Him
9. Didn’t We
10. My Way
11. Check Out Time
12. Yesterday
13. We’ve Only Just Begun
14. Here’s That Rainy Day
15. The Green Grass Starts to Grow
16. They Don’t Give Medals to Yesterday’s Heroes
17. Walk the Way You Talk
18. Going Out of My Head
19. I Got Love
20. Who Gets the Guy
21. Amanda
22. He’s Moving On
23. California
24. They Say It’s Wonderful
25. If I Ruled the World
26. Let It Be Me

CD 2

1. Only Love Can Break a Heart
2. Make It Easy on Yourself – with B.J. Thomas
3. They Don’t Give Medals to Yesterday’s Heroes – with B.J. Thomas
4. I Just Have to Breathe
5. The Balance of Nature
6. If You Never Say Goodbye
7. Close to You
8. My First Night Alone Without You
9. Be Aware
10. Love Song
11. One Less Bell to Answer
12. If We Only Have Love
13. Hasbrook Heights
14. You’re Gonna Need Me
15. I Think You Need Love
16. You Are the Heart of Me
17. I Always Caught in the Rain
18. Don’t Let My Teardrops Bother You
19. (I’m) Just Being Myself
20. Come Back
21. Don’t Burn The Bridge (That Took You Across)

CD 1, Tracks 1-10 from I’ll Never Fall in Love Again, Scepter LP 581, 1970
CD 1, Tracks 11-19 from Very Dionne, Scepter LP 587, 1970 (original album also included a live recording of “The Look of Love” recorded on July 23, 1970 at the Garden State Arts Center)
CD 1, Track 20 from Scepter single 12309, 1971 – also included on Very Dionne, Rhino Handmade CD RHM2 7869, 2004
CD 1, Tracks 21-22 from Scepter single 12326, 1971 or The Love Machine, Scepter LP 595, 1971 – mono or stereo version TBD – stereo versions included on Very Dionne, WEA Japan CD WPCR-15086, 2013
CD 1, Track 23 recorded in 1970 and first released on Very Dionne, Rhino Handmade CD RHM2 7869, 2004
CD 1, Track 24 first released on Only Love Can Break a Heart, Musicor LP 2501, 1977 – also included on Promises, Promises/I’ll Never Fall in Love Again, Rhino Handmade CD RHM2 7837, 2003
CD 1, Tracks 25-26 & CD 2, Track 1 first released on Only Love Can Break a Heart, Musicor LP 2501, 1977 – also included on Very Dionne, Rhino Handmade CD RHM2 7869, 2004
CD 2, Tracks 2-3 recorded in 1969 and first released on Very Dionne, Rhino Handmade CD RHM2 7869, 2004
CD 2, Tracks 4-13 from Dionne, Warner Bros. LP BS 2585, 1972
CD 2, Tracks 14-21 from Just Being Myself, Warner Bros. LP BS 2658, 1973