Today's the day when we can finally share Dionne Warwick's Make It Easy on Yourself: The Scepter Recordings 1962-1971 with our readers! Though today is the official release date and copies should be shipping within the U.K., Amazon U.S. currently shows August 15 as the release date stateside.  To our American friends, we hope you will find this set worth the wait!  Here are the full details on this release.

"I am so very thrilled about this wonderful collection of my recordings! It is truly something that I myself would buy." - Dionne Warwick, 2025

For more than six decades, Dionne Warwick has been synonymous with musical excellence.  The six-time Grammy Award winner, 2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and Kennedy Center Honoree remains one of the most-charted vocalists of all time, with a whopping 56 singles having made the Billboard Hot 100 between 1962 and 1998 and over 100 million records sold worldwide.  The New Jersey-born legend became the first black female solo recording artist in the mid-'60s to achieve international breakthrough success (in particular in the U.K. and Europe) with her elegant and distinctive blend of pop and soul, resulting in timeless classics such as "Walk on By," "I Say a Little Prayer," "Alfie" "Don't Make Me Over," and her original version of "Anyone Who Had A Heart."  Dionne is making music on the concert stage and in the studio today, building on the extraordinary career that first began at the feisty New York independent label Scepter Records.  Now, the remarkable body of work created by Dionne at Scepter in tandem with the songwriting-production team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David is receiving its most comprehensive collection ever.

SoulMusic Records and Second Disc Records are proud to present Dionne Warwick's Make It Easy on Yourself: The Scepter Recordings 1962-1971, a 12CD box set with 280 tracks encompassing every original Scepter album and single release plus over 60 rare bonus tracks - 16 of which are previously unreleased (both in the studio and in concert) - for a total of over 14 hours of music.

Housed in a lavish slipcase, Make It Easy on Yourself: The Scepter Recordings 1962-1971 includes the following albums in their original stereo presentations:

• PRESENTING DIONNE WARWICK (1963);
• ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART (1964);
• MAKE WAY FOR DIONNE WARWICK (1964);
• THE SENSITIVE SOUND OF DIONNE WARWICK (1965);
• HERE I AM (1965);
• HERE WHERE THERE IS LOVE (1965);
• DIONNE WARWICK IN PARIS (1966);
• ON STAGE & IN THE MOVIES (1967);
• THE WINDOWS OF THE WORLD (1967);
• VALLEY OF THE DOLLS (1968);
• THE MAGIC OF BELIEVING (1968);
• PROMISES, PROMISES (1968);
• SOULFUL (1969);
• I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN (1970);
• VERY DIONNE (1970);
• THE DIONNE WARWICKE STORY: A DECADE OF GOLD (1971); and
• FROM WITHIN (1972).

Additionally, the exclusive bonus disc ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE: LIVE & STUDIO GEMS FROM THE SCEPTER VAULTS boasts 25 rarities from the superstar.  This disc premieres a lost 1969 concert from Washington, DC as well as never-before-heard alternate takes of "Don't Say I Didn't Tell You So," "Who Gets the Guy," "Walk the Way You Talk," "We've Only Just Begun," and more.  This disc also presents the long-awaited CD debuts of the film soundtrack versions of "He's Moving On" and "Amanda" from the film The Love Machine (as well as the unique single versions of both songs); and Dionne's rare duet of Bacharach and David's "Try to See It My Way" with Tony Award winner and Deadpool and Wolverine star Leslie Uggams.

While the songs of Bacharach and David including the Grammy-winning "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" and I'll Never Fall in Love Again" form the cornerstone of Warwick's Scepter discography, this set also shines a spotlight on the remarkable string of concept albums in which she brought her own stamp to the songs of Broadway and Hollywood (On Stage and in the Movies), the gospel songbook (The Magic of Believing), and the contemporary R&B repertoire (Soulful).  Among the 60+ bonus tracks spread across the 12 discs of Make It Easy on Yourself are additional, previously unreleased live performances from Dionne's landmark 1966 concerts at the Paris Olympia.  Her complete 1970 Garden State Arts Center concert has also been fully restored with previously unavailable material as part of the expanded Decade of Gold.  The numerous alternate takes throughout offer fresh insight into Warwick's recording process with Bacharach and David.

This set has been produced by Joe Marchese (of The Second Disc) and Jim Pierson, and executive-produced by The British Ambassador of Soul, David Nathan.  The lavish 68-page booklet features a 12,000-word essay by Marchese, drawing on previously unpublished interviews with Dionne Warwick and the late Burt Bacharach.  The booklet also features a moving personal reflection from Nathan, and an appreciation of Dionne's groundbreaking The Magic of Believing by gospel and soul historian Tim Dillinger of God's Music Is My Life.  The booklet is copiously illustrated with numerous photos as well as album artwork.  Each disc is housed within the slipcase in an individual wallet with detailed discographical annotations.

The box has been beautifully designed by John Sellards with an eye to period detail, and all tracks have been newly mastered for this collection by Nick Robbins.  Make It Easy on Yourself: The Scepter Recordings 1962-1971 follows SoulMusic Records' previous pair of Dionne Warwick box sets, Sure Thing: The Warner Bros. Recordings 1972-1977 and Déjà Vu: The Arista Recordings 1979-1994, completing the label's definitive survey of Warwick's first three decades-plus of recording.

Produced with the cooperation of Miss Warwick, Make It Easy on Yourself: The Scepter Recordings 1962-1971 is the most comprehensive look to date at the recordings which form the foundation of the artist's remarkable and still-thriving career.  You'll find the complete track listing and pre-order links below.  TSD thanks our readers for your support; Amazon links are now available; as of this writing, pre-orders will arrive on the day of release!  Make It Easy on Yourself is due June 27 from SoulMusic Records and Second Disc Records!

Dionne Warwick, Make It Easy on Yourself: The Scepter Recordings 1962-1971 (SoulMusic/Second Disc/Cherry Red QSM12CR5225BX, 2025) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Cherry Red)

CD 1: Presenting Dionne Warwick / Anyone Who Had a Heart

Presenting Dionne Warwick (Scepter SPS-508, 1963)

1. This Empty Place
2. Wishin' and Hopin'
3. I Cry Alone
4. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
5. Make The Music Play
6. If You See Bill
7. Don't Make Me Over
8. It's Love That Really Counts
9. Unlucky
10. I Smiled Yesterday
11. Make It Easy on Yourself
12. The Love of a Boy

Anyone Who Had a Heart (Scepter SPS-517, 1964)

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. Heartbreak
19. Put Yourself in My Place
20. I Could Make You Mine
21. Please Make Him Love Me

Bonus Tracks

22. Don't Make Me Over (Alternate Version) (Originally released on Odds & Ends: Scepter Records Rarities, Real Gone Music OPCD-9003, 2018)
23. Any Old Time of Day (Alternate Version) (Originally released on Hidden Gems, Rhino R2 70329, 1992)

CD 2: Make Way for Dionne Warwick / The Sensitive Sound of Dionne Warwick

Make Way for Dionne Warwick (Scepter SPS-523, 1964)

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. Land of Make Believe
6. Reach Out for Me
7. You'll Never Get to Heaven
8. Walk on By
9. Get Rid of Him
10. Make The Night a Little Longer

The Sensitive Sound of Dionne Warwick (Scepter SPS-528, 1965)

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 3: Here I Am / Here Where There Is Love

Here I Am (Scepter SPS-531, 1965)

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 Love You Porgy

Here Where There Is Love (Scepter SPS-555, 1965)

13. Go With Love
14. What The World Needs Now Is Love
15. I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself
16. Here, Where There Is Love
17. Trains and Boats and Planes
18. Alfie
19. As Long as He Needs Me
20. I Wish You Love
21. (I Never Knew) What You Were Up To
22. Blowin' In the Wind

Bonus Tracks

23. If I Ever Make You Cry (Alternate Version) (Originally released on From the Vaults, Ichiban SCL 2104-2, 1995)
24. Here Where There Is Love (Alternate Version) (Originally released on Love Songs, Rhino CD R2 78784, 2001)
25. Message to Michael (Stereo Version) (Stereo version of Scepter single 12133, 1966 - originally released on The Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits, Rhino R2 71100, 1989)

CD 4: Dionne Warwick in Paris (Scepter SPS-564, 1966)

1. I Love Paris
2. C'est Si Bon
3. Message to Michael
4. A House Is Not a Home
5. Walk on By
6. Oh Yeah Yeah Yeah (with Sacha Distel)
7. The Good Life
8. La Vie En Rose
9. You'll Never Get to Heaven
10. What'd I Say

Bonus Tracks

11. What's Good About Goodbye (Live) (previously unreleased)
12. Any Old Time of Day (Live from Spectacle Sacha Distel a l'Olympia) (previously unreleased)
13. Unchained Melody (Live from Spectacle Sacha Distel a l'Olympia) (previously unreleased)
14. The Good Life (Studio Mix)
15. La Vie En Rose (English Version Studio Mix)
16. I Love Paris (Studio Mix)
17. C'est Si Bon (Studio Mix)
18. Un Toit Ne Suffit Pas ("A House is Not a Home" French Version) (Vogue single EPL 8313, 1964)
19. L'amour Supplie ("Reach Out for Me" French Version)
20. Combien De Jours Malheureux ("How Many Days of Sadness" French Version)
21. Geh' Vorbei ("Walk on By" German Version)
22. Ich Warte Jeden Tag ("You'll Never Get to Heaven" German Version)
23. Non Mi Pentiro ("Walk on By" Italian Version)
24. Apro Gli Occhi Per Non Vederti ("A House Is Not a Home" Italian Version)

Tracks 14, 16-17, 19-20 originally released on Odds & Ends: Scepter Records Rarities, Real Gone Music OPCD-9003, 2018
Track 15 from Sings the Standards, Connoisseur Collection VSOPCD255, 1998
Tracks 21-22 from Vogue Schallplatten single DV 14298, 1964
Tracks 23-24 from Scepter (Italy) single SC 713, 1967

CD 5: On Stage & In the Movies / The Windows of the World

On Stage & In the Movies (Scepter SPS-559, 1967)

1. Summertime
2. You'll Never Walk Alone
3. My Favorite Things
4. Something Wonderful
5. One Hand, One Heart (With These Hands)
6. The Way You Look Tonight
7. He Loves Me
8. I Believe in You
9. Baubles, Bangles and Beads
10. Anything You Can Do (with Chuck Jackson)
11. My Ship

The Windows of the World (Scepter SPS-563, 1967)

12. I Say a Little Prayer
13. Walk Little Dolly
14. The Beginning of Loneliness
15. Another Night
16. The Windows of the World
17. (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me
18. Somewhere
19. You're Gonna Hear from Me
20. Love
21. What's Good About Goodbye

Bonus Tracks

22. Taking a Chance on Love (Originally released on The Windows of the World/Valley of the Dolls, Rhino Handmade RHM2 7859, 2004)
23. I Say a Little Prayer (Alternate Version 1) (Originally released on The Scepter Records Story, Capricorn 9 42003-2, 1992)

CD 6: Valley of the Dolls / The Magic of Believing

Valley of the Dolls (Scepter SPS-568, 1968)

1. As Long as There's an Apple Tree
2. Up, Up and Away
3. You're My World
4. (Theme From) Valley of the Dolls
5. Silent Voices
6. Do You Know the Way to San Jose
7. For The Rest of My Life
8. Let Me Be Lonely
9. Where Would I Go
10. Walking Backwards Down the Road

Bonus Tracks

11. As Long as There's an Apple Tree (Extended Version) (Originally released on Odds & Ends: Scepter Records Rarities, Real Gone Music OPCD-9003, 2018)
12. Dedicato All' Amore ("For the Rest of My Life" Mono Single Version) (Scepter (Italy) single SC 709, 1967)
13. La Vita Come Va ("The Windows of the World" Italian Version) (Scepter (Italy) single SC 715, 1967)
14. Ogni Donna Che Ameri ("Walk Little Dolly" Italian Version) (Scepter (Italy) single SC 715, 1967)
15. La Voce Del Silenzio ("Silent Voices" Stereo Version) (Scepter (Italy) single SC 717, 1968)

The Magic of Believing (Scepter SPS-567, 1968)

16. Battle Hymn of the Republic
17. Somebody Bigger Than You and I
18. Jesus Will
19. Old Landmark
20. The Magic of Believing
21. Blessed Be the Name of the Lord
22. Grace
23. Steal Away
24. In The Garden
25. Who Do You Think It Was

CD 7: Promises, Promises / Soulful

Promises, Promises (Scepter SPS-571, 1968)

1. Promises, Promises
2. This Girl's in Love with You
3. Little Green Apples
4. Where Is Love
5. Who Is Gonna Love Me
6. Whoever You Are, I Love You
7. Where Am I Going
8. Wanting Things
9. Lonely In My Heart
10. Yesterday I Heard the Rain

Soulful (Scepter SPS-573, 1969)

11. You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling
12. I'm Your Puppet
13. People Got to Be Free
14. You're All I Need to Get By
15. We Can Work It Out
16. A Hard Day's Night
17. Do Right Woman-Do Right Man
18. I've Been Loving You Too Long
19. People Get Ready
20. Hey Jude

Bonus Tracks

21. Put A Little Love in Your Heart (Originally released on Soulful: Expanded Edition, Rhino Handmade RHM2 7838, 2003)
22. The Look of Love (Stereo Version) (from Greatest Motion Picture Hits, Scepter SPS-575 (1969); Stereo version from Hidden Gems, Rhino R2 70329, 1992)
23. Dream Sweet Dreamer (Stereo Version) (Scepter B-side 12241, 1969; Stereo version from Love Songs, Rhino R2 78784, 2001)
24. The April Fools (Stereo Version) (Scepter single 12249, 1969; Stereo version from The Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits, Rhino R2 71100, 1989)
25. Slaves (Stereo Version) (Scepter B-side 12249 (1969); Stereo version from Hidden Gems, Rhino R2 70329, 1992)

CD 8: I'll Never Fall in Love Again / Very Dionne

I'll Never Fall in Love Again (Scepter SPS-581, 1970)

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

Bonus Track

11. Odds and Ends (Stereo Version) (Scepter single 12256, 1969)

Very Dionne (Scepter SPS-587, 1970)

12. Check Out Time
13. Yesterday
14. We've Only Just Begun
15. Here's That Rainy Day
16. The Green Grass Starts to Grow
17. They Don't Give Medals to Yesterday's Heroes
18. Walk the Way You Talk
19. Going Out of My Head
20. I Got Love

Bonus Tracks

21. Who Gets the Guy (Stereo Version) (Scepter single 12309, 1971)
22. Make It Easy on Yourself (with B.J. Thomas)
23. They Don't Give Medals to Yesterday's Heroes (with B.J. Thomas)
24. California

Tracks 22-24 from Very Dionne: Expanded Edition, Rhino Handmade RHM2 7869, 2004

CD 9: The Dionne Warwicke Story: A Decade of Gold [Part I] (Scepter SPS2-596, 1971)

Live at Basin Street East 1966

1. You and the Night and the Music
2. You're Gonna Hear from Me
3. Taking A Chance on Love
4. Try to Remember
5. Medley: Thank Heaven for Little Girls/Walk on By/Message to Michael
6. Somewhere
7. Who Can I Turn To
8. What's Good About Goodbye

Live at The Copacabana 1968

9. I Say a Little Prayer
10. For Once in My Life
11. The Look of Love
12. Goin' Out of My Head
13. Medley: The Impossible Dream/What the World Needs Now Is Love
14. Impersonation Medley
15. Do You Know the Way to San Jose
16. Valley of the Dolls
17. Alfie

Bonus Track

18. Try to Remember (Alternate Live Version) (originally released on Valley of the Dolls: Expanded Edition, Disky DCD 5399, 1994)

CD 10: The Dionne Warwicke Story: A Decade of Gold [Part II]

Live at Columbia University 1967

1. I'm Putting Me in Your Hands
2. Don't Make Me Over
3. Reach Out for Me
4. You'll Never Get to Heaven
5. Wives and Lovers
6. I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself
7. Anyone Who Had a Heart

Live at Garden State Arts Center 1970

7. Aquarius
8. You Made Me So Very Happy
9. Do You Know the Way to San Jose
10. This Girl's in Love with You
11. Promises, Promises
12. Goin' Out of My Head
13. Walk on By
14. Paper Mache
15. I Say a Little Prayer
16. I'll Never Fall in Love Again
17. Make It Easy on Yourself
18. Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
19. Alfie (previously unreleased)
20. The Look of Love
21. What The World Needs Now
22. Love Medley (Put a Little Love in Your Heart/Come Together/Get Together)

CD 11: From Within (Scepter SPS2-598, 1972)

1. Battle Hymn of the Republic (Remix)
2. Somebody Bigger Than You and I (Remix)
3. Grace (Remix)
4. Steal Away (Remix)
5. Jesus Will (Remix)
6. Medley: Reach Out and Touch/All Kinds of People
7. MacArthur Park
8. To Be Young, Gifted, and Black
9. Give a Damn
10. The Love of My Man
11. Hurts So Bad
12. The Weight
13. Our Ages or Our Hearts
14. Someday We'll Be Together
15. If You Let Me Make Love to You Then Why Can't I Touch You
16. Stand
17. Games People Play
18. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
19. Everyday People

Bonus Tracks

20. Monday, Monday
21. If I Ruled the World
22. Let It Be Me
23. They Say It's Wonderful
24. For All We Know

Tracks 20-24 from Only Love Can Break a Heart, Musicor 2501, 1977

CD 12: Always Something There: Live & Studio Gems from the Scepter Vaults

Live from Washington, DC (1969) (all tracks previously unreleased)

1. Promises, Promises (Live)
2. The Impossible Dream/What the World Needs Now Is Love (Live)
3. Always Something There to Remind Me (Live)
4. Goin' Out of My Head (Live)
5. This Girl's in Love with You (Live)
6. Alfie and Playoff (Live)

Alternate Versions

7. Don't Say I Didn't Tell You So (Alternate Version) (*)
8. Yesterday (Alternate Version) (*)
9. We've Only Just Begun (Alternate Version) (*)
10. I Got Love (Alternate Version) (*)
11. Odds and Ends (Alternate Version)
12. Loneliness Remembers What Happiness Forgets (Alternate Version)
13. Who Gets the Guy (Alternate Version) (*)
14. Walk the Way You Talk (Alternate Version) (*)

From the Vaults

15. Only Love Can Break a Heart
16. Try to See It My Way - Leslie Uggams with Dionne Warwick

The Love Machine

17. He's Moving On (Theme from The Love Machine) (Single Version)
18. Amanda (Single Version)
19. He's Moving On (Theme from The Love Machine) (Film Version)
20. Amanda (Film Version)

Alternate Versions

21. I Say a Little Prayer (Alternate Version 2)
22. Do You Know the Way to San Jose (Alternate Version)
23. Walk On By (with count-in)
24. Don't Make Me Over (with count-in)

Bonus Track

25. Radio Promo Spots and Public Service Announcements

Tracks 11, 21-22, 25 from Odds & Ends: Scepter Records Rarities, Real Gone Music OPCD-9003, 2018
Track 15 from Only Love Can Break a Heart, Musicor 2501, 1977
Track 16 from Try to See It My Way, Sonday SL 8000, 1972
Tracks 17-20 from The Love Machine, Scepter SPS-595, 1971
Tracks 23-24 from The Scepter Records Story, Capricorn 9 42003-2, 1992

(*) denotes previously unreleased track​​