Longing

Longing is the ninth album recorded by Dusty Springfield. It was originally slated as her second LP for the ABC Dunhill Records label. The songs for the album were originally recorded in 1974, but plans to release the album were abandoned. Most of the Longing recordings were mixed and released much later on the compilations Simply Dusty and Beautiful Soul: The ABC Dunhill Collection. In June 2025, Longing received an official standalone release, over 50 years after it was recorded, making it the second posthumous Dusty Springfield album. The 2025 release includes extensive liner notes by Springfield expert Paul Howes. As was the case with many of Springfield's albums released and/or recorded in the '70s, Longing, though unreleased at the time, contained some of Springfield's most critically acclaimed work. The track "In the Winter", written and also recorded by Janis Ian, is often singled out from the recording sessions as an example. Ian said that after hearing Springfield sing the song she could "no longer do the piece justice" herself. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longing...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)