Dusty Springfield - Son of a Preacher Man [Live in West German TV, 1969]

Performing her "Dusty in Memphis" hit at a TV show in Cologne, West Germany, 1969. Sometimes memories distort or inflate the quality of recordings deemed legendary, but in the case of Dusty in Memphis, the years have only strengthened its reputation. The idea of taking England's reigning female soul queen to the home of the music she had mastered was an inspired one. The Jerry Wexler/Tom Dowd/Arif Mardin production and engineering team picked mostly perfect songs, and those that weren't so great were salvaged by Springfield's marvelous delivery and technique. (Review from Allmusic)

[iantuition]

The amount of thought and effort put into this VERY one-off performance... would never happen today.

[tuskedbeast]

What an awkward way for Dusty have to perform, laying on her back! Hats off to German TV :)

[pattiherf]

WHAT AN AWESOME STAGE SETTING....DUSTY..ALWAYS TERRIFIC !!!

[blurocktech]

This nearly made me sick with all that zooming in and out. Also Dusty looks odd laying down and singing lmao but she made the best of it.