Swingin' Dors

Swingin' Dors is the only album Diana released and what a shame that is. Her voice is lovely and there is not a weak song on this album. The arrangement and music is often catchy and full of hooks, it really is a lost gem in music history.

Diana never recorded a bad song, so it's baffling how this was only re-issued in 2007. Why did it take so long? I was hooked on every word she sang, so crisply and beautifully it makes for joyful listening.

Credit has to go to Wally Stott for the excellent music composition. Each track sounds very good.

It was reissued on CD and vinyl. The CD, it has to be said, is the inferior product. The vinyl has more robust packaging, complete with extra pictures and a generally larger bookelt included. The vinyl itself is red, just like it originally was, to match her lipstick. And of course, you can't beat that authentic, unrestrained musical sound that gracefully leaps out of the speakers in all it's glory. The booklet is full of excellent pictures, some of which I hadn't seen before and a nicely written, concise story of her and her life.

Diana is pictured on the sleeve in her dazzling dress, which she wore in the subsequent tour dates in glamerous locations around the world. Sadly, she didn't remain fashionable for very long and it wasn't too long before she was relegated to working men's clubs and such like.

Both the vinyl and the CD are available on amazon and I can't recommend it enough, you won't be able to stop playing it, much to the annoyance of my neighbours I'm sure.