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Michael Fremer Rated 9/10 Music, 9/10 Sonics!
180g Vinyl Pressed At Quality Record Pressings!
Mastered at Sterling Sound! A Straight Transfer – You’re Hearing the Master Tape!
Now presented in an upgraded, deluxe tip-on gatefold jacket!
Cut at Sterling Sound directly from the original master tape. This was astraight transfer, bypassing the console altogether. There was no EQ of anykind. A true direct transfer, using a VMS 80, the most sophisticated lathe.You’re hearing the master tape!
What praises haven’t been lauded the immortal singing talent of the late, greatPatsy Cline? She died at the height of her career, at age 30, with two otherstars of the Grand Ole Opry, and her manager, in a private plane crash nearCamden, Tennessee, on the group’s return to Nashville from Kansas City. Beforethat ill-fated flight, though, she left a musical legacy as one of the mostinfluential and successful female vocalists of the 20th Century.
In the late 1950s and the ’60s, country music was essentially a singles medium.This album, first released in 1967, collects a dozen of Patsy’s biggest hits all of them from the country singles market including “Walkin’ AfterMidnight,” “Sweet Dreams (Of You),” “Crazy,” and “I Fall to Pieces.”
Producer Owen Bradley surrounds Cline’s full-throated, emotionally chargedvocals with lush, sophisticated arrangements that set the standard forNashville’s “countrypolitan” sound. And trust us, on this 180-gram QRP pressing,mastered by Sterling Sound, Cline’s seductive vocals have never sounded cleareror richer.
And the packaging on this release is as deluxe as the audio. Analogue Productions has reissued this classic LP in a new deluxe tip-on gatefold jacket. Inside you’ll enjoy a spread of vivid color studio publicity shots of Patsy, courtesy of the Universal Music Archives.
Cline’s life and career has been the subject of numerous books, movies,documentaries, articles and stage plays. She has sold millions of albums throughthe past 50 years, giving her an iconic fan status, similar to that of countryartists such as Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton. In 1992, the U.S. Postal Servicehonored her, along with Hank Williams, on a U.S. postage stamp. And in 1995 shewas honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Cline was also honoredwith a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999.
Before Shania Twain found a new (though not necessarily improved) way to combinecountry and pop in the 1990s, this was the top-selling country album of all timeby a female artist.
“Everything from the silent 180g pressing to the “tip-on” (paper on cardboard) gatefold jacket and the center portfolio of great full color Patsy shots screams HIGH QUALITY. This reissue, from the AAA production, to the pressing and packaging quality epitomizes the purpose of the current return to vinyl.” – Michael Fremer, www.analogplanet.com, Music 9/10, Sound 9/10!
Features:
180g Vinyl
Pressed at Quality Record Pressings
Mastered at Sterling Sound
Presented in an Upgraded, Deluxe Tip-On Gatefold Jacket
A True Direct Transfer using a VMS 80 – You’re Hearing the Master Tape
Selections:
Side One:
1. Walking After Midnight
2. Sweet Dreams (Of You)
3. Crazy
4. I Fall To Pieces
5. So Wrong
6. Strange
Side Two:
1. Back In Baby’s Arms
2. She’s Got You
3. Faded Love
4. Why Can’t He Be You
5. You’re Stronger Than Me
6. Leavin’ On Your Mind
