The Girl From Chickasaw County: The Complete Capitol Masters

~ Release by Bobbie Gentry (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

The Girl From Chickasaw County – The Complete Capitol Masters, an eight CD box set that includes all seven of Gentry's studio albums sensitively remastered from the original tapes, supplemented by over 75 previously unreleased recordings including her 'lost' jazz album, outtakes, demos, rarities and an eighth disc of live performances taken from her celebrated series for the BBC. The release has specially commissioned cover art by David Downton and includes an 84-page book with a comprehensive essay by boxset compiler Andrew Batt, rare and unseen photos, eight postcards and a facsimile of her original handwritten lyrics for "Ode To Billie Joe".
Project Management for UMC: Kris Maher
Concept, compilation and tape research: Andrew Batt
Mastered by Simon Gibson at Abbey Road
Additional mastering: Andrew Batt
Marketing: Mark Wood
Design: Estuary English
Cover illustration: David Downton
Brett Zinn: Engineering, Courtesy of Iron Mountain Entertainment Services.
Keith Blake, Chris Landen, Ed Abbott: Engineering, Courtesy of Pacific Mastering/Iron Mountain Entertainment Services

Annotation last modified on 2018-10-29 10:49 UTC.

Tracklist

▶CD 1: Ode to Billie Joe
▶CD 2: The Delta Sweete
▼CD 3: Local Gentry
#TitleRatingLength
1Sweete Peony
2:28
2Casket Vignette
2:33
3Come Away Melinda
3:22
4The Fool on the Hill
cover recording of:
The Fool on the Hill
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Northern Songs and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
3:45
5Papa’s Medicine Show
3:48
6Ace Insurance Man
3:32
7Recollection
2:08
8Sittin’ Pretty
3:21
9Eleanor Rigby
cover recording of:
Eleanor Rigby
written in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1965) and Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom (from 1965 until 1966)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Maclen Publishing Co. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company), Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI-affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
written at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1966)
2:29
10Peaceful
cover recording of:
Peaceful
writer:
Kenny Rankin
2:52
11Here, There and Everywhere
cover recording of:
Here, There and Everywhere
written in:
Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom (in 1966-06)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (in 1966-06) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (in 1966-06)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Northern Songs and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
2:32
12Hushabye Mountain
2:48
13Skip‐A‐Long Sam
cover recording of:
Skip-A-Long Sam
lyricist and composer:
Donovan Philips Leitch (Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist)
2:39
14The Conspiracy of Homer Jones
3:34
15Sweete Peony (alternate version)
2:27
16Cotton Candy Sandman (demo)
2:06
17Hushabye Mountain (demo)
3:03
▶CD 4: Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell
▶CD 5: Touch ’em With Love
▶CD 6: Fancy
▶CD 7: Patchwork
▶CD 8: Live at the BBC