Soul Jazz Records Presents: Country Soul Sisters 2: Women In Country Music 1956-79
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Country Soul Sisters is a second guide to the great female country singers who helped define a musical genre as artists such as Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn and Tammy dominated musical world of country music. Review: Review - This was chosen from a wish list as a christmas gift so I assume the person is happy with it. Review: Fascinating compilation with detailed booklet notes - Apart from the Dolly Parton tracks (Jolene, Bargain store) these tracks are not famous in the UK. Some are covers of songs that are better known via other versions, but even so, this is a collection of relatively obscure music from a British perspective. Country music fans will, of course, know some of these songs, but there are a few surprises even for us. The most noticeable surprise is the inclusion of tracks by Vikki Carr and Cher. Vikki recorded plenty of country songs in her own style in the late sixties and early seventies, including two entire albums that have been paired on CD as The Ways To Love A Man / Nashville By Carr . Cher's country credentials are less obvious, but on reflection, some of her early music is not that far removed from country, while Kenny Rogers and Dottie West had a huge country hit with All I ever need is you, originally recorded by Sonny and Cher. The one singer featured who I'd never previously heard of is Joan Harris, who sings That's a fact of life, which she recorded for Custom Records in 1970. Unfortunately there are no other facts of her life or that recording in the otherwise detailed booklet, nor is there a picture as there is for every other featured artist. (Despite not being featured in the music, there are comments about and a picture of the original Carter family.) Those quibbles aside, there is plenty for country fans to like about this collection. Apart from Joan Harris, the only artist making their debut in my CD collection is Linda Martell. In both cases, I'd like to hear more of their music. Two tracks each by Jeannie C Riley, Jody Miller, Barbara Mandrell and Lynn Anderson mostly avoid the obvious, although Barbara is represented by her biggest American hit, If loving you is wrong. The song has been a UK hit but not for Barbara. While Dolly's own tracks here are famous, she is also represented via Jan Howard's excellent cover of Your ole handy man; Dolly's own version of this appeared on one of her two Monument albums and can be found on some CD compilations of her early music. Kitty Wells is represented by her 1974 cover of Bob Dylan's Forever young, while Patsy Cline is represented by Come on in, recorded in 1956 and sounding far more country than on her more famous later tracks. Elsewhere, there are excellent tracks by Diana Trask, Wanda Jackson, Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty, Tammy Wynette and Jean Shepard. If there is to be another volume, I'd like it to include Dottie West's cover of This stranger my little girl, from her Carolina cousins album. Originally by Barbara Fairchild, who is a great singer, but Dottie's version of this song is better. Dottie was a very soulful singer and I'm surprised that she hasn't featured in either of the first two volumes. Meanwhile, Volume 2 is outstanding.
A**R
Review
This was chosen from a wish list as a christmas gift so I assume the person is happy with it.
P**S
Fascinating compilation with detailed booklet notes
Apart from the Dolly Parton tracks (Jolene, Bargain store) these tracks are not famous in the UK. Some are covers of songs that are better known via other versions, but even so, this is a collection of relatively obscure music from a British perspective. Country music fans will, of course, know some of these songs, but there are a few surprises even for us. The most noticeable surprise is the inclusion of tracks by Vikki Carr and Cher. Vikki recorded plenty of country songs in her own style in the late sixties and early seventies, including two entire albums that have been paired on CD as The Ways To Love A Man / Nashville By Carr . Cher's country credentials are less obvious, but on reflection, some of her early music is not that far removed from country, while Kenny Rogers and Dottie West had a huge country hit with All I ever need is you, originally recorded by Sonny and Cher. The one singer featured who I'd never previously heard of is Joan Harris, who sings That's a fact of life, which she recorded for Custom Records in 1970. Unfortunately there are no other facts of her life or that recording in the otherwise detailed booklet, nor is there a picture as there is for every other featured artist. (Despite not being featured in the music, there are comments about and a picture of the original Carter family.) Those quibbles aside, there is plenty for country fans to like about this collection. Apart from Joan Harris, the only artist making their debut in my CD collection is Linda Martell. In both cases, I'd like to hear more of their music. Two tracks each by Jeannie C Riley, Jody Miller, Barbara Mandrell and Lynn Anderson mostly avoid the obvious, although Barbara is represented by her biggest American hit, If loving you is wrong. The song has been a UK hit but not for Barbara. While Dolly's own tracks here are famous, she is also represented via Jan Howard's excellent cover of Your ole handy man; Dolly's own version of this appeared on one of her two Monument albums and can be found on some CD compilations of her early music. Kitty Wells is represented by her 1974 cover of Bob Dylan's Forever young, while Patsy Cline is represented by Come on in, recorded in 1956 and sounding far more country than on her more famous later tracks. Elsewhere, there are excellent tracks by Diana Trask, Wanda Jackson, Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty, Tammy Wynette and Jean Shepard. If there is to be another volume, I'd like it to include Dottie West's cover of This stranger my little girl, from her Carolina cousins album. Originally by Barbara Fairchild, who is a great singer, but Dottie's version of this song is better. Dottie was a very soulful singer and I'm surprised that she hasn't featured in either of the first two volumes. Meanwhile, Volume 2 is outstanding.
P**S
The CD/DVD makes you feel young again
I am an Elvis fan but country music brings back memories of my youth, the CD‘a I purchased are bringing back the good times I had •
S**Y
Superbe
C'est énorme. Des gars nous ont concocté une mirifique compilation de morceaux country mâtinés de soul (les deux genres se sont souvent entremêlés, surtout dans le sud, rien d'étonnant), tous excellents, chantés par une floppée de donzelles dotées de très bonnes voix. Les morceaux sont tous bien distincts les uns des autres, il y a des découvertes en pagaille et on ne cesse de s'extasier sur la qualité du songwriting. Voilà donc bien une compilation riche et pleine, absolument réussie, chaque morceau semble bel et bien avoir été choisi avec soin, on est content, très belle initiative, grande réussite. Bravo (c'est pourtant le volume 2, il égale à l'aise, largement, le volume 1). Enorme, je vous dis.
I**N
Five Stars
great compilation!!!
R**S
Just fabulous country music
I’m a music fanatic and this fits right in with my Country Collection. Also, a very reasonable CD.
S**O
Âmes soeurs de la campagne
Cette compilation proposée par la bonne maison britannique Soul Jazz Records, fait suite à ' Country Soul Sisters : The Rise Of Women In Country Music 1952-74 ' (2012). Le but est de présenter des chanteuses américaines (ou, dans le cas de Diana Trask, australienne), principalement des années 1960-1970 qui, artistes "country" ou pas, apportent, en adoptant plus ou moins ce type de musique, le point de vue de femmes qui, à défaut d'être féministes, souhaitent s'affirmer face au machisme et autres difficultés de leur quotidien vécu dans la "boucle de la ceinture de la Bible" (i.e. Nashville, Tennessee) ou ailleurs. Plusieurs chanteuses, notamment parmi les plus grandes du genre "country music" sont de nouveau présentes à l'occasion de ce nouveau volume : Dolly, Loretta, Tammy, Patsy, Kitty... La musique va du pur easy listening ('I Never Said I Love You' a été composé par un épigone de Burt Bacharach et les paroles sont signées... Hal David !), à la pure country ('Stay There 'Til I Get There', 'Come On In'), en passant par la country folk-pop de Dolly Parton (cf. son hit 'Jolene', qui a été repris par Cake et The White Stripes, entre autres, et 'The Bargain Store'), en passant par la soul "countrifiée" ('Natural Woman', oui, la célèbre chanson d'Aretha, et '(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right') et toutes formes de "country soul" plus ou moins mâtinées d'"easy listening" bien dans le ton de la fin des sixties et du tout début des 1970s. Mais rien qui soit interdit à celles et ceux qui ne doivent pas consommer de sucre. Les arrangements de violons restent discrets, tout comme les lap steel guitars qui miaulent dans le background. Sauf exception, pas de quoi non plus animer une soirée "line dancing". Essentiellement, ces 67'38" proposent de l'excellent "song writing" et de très bonnes interprétations. Cf. par exemple le 'Forever Young' écrit par un good ol' boy né à Duluth, Minnesota, et ici remarquablement chanté par Kitty Wells, accompagnée par un "crack band" qui s'est trouvé son Garth Hudson ! Un épais livret propose un essai intéressant autour de ces dames et de leurs carrières ainsi que des photographies posées N&B. Voici les 24 sélections (l'astérisque signale une artiste déjà croisée dans le précédent volume) : 1. Jeannie C. Riley - Little Town Square * (1968) 2. Linda Martell - Color Him Father (1970) 3. Dolly Parton - The Bargain Store * (1975) 4. Diana Trask - Don't Let It Get Away * (1971) 5. Wanda Jackson And The Party Timers - My Baby Walked Right Out On Me (1968) 6. Loretta Lynn And Conway Twitty - Working Girl * (1971) 7. Cher - Chastity's Song (Band Of Thieves) (1969) 8. Dolly Parton - Jolene * (1973) 9. Tammy Wynette - Baby, Come Home * (1971) 10. Vikki Carr - Living On A Prayer, A Hope And A Hand-Me-Down (1970) 11. Jody Miller - Don't Throw Your Love To The Wind * (1971) 12. Jeannie C Riley - The Rib * (1969) 13. Bobbie Gentry - Okolona River Bottom Band * (1967) 14. Joan Harris - That's A Fact Of Life (1970) 15. Linda Ronstadt - Baby, You've Been On My Mind (1969) 16. Jody Miller - Natural Woman * (1974) 17. Jean Shepard - I'm Alone * (1971) 18. Barbara Mandrell - (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right * (1978) 19. Lynn Anderson - Stay There 'Til I Get There * (1970) 20. Kitty Wells - Forever Young * (1974) 21. Jan Howard - Your Ole Handy Man (1967) 22. Patsy Cline - Come On In * (1956) 23. Barbara Mandrell - I Never Said I Love You * (1976) 24. Lynn Anderson - If I Can't Be Your Woman * (1972)
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Für Country- Fans eine gute CD die man sich immer wieder gerne anhört.
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