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

1▼CD: Ode to Billie Joe
#TitleRatingLength
1Mississippi Delta
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records Nashville (in 1967)
recording of:
Mississippi Delta
lyricist and composer:
Bobbie Gentry (Roberta Lee Streeter - American singer-songwriter)
43:06
2I Saw an Angel Die
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records Nashville (in 1967)
2:58
3Chickasaw County Child
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records Nashville (in 1967)
2:45
4Sunday Best
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records Nashville (in 1967)
2:44
5Niki Hoeky
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records Nashville (in 1967)
2:45
6Papa, Won’t You Let Me Go to Town With You
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records Nashville (in 1967)
2:32
7Bugs
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records Nashville (in 1967)
2:08
8Hurry, Tuesday Child
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records Nashville (in 1967)
3:53
9Lazy Willie
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records Nashville (in 1967)
2:41
10Ode to Billie Joe
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records Nashville (in 1967)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 51), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 191) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 412)
recording of:
Ode to Billie Joe (in 1967-03)
lyricist and composer:
Bobbie Gentry (Roberta Lee Streeter - American singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Larry Shayne Music, Inc. and Universal/MCA Music Publishing Pty Ltd
54:17
11The Seventh Son (demo)
2:26
12I Saw an Angel Die (demo)
2:53
13Niki Hoeky (demo)
2:43
14Papa, Won’t You Let Me Go to Town With You (demo)
2:32
15Hurry, Tuesday Child (demo)
3:50
16Mississippi Delta (alternate version)
3:06
17Sunday Best (alternate take)
2:34
18Show‐Off (stereo version)
2:47
19La siepe
recording of:
La siepe
lyricist:
Vito Pallavicini (Lyricist)
composer:
Pino Massara
4:04
20La citta é grande
2:20
2▶CD: The Delta Sweete
3▶CD: Local Gentry
4▶CD: Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell
5▶CD: Touch ’em With Love
6▶CD: Fancy
7▶CD: Patchwork
8▶CD: Live at the BBC