Personnel includes: Keith Whitley (vocals); Billy Sanford (acoustic & electric guitar); Red Lane (acoustic guitar); Bobby Thompson, Mac McAnally, Brent Rowan, Chip Young (guitar); Paul Franklin, Sonny Garish (steel guitar); Jim Thorn (saxophone); Matt Rollings (piano); Mike Lawler, Gary Prim (keyboards); Dave Pomeroy (electric upright bass); David Hungate, Larry Paxton (bass); Eddie, Bayers, Jerry Kroon (drums); Curtis Young (background vocals).
Producers: Black Mevis, Garth Fundis, Keith Whitley, Norro Wilson.
Compilation producer: Rob Santos.
Includes liner notes by Rich Kienzle.
Personnel: Earl Thomas Conley, Lorrie Morgan (vocals); Brent Rowan (guitar, dobro); Harold Bradley, Jimmy Capps, Pete Wade (guitar); Billy Sanford (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, gut-string guitar); Brent Mason (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Mac McAnally, Red Lane (acoustic guitar); Sonny Garrish (steel guitar, dobro); Paul Franklin , John Hughey (steel guitar); Sam Bush (mandolin); Rob Hajacos (fiddle); Jim Horn, Denis Solee (saxophone); Matt Rollings, Hargus "Pig" Robbins (piano); Gary Prim, Mike Lawler, Mitch Humphries, Biff Watson (keyboards); Eddie Bayers, Jerry Kroon (drums); Curtis Young, Garth Fundis, Dennis Wilson , Carol Chase (background vocals).
Liner Note Author: Rich Kienzle.
Recording information: Eleven Eleven Sound, Nashville, TN (03/28/1984/??/??/1990); Music City Music Hall, Nashville, TN (03/28/1984/??/??/1990); Sound Emporium, Nashville, TN (03/28/1984/??/??/1990); Woodland Sound Studios, Nashville, TN (03/28/1984/??/??/1990).
This is an enjoyable sampler from one of the leaders of the new traditionalist movement, Keith Whitley. The 16 tracks stem from his mid- to late-'80s RCA material, including the hits "When You Say Nothing at All," "I'm No Stranger to the Rain," and "Ten Feet Away." Whitley's widow, Lorrie Morgan, appears on "Til a Tear Becomes a Rose," which was released posthumously following Whitley's accidental death from alcohol poisoning in 1989. ~ Al Campbell
