Name: The Very Best Of The Country Years
Brand: Jackson, Wanda
SKU: 160054
Price: 11.91 USD
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The Very Best Of The Country Years

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Album: The Very Best Of The Country Years
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Memory Mountain	More Info...	0:02
2)	Right Or Wrong	More Info...	0:02
3)	I Don't Wanta Go	More Info...	0:02
4)	You Bug Me Bad	More Info...	0:02
5)	Slippin'	More Info...	0:02
6)	Fever	More Info...	0:03
7)	In the Middle of a Heartache	More Info...	0:02
8)	Weary Blues from Waitin'	More Info...	0:03
9)	I'd Be Ashamed	More Info...	0:02
10)	Silver Threads and Golden Needles	More Info...	0:02
11)	I Wanna Waltz	More Info...	0:02
12)	Blue Yodel	More Info...	0:02
13)	Candy Man	More Info...	0:02
14)	If I Cried Every Time You Hurt Me	More Info...	0:02
15)	The Box It Came In	More Info...	0:02
16)	My Big Iron Skillet	More Info...	0:02
17)	Tears Will Be the Chaser for Your Wine	More Info...	0:02
18)	Both Sides of the Line	More Info...	0:02
19)	You'll Always Have My Love	More Info...	0:02
20)	This Gun Don't Care (Who It Shoots)	More Info...	0:02
21)	A Girl Don't Have to Drink to Have Fun	More Info...	0:02
22)	My Baby Walked Right Out On Me	More Info...	0:02
23)	Two Separate Bar Stools	More Info...	0:02
24)	Who Shot John?	More Info...	0:02
25)	The Man You Could Have Been	More Info...	0:02
26)	Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad	More Info...	0:02
27)	A Woman Lives for Love	More Info...	0:02
28)	Fancy Satin Pillows	More Info...	0:02
29)	Tennessee Women's Prison	More Info...	0:03
30)	Let's Have a Party	More Info...	0:02

Album: The Very Best Of The Country Years
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Memory Mountain	More Info...	0:02
2)	Right Or Wrong	More Info...	0:02
3)	I Don't Wanta Go	More Info...	0:02
4)	You Bug Me Bad	More Info...	0:02
5)	Slippin'	More Info...	0:02
6)	Fever	More Info...	0:03
7)	In the Middle of a Heartache	More Info...	0:02
8)	Weary Blues from Waitin'	More Info...	0:03
9)	I'd Be Ashamed	More Info...	0:02
10)	Silver Threads and Golden Needles	More Info...	0:02
11)	I Wanna Waltz	More Info...	0:02
12)	Blue Yodel	More Info...	0:02
13)	Candy Man	More Info...	0:02
14)	If I Cried Every Time You Hurt Me	More Info...	0:02
15)	The Box It Came In	More Info...	0:02
16)	My Big Iron Skillet	More Info...	0:02
17)	Tears Will Be the Chaser for Your Wine	More Info...	0:02
18)	Both Sides of the Line	More Info...	0:02
19)	You'll Always Have My Love	More Info...	0:02
20)	This Gun Don't Care (Who It Shoots)	More Info...	0:02
21)	A Girl Don't Have to Drink to Have Fun	More Info...	0:02
22)	My Baby Walked Right Out On Me	More Info...	0:02
23)	Two Separate Bar Stools	More Info...	0:02
24)	Who Shot John?	More Info...	0:02
25)	The Man You Could Have Been	More Info...	0:02
26)	Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad	More Info...	0:02
27)	A Woman Lives for Love	More Info...	0:02
28)	Fancy Satin Pillows	More Info...	0:02
29)	Tennessee Women's Prison	More Info...	0:03
30)	Let's Have a Party	More Info...	0:02

Performer Notes

Some know the legendary Wanda Jackson only as either a wild rockabilly banshee or a gospel singer. Jackson was also a solid, original country singer and this collection by Ace, one of the very best assembled onto a single disc, proves the point in spades. When Jackson emerged form the rockabilly years, her country records contained more than a little of that untamable spirit that made her hits of the 1950s so essential. The recordings in this set cover the years 1958 to 1972. They say as much about Nashville as they do Jackson -- check out the prototype-psychedelic guitar solo in "Right or Wrong" from 1961. There's a ton of fuzz in the riff, and the solo itself is the progenitor of Davie Allan & the Arrows' sound. Jackson walked the line between the sophisticated phrasing of Patsy Cline (check "Slippin'") and the throaty, wilder, rawer, Rose Maddox country boogie and hillbilly sounds ("You Bug Me Bad"). There are 30 selections on this platter that run the gamut between the two poles. The bluesy hard edge in the grain of Jackson's voice would never allow her to become so mainstream as to be a national icon, and her competition was stiff: Tammy Wynette, Connie Smith, Lynn Anderson, and Loretta Lynn were just a few of country's biggest stars at the time. Jackson also never let the rock & roll completely go out of her way of singing a song, even in the real weepers like the pedal steel drenched "You'll Always Have My Love," and the string-soaked "I Cried Every Time You Hurt Me." The tunes from the later '60s with horns (akin to the Tijuana Brass) as heard in 1968's "My Baby Walked Right out on Me," gave Jackson a wider platform to let her considerable voice rip. Of course, "Fancy Satin Pillows" and "A Woman Lives for Love" are both here as well, representing Jackson's last hits for Capitol. The set ends with "Tennessee Women's Prison," a honky tonk song recorded as her last single for Capitol in 1972, and the a burning rendition of "Let's Have a Party," from a 1969 live album produced by Ken Nelson. For those who snagged the Bear Family single disc of Jackson's rockabilly material, this one from Ace is the next essential chapter in the story. ~ Thom Jurek

Professional Reviews

Q (p.156) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Jackson is that real rarity: a female rockabilly singer capable of packing a genuine punch."

Uncut (p.112) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his incredible collection gathers together her lesser known country sides from the '60s..."