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Loretta Lynn: Before I’m Over You

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On June 22, 1964, “Decca” label released “Before I’m Over You”, the second Loretta Lynn studio album. It was recorded 1962 – 1964, at “Bradley Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Owen Bradley.

Personnel:

  • Loretta Lynn – lead vocals
  • Harold Bradley – electric guitar
  • Jack Pruett – electric guitar
  • Teddy Wilburn – guitar
  • Grady Martin – electric guitar
  • Jerry Kennedy – guitar
  • Don Helms – steel guitar
  • Floyd Cramer – piano
  • Bob Moore – bass
  • Buddy Harman – drums
  • Cecil Brower – fiddle
  • Tommying Jackson – fiddle
  • The Jordanaires – back vocals
  • Hal Buksbaum – photography
  • Johnny Mullins – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Singing the Blues – Melvin Endsley
  2. Before I’m Over You – Betty Sue Perry
  3. You Don’t Have to Be a Baby to Cry – Bob Merrill, Terry Shand
  4. Who’ll Help Me Get Over You – Betty Sue Perry
  5. Loose Talk – Freddie Hart, Ann Lucas
  6. Where Were You – Loretta Lynn
  7. Wine, Women and Song – Betty Sue Perry
  8. The End of the World – Arthur Kent, Sylvia Dee
  9. My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You – Lee Ross, Bob Wills
  10. Fool No. 1 – Kathryn R. Fulton
  11. This Haunted House – Oliver Lynn
  12. Get Set for a Heartache – Joe Deaton, Red Landers

Hank Williams: Moanin’ The Blues

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On September 12, 1952, “MGM” label released “Moanin’ the Blues”, the second and last Hank Williams studio album. It was recorded in 1952, and was produced by Fred Rose.

Personnel:

  • Hank Williams – vocals, guitar
  • Don Helms – steel guitar
  • Jerry Byrd – steel guitar
  • Bob McNett – electric guitar
  • Zeke Turner – electric guitar
  • Sam Pruett – electric guitar
  • Jack Shook – rhythm guitar
  • Louis Innis – rhythm guitar, bass guitar
  • Fred Rose – piano
  • Owen Bradley – piano
  • Howard Watts – bass guitar
  • Willie Thawl – bass guitar
  • Farris Coursey – drums
  • Tommy Jackson – fiddle
  • Jerry Rivers – fiddle
  • Robert “Chubby” Wise – fiddle

Track listing:

All tracks by Hank Williams, except where noted.

  1. Lovesick Blues – Cliff Friend, Irving Mills
  2. Moanin’ the Blues
  3. The Blues Come Around
  4. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
  5. I’m a Long Gone Daddy
  6. My Sweet Love Ain’t Around
  7. Long Gone Lonesome Blues
  8. Honky Tonk Blues

Loretta Lynn: Here’s Loretta Singing Wings Upon Your Horns

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On January 5, 1970, “Decca” label released “Here’s Loretta Singing Wings Upon Your Horns”, the fifteenth Loretta Lynn studio album. It was recorded January – October 1960, at “Bradley’s Barn” in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, and was produced by Owen Bradley.

Personnel:

  • Loretta Lynn – lead vocal
  • Ray Edenton – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Grady Martin – guitar
  • Jerry Shook – guitar
  • Pete Wade – guitar
  • Hal Rugg – steel guitar
  • Hargus Robbins – piano
  • Larry Butler – piano
  • Floyd Cramer – piano
  • Junior Huskey – bass
  • Bob Moore – bass
  • Norbert Putnam – bass
  • Joe Zinkan – bass
  • Harold Bradley – electric bass
  • Buddy Harman – drums
  • James Wilkerson – vibes
  • The Jordanaires – backing vocals
  • Teddy Wilburn – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Wings Upon Your Horns – Loretta Lynn
  2. When I Reach the Bottom (You’d Better be There) – Lorene Allen, Loretta Lynn
  3. This Stranger (My Little Girl) – Ann Burns, Barbara Fairchild, Ruby VanNoy
  4. I Only See the Things I Want to See – Loudilla Johnson, Loretta Lynn
  5. If You Handle the Merchandise – Peggy Sue Wells
  6. I’m Dynamite – Loreta Lynn
  7. Big Ole Hurt – Loreta Lynn
  8. I’d Rather Be Gone – Merle Haggard
  9. You Wouldn’t Know an Angel (If You Saw One) – Loretta Lynn, Frances Rhodes
  10. I’ll Still Be Missing You – Warner McPherson
  11. Let’s Get Back Down to Earth – Loretta Lynn