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Touch 'Em with Love: Highlights from Bobbie Gentry's "The Girl from Chickasaw County" Coming to CD, LP in August

July 6, 2022 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Bobbie Gentry The Girl from Chickasaw County Highlights

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Mississippi-born singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry reached the pinnacle of success - earning hit singles, winning Grammy Awards, headlining a BBC series of her own, selling out engagements in Las Vegas, and appearing with Johnny Carson - before pulling off music's ultimate disappearing act.  Gentry last performed in public on a television special in 1981 and last appeared in public at the 1982 Academy of Country Music Awards presentation.  She was 39. But the music of Bobbie Gentry has never really disappeared, with her debut, self-penned single "Ode to Billie Joe" remaining a radio fixture and inspiring countless younger musicians over the years.  The Grammy-nominated 2018 box set The Girl from Chickasaw County: The Complete Capitol Masters pulled back the curtain to reveal just how much more there was to Gentry than "Ode to Billie Joe" and her chart-topping U.K. cover of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's "I'll Never Fall in Love Again."  It also beautifully illustrated the arc of Gentry's groundbreaking and self-driven career, powerfully arguing that her retreat from public view shouldn't be the main focus of her story.  Now, that expansive 8-CD collection is being trimmed down to 2 CDs or 2 LPs in a new highlights edition.

The Girl from Chickasaw County: Highlights from the Capitol Masters arrives in stores from UMC on August 5.  Again produced and compiled by Andrew Batt, both iterations naturally open with "Ode to Billie Joe."  The 1967 single - recorded far from Chickasaw County, Mississippi, in Hollywood, California - went to No. 1 on the U.S. Hot 100 while also charting on the Easy Listening, Country, and R&B surveys.  It topped the charts in Canada and made an impressive No. 13 showing in the United Kingdom, too.  "Billie Joe" ignited a career that found Gentry often difficult to pigeonhole.  Her music encompassed the strains of country, pop, soul, folk, jazz, and psychedelia, sometimes in the same song.  The highlights edition of the box set doesn't track her career by the songs which were most popular - "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" is missing - but rather by painting a vivid portrait of her musical artistry in all its many colors, with a special emphasis on her evocative and incisive songwriting.  As such, demos, live tracks, alternate takes, outtakes, and remixes are part of the collection alongside original versions.

Highlights includes selections from all seven of Gentry's Capitol albums (her final studio album for the label, Patchwork, was released in 1971) including the stunning title track of 1970's Fancy which has since become a staple of country superstar Reba McEntire's repertoire.  McEntire, of course, is one of the many artists who looked to Gentry as a key source of inspiration.  Though she was a remarkable songwriter, Gentry was an equally gifted interpreter as can be heard on her recordings of such diverse compositions as Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman's "Hushabye Mountain," John Lennon and Paul McCartney's "Eleanor Rigby," Irving Berlin's "Supper Time," and Bacharach and David's "This Girl's in Love with You."  Her duet with fellow Capitol star Glen Campbell on "Let It Be Me" is heard here in the box set's strikingly intimate mix sans the original recording's lush strings.  Three songs ("Casket Vignette," "Recollection," and "Hushabye Mountain") have been especially remixed by Andrew Batt for this release.

Haunting, moving, joyful, sensual, and always deeply soulful, the music of Bobbie Gentry remains timeless.  The Girl from Chickasaw County: Highlights from the Capitol Masters is due from UMC on August 5, adorned with David Downton's cover artwork from the box set.  You'll find the track listings and pre-order links for both formats below.

Bobbie Gentry, The Girl from Chickasaw County: Highlights from the Capitol Masters (UMC, 2022)

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CD 1

  1. Ode to Billie Joe
  2. I Saw an Angel Die
  3. Chickasaw County Child
  4. Sunday Best [Alternate Take]
  5. Hurry, Tuesday Child [Demo]
  6. Niki Hokey / Barefootin' [Live on the BBC]
  7. Mississippi Delta [Alternate Version]
  8. The Seventh Son [Band Version]
  9. Okolona River Bottom Band
  10. Mornin' Glory
  11. Jessye' Lisabeth
  12. Refractions
  13. Courtyard
  14. Feelin' Good [Demo]
  15. Sweete Peony [Alternate Version]
  16. Casket Vignette
  17. Recollection
  18. Eleanor Rigby
  19. Sittin' Pretty
  20. Hushabye Mountain
  21. The Conspiracy of Homer Jones
  22. Sunday Mornin' [Alternate Version]
  23. Let It Be Me (duet with Glen Campbell) [without strings]

CD 2

  1. Supper Time
  2. God Bless The Child
  3. This Girl's In Love With You
  4. Touch 'Em with Love [Stereo Version]
  5. Greyhound Goin' Somewhere
  6. Seasons Come, Seasons Go [Demo]
  7. Glory Hallelujah, How They'll Sing [Alternate Take]
  8. Fancy
  9. Find 'Em, Fool 'Em and Forget 'Em
  10. He Made A Woman Out of Me
  11. Rainmaker
  12. Circle 'Round the Sun
  13. Apartment 21 [Stereo 7" Version]
  14. Billy the Kid [Live on the BBC]
  15. Benjamin
  16. But I Can't Get Back
  17. Belinda [Acoustic Version]
  18. Mean Stepmama Blues
  19. Lookin' In
  20. Smoke
  21. Joanne
  22. You And Me Together
  23. The Girl from Cincinnati

Vinyl:

Side A

  1. Ode To Billie Joe
  2. Chickasaw County Child
  3. Hurry, Tuesday Child [Demo]
  4. Sunday Best [Alternate Take]
  5. Mississippi Delta [Alternate Version]
  6. Okolona River Bottom Band
  7. Refractions
  8. Courtyard

Tracks 3-4 first time on vinyl

Side B

  1. Mornin' Glory
  2. Sweete Peony [Alternate Version]
  3. Casket Vignette
  4. Recollection
  5. Sittin' Pretty
  6. Hushabye Mountain
  7. The Conspiracy of Homer Jones
  8. Sunday Mornin' [Alternate Version]
  9. Let It Be Me (Duet with Glen Campbell) [without strings]

Tracks 2, 7-9 first time on vinyl
Tracks 3,4,6 remixed for this release

Side C

  1. God Bless The Child
  2. This Girl's In Love With You
  3. Touch 'Em With Love [Stereo Version]
  4. Seasons Come, Seasons Go [Demo]
  5. Glory Hallelujah, How They'll Sing [Alternate Take]
  6. Fancy
  7. He Made A Woman Out Of Me
  8. Circle 'Round The Sun

Tracks 3-5, 8 first time on vinyl

Side D

  1. Apartment 21 [Stereo Version]
  2. Benjamin
  3. But I Can't Get Back
  4. Lookin' In
  5. Smoke
  6. Joanne
  7. The Girl from Cincinnati

Tracks 1,5,6 first time on vinyl

Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Country, Pop Tags: Bobbie Gentry, Glen Campbell

Joe Marchese

JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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Comments

  1. Harry N Cohen says

    July 6, 2022 at 10:35 am

    Summer is never complete without some Bobbie Gentry. While I already have much of this material, I will be adding this to my Bobbie Gentry collection.

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  2. Kenny says

    July 7, 2022 at 2:01 am

    The Bobbie Gentry box set is simply one of the best ever released. A wonderful and underrated talent.

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  3. David says

    July 7, 2022 at 7:57 am

    The boxed set is a delight, a lot of thought has gone into the music, book and packaging and is one of the best boxed sets to add to a collection..but if your budget doesn’t go that far the latest issue would be a fine addition to anyone who is a fan of Bobbie Gentry.

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  4. Justin Cole says

    July 7, 2022 at 11:37 am

    Will be getting the 2 LP but wish they would just release the entire box on vinyl (including mono mixes, and some additional tracks that have only been on reissues since then). I know that would be a huge chunk of change, and it would be a pretty limited audience, but if they can issue the entire Stooges' Funhouse Sessions as a mammoth vinyl box...

    That said, thrilled to soon have the alt mix of Sweet Peony on wax. Actually prefer it to the original. Those swells of strings in the chorus are literally breathtaking to me.

    Reply
  5. Daniel Drown says

    July 10, 2022 at 11:55 am

    I am thrilled that Bobbie Gentry is again selling millions of dollars worth of recordings and has reached a new generation and audience. The box set is sublime ( should have won a grammy) and I will be adding this best of set to my collection too. I have first hand knowledge that Bobbie Gentry actively recorded during her retirement and was still writing songs. She had a state of the art recording studio built into her L.A mansion and I am told stacks of high quality recorded demos of new material that have never seen the light of day exist . . P.B.S needs to do an in depth master series on Bobbie Gentry who's art is an important fabric in the tapestry of American music.

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