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These New Changing Times: Cherry Red, Morello Reissue Another Trio from Waylon Jennings

July 11, 2022 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Waylon Jennings Just to Satisfy You Three Fer

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Following the release earlier this year of Waylon Jennings' first four RCA Victor albums on one 2-CD set, Cherry Red's Morello imprint has returned to the outlaw country legend's early milieu with a trilogy of albums from 1969-1970 on another 2-CD collection: Waylon (1970), Just to Satisfy You (1969), and the collaboration Country-Folk with The Kimberlys (1969).

This three-for-one release picks up where one of Morello's previous collections from the prolific singer - including Love of the Common People (1967), Hangin' On (1968), Only the Greatest (1968), and Jewels (1968) - left off.  1969's Just to Satisfy You, produced like Jennings' previous RCA long-players by Nashville chief and guitar hero Chet Atkins along with Felton Jarvis.  The title track dated back to 1963 when Waylon and Don Bowman co-wrote and recorded for it for Hollywood label A&M Records.  Though it gained regional traction, it failed to crack the national market.  But it did garner the attention of singer-songwriter Bobby Bare, whose patronage in part convinced Atkins to sign Jennings.  "Just to Satisfy You" went on to see cover renditions from Glen Campbell, Barbara Mandrell, Jerry Reed, and others, and when Waylon re-recorded it with his pal Willie Nelson in 1982, it became their third duet chart-topper.  The LP, a No. 7 entry on the Billboard Country chart, also presented material by Ben Peters ("I've Been Needing Someone Like You"), Charlie Rich ("Lonely Weekends"), Curly Putman ("Change My Mind"), and Shel Silverstein ("For the Kids").  Anita Carter joined Waylon for two songs.  Despite this top-drawer array of talent, Jennings chafed under Atkins' direction, and the elder statesman was all too ready to return full-time to his work as a musician.  Waylon's next album would be his first with big band veteran and music industry veteran Danny Davis of The Nashville Brass.

Jennings' relationship with Davis was famously fraught, but the music they created together is still enduring.  Country-Folk with The Kimberlys remains one of Jennings' most atypical albums.  Waylon encouraged Chet Atkins to sign the group consisting of two sisters and their husbands - both of whom were brothers.  (One of the wives, Verna Gay Kimberly, would enter into a relationship with Waylon around this time.)  Under Davis' direction, the album epitomized the lush pop side of the Nashville Sound.

While unusual within the Jennings discography, Country-Folk yielded a hit with Jimmy Webb's epic "MacArthur Park," a No. 2 hit for actor Richard Harris in 1968.  "Danny and I got into it a couple of times over the arrangement," Jennings wrote in his memoirs.  "I knew exactly what I wanted the strings to do; I had to hum the parts. He probably had his own ideas. But the single got into the top 25 that fall...By then, everybody was more than happy to claim it was their idea."  The track also crossed over to the Hot 100 and earned Waylon and The Kimberlys a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group.  Country-Folk also featured three original songs by group member Harold Gay as well as covers from the pens of Jackie DeShannon ("Come Stay with Me"), Joe South ("Games People Play"), Gordon Lightfoot ("Long Way Back Home"), and Tom Springfield of The Springfields ("World of Our Own").  With its strong songs and soft pop feel, the album made it to No. 13 Country.

The third and final album in this set, 1970's Waylon, was assembled from various sessions produced by both Chet Atkins and Danny Davis.  A number of songs featured his band, The Waylors, while Merle Haggard's "All of Me Belongs to You" was recorded with Anita Carter.  Waylon earned the artist his third top 5 solo hit with his cover of Chuck Berry's "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man," the only single released from the LP.  Waylon is very much a transitional album, with the Nashville Sound largely intact but Waylon pushing its boundaries with such material as future fellow outlaw Mickey Newbury's "33rd of August."  The album also featured "Yellow Haired Woman," Waylon's tribute to his third wife Barbara Rood, and a re-recording of Liz Anderson's "Yes, Virginia."

Morello's collection includes an eight-page booklet with two pages of liner notes from Tony Byworth and basic credits for all three albums.  Alan Wilson has remastered all three albums.  Waylon/Just to Satisfy You/Country-Folk with The Kimberlys is out now.  You'll find the track listing and order links below.

Waylon Jennings, Waylon/Just to Satisfy You/Country-Folk with The Kimberlys (Cherry Red/Morello MRLL104D, 2022) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

CD 1

Just to Satisfy You (RCA Victor LSP-4137, 1969)

  1. Lonely Weekends
  2. Sing the Blues to Daddy
  3. Change My Mind
  4. Farewell Party
  5. Rings of Gold (with Anita Carter)
  6. Alone
  7. Just to Satisfy You
  8. I Lost Me
  9. I've Been Needing Someone Like You
  10. For the Kids
  11. I Got You (with Anita Carter)
  12. Straighten My Mind

Country-Folk with The Kimberlys (RCA Victor LSP-4180, 1969)

  1. MacArthur Park
  2. These New Changing Times
  3. Come Stay with Me
  4. Cindy, Oh Cindy
  5. Games People Play
  6. Mary Ann Regrets
  7. Let Me Tell You My Mind
  8. Drivin' Nails in the Wall
  9. Long Way Back Home
  10. But You Know I Love You
  11. A World of Our Own

CD 2: Waylon (RCA Victor LSP-4260, 1970)

  1. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
  2. Just Across the Way (with The Waylors)
  3. Don't Play the Game
  4. Shutting Out the Lights (with The Waylors)
  5. I May Never Pass This Way Again
  6. The 33rd of August
  7. Yellow-Haired Woman
  8. Where Love Has Died
  9. All of Me Belongs to You (with Anita Carter)
  10. Yes, Virginia (with The Waylors)
  11. This Time Tomorrow (I'll Be Gone)

Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Country Tags: Anita Carter, Chet Atkins, Waylon Jennings

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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 11, 2022 at 1:40 pm

    The first version of Just to Satisfy You that I heard was by Leslie Uggams! It was the title track of her album on Atlantic Records. It is still my favorite version. Unfortunately, very little of the underappreciated Leslie Uggams recorded material has been re-released.

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    • ed says

      July 12, 2022 at 4:27 am

      That is very cool. Leslie was really talented.

      Reply
      • Harry N Cohen says

        July 12, 2022 at 10:19 am

        She is still performing. She has a recurring role on New Amsterdam and will be at 54 Below in NYC in November. I already have tickets.

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        • ed says

          July 12, 2022 at 1:28 pm

          Good to hear. Enjoy the performance!

          Reply
  2. zally says

    July 17, 2022 at 7:34 am

    felton jarvis along with chet atkins were out of their leaque when attempting to put their stamp on every artist they produced. felton ruined the blue things early sessions by making the drums sound like cardboxes. they did the same here. how rca surived the early 60s is amazing to me.

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