Patsy Cline Greatest Hits 2LP 45rpm 200 Gram Vinyl Sterling Sound Analogue Productions QRP USA
Title: Greatest Hits
Catalog Number: APP 74854-45 / DL 74854
Label: Decca
Reissued by: Analogue Productions
Barcode: 753088485473
Original release year: 1967
Reissue year: 2015
Number of discs: 2
Revolutions per minute: 45 rpm
Disc size: 12"
Vinyl Weight Grade: 200gr
Limited Edition: Yes
Total Item Weight: 672gr
Pressing country: USA
For Market Release in: USA
Added to catalog on: May 8, 2023
Note: Never eligible for any further discounts
Vinyl Gourmet Club: No
Originally released in 1967, four years after her tragic death in a plane crash at the age of 30, Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits compiles all of the leading lady of classic country's biggest hits between 1957 and 1963 including Walkin' After Midnight, Sweet Dreams (Of You), Crazy, I Fall to Pieces and She's Got You among others. Superb direct analog transfer from the master tapes at Sterling Sound!
- Limited Edition
- 2LP 45rpm Audiophile 200 Gram Vinyl
- Pressed at Quality Record Pressings, QRP USA
- Lacquers Plated by Gary Salstrom
- Cut from the Original Analog Tape
- Mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound
- Deluxe tip-on gatefold cover from Stoughton Printing
200-gram vinyl pressing by Quality Record Pressings! Now presented in an upgraded, deluxe tip-on gatefold jacket!
Cut at Sterling Sound directly from the original master tape. This was a straight transfer, bypassing the console altogether. There was no EQ of any kind. A true direct transfer, using a VMS 80, the most sophisticated lathe. You're hearing the master tape!
"Cline's powerful, resonant voice and her unerring, more-generic-than-Southern diction and phrasing plus her ability to express hurt and vulnerability (without inducing too much self-pity) helped her cross over during her lifetime. Those qualities have also helped assure her continued popularity fifty years after her death. ... All of that will become apparent as you play this direct connection to the recording studio reissue from Analogue Productions. ... The original master tapes were transferred to lacquer at Sterling Sound by connecting the playback deck's output directly to the lathe, thereby bypassing altogether the mixing board. The sonics are sensational, particularly in terms of transparency ... Everything from the silent 200g pressing to the "tip-on" (paper on cardboard) gatefold jacket and the center portfolio of great full color Patsy shots screams HIGH QUALITY! This reissue, from the AAA production, to the pressing and packaging quality epitomizes the purpose of the current return to vinyl." - Music = 9/11; Sound = 9/11 - Michael Fremer, AnalogPlanet
What praises haven't been lauded the immortal singing talent of the late, great Patsy Cline? She died at the height of her career, at age 30, with two other stars of the Grand Ole Opry, and her manager, in a private plane crash near Camden, Tennessee, on the group's return to Nashville from Kansas City. Before that ill-fated flight, though, she left a musical legacy as one of the most influential and successful female vocalists of the 20th Century.
In the late 1950s and the '60s, country music was essentially a singles medium. This album, first released in 1967, collects a dozen of Patsy's biggest hits — all of them from the country singles market — including "Walkin' After Midnight," "Sweet Dreams (Of You)," "Crazy," and "I Fall to Pieces."
Producer Owen Bradley surrounds Cline's full-throated, emotionally charged vocals with lush, sophisticated arrangements that set the standard for Nashville's "countrypolitan" sound. And trust us, on this 200-gram QRP pressing, mastered by Sterling Sound, Cline's seductive vocals have never sounded clearer or richer. And the packaging on this release is as deluxe as the audio. Analogue Productions has reissued this classic LP in a new deluxe tip-on gatefold jacket. Inside you'll enjoy a spread of vivid color studio publicity shots of Patsy, courtesy of the Universal Music Archives.
Cline's life and career has been the subject of numerous books, movies, documentaries, articles and stage plays. She has sold millions of albums through the past 50 years, giving her an iconic fan status, similar to that of country artists such as Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton. In 1992, the U.S. Postal Service honored her, along with Hank Williams, on a U.S. postage stamp. And in 1995 she was honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Cline was also honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999.
Before Shania Twain found a new (though not necessarily improved) way to combine country and pop in the 1990s, this was the top-selling country album of all time by a female artist.
Track Listing:
01. Walking After Midnight
02. Sweet Dreams (Of You)
03. Crazy
04. I Fall To Pieces
05. So Wrong
06. Strange
07. Back In Baby's Arms
08. She's Got You
09. Faded Love
10. Why Can't He Be You
11. You're Stronger Than Me
12. Leavin' On Your Mind
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