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The Girl from Chickasaw County: The Complete Capitol Masters is an out-of-print 8-disc box set compilation album by singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry. It was released on September 21, 2018, by Capitol and UMe. It features Gentry’s entire recording career with Capitol Records, bringing together 7 studio albums, 75 previously unreleased tracks, including demos, alternate takes and live recordings from Gentry's BBC television series.[6][7][8]
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Released | September 21, 2018 | |||
Recorded | 1967–1972 | |||
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Genre | Pop, Country, Americana | |||
Length | 504:52 | |||
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Producer | Bobbie Gentry · Bobby Paris · Kelly Gordon · Al DeLory · Kelso Herston · Rick Hall · Stanley Dorfman · John Guess · Andrew Batt | |||
Bobbie Gentry chronology | ||||
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The Girl from Chickasaw County: The Complete Capitol Masters | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Daily Mirror | [3] |
HiFi Choice | |
Record Collector | [4] |
Shindig! | |
The Sun | |
The Times | [5] |
It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Historical Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.[9]
Announced on July 27, 2018, Gentry’s 76th birthday, the album includes Gentry’s six solo albums, her collaboration album with Glen Campbell as well as over 70 previously unreleased recordings, including live recordings from Gentry’s 1968-1971 BBC series. The release has specially commissioned cover art by David Downton, and contains an 84-page book, eight postcards and a copy of Gentry’s original handwritten lyrics to her iconic hit, “Ode to Billie Joe”. The set was compiled by Andrew Batt who produced the unreleased material and wrote the essay included in the book.[10]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Mississippi Delta" | Bobbie Gentry | 3:05 |
2. | "I Saw an Angel Die" | Gentry | 2:58 |
3. | "Chickasaw County Child" | Gentry | 2:45 |
4. | "Sunday Best" | Gentry | 2:43 |
5. | "Niki Hoeky" | Jim Ford, Lolly Vegas, Pat Vegas | 2:45 |
6. | "Papa, Won't Let Me Go to Town with You" | Gentry | 2:32 |
7. | "Bugs" | Gentry | 2:07 |
8. | "Hurry, Tuesday Child" | Gentry | 3:52 |
9. | "Lazy Willie" | Gentry | 2:41 |
10. | "Ode to Billie Joe" | Gentry | 4:16 |
11. | "The Seventh Son" (Demo) | Willie Dixon | 2:25 |
12. | "I Saw an Angel Die" (Demo) | Gentry | 2:53 |
13. | "Niki Hoeky" (Demo) | Ford, L. Vegas, P. Vegas | 2:42 |
14. | "Papa, Won't You Let Me Go to Town with You" (Demo) | Gentry | 2:31 |
15. | "Hurry, Tuesday Child" (Demo) | Gentry | 3:50 |
16. | "Mississippi Delta" (Alternate Version) | Gentry | 3:06 |
17. | "Sunday Best" (Alternate Take) | Gentry | 2:34 |
18. | "Show Off" (Stereo Version) | Gentry | 2:46 |
19. | "La Siepe" ("The Hedge") | Pino Massara, Vito Pallavicini | 4:03 |
20. | "La Città è Grande" ("The City Is Great") | Mansueto De Ponti, Pallavicini | 2:19 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Okolona River Bottom Band" | Bobbie Gentry | 2:56 |
2. | "Big Boss Man" | Luther Dixon, Al Smith | 3:00 |
3. | "Reunion" | Gentry | 2:37 |
4. | "Parchman Farm" | Mose Allison | 3:12 |
5. | "Mornin' Glory" | Gentry | 3:09 |
6. | "Sermon" | Gentry | 2:33 |
7. | "Tobacco Road" | John D. Loudermilk | 2:51 |
8. | "Penduli Pendulum" | Gentry | 1:55 |
9. | "Jessye' Lisabeth" | Gentry | 3:03 |
10. | "Refractions" | Gentry | 2:28 |
11. | "Louisiana Man" | Doug Kershaw | 2:39 |
12. | "Courtyard" | Gentry | 2:58 |
13. | "The Seventh Son" (Band Version) | Willie Dixon, Gentry | 2:52 |
14. | "Feelin' Good" (Demo) | Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley | 3:21 |
15. | "I Didn't Know" (Demo) | Gentry | 3:03 |
16. | "Morning to Midnight" (Demo) | Gentry | 3:29 |
17. | "Refractions" (Demo) | Gentry | 2:30 |
18. | "Louisiana Man" (Demo) | Kershaw | 2:20 |
19. | "Sermon" (Demo) | Gentry | 2:24 |
20. | "Mornin' Glory" (Demo) | Gentry | 3:04 |
21. | "Jessye' Lisabeth" (Demo) | Gentry | 3:12 |
22. | "Courtyard" (Demo) | Gentry | 2:54 |
23. | "Louisiana Man" (Live, The Tom Jones Show, July 6, 1968) | Kershaw | 3:24 |
24. | "Ode to Billie Joe" (Live, The Tom Jones Show, July 6, 1968) | Gentry | 5:16 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Sweete Peony" | Bobbie Gentry | 2:27 |
2. | "Casket Vignette" | Gentry | 2:32 |
3. | "Come Away, Melinda" | Fred Hellerman, Fran Minkoff | 3:21 |
4. | "The Fool on the Hill" | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | 2:45 |
5. | "Papa's Medicine Show" | Jamie Horton | 3:48 |
6. | "Ace Insurance Man" | Gentry | 3:32 |
7. | "Recollection" | Gentry | 2:07 |
8. | "Sittin' Pretty" | Gentry, Kelly Gordon | 3:20 |
9. | "Eleanor Rigby" | Lennon, McCartney | 2:29 |
10. | "Peaceful" | Kenny Rankin | 2:51 |
11. | "Here, There and Everywhere" | Lennon, McCartney | 2:31 |
12. | "Hushabye Mountain" | Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman | 2:48 |
13. | "Skip-a-Long Sam" | Donovan Philips Leitch | 2:39 |
14. | "The Conspiracy of Homer Jones" | Dallas Frazier, A.L. Owens | 2:34 |
15. | "Sweete Peony" (Alternate Version) | Gentry | 2:26 |
16. | "Cotton Candy Sandman" (Demo) | Kenny Rankin | 2:06 |
17. | "Hushabye Mountain" (Demo) | Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman | 3:02 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Less of Me" (with Glen Campbell) | Glen Campbell | 2:08 |
2. | "Little Green Apples" (with Glen Campbell) | Bob Russell | 3:12 |
3. | "Gentle on My Mind" (with Glen Campbell) | John Hartford | 3:07 |
4. | "Heart to Heart Talk" (with Glen Campbell) | Lee Ross | 2:52 |
5. | "My Elusive Dreams" (with Glen Campbell) | Curly Putman, Billy Sherrill | 3:10 |
6. | "(It's Only Your) Imagination" (with Glen Campbell) | Campbell | 1:49 |
7. | "Mornin' Glory" (with Glen Campbell) | Bobbie Gentry | 2:52 |
8. | "Terrible Tangled Web" (with Glen Campbell) | Billy Mize | 2:02 |
9. | "Sunday Mornin'" (with Glen Campbell) | Margo Guryan | 2:30 |
10. | "Let It Be Me" (with Glen Campbell) | Gilbert Bécaud, Mann Curtis, Pierre Delanoé | 2:03 |
11. | "Scarborough Fair / Canticle" (with Glen Campbell) | Traditional; arr. by Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel | 3:18 |
12. | "All I Have to Do Is Dream" (with Glen Campbell) | Boudleaux Bryant | 2:31 |
13. | "Walk Right Back" (with Glen Campbell) | Sonny Curtis | 2:17 |
14. | "Sunday Mornin'" (Alternate Version) (with Glen Campbell) | Guryan | 2:27 |
15. | "Let It Be Me" (Undubbed Version) (with Glen Campbell) | Bécaud, M. Curtis, Delanoé | 2:03 |
16. | "Scarborough Fair / Canticle" (Undubbed Version) (with Glen Campbell) | Traditional; arr. by Simon, Garfunkel | 3:17 |
17. | "Love Took My Heart and Mashed That Sucker Flat" (with Kelly Gordon) | Kelly Gordon | 2:13 |
18. | "フール·オン·ザ·ヒル" ("The Fool on the Hill" Japanese Version) | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | 3:45 |
19. | "No Me Quiero Enamorar" ("I'll Never Fall in Love Again" Spanish Version) | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | 2:53 |
20. | "En Todas Partes" ("Here, There and Everywhere" Spanish Version) | Lennon, McCartney | 2:18 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Touch 'Em with Love" | John Hurley, Ronnie Wilkins | 2:02 |
2. | "Greyhound Goin' Somewhere" | Bill Dorsey, Michael Martin Murphey | 2:23 |
3. | "Natural to Be Gone" | John Hartford | 2:19 |
4. | "Seasons Come, Seasons Go" | Bobbie Gentry | 2:49 |
5. | "Glory Hallelujah, How They'll Sing" | Gentry | 2:32 |
6. | "I Wouldn't Be Surprised" | Larry Henley, Marc Mathis | 3:22 |
7. | "Son of a Preacher Man" | Hurley, Wilkins | 2:04 |
8. | "Where's the Playground, Johnny" | Jimmy Webb | 2:29 |
9. | "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | 2:52 |
10. | "You've Made Me So Very Happy" | Berry Gordy, Jr., Frank Wilson, Patrice Holloway, Brenda Holloway | 3:19 |
11. | "More Today Than Yesterday" | Pat Upton | 2:32 |
12. | "Spinning Wheel" | David Clayton-Thomas | 2:39 |
13. | "Touch 'Em with Love" (Stereo Version) | Hurley, Wilkins | 2:13 |
14. | "Glory Hallelujah, How They'll Sing" (Alternate Take) | Gentry | 2:43 |
15. | "Seasons Come, Seasons Go" (Demo) | Gentry | 2:51 |
16. | "Suppertime" | Irving Berlin | 3:08 |
17. | "God Bless the Child" | Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr. | 2:59 |
18. | "Since I Fell for You" | Buddy Johnson | 2:56 |
19. | "Save Your Love for Me" | Johnson | 3:45 |
20. | "Here's That Rainy Day" | Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke | 2:39 |
21. | "Stormy" | Dennis Yost, James Cobb, Buddy Buie | 3:28 |
22. | "This Girl’s in Love with You" | Bacharach, David | 3:11 |
23. | "The Windows of the World" | Bacharach, David | 2:57 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Fancy" | Bobbie Gentry | 4:14 |
2. | "Delta Man" | Leon Russell | 3:02 |
3. | "Something in the Way He Moves" | James Taylor | 2:33 |
4. | "Find 'Em, Fool 'Em and Forget 'Em" | George Jackson, Rick Hall | 2:37 |
5. | "He Made a Woman Out of Me" | Fred Burch, Don Hill | 2:32 |
6. | "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" | Bacharach, David | 3:08 |
7. | "If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody" | Rudy Clark | 2:20 |
8. | "Rainmaker" | Harry Nilsson, Bill Martin | 2:39 |
9. | "Wedding Bell Blues" | Laura Nyro | 3:13 |
10. | "In the Ghetto" | Mac Davis | 2:49 |
11. | "Fancy" (Mono Radio Edit) | Gentry | 3:15 |
12. | "Apartment 21" | John Wilkin | 3:18 |
13. | "Away in a Manger" | Traditional | 2:37 |
14. | "Scarlet Ribbons" | Evelyn Danzig, Jack Segal | 2:36 |
15. | "Circle 'Round the Sun" | Traditional | 3:01 |
16. | "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" (Alternate Take) | Bacharach, David | 2:39 |
17. | "Wedding Bell Blues" (Alternate Take) | Nyro | 3:06 |
18. | "Apartment 21" (Undubbed) | Wilkin | 3:19 |
19. | "Scarlett Ribbons" (Alternate Version) | Danzig, Segal | 2:36 |
20. | "If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody" (Live, Top of the Pops, April 30, 1970) | Clark | 2:04 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Benjamin" | Bobbie Gentry | 3:41 |
2. | "Interlude 1" | Gentry, Larry Muhoberac | 0:40 |
3. | "Marigolds and Tangerines" | Gentry | 2:07 |
4. | "Interlude 2" | Gentry, Muhoberac | 0:36 |
5. | "Billy the Kid" | Gentry | 2:03 |
6. | "Interlude 3" | Gentry, Muhoberac | 0:37 |
7. | "Beverly" | Gentry | 3:06 |
8. | "Interlude 4" | Gentry, Muhoberac | 0:42 |
9. | "Miss Clara / Azusa Sue" | Gentry | 4:21 |
10. | "Interlude 5" | Gentry, Muhoberac | 0:21 |
11. | "But I Can't Get Back" | Gentry, Kelly Gordon | 3:31 |
12. | "Jeremiah" | Gentry | 5:23 |
13. | "Interlude 6" | Gentry, Muhoberac | 0:52 |
14. | "Belinda" | Gentry | 4:05 |
15. | "Mean Stepmama Blues" | Gentry | 3:58 |
16. | "Your Number One Fan" | Gentry | 2:33 |
17. | "Interlude 7" | Gentry, Muhoberac | 0:20 |
18. | "Somebody Like Me" | Gentry | 3:25 |
19. | "Lookin' In" | Gentry | 4:39 |
20. | "Smoke" | Gentry | 2:58 |
21. | "Joanne" | Gentry | 3:17 |
22. | "Salome Smith and Her Amazing Dancing Bear" | Randy Newman | 2:16 |
23. | "Benjamin" (Alternate Take) | Gentry | 3:31 |
24. | "Belinda" (Alternate Version) | Gentry | 4:05 |
25. | "Smoke" (Demo) | Gentry | 3:03 |
26. | "The Girl from Cincinnati" | Chris Ducey, Ed Millis, Kendrew Lascelles | 3:30 |
27. | "You and Me Together" | Gentry | 3:58 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Mississippi Delta" (Live, August 3, 1968) | Bobbie Gentry | 3:02 |
2. | "Papa, Woncha Let Me Go to Town with You" (Live, August 3, 1968) | Gentry | 2:52 |
3. | "I Saw an Angel Die" (Live, August 3, 1968) | Gentry | 3:30 |
4. | "My Dog Sargent" (Live, August 3, 1968) | Gentry | 1:12 |
5. | "Ode to Billie Joe" (Live, August 3, 1968) | Gentry | 4:45 |
6. | "Mornin' Glory" (Live, July 27, 1968) | Gentry | 3:15 |
7. | "Sunday Best" (Live, July 27, 1968) | Gentry | 3:04 |
8. | "Hurry, Tuesday Child" (Live, July 27, 1968) | Gentry | 3:18 |
9. | "Niki Hoeky" / "Barefootin'" (Live, August 10, 1968) | Jim Ford, Lolly Vegas, Pat Vegas / Robert Parker | 3:41 |
10. | "Penduli Pendulum" (Live, August 10, 1968) | Gentry | 2:06 |
11. | "Ace Insurance Man" (Live, August 10, 1968) | Gentry | 3:44 |
12. | "Chickasaw County Child" (Live, August 10, 1968) | Gentry | 1:44 |
13. | "Recollection" (Live, July 16, 1969) | Gentry | 2:14 |
14. | "Sweete Peony" (Live, July 16, 1969) | Gentry | 1:58 |
15. | "Refractions" (Live, July 16, 1969) | Gentry | 2:29 |
16. | "Greyhound Goin' Somewhere" (Live, July 16, 1969) | Bill Dorsey, Michael Martin Murphey | 2:31 |
17. | "Cotton Candy Sandman" (Live, July 16, 1969) | Kenny Rankin | 2:30 |
18. | "Open Your Window" (Live, February 1, 1971) | Harry Nilsson | 1:57 |
19. | "Mother Nature's Son" (Live, February 1, 1971) | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | 3:29 |
20. | "Mr. Bojangles" (Live, February 1, 1971) | Jerry Jeff Walker | 3:28 |
21. | "Your Number One Fan" (Live, February 1, 1971) | Gentry | 5:14 |
22. | "He Made a Woman Out of Me" (Live, March 8, 1971) | Fred Burch, Don Hill | 2:39 |
23. | "Billy the Kid" (Live, March 8, 1971) | Gentry | 2:37 |
24. | "The Wailing of the Willow" (Live, March 8, 1971) | Nilsson, Ian Freebairn Smith | 2:18 |
25. | "Belinda" (Live, March 8, 1971) | Gentry | 3:55 |
26. | "Circle 'Round the Sun" (Live, March 8, 1971) | Traditional | 3:38 |
Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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UK Country Compilations (OCC)[31] | 1 |
Scottish Albums (OCC)[32] | 89 |
Country | Date | Format | Label |
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Worldwide (excluding US) |
September 21, 2018 | CD, Digital download | Capitol, UMe |
United States | Digital download | ||
October 12, 2018 | CD | ||
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