Alan Jackson – Who I Am (Vinyle galaxie dorée)
RARITY - Sealed
Vocals - Alan Jackson
Backing Vocals: John Wesley Ryles
Piano, Backing Vocals: Monty Parkey
Fiddle, Backing Vocals: Mark McClurg
Drums, Backing Vocals: Bruce Rutherford
Acoustic Bass: Roy Huskey Jr.
Bass: Roger Wills
Electric Bass: Glenn Worf
Electric Bass, Electric Guitar: Brent Mason
Acoustic Guitar: Bruce Watkins, Keith Stegall
Acoustic Slide Guitar: Robbie Flint
Guitar: Danny Groah
Steel Guitar: John Hughey, Paul Franklin, Robbie Flint
Fiddle: Larry Franklin, Stuart Duncan
Piano: Hargus Robbins
Drums: Eddie Bayers
1LP, Gatefold jacket with an 8 page booklet
Limited Edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : Gold Galaxy
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : GZ Media
Label : Vinyl Me Please - Country Series
Original Label : Arista
Recorded in January 1994 at Cayman Moon Recorders, Berry Hill, TN ; The Castle, Franklin TN ; Eleven Eleven Sound, and Showbus Studio, Nashville, TN
Produced by Keith Stegall
Mastered by Cicely Balston at Air Mastering
Booklet by David Cantwell
Originally released in 1994
Reissued in 2024
Tracks:
Side A
- Summertime Blues
- Livin' On Love
- Hole In The Wall
- Gone Country
- Who I Am
- You Can't Give Up On Love
- I Don't Even Know Your Name
Side B
- Song For The Life
- Thank God For The Radio
- All American Country Boy
- Job Description
- If I Had You
- Let's Get Back To Me And You
Review :
« By 1994, Alan Jackson may not have scored as many hit singles, but he definitely began to set himself apart from the onslaught of young country hat bands. First, there are 13 tracks on this set -- three more than usually appear on country records because labels don't want to pay for more than that. Second, Jackson showed he had cojones by opening his album with Eddie Cochran's rockabilly classic "Summertime Blues," a song as associated with the Who as it is with Cochran. But Jackson shows the 'billy side of the equation while delivering both humor and soul in his reading. "Living on Love," an original, is a mid-tempo honky tonker with killer fiddle, telecasters chopping up the middle, and lyrics that make its sentimental subject matter palatable. "Gone Country," by Bob McDill, is an anti-new country anthem accusing a whole lot of folks of coming into the game for the cash. Jackson is the real hillbilly article, so he can sing that song -- and so is the writer, but it's most effective when looking at some of Alan's peers. But it's on Harley Allen's "Who I Am," a mid-tempo two-step barroom love song where the pedal steels whine and the fiddles cascade with their high lonesome song in the bridge, that Jackson's at his best. He sings with a sincerity that turns sarcasm on its head. The same is true on Rodney Crowell's "Song for the Life." In a version that rivals Crowell's own, Jackson's balladry in three-forths time is heartbreakingly beautiful. And then there's Jackson's own songs like "Job Description," which comes right from the Merle Haggard side of the Bakersfield side of honky tonk, and the same goes for "Let's Get Back to You and Me," which is every bit as tough as Dwight Yoakam with a guitar solo to match. This is where Buck Owens and Ernest Tubb meet Johnny Burnette and George Jones. What a way to end a record. This is solid from top to bottom and one of Jackson's strongest outings. » AllMusic Review by Thom Jurek
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.5 / 5