Loretta Lynn – Back to the Country (Blue and White Swirl)
Rarity - Sealed
Vocals - Loretta Lynn
Backing Vocals – Millie Kirkham, The Jordanaires
Bass – Billy Linneman, Bob Moore
Drums – Buddy Harman
Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar – Harold Bradley
Fiddle – Johnny Gimble
Harmonica – Charlie McCoy
Lead Guitar – Grady Martin
Piano – Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Jerry Smith
Rhythm Guitar – Pete Wade, Ray Edenton
Steel Guitar – Hal Rugg
1LP, standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : Blue and White Swirl
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : GZ Media
Label : VMP- Vinyl Me Please Country series
Original Label : MCA Records
Recorded December 12, 1972–December 19, 1974 at Bradley's Barn Studio, Mount Juliet, Tennessee
Engineered by Bobby Bradley, Joe Mills, Vic Gabany
Produced by Owen Bradley
Mastered at Welcome To 1979
Lacquer cut by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound
Liner Notes by Marissa R. Moss
Photography by Bud Gray
Originally released in 1975
Reissued in 2022
Tracks:
Side A:
- The Pill
- Will You Be There
- It's Time To Pay The Fiddler
- Paper Roses
- You Love Everybody But You
- Mad Mrs. Jesse Brown
Side B:
- Back To The Country
- The Hands of Yesterday
- I Can Help
- Another You
- Jimmy On My Mind
Review :
« It is a misleading album title from an artist who never left country except to market a fried chicken recipe. For one thing, it would have to be a country project to rope in the gang of session pickers here, the best of the best; names such as Charlie McCoy, Pete Wade, Grady Martin, Johnny Gimble, and the pope of the pedal steel, Hal Rugg. A bit of a tougher edge might have helped the song selection, though. It is as if the opening track, the notorious "The Pill," was considered so rowdy that they thought they had to tone it down after that. And though the choice of Tom T. Hall's "You Love Everybody But You" is commendable, some of the other material just seems a little light for Lynn. Production by the great Owen Bradley is creamy smooth. » AllMusic Review by Eugene Chadbourne
Ratings :
AllMusic : 2.5 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.14 / 5