Xmas has come early...
Posted by: Kevin-W on 27 July 2018
... if you're a Bobby Gentry fan!
As I predicted in the 'What releases are you looking forward to?' thread, this September sees a mammoth (8 CDs) Bobbie box called The Girl from Chickasaw County. This contains, at a rough count, 75 tracks never heard/released before, even on bootleg.
So, we get all seven Capitol albums - Ode to Billie Joe, Delta Sweete, Local Gentry, Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell, Touch 'Em With Love, Fancy, Patchwork - in new masters, all supplemented with extensive bonus tracks; and the recently released Live at the BBC which is massively expanded to 26 tracks!
Here's some of Universal's pre-release blurb:
http://bobbiegentry.org.uk/wp-...et-Press-Release.pdf
And a disc-by-disc listening guide:
http://bobbiegentry.org.uk/wp-...ide-Disc-by-Disc.pdf
Full tracklist is here: http://bobbiegentry.org.uk/wp-...nty-Tracklisting.pdf
Of course, it's a pity that none of the late 1970s Warner stuff gets a look in, nor do any of her innovative Vegas live shows, but hell, it's about time such an important artist gets the full box set treatment.
Needless to say, I have already pre-ordered!