BOBBIE GENTRY The Delta Sweete FROM 68-PORTRAITS OF CHILDHOOD, HOME AND CHURCH
  $   71

 


$ 71 Sold For
May 16, 2019 Sold Date
May 9, 2019 Start Date
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BOBBIE GENTRY The Delta Sweete FROM 68-PORTRAITS OF CHILDHOOD, HOME AND CHURCH

A VG++ LP ON CAPITOL ST 2842

FROM 1968 IN STEREO AND STILL WITH SHRINK WRAP OVER COVER!

PRODUCED BY KELLY GORDON AND ARRANGED BY JIMMY HASKELL AND SHORTY ROGERS

TRACKS AS SHOWN ON THE LABEL PHOTOS

MORE INFO FROM ALLMUSIC.COM
Delta Sweete was Bobbie Gentry's 1968 follow-up to her hugely popular Ode to Billie Joe record -- the title track topped the pop charts and made the country Top 20. Although it doesn't quite match the quality of Ode, Delta Sweete does contain a good selection of Gentry originals and some fine covers. The "Sweete" in the title refers to both Gentry's southern-belle good looks (her publishing company was called Super Darlin') and the album's suite structure. The 12 segued songs detail Gentry's idyllic Mississippi childhood and include portraits of home and church life ("Reunion," "Sermon"), as well as recollections of blues and country hits she certainly heard as a youngster ("Big Boss Man," "Tobacco Road"). In fact, the prevailing sound on both Delta Sweete and Ode to Billy Joe is a swampy, folk-tinged combination of blues and country, with uptown touches like strings and horns seemingly added to reflect the then modern styles of soul and the Nashville sound. Gentry also includes some dreamy, pastoral originals like "Morning Glory" and "Courtyard," songs that could've been written by melancholy folkster Nick Drake. In light of all the album's good qualities, then, it's a shame it's out of print. Collectables' The Golden Classics of Bobbie Gentry combines the Ode to Billie Joe album with a few tracks from Delta Sweete, including the hits "Okolona River Bottom Band" and "Louisiana Man."

COVER STOCK STILL WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP INTACT. CORNERS WITH SMALL ROUGH SPOTS AND OUTER LAYER LOSSES ON POINT. NOTWITHSTANDING, A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS, SO PLEASE DO LOOK AT THE COVER PHOTOS TO ASCERTAIN COVER CONDITION.

VIRGIN SPINDLE HOLE. THE HIGH LUSTER VINYL BLANK WITH A VERY FEW LIGHT AND FINE SURFACE RUB SCUFF MARKS UNDER BRIGHT ANGLED LIGHT AND ASSIDUOUS EXAMINATION AND WHICH NEED TO BE LOOKED FOR TO BE SEEN. WE'VE TEST PLAYED THIS LP BY SAMPLING EACH TRACK 2-3 TIMES ON A VPI TURNTABLE WITH A GRADO REFERENCE ONE WOOD CARTRIDGE WITHOUT NOTICE OF THE ABOVE ITEMS AND SOUNDING QUITE FINE HERE.

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