Smith,Connie Latest Shade Of Blue: The Columbia Recordings 1973 CD

Bear Family Records½ proudly announces the release of the third and final CD box set in our retrospective of Connie Smith's RCA and Columbia recordings. Includes all of the tracks from the second chapter in Connie Smith's epochal recording career as she moved to the Columbia Records label from RCA Victor in 1973-and the first reissue of the majority of them. Classic, infectious 1970s honky tonk singles such as Just One Time, Ain't Love A Good Thing, her own co-write You've Got Me Right Where You Want Me and her hit takes on the Everly Brothers' (Till) I Kissed You and So Sad. Dozens of out-of-print and long hard-to-find recordings, including her unforgettable Christmas album 'Joy to the World,' shaped by her own arrangements of sacred holiday songs, and the singular, history-making 'Connie Smith Sings Hank Williams Gospel.' Connie Smith's riveting interpretations of prime era country songs from the pens of Dallas Frazier, Don Gibson, Bill Anderson, Doug Kershaw, Tom T. Hall, Lefty Frizzell, Harlan Howard, Eddie Raven and Jessi Colter. Connie's deep grounding in country gospel music applied to introduction of new songs in the genre by Kris Kristofferson, Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner, Larry Gatlin and Dottie Rambo, in addition to that full album of eleven Hank Williams gospel songs. New exploration of the steel guitar foregrounding 'Connie Smith sound' as she performs virtual vocal-guitar duets with steel heroes Weldon Myrick, Lloyd Green, John Hughey, Jimmy Day, Buddy Emmons and Hal Rugg. Detailed stories of Connie Smith's close work with Columbia producers Ray Baker and George Richey, as they arrived at the song choices and up-to-date, yet traditionalist sounds that brought her through the pop-centric John Denver-Olivia Newton John country era with her core classic country attack intact. Based on extensive new interviews with Connie herself and with producer Baker by the book's author, Barry Mazor.

1. Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through) 2. Never Love Again 3. Ain't Love a Good Thing 4. When You Hurt Me More Than I Love You 5. Love Held on to Me 6. A Picture of Me (Without You) 7. Let's All Go Down to the River 8. Too Soon to Know 9. You've Got Me (Right Where You Want Me) 10. In the House Where Love Shines 11. Soul Song 12. Jesus 13. Remind Me Dear Lord 14. Why Me 15. The Wonders You Perform 16. The Golden Street of Glory 17. When I Sing for Him 18. God Is Abundant 19. Help Me 20. The Well of His Mercy 21. The Baptism of Jesse Taylor 22. You Can Move That Mountain 23. At the Foot of the Cross 24. He Did It All for Me 25. I Still Feel the Same About You 26. Be All Right in Arkansas 27. Did We Have to Come This Far (To Say Goodbye) 28. Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree 29. We're Gonna Hold on 30. My Uncle Abel 31. Teddy Bear Song 32. Thanks a Lot for Trying Anyway 33. That's the Way Love Goes 34. Dallas 35. Never Having You 36. Letting Go 37. Sunshine Blue 38. The Key's in the Mailbox 39. I'll Still Be Missing You 40. Them Ole Rainy Lovesick Songs (Are Hittin' Home) 41. I Never Knew (What That Song Meant Before) 42. Is This All You Hear (When a Heart Breaks) 43. I Just Had You on My Mind 44. I Wish We'd All Been Ready 45. Because of Yesterday 46. I've Got My Baby on My Mind 47. Searching (For Someone Like You) 48. Back in the Country 49. I Got a Lot of Hurtin' Done Today 50. Loving You (Has Changed My Whole Life) 51. A House of Gold 52. I'm Gonna Sing 53. How Can You Refuse Him Now 54. I Saw the Light 55. Are You Walking and A-Talking for the Lord 56. When the Book of Life Is Read 57. Jesus Is Calling 58. Jesus Died for Me 59. Calling You 60. A Home in Heaven 61. Jesus Remembered Me 62. Why Don't You Love Me 63. Ain't It Good to Be in Love Again 64. You'll See Jesus 65. Praying Hands 66. One Little Reason 67. Because I Love You That's Why 68. Viva la Love 69. Nothing in This World 70. The Song We Fell in Love to 71. ('Till) I Kissed You 72. Jesus Hears, He Cares, He Can 73. Once a Day 74. Ridin' on a Rainbow 75. When I Need Jesus, He's There 76. I Don't Wanna Talk It Over Anymore 77. Storms Never Last 78. You Crossed My Mind a Thousand Times Today 79. Love Don't Care (Where It Grows) 80. Constantly 81. I Wonder If the Angels Could Use Another Singer 82. I'm in the Middle of a Losin' Streak 83. Come on Down 84. The Latest Shade of Blue 85. So Sad (To Watch a Good Love Go Bad) 86. I'm All Wrapped Up in You 87. Go Tell It on the Mountain 88. O Come All Ye Faithful 89. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks 90. Away in a Manger / Silent Night 91. Sweet Little Jesus Boy 92. Little Drummer Boy 93. O Holy Night 94. The First Noel 95. What Child Is This 96. Joy to the World