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The Girl from Chickasaw County (Ltd.8cd Box Edt.)

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Titles

Disc 1

1 Mississippi Delta
2 I Saw An Angel Die
3 Chickasaw County Child
4 Sunday Best
5 Niki Hoeky
6 Papa, Won't You Let Me Go To Town With You
7 Bugs
8 Hurry, Tuesday Child
9 Lazy Willie
10 Ode To Billie Joe
11 Seventh Son (Demo)
12 I Saw An Angel Die (Demo)
13 Niki Hoeky (Demo)
14 Papa, Won't You Let Me Go To Town With You (Demo)
15 Hurry, Tuesday Child (Demo)
16 Mississippi Delta (Alternate Take)
17 Sunday Best (Alternate Take)
18 Show Off (Stereo Version)
19 La Siepe
20 La Citta' E' Grande

Disc 2

1 Okolona River Bottom Band
2 Big Boss Man
3 Reunion
4 Parchman Farm
5 Mornin' Glory
6 Sermon
7 Tobacco Road
8 Penduli Pendulum
9 Jessye' Lisabeth
10 Refractions
11 Louisiana Man
12 Courtyard
13 Seventh Son (Band Version)
14 Feelin' Good (Demo)
15 I Didn't Know (Demo)
16 Morning To Midnight (Demo)
17 Refractions (Demo)
18 Louisiana Man (Demo)
19 Sermon (Demo)
20 Mornin' Glory (Demo)
21 Jessye' Lisabeth (Demo)
22 Courtyard (Demo)
23 Louisiana Man (Live On The Tom Jones Show / 1968)
24 Ode To Billie Joe (Live On The Tom Jones Show / 1968)

Disc 3

1 Sweet Peony
2 Casket Vignette
3 Come Away Melinda
4 The Fool On The Hill
5 Papa's Medicine Show
6 Ace Insurance Man
7 Recollection
8 Sittin' Pretty
9 Eleanor Rigby
10 Peaceful
11 Here, There And Everywhere
12 Hushabye Mountain
13 Skip A-Long Sam
14 The Conspiracy Of Homer Jones (Unreleased Master)
15 Sweet Peony (Alternate Take)
16 Cotton Candy Sandman
17 Hushabye Mountain (Demo)

Disc 4

1 Less Of Me
2 Little Green Apples
3 Gentle On My Mind
4 Heart To Heart Talk
5 My Elusive Dreams
6 (It's Only Your) Imagination
7 Mornin' Glory
8 Terrible Tangled Web
9 Sunday Mornin'
10 Let It Be Me
11 Medley: Scarborough Fair/Canticle
12 All I Have To Do Is Dream
13 Walk Right Back
14 Sunday Mornin' (Alternate Take)
15 Let It Be Me (Without Strings)
16 Medley: Scarborough Fair/Canticle (Without Strings)
17 Love Took My Heart and Mashed That Sucker Flat (Duet)
18 The Fool On The Hill (Japanese Version)
19 I'll Never Fall In Love Again (Spanish Version)
20 Here, There And Everywhere (Spanish Version)

Disc 5

1 Touch 'Em With Love
2 Greyhound Goin' Somewhere
3 Natural To Be Gone
4 Seasons Come, Seasons Go
5 Glory Hallelujah, How They'll Sing
6 I Wouldn't Be Surprised
7 Son Of A Preacher Man
8 Where's The Playground, Johnny
9 I'll Never Fall In Love Again
10 You've Made Me So Very Happy
11 More Today Than Yesterday
12 Spinning Wheel
13 Touch 'Em With Love (Alternate Stereo Take)
14 Glory Hallelujah, How They'll Sing (Alternate Take)
15 Seasons Come, Seasons Go (Demo)
16 Supper Time
17 God Bless The Child
18 Since I Fell For You
19 Save Your Love For Me
20 Here's That Rainy Day
21 Stormy
22 This Girls In Love With You
23 The Windows Of The World

Disc 6

1 Fancy
2 Delta Man
3 Something In The Way He Moves
4 Find 'Em, Fool 'Em And Forget 'Em
5 He Made A Woman Out Of Me
6 Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
7 If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody
8 Rainmaker
9 Wedding Bell Blues
10 In The Ghetto
11 Fancy (Mono / Radio Edit)
12 Apartment 21
13 Away In A Manger
14 Scarlet Ribbons
15 Circle 'Round the Sun
16 Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (Alternate Take)
17 Wedding Bell Blues (Alternate Take)
18 Apartment 21 (Without Strings)
19 Scarlet Ribbons (Alternate Take)
20 If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody (Live On Top Of The Pops / 1970)

Disc 7

1 Benjamin
2 Interlude 1
3 Marigolds And Tangerines
4 Interlude 2
5 Billy The Kid
6 Interlude 3
7 Beverly
8 Interlude 4
9 Miss Clara/Azusa Sue
10 Interlude 5
11 But I Can't Get Back
12 Jeremiah
13 Interlude 6
14 Belinda
15 Mean Stepmama Blues
16 Your Number One Fan
17 Interlude 7
18 Somebody Like Me
19 Lookin' In
20 Smoke
21 Joanne
22 Salome Smith And Her Amazing Dancing Bear
23 Benjamin (Alternate Take)
24 Belinda (Alternate Take)
25 Smoke (Demo)
26 The Girl From Cincinnati
27 You And Me Together

Disc 8

1 Mississippi Delta (Live At The BBC / 1968)
2 Papa Won't You Let Me Go To Town With You (Live At The BBC / 1968)
3 I Saw An Angel Die (Live At The BBC / 1968)
4 My Dog Sargent (Live At The BBC / 1968)
5 Ode To Billie Joe (Live At The BBC / 1968)
6 Mornin' Glory (Live At The BBC / 1968)
7 Sunday Best (Live At The BBC / 1968)
8 Hurry, Tuesday Child (Live At The BBC / 1968)
9 Niki Hokey / Barefootin' (Medley / Live At The BBC / 1968)
10 Penduli Pendulum (Live At The BBC / 1968)
11 Ace Insurance Man (Live At The BBC / 1968)
12 Chickasaw County Child (Live At The BBC / 1968)
13 Recollection (Live At The BBC / 1969)
14 Sweet Peony (Live At The BBC / 1969)
15 Refractions (Live At The BBC / 1969)
16 Greyhound Goin' Somewhere (Live At The BBC / 1969)
17 Cotton Candy Sandman (Live At The BBC / 1969)
18 Open Your Window (Live At The BBC / 1971)
19 Mother Nature's Son (Live At The BBC / 1971)
20 Mr. Bojangles (Live At The BBC / 1971)
21 Your Number One Fan (Live At The BBC / 1971)
22 He Made A Woman Out of Me (Live At The BBC / 1971)
23 Billy The Kid (Live At The BBC / 1971)
24 Wailing Of The Willow (Live At The BBC / 1971)
25 Belinda (Live At The BBC / 1971)
26 Circle 'Round The Sun (Live At The BBC / 1971)

Product details

  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 26.39 x 24.99 x 3.99 cm; 1.3 kg
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Virgin (Universal Music)
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ CAPN5383971.2
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2018
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Virgin (Universal Music)
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07FSX136W
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 8
  • Customer reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 193 ratings

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4.8 out of 5 stars
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Reviewed in Germany on 11 November 2021
Zu Bobby Gentry muss man eigentlich nicht mehr viel sagen: eine starke Frau mit toller Stimme und tollen Songs - eigenen und Coverversionen. In Deutschland leider und zu Unrecht wenig bekannt. Die sorgfältig aufgemachte Box mit 8 CDs und einem ausführlichen, gut geschriebenen und bebilderten Booklet enthält alle Studioalben, unzählige Demoversionen und eine CD mit zwei Livemitschnitten. Auch die Aufnahmen ihres erst 2021 als eigene LP erschienen, wie ich finde gelungenen Ausflug in den Jazz sind enthalten. Im Vergleich zu den gerade erscheinenden „50 years anniversary“- Jubiläumsausgaben der grossen britischen Bands ein erstaunlich preiswerter Genuss der stundenlang Freude macht.
Reviewed in Germany on 19 October 2019
wer wie ich ein fan von bobbie gentry ist-mit der 8cd box mehr als über glücklich
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Reviewed in Germany on 21 November 2018
Wow, wow, wow und nochmals wow - das hatte ich nicht erwartet! Nach fünfzig Jahren des Wartens eine dermaßen perfekt gestaltete, fast LP-formatige Box in den Händen zu halten, bei deren Gestaltung und Fertigung die englische Universal sich mit der Qualität wirklich ins Zeug gelegt hat. Bestückt ist sie mit gleich drei Büchern von denen zwei die acht chronologisch geordneten CDs der kompletten Bobbie Gentry Capitol Jahre enthalten. Das dritte von fast 100 Seiten enthält, einschließlich des Gimmicks der beigelegten einzelnen Reproduktionen der Autogrammkarten dieser Jahre, die Entstehungsgeschichten der einzelnen Gentry Aufnahmen der Jahre 1967 bis 1971. Sie beinhaltet also all das, was man als Ode To Billie Joe Infizierter in den siebziger Jahren als LP oder nach 2000 als CD mühsam und teuer zusammensammeln musste. Hinzu kommen je einzelner LP umfangreich dazugehörige Radioaufnahmen und Alternate Takes bzw. Demos aus/zu den jeweiligen Aufnahmesessions und natürlich als achte CD ihr beiden phänomenalen BBC-Konzerte - alleine mit 26 Tracks - von 1968 und 69, wovon ich allerdings inzwischen die reichlich überarrangierte 69er Aufnahme mit gemischten Gefühlen höre. Die Zeit des verknappten, bluesbasierten Country-Soul ist hier bereits Geschichte, die Hinwendung zur späteren Reno und Vegas Entertainerin hat längst begonnen. Und genau dies charakterisiert leider auch den Veränderungsprozess den Bobbie zwischen den Jahren 67 und 71 durchläuft, den die ersten sieben CDs exakt wiederspiegeln und es deshalb auch nur für vier "Wows" reicht. Mein Gehör ist eindeutig auf den Stil von Mississippi Delta und Ode To Billie Joe fixiert, das hat sich in 50 Jahren auch nicht wesentlich verschoben. Entsprechend quittiere ich ihre Wandlung von der mysteriösen, fast mystischen Country-Blues-Sängerin des Deltas zur „Tinglerin“ - laut Duden existiert dieser Ausdruck nicht - zwischen Nashville Country, LA Pop und New York Vaudeville und sogar Swing auf ihrer letzten Aufnahme Patchwork - hier wird der Titel zum Programm - mit äußerst gemischten Gefühlen: von der großen Liebe (Ode to…) hin zu einem leider eindeutigen „wer braucht das?!“ (Patchwork).
Dennoch – im Ganzen perfekt aufbereitet, und zwar alles. Auch dann noch, wenn man die für Gentry's Verhältnisse unterirdische Glenn Campbell Aufnahme mitberücksichtigt. Denn soviel typischer, klassischer Southern Soul und Country der 60er Jahre auf einen Schlag - egal ob Bobbie solo, in kleinstem akustischen Trioensemble oder mit großem Bläsersatz oder Streicherwand - war jedenfalls noch nie. Und diese Aussage gilt für eine inzwischen, sieht man von ihren beiden frühen Hits Ode To Billie Joe und Mississippi Delta mal ab, nahezu vergessene Künstlerin. Wenn sie die Box oder zumindest die Autogrammkarten doch auch noch persönlich unterschrieben hätte…. aber das wär dann wohl zu viel des Guten geworden! :-)

Zwei zusätzliche Anmerkungen sind dennoch notwendig: Nummer Eins ist reine Geschmackssache - die einzelnen Aufnahmen sind anders abgemischt als die bislang - auch nicht mehr zu vernünftigen Preisen - verfügbaren australischen Raven Aufnahmen. Die brillieren ziemlich in den Höhenbereichen und hier wirken die Neuveröffentlichen weicher und runder, wenn auch mit geringfügigem Brillianzverlust. Man mag das Eine mögen oder das Andere oder auch beides...reine Geschmackssache.
Nummer Zwei - doch vielleicht stört nur mich das - ist das Fehlen jeder Produktionsangabe in dem ansonsten sehr umfangreichen Buch, und hier speziell die Besetzung der einzelnen Studiobands. Das muss einen nicht wirklich interessieren, die Raven Aufnahmen verfügten auch nicht darüber, aber da selbst die bislang ausschließlich als LP erschienene BBC Aufnahme Angaben dazu macht, find ich es schon "nachlässig" das bei einer dermaßen aufwendig gestalteten Box....na, sagen wir zu vergessen. Ansonsten ist das der Traum von einem Weihnachtsgeschenk an sich selbst, den Bobbie Gentry Liebhaber….wenn auch nur irgendwie an den.
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Shane Maximchuk
5.0 out of 5 stars Very important artist
Reviewed in Canada on 14 October 2022
Packaging great. Bought only because I have here first album and thought it would be interesting. And it is very good. Recommend highly.
ENRIQUE BERNABE PLATERO
5.0 out of 5 stars Una gran recopilación
Reviewed in Spain on 1 June 2021
Bobbie Gentry fué una gran cantante que terminó algo hastiada del show bussines y que tuvo una gran personalidad para con su carrera. Personalmente, me gusta el estilo de sus covers y no creo que esté muy afortunada cuando se pone el disfraz de Dolly Parton (es un decir). Un gran trabajo de maquetación y remasterización.
Mario Gibellini
5.0 out of 5 stars Finalmente onorata la grande Bobbie Gentry!
Reviewed in Italy on 21 August 2020
Eccezioale ristampa, datata 2018, da parte della Universal di tutto quanto pubblicato dalla Capitol di Bobbie Gentry, la cantante famosa per "Ode to Billy Joe", tra il '67 e il '71, i sette album originali con bonus e un ottavo inedito, Live at the BBC. Una produttività elevatissima, di una qualità altissima. Ricordiamo che, dopo circa 15 anni di successo, Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe, ecc., Bob bie si è ritirata a vita privata, rifiutando interviste, non comparendo più in pubblico e facendo addirittura perdere le sue tracce.
L'interesse su di lei proseguito col CD tributo dei Mercury Rev all'album The Delta sweete, uscito nel 2019, con brani interpretati da ospiti quli Norah Jones, Margo Price e Lucinda Williams.
Ora lo stesso album è uscito in versione deluxe: 2 CD (o anche 2 LP) con versione stereo nel CD 1 (più 5 bonus) e originale nel CD 2 (più 5 bonus anche qui).
Alcuni anni fa, per la collana 33 1/3, la scrittrice Tara Murtha aveva anche pubblicato "Ode to Billy Joe", non solo semplice recensione del primo album, ma biografia e ricerca appassionanti. Peccato sia disponibile solo in inglese...
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5.0 out of 5 stars Le vert best of de Bobbie Gentry
Reviewed in France on 11 March 2019
Tout les albums enregistré chez Capitol entre 1967 et 1972 y sont et ils ne sont pas évident à trouver. Des bonus à chaque album et un son excellent. Des cd très facile à enlever de leur jacquette ce qui est un plus.Ajouter à cela un livret avec de superbes photos.
Pour résumer si vous aimez Bobbie Gentry malgré le prix qui peut paraître élevé. Acheter le il y a tout ce qu' elle a fait de mieux.
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Mr. David Tinson
5.0 out of 5 stars Rockin' Soul Sister!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 September 2018
This 8-CD collection has blown me away! Bobbie Gentry - how to describe - she sure was something, still is no doubt! How about a mixture of Dusty Springfield, or a female Elvis, or Tony Joe White's swamp rock sister ...she did it all back in the late 1960s & early to mid 1970s (The Queen of Las Vegas up to around, 1980). Highlights: The book is simply gorgeous and the remastering of this extensive collection renders everything crystal clear especially Bobbie's voice. The album TOUCH 'EM WITH LOVE is quite a revelation --with soulfull vocals and tight intrumentation on the low-down funky title cut. I'll stick my neck out and say it's every bit as enjoyable as Dusty's classic DUSTY IN MEMPHIS - - and there's a Jimmy Webb song to boot, what's not to like? Additionally the Blood Sweat & Tears covers included with the bonus tracks are superb and should have been released back in the day. And she could have made several popular jazz albums on this fine showing ...

I've only really listened to the tip of the iceberg regarding this 8-CD behemoth, and I haven't even got to PATCHWORK - Bobbie's acclaimed last album in 1971 yet but there's
just so much to enjoy here. The FANCY album and title track especially is a particular favourite upping the soul stew and recorded at FAME studios the home of muscle shoals legend.
More: Live @The BBC is sublime and 'Nikky Hokey/Barefootin' is a standout live performance. She could cut it with the very best live. The BBC TV shows were really special...More: Demo's and bonus tracks are where there's gold to be found here, case in point: An intimate and reflective and acoustic 'Season's Come, And The Season's Go' -- and a slew of the gorgeous jazz flavour tracks on the aforementioned TOUCH 'EM WITH LOVE album. Bobbie's voice fits jazz like a glove. Standout: a beautiful and intimate, "This Girl's In Love With You" ...Whispered in your ear.

ODE TO BILLIE JOE & THE DELTA SWEETE are classic Bobbie Gentry, capturing the essence of her Chickasaw County style - but this collection offers so much more and is a portrait of an artist who was without reservation simply sensational. An artist who covered so many
styles with consumate ease and total professionalism.

Easy listening gold: The Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell album was described as an attempt to garner some pop hits, and widen

exposure for Bobbie Gentry -- a label it lived up to with panache and their voices go together like honey & molasses. Although maybe not
including enough of her swampy down-home writing and
sound it definitely went for a poppy, lighter kind of feel but here it's all about the songs -- solid gold - every last one -- the album now
resides in my personal top ten of all time with --FROM ELVIS IN MEMPHIS .

Furthermore Glen and Bobbie sound just beautiful here and never more so than on Bobbie's intimate - MORNING GLORY -- and the equally gorgeous -SUNDAY MORNING - "I'll put coffee on to brew" -- a fantastic song and a fantastic album. Bobbie lived it large back in the day -- performing Elvis Presley tributes in her Las Vegas stage
shows and riding in his limo after the shows, to designing all her own outfits and working on dance routines and being involved in all aspects of
her career. I think she reached the mountain top... My review is just the tip of the iceberg--- find out for yourself about the smart and amazing girl from Chickasaw county. Box set of the year 10/10 .
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Mr. David Tinson
5.0 out of 5 stars Rockin' Soul Sister!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 September 2018
This 8-CD collection has blown me away! Bobbie Gentry - how to describe - she sure was something, still is no doubt! How about a mixture of Dusty Springfield, or a female Elvis, or Tony Joe White's swamp rock sister ...she did it all back in the late 1960s & early to mid 1970s (The Queen of Las Vegas up to around, 1980). Highlights: The book is simply gorgeous and the remastering of this extensive collection renders everything crystal clear especially Bobbie's voice. The album TOUCH 'EM WITH LOVE is quite a revelation --with soulfull vocals and tight intrumentation on the low-down funky title cut. I'll stick my neck out and say it's every bit as enjoyable as Dusty's classic DUSTY IN MEMPHIS - - and there's a Jimmy Webb song to boot, what's not to like? Additionally the Blood Sweat & Tears covers included with the bonus tracks are superb and should have been released back in the day. And she could have made several popular jazz albums on this fine showing ...

I've only really listened to the tip of the iceberg regarding this 8-CD behemoth, and I haven't even got to PATCHWORK - Bobbie's acclaimed last album in 1971 yet but there's
just so much to enjoy here. The FANCY album and title track especially is a particular favourite upping the soul stew and recorded at FAME studios the home of muscle shoals legend.
More: Live @The BBC is sublime and 'Nikky Hokey/Barefootin' is a standout live performance. She could cut it with the very best live. The BBC TV shows were really special...More: Demo's and bonus tracks are where there's gold to be found here, case in point: An intimate and reflective and acoustic 'Season's Come, And The Season's Go' -- and a slew of the gorgeous jazz flavour tracks on the aforementioned TOUCH 'EM WITH LOVE album. Bobbie's voice fits jazz like a glove. Standout: a beautiful and intimate, "This Girl's In Love With You" ...Whispered in your ear.

ODE TO BILLIE JOE & THE DELTA SWEETE are classic Bobbie Gentry, capturing the essence of her Chickasaw County style - but this collection offers so much more and is a portrait of an artist who was without reservation simply sensational. An artist who covered so many
styles with consumate ease and total professionalism.

Easy listening gold: The Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell album was described as an attempt to garner some pop hits, and widen

exposure for Bobbie Gentry -- a label it lived up to with panache and their voices go together like honey & molasses. Although maybe not
including enough of her swampy down-home writing and
sound it definitely went for a poppy, lighter kind of feel but here it's all about the songs -- solid gold - every last one -- the album now
resides in my personal top ten of all time with --FROM ELVIS IN MEMPHIS .

Furthermore Glen and Bobbie sound just beautiful here and never more so than on Bobbie's intimate - MORNING GLORY -- and the equally gorgeous -SUNDAY MORNING - "I'll put coffee on to brew" -- a fantastic song and a fantastic album. Bobbie lived it large back in the day -- performing Elvis Presley tributes in her Las Vegas stage
shows and riding in his limo after the shows, to designing all her own outfits and working on dance routines and being involved in all aspects of
her career. I think she reached the mountain top... My review is just the tip of the iceberg--- find out for yourself about the smart and amazing girl from Chickasaw county. Box set of the year 10/10 .
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