VARIOUS ARTISTS - DIM LIGHTS, THICK SMOKE AND HILLBILLY MUSIC: 1970 [DIGIPAK] NE

Description: Additional Information from Movie Mars Product Description Liner Note Author: Colin Escott. Recording information: 1969-1970. Illustrators: Colin Escott; Les Leverett; R.A. Andreas; Brenda Collins. Photographers: Colin Escott; Les Leverett; R.A. Andreas; Brenda Collins. If the music on the 1970 volume of Bear Family's superlative ongoing Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music series isn't as wild and adventurous as that on 1969's, chalk it up to the record industry assimilating the shifting fashions of the time. Nothing here sounds as wild as the singles on the 1969 volume, but everything here still feels modern: Dolly Parton's "Joshua" is nearly as lean and ornery as Waylon Jennings' "The Taker," Johnny Cash's "Sunday Morning Coming Down" is a finely realized hangover ode that never would've been written three years prior, Roy Clark's novelty "Thank God and Greyhound" pops with tacky vitality. Elsewhere, there is sinewy Merle Haggard ("The Fightin Side of Me"), robust Jerry Lee Lewis ("There Must Be More to Love Than This," "Once More with Feeling"), AM crossovers from Lynn Anderson ("Rose Garden") and Sammi Smith ("Help Me Make It Through the Night"), pure Nashville schmaltz symphonies from George Jones ("A Good Year for the Roses") and Ray Price ("For the Good Times"), crackling country-rock from Jerry Reed ("Amos Moses"), then the slightest hints of country-rock (Flying Burrito Brothers' "Wild Horses," which doesn't feel of piece with the rest here), and outlaw country (Billy Joe Shaver's "Chicken on the Ground"). All these loose ends combine into one singular sound that is the dawn of a new decade, one where all the progressive country, psychedelia, Bakersfield sound, and Nashville polish combine into a new mainstream, and Dim Lights 1970 winds up fascinating for how it documents that shift. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine About Movie Mars All items are Brand New. We offer unbeatable prices, quick shipping times and a wide selection second to none. Purchases come with a 30-day Satisfaction Guarantee (minus Shipping & Handling fees) on all unopened products. All items are from licensed Distributors. We do not deal with any Bootleg or Used items!

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Producer: Billy Sherrill^Bob Ferguson^Bob Johnston^Bob L. Moore^Chet Atkins^Danny Davis^Dennis Linde^Don Law^Glenn Sutton^Henry Lewy^Jack Clement^Jerry Glenn Kennedy^Jerry Kennedy^Jim Dickson^Jim Malloy^Joe Allison^Ken Nelson^Owen Bradley

Format: CD

Release Year: 2013

Genre: Country

Record Label: BFG, BEAR FAMILY Germany

Artist: Dim Lights Thick Smoke & Hillbilly

Release Title: Country & Western Hit Parade 1970