Country Soul Sisters: Women In Country Music 1952-74

Various Artists / Soul Jazz Records Presents

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This new album on Soul Jazz Records is a stunning collection of tracks by female country singers. The album features all the classic artists – Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Tanya Tucker – as well as many lesser-known singers.

The album comes with extensive sleevenotes charting the rise of female artists in country music, from early stars such as Patsy Cline and Kitty Wells up to the astute-minded superstar figures such as Dolly Parton, whose businesses currently include the theme park Dollywood, a film production company and a philanthropic literacy campaign – Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

This album also features artists such as Nancy Sinatra and Bobbie Gentry, who also made country music but existed outside the traditional Nashville framework, as well as artists with a leaning towards country soul music such as Jeannie C. Riley, Diana Trask and Barbara Mandrell.

Far from the traditional conservative image of country music this album features songs about female empowerment as well as a number of radical subjects – prostitution, abortion, death and angels, workplace sexual exploitation, small town bigotry and more – from Kitty Wells’ groundbreaking ‘It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels’ to Jean Shepherd’s ‘Two Whoops And A Holler’, where she sings that a woman who drinks, smokes or tells a joke is lower than a piece of ham in the eyes of men.

As well as extensive sleevenotes the large outsize booklet in card slipcase accompanying the CD format also includes stunning photography from the Getty picture archive and also includes new interviews with a number of the featured artists.

Also available as a special edition heavyweight double gatefold vinyl edition complete with full sleeve-notes and super-loud pressing.

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Track Listings

Dolly Parton - Don't Let It Trouble Your Mind
Lynn Anderson - Fancy
Jeannie C. Riley - I've Done A Lot Of Livin' Since Then
Bobbie Gentry - Reunion
Tammy Wynette - Tonight My Baby's Coming Home
Jean Shepard - A Satisfied Mind
Nancy Sinatra - Get While The Gettin's Good
Tanya Tucker - California Cotton Fields
Sammie Smith - Saunders Ferry Line
Connie Smith - If It Ain't Love
Jean Shepard - Two Whoops And A Holler
Billie Jo Spears - Mr Walker
Patsy Cline - Ain't No Wheels On This Ship
Barbara Fairchild - Color My World
Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn - You're The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly
Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley PTA
Jody Miller - A Woman Left Lonely
Kitty Wells - Delta Dawn
Diana Trask - Show Me
Norma Jean - He's All I Got
Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe
Bonnie Guitar - Tender Words
Barbara Mandrell - Husband Stealer
Diana Trask - I'll Never Do You Wrong
Kitty Wells - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels

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  • Genre: Americana / Country
  • Label: Soul Jazz
  • SKU: SJRLP520C
  • Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve
  • Released Date: 9th June 2023