Here's Patsy Cline

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Here's Patsy Cline
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Compilation album by
ReleasedJuly 5, 1965
RecordedMay 23, 1957 – January 27, 1960
Genre Country
Length25:20
Label Vocalion
MCA (re-release)
Producer Owen Bradley
Patsy Cline chronology
That's How a Heartache Begins
(1964)
Here's Patsy Cline
(1965)
Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits
(1967)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Here's Patsy Cline is the third compilation album of music originally recorded by American country artist, Patsy Cline. The album consists of selected material Cline had recorded during her years at Four Star Records.

Contents

Background

Here's Patsy Cline contains ten tracks Patsy Cline had recorded at Four Star Records between May 23, 1957, and January 27, 1960. Included on the first side of the recorded is an alternate version of "Yes, I Understand," as the original version had included Cline singing harmony on her lead vocals. Cover versions of "Stop the World (And Let Me Off)," "Life's Railway to Heaven," and "Just Out of Reach." The second side contained Cline's 1956 single, "I've Loved and Lost Again," as well as an alternate take of "How Can I Face Tomorrow," which also had originally included harmony.

Here's Patsy Cline has been reissued several times. In 1973, the album was reissued as a vinyl record on MCA/Coral Records, and then was then re-released in 1983 only on MCA. In 1988, the album was digitally remastered on a compact disc, also on MCA Records. [2] The album was reviewed by Allmusic and was given three out of five stars. [3] The release did not chart on any Billboard Magazine charts.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Stop the World (And Let Me Off)" Carl Belew, W.S. Stevenson2:26
2."Yes, I Understand"Charles Beam, C.C. Beam, Charles L. Jiles, Stevenson2:47
3."Just Out of Reach"V.F. Stewart2:28
4."Life's Railway to Heaven" Charles Davis Tillman 2:51
5."If I Could See the World (Through the Eyes of a Child)" Sammy Masters, Richard Pope, Tex Satterwhite2:50
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I've Loved and Lost Again" Eddie Miller 2:31
2."(Write Me) In Care of the Blues"Miller, Stevenson2:32
3."How Can I Face Tomorrow"Beam, Jiles, Stevenson2:13
4."Just a Closer Walk with Thee"traditional2:42
5."Walking Dream"Ginger Willis, Hal Willis 2:16

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