Wanda Jackson - Right Or Wrong (1992) [4CD Box Set]

Wanda Jackson - Right Or Wrong (1992) [4CD Box Set]
EAC | FLAC+CUEs+LOGs - 1,63 GB | Covers, No book | Mp3 CBR 320 Kbps - 721 MB
Country / Rockabilly | TT - 308:34 minutes | Label: Bear Family Records / Cat. # BCD 15629 DI
How she could sing At 17 she was dating Elvis, and when he told her she should switch to rock 'n' roll, she did Then the fireworks started. All the great rockin' sides are here: the early Deccas, and all the Capitol recordings up to 1962. Fujiyama Mama, Mean Mean Man, Party, I Gotta Know... etc. The country hits are here too, like Right Or Wrong and In The Middle Of A Heartache, as well as the original Silver Threads And Golden Needles, and the original version of the song she wrote for Buck Owens, Kickin' Our Hearts Around. Listen for the dynamite guitar of Roy Clark, plus Al Downing and the Poe Cats, and the Los Angeles session cats...


If you really want to go all-out on a Wanda Jackson binge, then this monolithic Bear Family box set would be the place to start. This 4-CD set starts off with some of Jackson's earliest (and least well-known) country recordings, made as early as 1954, well before her rockabilly heyday, then moves on to collect all her best rock'n'roll numbers (whew), before dipping into the Nashville-styled country groove that she settled into after the rockabilly craze died down. The early tracks are a real revelation, since Wanda's '60s Nashville work was much more sedate and ballad-oriented; it's pretty cool to hear just how rural and hard country she really was.



This four-CD set is like a photo album of Wanda Jackson growing up, from innocent adolescent to rockabilly star and the dominant female country singer of the early 1960s. Her complete recordings from the first Decca session in March 1954 until her Capitol session of November 2, 1962, constitute the part of her career that rock & roll and rockabilly fans most care about. Disc one covers those early years, the 15 songs she cut for Decca Records through 1955, when she was still treading a fine line in country music, seemingly trying to be the next Kitty Wells at least part of the time. The singing is glorious and the playing solid, although Jackson, working in this idiom, was like a racing thoroughbred being asked to canter around a track. Then comes "Baby Loves Him," a Jackson original that redefined her for the next few years as a rockabilly star. Disc two features Jackson treading that fine line between straight country and rock & roll, interspersed with slower, more traditional numbers. As late as 1961, Disc three reveals, Jackson was still courting the rock & roll audience, although the main thrust of her career was moving back toward pure country, with forays into pop and country-pop. The country material on Disc four had a serious edge to it by now, and the rock & roll was almost superfluous. By late 1962 and early 1963, however, her sides show the kind of opulent overproduction, complete with choruses and string sections, that would help give country-pop a bad name; her voice is as good as ever, but the material is a stretch after the hot rockin' sides. The booklet is more thorough than most from Bear Family.

-- Bruce Eder, allmisic.com


Disc One:

01. If You Knew What I Know
02. Lovin' Country Style
03. The Heart You Could Have Had
04. The Right To Love
05. You Can't Have My Love (With Billy Gray)
06. If You Don't Somebody Else Will (With Billy Gray)
07. You'd Be The First One To Know
08. It's The Same World (Wherever You Go)
09. Tears At The Grand Ole Opry
10. Don't Do The Things He'd Do
11. Nobody's Darlin' But Mine
12. Wasted
13. I Cried Again
14. I'd Rather Have A Broken Heart
15. You Won't Forget (About Me)
16. Step By Step
17. Half As Good A Girl
18. I Gotta Know
19. Cryin' Thru The Night
20. Baby Loves Him
21. Honey Bop
22. Silver Threads And Golden Needles
23. Hot Dog That Made Him Mad
24. Did You Miss Me
25. Cool Love
26. Let Me Explain
27. Don'a Wan'a
28. No Wedding Bells For Joe
29. Fujiyama Mama
30. Just Queen For A Day



Disc Two:

01. Makin' Believe
02. Just Call Me Lonesome
03. Happy, Happy Birthday
04. Let Me Go, Lover
05. (Let's Have A) Party
06. Day Dreaming
07. Heartbreak Ahead
08. Here We Are Again
09. I Wanna Waltz
10. I Can't Make My Dreams Understand
11. Money Honey
12. Long Tall Sally
13. Sinful Heart
14. Mean Mean Man
15. Rock Your Baby
16. A Date With Jerry
17. (Every Time They Play) Our Song
18. You've Turned To A Stranger
19. Reaching
20. I'd Rather Have You
21. Savin' My Love
22. You're The One For Me
23. In The Middle Of A Heartache
24. Please Call Today
25. My Destiny
26. The Wrong Kind Of Girl
27. Kansas City

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