A Portrait of Patsy Cline

Infobox Album
Name = A Portrait of Patsy Cline
Type = compilation
Artist = Patsy Cline


Released = June 15, 1964
Recorded = February 28, 1962 – February 7, 1963
Genre = country pop
Length = 31:30
Label = Decca (1963)
MCA (1988)
Producer = Owen Bradley
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hjfqxqq5ld6e link]
Last album = "The Patsy Cline Story"
(1963)
This album = "A Portrait of Patsy Cline"
(1964)
Next album = "That's How a Heartache Begins"
(1964)
Misc = Singles
Name = A Portrait of Patsy Cline
Type = Compilation
Single 1 = Faded Love
Single 1 date = August 5, 1963
Single 2 = When You Need a Laugh
Single 2 date = October 28, 1963
Single 3 = Your Kinda Love
Single 3 date = February 20, 1964

"A Portrait of Patsy Cline" is a 1964 compilation containing lesser-known recordings by American country music singer, Patsy Cline. The album was released June 15, 1964 on Decca Records, and would later be reissued twice by Decca's successor, MCA Records.

Background

"A Portrait" contained Patsy Cline's less-familiar recordings, including Country music standards and Pop music standards. The album's highlights includes her cover versions of "Faded Love" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky." [cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hjfqxqq5ld6e|title="A Portrait of Patsy Cline" album review|last=Bedard|first=George|publisher=allmusic|accessdate=2008-09-29] "A Portrait of Patsy Cline" would be one of a string of posthumous released Decca and later MCA records would release. The album was released a little over a year after Cline was killed in a plane crash. The album spawned four singles that were released to country radio between 1963 and 1964, "Faded Love," (which was a Top 10 hit), "When You Need a Laugh", "Your Kinda Love," and "He Called Me Baby."

In 1973, the album was reissued under MCA records (Decca's successor) and reissued and digitally remastered on a CD format by MCA again in 1988. The album was also released in the United Kingdom by Brunswick Records in 1964, as well as Australia and New Zealand by Festival Records the same year. [cite web|url=http://patsycline.info/records/dl-74508.html|title="A Portrait" album profile|publisher="Patsy Cline.info"|accessdate=2008-09-29] The album was one of two Patsy Cline albums released by Decca Records in 1964. The other was "That's How a Heartache Begins" shortly after.

Track listing

1964 & 1973 LP version

Side 1

#"Faded Love" – 3:43 (Bob Wills, John Wills)
#"I'll Sail My Ship Alone" – 2:20 (Henry Bernard, Morry Burns, Lois Mann, Henry Thurston)
#"When You Need a Laugh" – 2:45 (Hank Cochran)
#"Crazy Arms" – 2:23 (Ralph Mooney, Chuck Seals)
#"Always – 2:40 (Irving Berlin)
#"When I Get Thru' With You" – 2:34 (Harlan Howard)

Side 2

#"Blue Moon of Kentucky" – 2:02 (Bill Monroe)
#"Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)" – 2:49 (Jimmie Hodges)
#"Who Can I Count on" – 2:14 (Sammy Masters)
#"You Took Him Off My Hands" – 2:58 (Howard, Skeets McDonald, Wynn Stewart)
#"Your Kinda Love" – 2:29 (Roy Drusky)
#"Does Your Heart Beat for Me" – 2:37 (Arnold Johnson, Russ Morgan, Mitchell Parish)

1988 CD version

Song lengths remain the same, except where noted.

#"Faded Love"
#"I'll Sail My Ship Alone"
#"When You Need a Laugh"
#"Crazy Arms"
#"Always"
#"When I Get Thru' With You" – 2:34
#"Blue Moon of Kentucky"
#"Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)"
#"Who Can I Count On"
#"You Took Him Off My Hands"
#"You Kinda Love"
#"Does Your Heart Beat For Me"

Personnel

Because this album is a compilation, songs were recorded various times between February 28, 1962 and February 7, 1962 in Nashville, Tennessee.

* Harold Bradley – electric guitar
* Owen Bradley – producer
* Patsy Cline – vocals
* Floyd Cramer – piano, organ
* Ray Edenton – rhythm guitar
* Buddy Harman – drums
* Hoyt Hawkins – background vocals
* Randy Hughes – rhythm guitar
* Joe Jenkins – bass
* Grady Martin – electric guitar
* Neal Matthews – background vocals
* Bob Moore – bass
* Wayne Moss – electric bass
* Bill Pursell – vibraphone
* Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
* Gordon Stoker – background vocals
* Ray C. Walker – background vocals
* Rita Faye Wilson – autoharp

Chart positions

Album – Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

References