King's Record Shop (album)

King's Record Shop
Studio album by Rosanne Cash
Released	June 26, 1987
Genre	Country
Length	52:12
Label	Columbia
Producer	Rodney Crowell
Rosanne Cash chronology
Rhythm & Romance (1985) King's Record Shop (1987) Hits 1979-1989 (1989)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

King's Record Shop is the sixth studio album by American country music singer Rosanne Cash. Released in 1987, it produced four number 1 singles on the Billboard country singles chart. They were "The Way We Make a Broken Heart", "If You Change Your Mind", "Tennessee Flat Top Box" (which was written and originally sung by father Johnny Cash), and "Runaway Train".

The album is named after King's Record Shop in Louisville, Kentucky, which was owned by Pee Wee King's younger brother, Gene. A photograph of Rosanne Cash standing in the shop's doorway is featured on the cover, though she was never actually at the shop for the photo. Veteran steel guitarist Hank DeVito took the photo of the record shop and one of Rosanne standing as she is in the photo. He superimposed her into the record shop photo (Music City News magazine, August 1987).

Sony BMG controversially used their XCP technology on the album when it was re-released in 2005 as part of its American Milestones series.

Track listing

1. "Rosie Strike Back" (Eliza Gilkyson) – 3:32
2. "The Way We Make a Broken Heart" (John Hiatt) – 3:55
3. "If You Change Your Mind" (Rosanne Cash, Hank DeVito) – 3:12
4. "The Real Me" (Rosanne Cash) – 4:24
5. "Somewhere Sometime" (Rosanne Cash) – 4:05
6. "Runaway Train" (John Stewart) – 3:58
7. "Tennessee Flat Top Box" (Johnny Cash) – 3:07
8. "I Don't Have to Crawl" (Rodney Crowell) – 4:33
9. "Green, Yellow and Red" (John Kilzer) – 3:40
10. "Why Don't You Quit Leaving Me Alone?" (Benmont Tench) – 4:00

CD bonus tracks

11. "707" (John Kilzer) – 3:34
12. "Runaway Train" (live) (John Stewart) – 4:17
13. "Green, Yellow and Red" (live) (John Kilzer) – 5:15

Personnel

• Rosanne Cash: Vocals, Guitar
• Rodney Crowell: Background Vocals
• Vince Gill: Background Vocals
• Arnold McCuller: Background Vocals
• Mark O'Connor: Mandola
• Patty Smyth: Background Vocals
• Benmont Tench: Piano, Keyboards
• Steve Winwood: Background Vocals
• Sterling Ball: Acoustic Guitar
• Eddie Bayers: Drums
• Barry Beckett: Piano, Hammond Organ
• Larry Crane: Acoustic & Electric Guitar
• Anthony Crawford: Background Vocals
• Kristen DeLauer: Background Vocals
• Terry Evans: Background Vocals
• Willie Green, Jr.: Background Vocals
• Bobby King: Background Vocals
• Joann Neal: Background Vocals
• Michael Rhodes: Bass, Acoustic Bass
• Vince Santoro: Drums
• Randy Scruggs: Acoustic Guitar
• Jean Smith: Background Vocals
• Steuart Smith: Electric Guitar, Gut String Guitar
• Billy Joe Walker, Jr.: Acoustic & Electric Guitar

Production

• Rodney Crowell: Producer
• T-Bone Toglio: Assistant Producer
• Margie Hunt: Production Assistant
• Martha Wood: Production Assistant
• John Agnello: Engineer
• Donivan Cowart: Engineer
• Jeanne Kinney: Engineer
• Steve Marcantonio: Engineer, Mixing
• Keith Odle: Engineer
• Frank Pekoc: Engineer
• George Marino: Mastering

Chart performance

Chart (1987)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	6
U.S. Billboard 200	138
Canadian RPM Top Albums	57

References

• Hall, Wade. Hell-Bent for Music: The Life of Pee Wee King. University Press of Kentucky, 1996.
• Music City News magazine, "Seeing Is Deceiving On Cash's New Album", August 1987.

1. Jurek, Thom. King's Record Shop (album) at AllMusic