The Best of Mickey Newbury

The Best of Mickey Newbury
Studio album by Mickey Newbury
Released April 1991
Recorded 1988
Genre Country, Folk, World
Label Curb Records
Producer Jerry Kennedy, Bob Beckham, Dennis Linde, Russ Miller, Marlin Greene, Chip Young, Ronnie Gant, Bobby Bare
Mickey Newbury chronology
In a New Age
(1988)		 The Best of Mickey Newbury
(1991)		 Nights When I Am Sane
(1994)

The Best of Mickey Newbury is a compilation album by country Mickey Newbury released in 1991.

Background

According to Joe Ziemer's book Crystal & Stone, Newbury received no royalties for this album, which was an unauthorized release on Curb Records.[1] The collection contains three songs from the 1977 LP Rusty Tracks and a new song, "Any Way You Want Me", which would be released as a single with "(It May Not Take) Too Much" as the B-side. The album's release could not have lessened Newbury's renown disdain for the music industry, typified by his statement to Jodi Krangle in an interview available on The Muse's Muse website: "I would sooner be robbed by a fan than a company. The fan may be broke and have but one choice. There is no excuse for the way the 'songwriter' is robbed by everyone from the record company to the broadcaster, by the pure bottom line... Greed." As a "best of" package, it is far from comprehensive, with Ziemer calling the album "a gross misrepresentation."[1]

Track listing

All songs composed by Mickey Newbury unless otherwise indicated:

  1. "An American Trilogy" (Traditional;arranged by Mickey Newbury)
  2. "Danny Boy" (Traditional)
  3. "Blue Sky Shinin'"
  4. "Makes Me Wonder If I Ever Said Goodbye"
  5. "She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye" (Newbury/Doug Gilmore)
  6. "Ain't No Blues Today"
  7. "Sunshine"
  8. "Hand Me Another One of Those (Newbury/Lee Fry)
  9. "It Don't Matter Anymore"
  10. "Gone to Alabama"
  11. "Any Way You Want Me"

References

  1. 1 2 Zeimer 2015, p. 245.
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