The Last Sessions

The Last Sessions
Compilation album by Patsy Cline
Released 1988
Recorded February 4, 1963 February 7, 1963[1]
Genre Country
Length 66:27
Label MCA
Producer Owen Bradley
Patsy Cline chronology
Faded Love
(1988)
The Last Sessions
(1988)
Live at the Opry
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

The Last Sessions is a compilation album by American country music artist, Patsy Cline. The album was released in 1988 under MCA Records and was produced by Owen Bradley. The album was a collection material Cline had recorded during her last recording sessions for Decca Records in early 1963.

Background

The album conatains of ten tracks of material Cline had recorded between February 4–7, 1963, shortly before her death in a plane crash that March. The album contained the major hit, "Sweet Dreams", which would peak at #4 on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Songs chart and #44 on the Billboard Pop Chart after her death March 5, 1963. "He Called Me Baby" would also be issued as a single, peaking at #23 on the Billboard Country Chart in 1964. The Last Sessions primarily included a series of Pop standards from the 1940s and 1950s. Songs such as Irving Berlin's "Always" and Pat Boone's "Love Letters in the Sand" were recorded in February. Four country music standards are also featured, such as Bill Monroe's "Blue Moon of Kentucky" and Ray Price's "Crazy Arms." The album is available on a compact disc, and a cassette tape. The album was remastered and was transferred digitally by Glenn Meadows, Milan Bogdan, Jim Loyd and Benny Quinn at Masterfonics.[3]

The album was given three out of five stars by allmusic.[4]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)"  Jimmie Hodges 2:49
2. "Love Letters in the Sand"  J. Fred Coots, Charles F. Kenny, Nick A. Kenny 2:20
3. "Blue Moon of Kentucky"  Bill Monroe 2:02
4. "Sweet Dreams (Of You)"  Don Gibson 2:33
5. "Always"  Irving Berlin 2:40
6. "Does Your Heart Beat for Me"  Arnold Johnson, Russ Morgan, Mitchell Parnish 2:37
7. "Billy Bailey Won't You Please Come Home"  Hughie Cannon 2:37
8. "He Called Me Baby"  Harlan Howard 2:20
9. "Crazy Arms"  Ralph Mooney, Chuck Seals 2:23
10. "You Took Him Off My Hands"  Howard, Skeets McDonald, Wynn Stewart 2:37

Two tracks from the sessions - the first track recorded on February 4th (Faded Love) and the last track recorded on February 7th (I'll Sail My Ship Alone) do not appear in this compilation.

Personnel

Musical

Technical

References

  1. "Patsy Cline's Recording Sessions - Decca". Patsy Cline.info. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
  2. Allmusic review
  3. "The Last Sessions profile". Patsy Cline.info. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
  4. "The Last Sessions album". allmusic. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
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