Kristofferson (album)
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| Studio album by Kris Kristofferson | ||||
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Publication |
1970 |
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admission |
1969 |
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| Label (s) | Monument Records | |||
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Format (s) |
LP, CD |
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Title (number) |
12 |
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running time |
41:21 |
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Fred Forster |
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Studio (s) |
Monument Recording Studio |
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Kristofferson or Me and Bobby McGee is the debut album of country musician and songwriter Kris Kristofferson . It was released on Monument Records in 1970 .
History of origin
Kris Kristofferson had made a name for himself even before he recorded his debut album. In 1963 Dave Dudley recorded his song Viet Nam Blues , in 1969 Roger Miller recorded Me and Bobby McGee . In 1969, Bob Beckham finally offered him a contract with Monument Records. When Kristofferson played some of his new songs To Beat the Devil , Jody and the Kid , Best of All Possible Worlds and Duvalier's Dream , he confirmed the contract and pushed for an album.
Kristofferson recorded twelve songs in Monument Recording Studio, Fred Forster produced the album, and Tommy Strong worked as a sound engineer. All songs were written by Kristofferson, only Me and Bobby McGee (Fred Forster) and Blame It on the Stones (John Wilkin) were co-authors. The album was released in April 1970 under the title Kristofferson . Kristofferson promoted the album on a multi-week tour that took him from Los Angeles on June 23, 1970 to the Isle of Wight Festival (July 26) in Great Britain and finally New York City .
New editions
Despite a respectable success, the album was soon no longer pressed. However, demand for the original versions of the Kristofferson songs rose, especially as other interpretations hit the charts. Meanwhile, Monument had been bought by CBS Records and converted into a Columbia sub-label . After Kristofferson's second work The Silver Tongued Devil And I had been published in July 1971 , Columbia also reissued his debut album, but under the title Me and Bobby McGee and with changed cover artwork , but identical track list. The CD release in 2001 was again under the original title Kristofferson . In addition, this edition receives four bonus tracks that come from the same recording session as the other pieces on the album.
success
Some of the pieces were published earlier, while others were interpreted by other artists shortly after the album was released. So was Johnny Cash's version of Sunday Mornin 'Comin' Down a hit, and the song was at the 1970 Country Music Association Awards as Song of the Year (Song of the Year) award. Even Janis Joplin's short recorded before her death version of Me and Bobby McGee was a hit. Other songs on the album were interpreted by Ray Price ( For the Good Times ) and Sammi Smith ( Help Me Make It Through the Night ). The album itself sold about 32,000 copies when it was released, with the new version titled Me and Bobby McGee reaching number 10 on the Billboard Country Charts and number 43 on the Billboard 200 . It was awarded a gold record by the Recording Industry Association of America on December 18, 1974 .
In addition to the works of Willie Nelson , Waylon Jennings , Merle Haggard and Johnny Cash, the album is considered to be the initial spark of the outlaw movement .
Track list
- Blame It on the Stones (Kristofferson / John Wilkin) - 2:46
- To Beat the Devil - 4:43
- Me and Bobby McGee (Kristofferson / Fred Foster) - 4:23
- Best of All Possible Worlds - 3:01
- Help Me Make It Through the Night - 2:24
- The Law Is for Protection of the People - 2:40
- Casey's Last Ride - 3:37
- Just the Other Side of Nowhere - 3:39
- Darby's Castle - 3:19
- For the Good Times - 3:25
- Duvalier's Dream - 2:58
- Sunday Mornin 'Comin' Down - 4:34
In 2001 Columbia Records released a remastered version with the following bonus tracks :
- The Junkie and the Juicehead, Minus Me - 3:24
- Shadows of Her Mind - 3:13
- The Lady's Not for Sale (Kristofferson / Carol Pugh) - 3:27
- Come Sundown - 2:36
Web links
- Kristofferson at Allmusic (English)
- Me and Bobby McGee at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Al Bianculli: Liner Notes . In: Kristofferson. Remastered version . Columbia Records , 2001.
- ↑ a b Kris Kristofferson at Allmusic (English)
- ^ Joel Whitburn: The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006 . 2nd Edition. Record Research, 2004, p. 75 .
- ↑ Charts & Awards for Me and Bobby McGee at Allmusic (English)
- ↑ Search query on RIAA.com. Retrieved June 30, 2011 .