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Before I'm Over You (1964)

Where the lyrics of Before I'm Over You take you, and where it was really made.

The album's second studio session took place at the Bradley Studios, which later operated as the Columbia Studio on Nashville's Music Row.

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Recording sessions at Bradley Studios (1964)

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Album story

Overview

• Before I'm Over You: studio album by Loretta Lynn
• Released June 22, 1964 via Decca Records
• Produced by Owen Bradley
• Lynn's second studio album and second with the Decca label
• Twelve tracks in total
• Title track and "Wine, Women and Song" both became major hits on the Billboard country chart

Background

• Lynn had earlier recorded singles for the Zero label, which brought her first major hit in 1960
• With help from The Wilburn Brothers, Lynn signed with Decca Records in 1961
• Her first album for Decca came out in 1963
• Sessions for this album ran from 1962 to 1964 at Bradley Studios, later operating as Columbia Studio, on Nashville's Music Row
• "This Haunted House" was written by her husband about the death of Patsy Cline, a close friend and mentor

Recording

• Owen Bradley produced all sessions
• Included "Loose Talk", previously a major country hit for Carl Smith
• Included a cover of Bob Wills's "My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You"
• Included Brenda Lee's "Fool No. 1", which Lynn had first recorded as a demo before signing with Decca
• Lynn re-recorded "Fool No. 1" for Decca for this release

Cover

• Cover photography by Hal Buksbaum

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Early life

• Born Loretta Webb on April 14, 1932, in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, the oldest daughter in a coal miner's family.
• Married Oliver Vanetta "Doolittle" Lynn in 1948 at age 15; the marriage lasted almost 50 years until his death in 1996.
• Began singing in local clubs in the late 1950s and formed her own band, the Trailblazers.

Career

• Signed with Zero Records in 1960; her first release was "Whispering Sea" and "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl".
• Joined Decca Records through the Wilburn Brothers; joined the Grand Ole Opry on September 25, 1962.
• Scored a string of hits from the 1960s, including "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)" and "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin'".
• Wrote songs on women's issues such as birth control ("The Pill") and double standards ("Rated 'X'"), many inspired by her own marriage.
• Recorded five No. 1 duets with Conway Twitty between 1971 and 1975.
• Her 1976 autobiography Coal Miner's Daughter became a bestseller and inspired the 1980 Oscar-winning film starring Sissy Spacek.
• Named Artist of the Decade for the 1970s by the Academy of Country Music, the only woman to win this honor.
• Released Van Lear Rose (2004), produced by Jack White, which won the Grammy for Best Country Album.
• Had a stroke in 2017 and broke her hip in 2018, which ended her touring after 57 years.
• Died on October 4, 2022, at age 90, at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Billboard: gave the album a favorable review in June 1964, calling Lynn "a fine country artist" who "sings with genuine feeling and honesty of approach"
• The album received positive reviews upon its release

Reappraisal

• AllMusic: three out of five stars in later years

Records

• Peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart in 1964, Lynn's second album to reach that chart
• Title track reached number four on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1964, Lynn's second top ten hit
• "Wine, Women and Song" reached number three on the Billboard country chart after its April 1964 release

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The title track was released as a single in October 1963, before the album came out.
• "Fool No. 1" was recorded by Lynn as a demo before she signed with Decca, and her version caught producer Owen Bradley's ear.
• "This Haunted House" was written by Lynn's husband about the death of Patsy Cline.
• The album was issued as a vinyl LP with six songs on each side.
• Cover photography was credited to Hal Buksbaum.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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