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For Your Sweet Love (1963)

Where the lyrics of For Your Sweet Love take you, and where it was really made.

Nelson's first Decca album was cut in sessions spread over February to April 1963 at one Hollywood studio.

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Recording studio in Hollywood (1963)

Recording site The Music Grinder (Hollywood) — The album's sessions were recorded at United Recording Corp. in Hollywood, California, in early 1963. The source gives only the city, so this dot marks the city centre. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

For Your Sweet Love: eighth studio album by rock and roll and pop idol Rick Nelson
Nelson's first album for Decca Records
Released 27 May 1963
Singles drawn from it: "I Got a Woman", "You Don't Love Me Anymore (And I Can Tell)", "String Along", "Gypsy Woman"
Nelson also covers Little Peggy March's "I Will Follow You"
Dorsey Burnette and Joe Osborn contributed songs, including "Gypsy Woman"

Background

The album marks Nelson's move to a new label, Decca
Track list mixes cover versions with songs by outside writers
"I Got a Woman" is a Ray Charles song that Nelson covers here

Recording

Sessions were held at United Recording Corp. in Hollywood, California
Session dates run from 6 February to 2 April 1963
Guitar: James Burton and Glen Campbell; bass: Joe Osborn; drums: Earl Palmer and Richie Frost
Keyboards: Ray Johnson and Pete Jolly
Credited producer: Charles Bud Dant; arrangements by Jimmie Haskell

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

1	For Your Sweet Love	2:17
2	Gypsy Woman	2:34
3	You Don’t Love Me Anymore (and I Can Tell)	2:03
4	Everytime I See You Smiling	1:58
5	Pick Up the Pieces	2:10
6	String Along	2:22
7	One Boy Too Late	2:08
8	Everytime I Think About You	2:43
9	Let’s Talk the Whole Thing Over	2:00
10	I Got a Woman	2:25
11	What Comes Next?	2:08
12	I Will Follow You	2:26

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

Eric Hilliard "Ricky" Nelson (May 8, 1940 – December 31, 1985) was an American musician and actor.
From age eight, he starred with his family in the radio and television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.
In 1957 he began a long, successful recording career, placing 54 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 and its predecessors between 1957 and 1973.
"Poor Little Fool" (1958) was the first number one single on Billboard's newly created Hot 100 chart.
He appeared with John Wayne and Dean Martin in Howard Hawks's western Rio Bravo (1959).
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on January 21, 1987.
In 1972 he returned to the Top 40 with "Garden Party", which peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100.
He died in a plane crash on December 31, 1985.

Personal Life

He was married to Kristin Harmon from 1963 until their divorce in 1982.
They had four children: actress Tracy Nelson, twin sons Gunnar and Matthew, and actor Sam.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

AllMusic's Richie Unterberger said there are bright spots, usually James Burton's solos, but the material often recalls rather than matches Nelson's earlier '60s ballads such as "Travelin' Man"
Unterberger called "Gypsy Woman" an uncommonly tough number for the period
Unterberger found "I Will Follow You" a decent cover of the Little Peggy March hit
Billboard described the album as "a Listenable Album" and praised that it features "a flock of other goodies"
Cashbox said Nelson's "professional, wide-range voice and distinctive style" carries him in good stead
Variety gave the album a positive review, noting Nelson handles the songs with a savvy of youthful tastes
Record Mirror called it "a fine album in Rick Nelson in typical style"
The Evening Independent described it as "a well-balanced program"

Records

Billboard Top LPs chart debut in the issue dated June 8, 1963
Remained on the Billboard chart for 20 weeks, peaking at number 20
Cashbox albums chart debut in the issue dated July 13, 1963
Remained on the Cashbox chart for 22 weeks in total, peaking at number 17
Australian group the Allusions covered "Gypsy Woman" in March 1966, peaking at No. 27 on the Australian singles chart

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

Australian pop rock group the Allusions released a cover of "Gypsy Woman" in March 1966, peaking at No. 27 on the Australian singles chart.
Ace Records released the album on CD in 1997, paired with Nelson's 1963 album Rick Nelson Sings "For You" on one disc.
Bear Family included the album in the 2008 For You: The Decca Years box set.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

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