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Live from the Wheeling Jamboree (1986)

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This live album was recorded at a show that WWVA in West Virginia broadcast, yet it reached no peak position on national charts and produced no single for radio.

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Album story

Overview

• Live from the Wheeling Jamboree is a live album by American country singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn.
• Released in 1986 in conjunction with MCA Records and Loretta Lynn Enterprises, Inc.
• It is the second live album of Lynn's career.
• The album contains 22 tracks in total.
• It was recorded at the Wheeling Jamboree concert, which was broadcast on WWVA in West Virginia.

Background

• In the early 1980s, Loretta Lynn's chart success began declining.
• In 1985, she had her final major hit with the single "Heart Don't Do This to Me."
• She remained popular as a touring act.
• During this period, Lynn appeared on several live television programs.
• The Wheeling Jamboree broadcast took place in 1986, and Lynn recorded her second live album at that same concert.
• The album was her second release through her own copyrighted company.

Recording

• The track listing mixes Lynn's signature recordings, major hits and dialogue by other performers.
• Signature recordings include "Coal Miner's Daughter" and "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)."
• Recent hits "I Lie" and "We've Come a Long Way Baby" are also featured.
• Introductory speeches by Lynn's children and band members are included as dialogue.

Cover

• Design credits go to Jill Barnes and Matt Barnes.
• Album graphics are credited to James and Company.

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

• Released in 1986 on Loretta Lynn Enterprises, Inc. in conjunction with MCA Records.
• It was Lynn's second album release through her own copyrighted company.
• The album was issued as a vinyl LP with 13 tracks on side one and nine tracks on side two.
• It was also issued as an audio cassette in 1986.
• The album contains 22 tracks in total, including dialogue between the songs.
• Lead vocals are credited to Cissy Lynn, Ernest Ray Lynn and Loretta Lynn.

Records

• The project did not reach any peak positions on national publication charts, notably Billboard.
• No singles from the album were sent to radio.
• Lynn's chart success had been declining since the early 1980s, after her final major hit of 1985.
• The album was not a chart release, so its record is limited to its release formats and its absence from national charts.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Dialogue, including introductory speeches by Lynn's children and band members, is featured on the album.
• The track listing combines Lynn's signature recordings, her major hits and dialogue by other performers.
• Lynn recorded the album at the same Wheeling Jamboree concert that WWVA in West Virginia broadcast.
• The album never produced a single that was sent to radio.
• Lynn's second live album came out through her own copyrighted company.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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