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Vote for Love (1996)

Where the lyrics of Vote for Love take you, and where it was really made.

Before it reached ordinary record stores, this 1996 Kenny Rogers album was sold only through the QVC home-shopping channel.

Key places

Recorded in Nashville (1996)

Recording site Nashville — The album credits Creative Recording and Seventeen Grand Recording in Nashville, Tennessee as recording locations. The point sits at city-centre level, not on a studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Recorded in Myrtle Beach (1996)

Recording site Candock Recording Studio — The album also lists Candock Recording Studio in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina among its recording locations. The point is set at city-centre level, not on the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Album story

Overview

• Vote for Love: 1996 album by Kenny Rogers
• Released exclusively for sale on QVC
• Later made available in retail stores under the title Always & Forever
• Two discs with 30 tracks in total, mixing standards and songs first recorded by other artists
• Track list includes songs previously released by Van Morrison, Barbra Streisand, Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley and others

Background

• Built around old standards and well-known ballads rather than new original songs
• Several tracks were already famous from earlier films, albums or soundtracks
• The title Always & Forever is the name of one of the tracks on the second disc

Recording

• Bergen White credited as producer and arranger
• Jim McKell credited as producer, recording engineer, mixing engineer and mastering engineer
• Recording sessions connected to Creative Recording and Seventeen Grand Recording in Nashville, Tennessee
• Candock Recording Studio in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina also appears among the recording locations
• Kenny Rogers provides lead vocals on most tracks, with The Kenny Rogers Band on the others

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Disc 1

Disc 2

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Kenneth Donald Ray Rogers was born on August 21, 1938, in Houston, Texas, and began his recording career in the late 1950s with the Houston group the Scholars.
• He was an American country singer-songwriter who moved from teenage rock and roll through psychedelic rock to become a country-pop crossover artist of the 1970s and 1980s.
• In 1967 he co-founded the First Edition with former New Christy Minstrels members, later renamed Kenny Rogers and the First Edition.

Members

• The First Edition's members included Mike Settle, Terry Williams, Thelma Camacho, and Kin Vassy.
• Rogers's backing band Bloodline has toured with him since 1976.

Career

• The First Edition scored hits including "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" and "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" before the group disbanded in 1976.
• As a solo artist he charted more than 60 top-40 singles, including the number-one hits "Lady" and "Islands in the Stream".
• He recorded duets with Dottie West, Dolly Parton, and Sheena Easton, and partnered with Lionel Richie as songwriter.
• His signature song "The Gambler" won a Grammy in 1980 and was selected for the National Recording Registry in 2018.
• He sold more than 100 million records worldwide and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013.
• He retired from touring in 2017 and died on March 20, 2020, at age 81.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Sold exclusively on QVC when it came out in 1996
• The QVC-only release meant the album reached buyers through television shopping rather than regular record stores
• Later issued in retail stores under the title Always & Forever

Records

• Reissued under various different titles: "Always & Forever", "She Believes In Me", "Love Songs", "Love...Through The Years" and more...
• The same recordings circulated under several names, so the title used depends on the release
• Two discs, 30 tracks in total, with extra tracks on the CDs compared with what the case lists
• The album combines standards and covers, which gives it a compilation-like character

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Trivia

• The CDs carry more tracks than the case lists, according to the Discogs release notes.
• Mastering was done at Digital Editing & Mastering in Nashville, Tennessee, listed as the mastering location.
• Jim McKell handled producing, recording, mixing and mastering duties on the album.
• Bergen White worked as both producer and arranger, and also served as string conductor.
• The album went on sale through QVC first and reached regular shops only later under a different name.

Sources: www.discogs.com · en.wikipedia.org

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