Patsy Cline – “Imagine That: The Lost Recordings 1954-1963” RSD 25 (Released 12th April 2025)

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//Elemental Music//

£45.99 – 2xLP, Limited Edition Vinyl

This unprecedented, limited edition two-LP set, fully endorsed by the Patsy Cline Estate, features 48 unissued tracks by the country music legend, all released legitimately for the first time.

They survey the full breadth of the singer’s artistry, from her first days as a professional musician with Bill Peer & the Melody Boys and Girls in the early ’50s to the apex of her popularity, just weeks before she tragically died at the age of 30 in a plane crash on March 5, 1963. The legacy of the late, legendary country vocalist Patsy Cline, whose celebrated recordings of the 1950s and 1960s with producer Owen Bradley helped establish the genre’s pop-crossover “Nashville Sound,” receives a new chapter on Record Store Day (April 12) with Imagine That: The Lost Recordings (1954-1963), a revelatory collection of previously unreleased recordings from Elemental Music/Deep Digs. Drawn from radio broadcasts, TV shows, and private recordings, these meticulously restored performances cast a fresh spotlight on Cline’s luminous, powerful voice, and eschew the opulent strings and vocal choruses of Bradley’s productions in favor of an intimate, unadorned, earthy sound. Affecting alternate versions of Cline’s charttopping crossover hits “Walking After Midnight,” “I Fall to Pieces,” “Crazy,” and “She’s Got You” are included. She is heard duetting with such fellow country stars as Cowboy Copas (who died in the crash that took Cline’s life), Ferlin Husky, Red Foley, Bobby Lord, Ernest Tubb, and Lonzo & Oscar. Co- produced by award- winning archival producer Zev Feldman, Cline discographer and authority George Hewitt, and engineer Dylan Utz, Imagine That features a detailed track-by-track discography; a historical note by writer Martin Melhuish; reflections on Cline’s art by musicians k.d. lang, Marty Stuart, and Ray Benson; and more.

Tracklisting:

1. Long, Long Ride
2. The Wrong Side of Town
3. I’ve Loved and Lost Again
4. Walkin’ After Midnight
5. A Poor Man’s Roses
6. I Don’t Wanta
7. You Win Again
8. That Lonesome Valley
9. Old Lonesome Time
10. Waltz of the Angels
11. Let The Teardrops Fall
12. Yes, I Understand )
13. Dear God
14. I Don’t Wanta
15. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
16. Come On In
17. Let’s Go to Church
18. Lovesick Blues
19. Winter Wonderland
20. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
21. Gotta Lot of Rhythm in My Soul
22. I’m Hog-Tied Over You
23. How Can I Face Tomorrow
24. Lovesick Blues
25. Crazy Dreams
26. There He Goes
27. Loose Talk
28. Don Gibson & T. Tommy Introduction
29. Nobody But You
30. Come On In
31. I Fall to Pieces
32. Lovin’ In Vain
33. I Love You So Much It Hurts
34. San Antonio Rose
35. Crazy
36. Patsy Thanks Her Audience
37. Who Can I Count On
38. I Fall to Pieces
39. Fool Number One
40. She’s Got You )
41. Seven Lonely Days
42. When I Get Thru with You
43. Imagine That
44. Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home
45. (Remember Me) I’m The One Who Loves You
46. Someday You’ll Want Me to Want You
47. Just A Closer Walk with Thee
48. May The Good Lord Bless and Keep You
49. Jimmy Dean Introduces Patsy Cline
50. Walkin’ After Midnight
51. Jimmy Dean & Patsy Cline Talk
52. Life’s Railway to Heaven