Yours Sincerely, Jim Reeves
| Yours Sincerely, Jim Reeves | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1966 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Producer | Chet Atkins, Bob Ferguson | |||
| Jim Reeves chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| The Virgin Encyclopedia of Country Music | [2] |
Yours Sincerely, Jim Reeves is a studio album by Jim Reeves, released posthumously in 1966 on RCA Victor.[2] It was produced by Chet Atkins and Bob Ferguson.[3]
The recording on side one is from Reeves' radio interview that he gave while touring Europe in 1964. According to Greg Adams, who reviewed the disc for AllMusic, the side's track listing "gives the impression that the program is mostly music, but the songs typically appear in excerpts when referenced in Reeves' narration" of his life story. There's also "a snippet of a 1948 newscast Reeves made in his days as an announcer and two nearly complete songs performed during an early radio broadcast."[1] The second side collects complete recordings of popular songs, but, once again, the songs are intermixed with introductions in between. According to the AllMusic reviewer, the short introductions could be taken "from a radio transcription or interview".[1]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "He'll Have to Go" | Audrey Allison / Joe Allison | |
| 2. | "Blue Yodel No. 5" | Jimmie Rodgers | |
| 3. | "Newscast of 1948" | ||
| 4. | "My Mary" | Jimmie Davis / Stuart Hamblen | |
| 5. | "When Did You Leave Heaven?" | ||
| 6. | "Mexican Joe" | Mitchell Torok | |
| 7. | "Back Up and Push" | ||
| 8. | "Yonder Comes a Sucker" | Jim Reeves | |
| 9. | "The Wreck of the Number Nine" | Carson J. Robinson | |
| 10. | "Scarlet Ribbons" | Evelyn Danzig / Jack Segal | |
| 11. | "The Fool's Paradise" | Johnny Bond | |
| 12. | "Billy Bayou" | Roger Miller | |
| 13. | "Am I Losing You" | Jim Reeves | |
| 14. | "I Grew Up" | Herbert R. Friedman | |
| 15. | "He'll Have to Go" | Audrey Allison / Joe Allison |
Charts
[edit]| Chart (1966–1967) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[4] | 15 |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5] | 3 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Yours Sincerely, Jim Reeves - Jim Reeves". AllMusic. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
- ^ a b Colin Larkin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Country Music. Virgin. p. 354. ISBN 9780753502365. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
Yours Sincerely, Jim Reeves(RCA Victor 1966)***
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music/_NNmFiUnSmUC?gbpv=1&dq=%22Yours+Sincerely,+Jim+Reeves+RCA%22&pg=RA8-PA1965 - ^ "Jim Reeves - Yours Sincerely, Jim Reeves". Discogs. 1966. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
- ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Jim Reeves – Yours Sincerely". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
- ^ "Jim Reeves Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 6, 2022.