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From '' In Search Of Food Clothing Shelter And Sex ''
Label: Liberty – LST-7639
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, All Disc Pressing, Gatefold
Country: US
Released: 1970
Tracklist
A1 Apartment Twenty-One
Written-By – John Buck Wilkin
A2 Faces And Places
Written-By – Jane Leichardt
A3 My God And I
Written-By – John Buck Wilkin
A4 Boy Of The Country
Written-By – John Buck Wilkin
A5 Apocalypse 1969
Written-By – John Buck Wilkin, Kris Kristofferson
B1 Me And Bobby McGee
Written-By – Fred Foster, Kris Kristofferson
B2 The Daydream
Written-By – John Buck Wilkin
B3 Mary Jackson
Written-By – John Buck Wilkin
Medley
B4.1 Long Black Veil
Written-By – Danny Dill, Marijohn Wilkin
B4.2 The Nashville Sun
Written-By – John Buck Wilkin
Medley
B5.1 About Time
Written-By – John Buck Wilkin
B5.2 Nashville Sun Reprise
Written-By – John Buck Wilkin
Musician, Vocals – John Buck Wilkin
Arranged By, Conductor, Producer, Musician – Don Tweedy
Musician – Anne Soodman, Billy Sanford, Bob Phillips, Brenton Banks, Bruce Naterman, Byron Bach, Charlie Hayward, Chuck Leavell, Courtland Pickett, Dave Pell, Dick Kathan, Don Sheffield, Frank Beach, Frank Friedman, Gary Vanosdale, Gene Cipriano, George Tidwell, Glen Butts, Gloria Strassner, Jerry Carrigan, Jesse Ehrlich, Jim Horn, John Wyker, Kenny Buttrey, Larry Butler, Leonard Malarsky, Lew McCreary, Lillian Hunt, Lloyd Ulyate, Lou Mullenix, Marvin Chantry, Myron Sandler, Norbert Putnam, Ollie Mitchell, Paul Hubinon, Paulo Alencar, Richard Nash, Sam Ghossian, Sam Ross, Samuel Boghossian, Shari Zippert, Sheldon Curtland, Solie Fott, Spiro Stamos, Tom Scott, Wayne Butler, Wayne Moss, Wilbert Nuttycombe, William Green
Photography By [Black and White] – Joel Franklin, Ron Wolin
Photography By [Color] – Tommy Tucker
Art Direction, Design – Ron Wolin
Liner Notes – Roger Schutt
Engineer – Bert Agudelo, Jimmy Johnson, Lee Hazen
Mixed By [Liberty] – Bert Agudelo
Mixed By [Muscle Shoals] – Jimmy Johnson
Mixed By [Woodland] – Lee Hazen
Producer – John Buck Wilkin (tracks: A5, B1), John Wyker (tracks: A5, B1)
Notes
The album was reissued and remastered by Big Pink in 2016 (BIG PINK 417)
Coordinator [Reissue Cooridinator] – Youngjun Kim
Remastered By, Supervised By [Digital remastering and Reissue Supervisor] – Joohyung Lee
🎵 [SONG INFO]
"Me and Bobby McGee" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson and originally performed by Roger Miller.
Fred Foster shares the writing credit, as Kristofferson wrote the song based on a suggestion from Foster.
Versions
Roger Miller was the first artist to record the song (in May 1969), and it appeared at No. 12 on the U.S. country chart in 1969.
Kenny Rogers and the First Edition recorded the song in May/June 1969, and released it on their album Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town in 1969.
On the Canadian charts, Gordon Lightfoot's version (recorded in November 1969) hit No. 13 on the pop music chart and No. 1 on the country music chart in 1970.
A posthumously released version by Janis Joplin topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1971, making the song the second posthumously released No. 1 single in U.S. chart history after "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding. Billboard ranked Joplin's version as the No. 11 song for 1971.
She recorded the song for inclusion on her Pearl album only a few days before her death in October 1970. Singer Bob Neuwirth taught it to her while Kristofferson was in Peru filming The Last Movie with Dennis Hopper. Kristofferson did not know she had recorded the song until after her death. The first time he heard her recording of it was the day after she died. Record World called it a "perfect matching of performer and material." Joplin's version topped the charts to become her only number one single; her version was later ranked No. 148 on Rolling Stone's 2004 list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
In 2002, the 1971 version of the song by Janis Joplin on Columbia Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Kristofferson recorded his own version of the song on his debut album Kristofferson in 1970. Later that year, his version of the song appeared in Monte Hellman's psychedelic road movie Two-Lane Blacktop.
Kristofferson also appears briefly singing the song in the 1971 Dennis Hopper film The Last Movie.
Jerry Lee Lewis released a version that was number 1 on the country charts in December 1971/January 1972.
History
The suggestion for the title was a cordial challenge from producer and Monument Records founder Fred Foster to Kris Kristofferson.
The titular character was named for a studio secretary, Barbara "Bobbie" McKee, but Kristofferson had misheard her surname.
He explained that he was trying to convey the despair of the last scene of Federico Fellini's La Strada in which a broken, war-torn, inebriated man (Anthony Quinn) stares up from the beach at the night's stars, and breaks down sobbing.
#johnbuckwilkin
#meandbobbymcgee
#rogermiller
From '' In Search Of Food Clothing Shelter And Sex ''
Label: Liberty – LST-7639
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, All Disc Pressing, Gatefold
Country: US
Released: 1970
Tracklist
A1 Apartment Twenty-One
Written-By – John Buck Wilkin
A2 Faces And Places
Written-By – Jane Leichardt
A3 My God And I
Written-By – John Buck Wilkin
A4 Boy Of The Country
Written-By – John Buck Wilkin
A5 Apocalypse 1969
Written-By – John Buck Wilkin, Kris Kristofferson
B1 Me And Bobby McGee
Written-By – Fred Foster, Kris Kristofferson
B2 The Daydream
Written-By – John Buck Wilkin
B3 Mary Jackson
Written-By – John Buck Wilkin
Medley
B4.1 Long Black Veil
Written-By – Danny Dill, Marijohn Wilkin
B4.2 The Nashville Sun
Written-By – John Buck Wilkin
Medley
B5.1 About Time
Written-By – John Buck Wilkin
B5.2 Nashville Sun Reprise
Written-By – John Buck Wilkin
Musician, Vocals – John Buck Wilkin
Arranged By, Conductor, Producer, Musician – Don Tweedy
Musician – Anne Soodman, Billy Sanford, Bob Phillips, Brenton Banks, Bruce Naterman, Byron Bach, Charlie Hayward, Chuck Leavell, Courtland Pickett, Dave Pell, Dick Kathan, Don Sheffield, Frank Beach, Frank Friedman, Gary Vanosdale, Gene Cipriano, George Tidwell, Glen Butts, Gloria Strassner, Jerry Carrigan, Jesse Ehrlich, Jim Horn, John Wyker, Kenny Buttrey, Larry Butler, Leonard Malarsky, Lew McCreary, Lillian Hunt, Lloyd Ulyate, Lou Mullenix, Marvin Chantry, Myron Sandler, Norbert Putnam, Ollie Mitchell, Paul Hubinon, Paulo Alencar, Richard Nash, Sam Ghossian, Sam Ross, Samuel Boghossian, Shari Zippert, Sheldon Curtland, Solie Fott, Spiro Stamos, Tom Scott, Wayne Butler, Wayne Moss, Wilbert Nuttycombe, William Green
Photography By [Black and White] – Joel Franklin, Ron Wolin
Photography By [Color] – Tommy Tucker
Art Direction, Design – Ron Wolin
Liner Notes – Roger Schutt
Engineer – Bert Agudelo, Jimmy Johnson, Lee Hazen
Mixed By [Liberty] – Bert Agudelo
Mixed By [Muscle Shoals] – Jimmy Johnson
Mixed By [Woodland] – Lee Hazen
Producer – John Buck Wilkin (tracks: A5, B1), John Wyker (tracks: A5, B1)
Notes
The album was reissued and remastered by Big Pink in 2016 (BIG PINK 417)
Coordinator [Reissue Cooridinator] – Youngjun Kim
Remastered By, Supervised By [Digital remastering and Reissue Supervisor] – Joohyung Lee
🎵 [SONG INFO]
"Me and Bobby McGee" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson and originally performed by Roger Miller.
Fred Foster shares the writing credit, as Kristofferson wrote the song based on a suggestion from Foster.
Versions
Roger Miller was the first artist to record the song (in May 1969), and it appeared at No. 12 on the U.S. country chart in 1969.
Kenny Rogers and the First Edition recorded the song in May/June 1969, and released it on their album Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town in 1969.
On the Canadian charts, Gordon Lightfoot's version (recorded in November 1969) hit No. 13 on the pop music chart and No. 1 on the country music chart in 1970.
A posthumously released version by Janis Joplin topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1971, making the song the second posthumously released No. 1 single in U.S. chart history after "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding. Billboard ranked Joplin's version as the No. 11 song for 1971.
She recorded the song for inclusion on her Pearl album only a few days before her death in October 1970. Singer Bob Neuwirth taught it to her while Kristofferson was in Peru filming The Last Movie with Dennis Hopper. Kristofferson did not know she had recorded the song until after her death. The first time he heard her recording of it was the day after she died. Record World called it a "perfect matching of performer and material." Joplin's version topped the charts to become her only number one single; her version was later ranked No. 148 on Rolling Stone's 2004 list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
In 2002, the 1971 version of the song by Janis Joplin on Columbia Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Kristofferson recorded his own version of the song on his debut album Kristofferson in 1970. Later that year, his version of the song appeared in Monte Hellman's psychedelic road movie Two-Lane Blacktop.
Kristofferson also appears briefly singing the song in the 1971 Dennis Hopper film The Last Movie.
Jerry Lee Lewis released a version that was number 1 on the country charts in December 1971/January 1972.
History
The suggestion for the title was a cordial challenge from producer and Monument Records founder Fred Foster to Kris Kristofferson.
The titular character was named for a studio secretary, Barbara "Bobbie" McKee, but Kristofferson had misheard her surname.
He explained that he was trying to convey the despair of the last scene of Federico Fellini's La Strada in which a broken, war-torn, inebriated man (Anthony Quinn) stares up from the beach at the night's stars, and breaks down sobbing.
#johnbuckwilkin
#meandbobbymcgee
#rogermiller
