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Merle Haggard's 1976 Album It's All In The Movies
Merle Haggard's 1976 Album It's All In The Movies
Capitol Records ©
ST 11483
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Merle Haggard Discography Simplified-Rating System
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"It's All In The Movies" would introduce us to Roy Nichols' 'fuzz guitar'. We are also entering the Leona Williams era of Merle's music. Leona would become Merle's 3rd wife and collaborator on most of his albums from 1976-83.
I've always wondered if Leona wasn't interested in Merle just to further her music career?
Merle himself said regarding Leona in his My House Of Memories-For The Record "...I want to thank you for leaving me, it was the best thing that ever happened to me". Even with this love/hate relationship, Merle would compose some of the most beautiful 'love songs' of his career during this period.
I give this an 8 because of the obvious filler material included. "Stingeree" and "Hag's Dixied Blues #2" were recorded for the scrapped studio project "I Love Dixie Blues". With that said there are some real gems here that never got much airplay. "Living With The Shades Pulled Down" and "Let's Stop Pretending" could have been #1 hits if properly marketed.
The opinions above are solely those of Sound_man73. If you're like me you'll collect the music either way :)
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Merle Haggard 38 Number 1 Hits
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Track Listing:
Songwriter/s are in (parentheses)
- It's All in the Movies (Merle Haggard) *Merle's 22nd #1 Hit
- Nothing's Worse Than Losing (Merle Haggard)
- After Loving You (Merle Haggard/Ronnie Reno/Leona Williams)
- Stingeree (Charles Singleton/Larry Coleman)
- I Know an Ending When It Comes (Hank Cochran)
- This Is the Song We Sing (Merle Haggard)
- Living With the Shades Pulled Down (Merle Haggard)
- Hag's Dixie Blues, No. 2 (Merle Haggard)
- Let's Stop Pretending (Merle Haggard)
- Cotton Patch Blues (Bob Wills/Billy Joe Moore)
- The Seeker (Dolly Parton)
Personnel:
During my research for this site I've collected about 99% of everything Merle ever recorded.
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Jason Cross 2012 CD-Life After All
Jason Cross-Life After All-2012
Available on Amazon, iTunes & Rhapsody!
Release Date: 01/06/2012
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