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Filename C:\Rips\Sammi Smith - Looks Like Stormy Weather 1969-1975 (2022) [FLAC]\15 - Then You Walk In.wav Désormais signée sur le petit label Mega, elle enregistrera sept albums pour eux entre 1970 et 1975, et les meilleurs d'entre eux constituent le cœur de cette compilation. Parmi les titres les plus marquants, citons l'auto-écriture de " Jimmy's In Georgia ", la sensualité de " I've Got To Have You " de Kristofferson, la complainte de bar " The Toast Of '45 ", que Sammi a décrite comme " une chanson infernale ", et la tragédie quotidienne " This Room's For Rent ".

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After the success of Today I Started Loving You Again Sammi Smith signed to Elektra and released a trio of albums between 1976 and 1978. However, they failed to match the success of Today I Started Loving You Again and in she left the label after New Winds, All Quadrants in 1978. Sammi Smith sang soulful, melancholy country music. Her low, distinctively husky voice was built for sad songs, and she has been described as country music’s Dusty Springfield. Compiled and annotated by Bob Stanley, “Looks Like Stormy Weather” is a collection built for winter nights.Sammi Smith wasn’t without a label for long and in 1969 signed to Mega Records. The label had just been founded that year by insurance executive Harry Pratt and Brad McCuen who previously was an executive at RCA. Their new label was the perfect platform for Sammi Smith, as music started to find a wider audience within the country music community. A year after the release of her debut, Sammi Smith who had married second husband Jody Payne, returned with her sophomore album Lonesome in September 1971. Again, it was produced by Jim Malloy who brought about the best in country music’s rising star. Sadly, Sammi Smith didn’t enjoy the same commercial success as Dusty Springfield and instead, reminded a major star of country music. Mainstream commercial success eluded her and outside of country music circles many music fans haven’t heard of Sammi Smith. This must have come as a huge disappointment to Sammi Smith and everyone at Mega Records. Especially given songs of the quality of I’ve Got To Have You which features a vocal that’s a mixture of sadness and longing. Just like in so many of her songs, the lyrics come to life and have a cinematic quality. Sadly, the wider record buying public had yet to discover Sammi Smith whose career seemed to have stalled and mainstream success seemed even further away. Sammi Smith chante une musique country mélancolique et pleine d'âme. Sa voix basse, distinctement rauque, était faite pour les chansons tristes, et on l'a décrite comme la Dusty Springfield de la musique country. Compilé et annoté par Bob Stanley, "Looks Like Stormy Weather" est une collection conçue pour les nuits d'hiver.

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This was Kris Kristofferson, who at the time, was working as a janitor at Columbia Records. When he had some free time the two friends would play together, and even went into the studio and recorded twelve songs. Sammi Smith would take them to producer Jim Malloy who would work with her at her new label. Looks Like Stormy Weather” includes the best of Sammi’s three early Columbia singles, the Bobbie Gentry-like ‘Brownsville Lumberyard’. As a bonus, it also features a pair of previously unissued songs in ‘Desperados Waiting For A Train’ and ‘Texas 1947’, both written by the great Guy Clark. Share Just over a year passed before Sammi Smith released her fourth album The Toast Of ’45 in May 1973. Just like her previous albums it was produced by Jim Malloy and featured some of the top musicals Nashville had to offer. Despite this, the album only reached forty-three in the US Billboard Country charts, making it Sammi Smith’s least successful album. However, it’s something of a hidden gem.

Sadly, Sammi Smith never crossed over into the mainstream and her music wasn’t heard by the wider audience it deserves. However, belatedly music fans are starting to discover the delights of her music, especially the seven albums she recorded for Mega Records between 1970 and 1975. They’re a reminder of Sammi Smith at the peak of her powers when she looked like she was going to become one of the giants of country music and go on to forge a career in mainstream music. Sadly, that remained tantalisingly out of reach for the late Sammi Smith who died on February the ’12th’ 2005 aged just sixty-one. Ace Records new compilation It Looks Like Stormy Weather 1969-1975 is a fitting tribute to a truly talented and much loved singer who effortlessly breathed life, meaning and emotion into soul-baring confessionals as she brought the powerful and poignant lyrics to life. Help Me Make It Through The Night’ topped Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart for three weeks in 1971, peaked at #3 on Billboard’s Hot 100, won “Single of the Year” and the “Best Country Song” at the CMA awards, and a Grammy for “Best Country Vocal Performance by a Female”. Sammi’s voice would have been new to most listeners – its melancholic ache and sensuous depth suited the song’s needs perfectly. Next stop for Sammi Smith was Cyclone Records who released her 1979 album Girl Hero. Just like her final album for Elektra it failed to chart and this was the end of a short stay on Cyclone Records. American country singer/songwriter. She was born August 5, 1943 in Orange, California and died February 12, 2005 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Her husband was Jody Payne, longtime guitar player for Willie Nelson. Their son, country music singer Waylon Payne, was named after Waylon Jennings - who was his godfather. Having signed to Columbia Records, Sammi Smith released He Went A Little Bit Farther later in 1967. Although the single failed to chart, commercial success wasn’t far away for Sammi Smith.