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Analogue Productions - CAPP 74854 - SACD Hybrid Stereo 

Mastered By George Marino at Sterling Sound 

 Limited Edition - Hybrid SACD Plays On All CD Players

Hybrid Stereo SACD plays in both CD and SACD players, as well as all SACD-compatible DVD players

A Straight Transfer - You're Hearing the Master Tape!

This was a straight transfer, bypassing the console altogether.

There was no EQ of any kind. A true direct transfer

"You just will not believe how good the sound is from these two 50-year-old classics (Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits and Elvis' Stereo '57) reissued on SACD from the Analogue Productions label." — Joe Tang, AV Magazine, July 2013

"Cline, of course, created both the template for the heartbroken, angst-ridden C&W warbler ... This perfect package contains a dozen of her hits, milestones from a career tragically cut short when she died at the age of 30 in a plane crash, 50 years ago this March. 'Walking After Midnight,' 'I Fall To Pieces,' 'Crazy,' 'She's Got You,' 'Sweet Dreams' — her output of only three LPs in her lifetime remains a textbook study of the genre, every performance faultless, the production sublime, every C&W cliché present in all their honky-tonk glory." — Sound Quality: 93% - Ken Kessler, Hi Fi News

Cline's life and career has been the subject of numerous books, movies, documentaries, articles and stage plays. She has sold millions of albums through the past 50 years, giving her an iconic fan status, similar to that of country artists such as Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton. In 1992, the U.S. Postal Service honored her, along with Hank Williams, on a U.S. postage stamp. And in 1995 she was honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Cline was also honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999.

Four years after her tragic death in a place crash at the age of 30, Patsy Cline was still one of the best-loved female vocalists in country music, and in 1967 Decca Records, the label that released the bulk of her hits, responded with this album, a collection of 12 of her most popular songs. There isn't anything particularly artful about the way this album was compiled or designed, but Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits certainly delivers what its title promises: these were most certainly the most popular tunes Cline cut during her tenure with Decca, and every one is a stunner, with Cline's rich, powerful voice gliding over the polished and evocative production by Owen Bradley. Cline and Bradley didn't invent "countrypolitan," but precious few artists managed to meld the sophistication of pop and the emotional honesty of country as brilliantly as this music accomplishes with seemingly effortless grace, and these songs still sound fresh and brilliantly crafted decades after the fact. This isn't the most thorough of the literally dozens of Patsy Cline collections on the market, and it isn't the best, but this was one of the first efforts to sum up her career in the years after her passing, and in 33 minutes it makes an airtight case that Cline was one of the finest and most versatile singers to ever step before a microphone.

No small accomplishment, that

Mastered at Sterling Sound direct from the 1/4-inch master tape. This was a straight transfer, bypassing the console altogether. There was no EQ of any kind. A true direct transfer. You're hearing the master tape! 

Selections:
1. Walking After Midnight
2. Sweet Dreams (Of You)
3. Crazy
4. I Fall To Pieces
5. So Wrong
6. Strange
7. Back In Baby's Arms
8. She's Got You
9. Faded Love
10. Why Can't He Be You 
11. You're Stronger Than Me
12. Leavin' On Your Mind