KAIKKI UPEAT CHARLIE RICH LEVYTYKSET VUOSILTA 1965-1966. KERRASSAAN MAHTAVA!!

* Charlie Rich’s Smash recordings were described by the artist as the favourite of his career. This glorious compendium features all 29 tracks that he cut for the Mercury subsidiary between 1965 and 1966, including the Top 10 US hit `Mohair Sam’.

* Rich was one of the last discoveries of Sam Phillips at Sun, and the one who Phillips thought could challenge Elvis’ success. His love of R&B, jazz and country made it hard for his record companies to know quite how to present Rich. Superstardom did not arrive until his breakthrough #1 `The Most Beautiful Girl’ in 1973..

* At Smash he was paired with producer Jerry Kennedy who let Rich have his head. As a result the sides he recorded for them are a splendid representation of Rich’s many influences, from the forlorn passion of `No Home’, the desolate `Field Of Yellow Daisies’ to the dancefloor R&B grooves of `Party Girl’ and the updated rockabilly of `Hawg Jaw’.

* Rich and his wife Margaret Ann provide many of the songs alongside Nashville greats such as Donnie Fritts and Dallas Frazier. The production from Kennedy is exemplary throughout.