TEST PRESSING David Allan Coe "Darlin' Darlin'" LP 1985 guest: George Jones VG
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This is a 12-inch test pressing (reference recording) of David Allan Coe's 1985 album Darlin' Darlin'. It features George Jones on "Don't Cry Darlin'". Very clean, no visible scratches and sounds great.
The album is best remembered for its lead off single, "She Used to Love Me a Lot". It was released in December 1984 and peaked at #11 on both the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. (A version of the song by Johnny Cash was recorded in the early 1980s, but remained unreleased until 2014.)
Darlin', Darlin’ reached No. 22 on the Billboard country albums chart. AllMusic says that "…as a singer's recording, as odd as some of the material choices are, it works and works well - check Sharon Rice's 'Too Close to Home' with keyboard and saxophone solos, but it's Coe's voice that carries the day. This is not the best place for the curious to begin with DAC, but for those who are die-hard fans, this is an essential recording".[2]
Sherrill's most famous client, George Jones, performs the recitation on Dean Dillon's "Don't Cry Darlin’", which was released as a single and peaked at #29. Jones, who at the time of the recording was finally becoming sober after a career-long bender, adds authenticity to the story of a man who is "drunk, totally drained, on the verge of going crazy" and "on the edge of insane". Coe joined Jones onstage at the inaugural Farm Aid that year, taking a chorus with Jones on his hit "Tennessee Whiskey", which Coe recorded first in 1981.
Track listing
- ”She Used to Love Me a Lot” (R.K. Fleming/D. Morgan/C. Quillen)
- ”You're the Only Song I Sing Today” (M. Brantley/B. Rabin)
- ”Too Close to Home” (Sharon Rice)
- ”My Elusive Dreams” (Curly Putman/Billy Sherrill)
- ”Mary Go Round (About the Birth of Jesus)” (David Allan Coe)
- ”Don't Cry Darlin’ (with George Jones) (Dean Dillon)
- ”She Ain't You”
- ”My Girl” (Smokey Robinson/Ronald White)
- ”Call Me the Breeze” (J.J. Cale)
- ”For Lovers Only” (Coe)
Personnel
- Vocals – David Allan Coe
- Backing vocals: Doug Clements, Hurshel Wiginton, James Ferguson, Lori Westerman Brooks, Louis Nunley, Martha Adcock, Wendy Suits
- Steel guitar – Pete Drake
- Keyboards – Bobby Wood, Hargus Robbins, Steve Davidowski
- Harmonica – Steve McMillan
- Guitar – David Allan Coe, Dale Sellers, Billy Sanford, Martha Adcock, Pete Bordonali, Edward Adcock
- Drums – Buddy Harmon, Jerry Carrigan, Jerry Kroon
- Bass guitar – Harry Strzelecki, Michael Leech
- Strings – The “A” Strings
- Musician – Ron Reynolds
- Produced by Billy Sherrill
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