Patsy Cline - Imagine That: The Lost Recordings 1954-1963

Available on April 12th at all RSD participating record stores

Deluxe 180-Gram Double LP

Special Gatefold Edition

The legacy of the late, legendary country vocalist Patsy Cline, whose storied recordings of the 1950s and 1960s with producer Owen Bradley helped establish the genre’s pop-crossover “Nashville Sound,” receives a new chapter on Record Store Day (April 12) with Imagine That: The Lost Recordings (1954-1963), a revelatory collection of previously unreleased recordings from Elemental Music / Deep Digs.

This unprecedented, limited edition two-LP set, fully endorsed by the Patsy Cline Estate, features 48 unissued tracks, all released legitimately for the first time. They survey the full breadth of the singer’s artistry, from her first days as a professional musician with Bill Peer & the Melody Boys and Girls in the early ‘50s to the apex of her popularity, just weeks before she tragically died at the age of 30 in a plane crash on March 5, 1963.

Drawn from radio broadcasts, TV shows, and private recordings, these meticulously restored performances cast a fresh spotlight on Cline’s luminous, powerful voice, and eschew the opulent strings and vocal choruses of Bradley’s productions in favor of an intimate, unadorned, earthy sound. Affecting alternate versions of Cline’s chart-topping crossover hits “Walking After Midnight,” “I Fall to Pieces,” “Crazy,” and “She’s Got You” are included. She is heard duetting with such fellow country stars as Cowboy Copas (who died in the crash that took Cline’s life), Ferlin Husky, Red Foley, Bobby Lord, Ernest Tubb, and Lonzo & Oscar.

Co-produced by award-winning archival producer Zev Feldman, Cline discographer and authority George Hewitt, and engineer Dylan Utz, Imagine That features a detailed track-by-track discography; a historical note by writer Martin Melhuish; reflections on Cline’s art by musicians k.d. lang, Marty Stuart, and Ray Benson; and more.

The collection will also be released as a two-CD set on April 18.

Tracklist: 

Side A

1. A Long, Long Ride (3:29)

2. The Wrong Side of Town (3:20)

3. I’ve Loved and Lost Again (2:30)

4. Walkin’ After Midnight (2:18)

5. A Poor Man’s Roses (3:02)

6. I Don’t Wanta (2:11)

7. You Win Again (2:19)

8. That Lonesome Valley (1:57)

9. Old Lonesome Time (2:19)

10. Waltz of the Angels (2:34)

Side B

1. Let The Teardrops Fall (1:42)

2. Yes, I Understand (2:30)

3. Dear God (1:47)

4. I Don’t Wanta (1:52)

5. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You (2:41)

6. Come On In (1:39)

7. Let’s Go to Church (1:49)

8. Lovesick Blues (2:19)

9. Winter Wonderland (1:41)

10. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (1:34)

11. Gotta Lot of Rhythm in My Soul (1:43)

12. I’m Hog-Tied Over You (2:29)

13. How Can I Face Tomorrow (2:02)

Side C

1. Lovesick Blues (1:50)

2. Crazy Dreams (2:29)

3. There He Goes (2:11)

4. Loose Talk (1:29)

5. Don Gibson & T. Tommy Introduction (0:52)

6. Nobody But You (2:16)

7. Come On In (1:50)

8. I Fall to Pieces (2:43)

9. Lovin’ In Vain (1:56)

10. I Love You So Much It Hurts (1:48)

11. San Antonio Rose (1:14)

12. Crazy (2:19)

13. Patsy Thanks Her Audience (1:20)

14. Who Can I Count On (1:59)

Side D

1. I Fall to Pieces (2:33)

2. Fool Number One (1:26)

3. She’s Got You (2:38)

4. Seven Lonely Days (1:01)

5. When I Get Thru with You (1:15)

6. Imagine That (2:06)

7. Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home (1:00)

8. (Remember Me) I’m The One Who Loves You (2:28)

9. Someday You’ll Want Me to Want You (2:06)

10. Just A Closer Walk with Thee (1:18)

11. May The Good Lord Bless and Keep You (1:50)

12. Jimmy Dean Introduces Patsy Cline (0:36)

13. Walkin’ After Midnight (2:25)

14. Jimmy Dean & Patsy Cline Talk (0:39)

15. Life’s Railway to Heaven (2:33)

Produced for Release by Zev Feldman, Dylan Utz, George Hewitt and Zak Shelby - Szyszko. 

Executive Producers: Julie Fudge, Gregory Hall, Jordi Soley and Carlos Agustín Calembert.