STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - K.D. LANG - SHADOWLAND

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Good Monday morning gang, if you believe in such things, and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we celebrate the 59th Birthday of Canadian pop and country singer, k.d. lang. Happy Birthday  k.d. ! To commemorate the date, we spotlight her debut record, Shadowland. The LP was released in 1988 on the Sire label and produced by iconic country music producer,  Owen Bradley, who coincidently produced the Bill Anderson record we featured yesterday. The album reached #73 on the Billboard 200, #23 on the Canadian Country charts, and #9 on both the US Country charts and the Canadian pop charts. Fours singles were released ; "Lock, Stock, and Teardrops" (#53 Country), "I'm Down to My Last Cigarette" (#21 Contry, #7 Canada Country), "Busy Being Blue" (failed to chart) and the super entertaining medley "Honky Tonk Angels Medley", in which she performs with Kitty Wells, Loretta Lynn, and Brenda Lee (also failed to charts).

"Western Stars" (Chris Isaak) – 3:12

"Lock, Stock and Teardrops" (Roger Miller) – 3:28

"Sugar Moon" (Cindy Walker, Bob Wills) – 2:26

"I Wish I Didn't Love You So" (Frank Loesser) – 3:07

"(Waltz Me) Once Again Around the Dance Floor" (Don Goodman, Sara Johns, Jack Rowland) – 2:35

"Black Coffee" (Sonny Burke, Paul Francis Webster) – 3:17

Side two

"Shadowland" (Dick Hyman, Charles Tobias) – 2:28

"Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" (Slim Willet) – 2:20

"Tears Don't Care Who Cries Them" (Fred Tobias, Charles Tobias) – 3:03

"I'm Down to My Last Cigarette" (Harlan Howard, Billy Walker) – 2:46

"Busy Being Blue" (Stewart MacDougall) – 3:40

"Honky Tonk Angels' Medley" – 2:55
"In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)" (Leroy Carr, Don Raye)
"You Nearly Lose Your Mind" (Ernest Tubb)
"Blues Stay Away from Me" (Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore, Wayne Raney, Henry Glover)

k.d.lang - vocals

Harold Bradley - banjo, bass, ukulele, gut string guitar
Jimmy Capps - rhythm guitar

Greg Leisz - lap steel guitar
Tony Migliore - piano, accordion
Roger Morris - piano

Hargus "Pig" Robbins - piano
Greg Leisz - pedal steel guitar
Buddy Spicher - fiddle
Henry Strzelecki - bass

Pete Wade - electric guitar
Rob Hajacos - fiddle
Buddy Harman - drums
Jim Horn - saxophone
The Nashville String Machine

Bill McElhiney - arrangements

David Angell - violin
Roy Christensen - cello

Connie Ellisor - violin
Ted Madsen - violin
Bob Mason - cello

Pamela Sixfin - violin
Carl Gorodetzky - violin
Dennis Molchan - violin
George Binkley III - violin

John Borg - viola
Gary VanOsdale - viola
Anthony LaMarchina - cello
Lee Larrison - violin

The Jordanaires - vocals on "Western Stars", "I Wish I Didn't Love You So" & "Tears Don't Care Who Cries Them"

Gordon Stoker

Louis Dean Nunley
Neal Matthews, Jr.

Duane West

Tennessee - vocals on "Lock, Stock and Teardrops", "Sugar Moon", "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" & "I'm Down to My Last Cigarette"
Hurshel Wiginton
Doug Clements
Louis Dean Nunley
Jim Ferguson

The Honky Tonk Angels - vocals on "Honky Tonk Angels' Medley"
Brenda Lee
Loretta Lynn
Kitty Wells

Producer: Owen Bradley
Engineer: Bobby Bradley