Juice Newton "Queen Of Hearts (Single & Video)"

Queen of Hearts is a country-pop song written by Hank DeVito, the pedal steel guitarist in Emmylou Harris's backing group The Hot Band. It was first recorded by Dave Edmunds on his 1979 album Repeat When Necessary. Edmunds' version was released as a single and reached number 11 in the UK and number 12 in Ireland that year, but failed to chart substantially elsewhere in the world. The most successful version of the song was recorded by Juice Newton in 1981 – her version reached number two in the United States and South Africa. Newton's version also reached the top 10 in Canada, Australia, Denmark, Switzerland and New Zealand.

Following an appearance on the 1980 Rodney Crowell album But What Will the Neighbors Think, on which composer DeVito played guitar, "Queen of Hearts" had its highest-profile rendition in a version by country-rock singer Juice Newton from the 1981 album Juice. Newton would later recall: "I did ['Queen of Hearts'] live for about a year...Then I brought it to [producer] Richard Landis when we started the Juice album. He wasn't convinced at that point that it was a breakout song but I told him I think this is a real cool song … so we cut it". Newton's own favorite cut on the Juice album, "Queen of Hearts" was issued as the album's second single and would reach number two on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in September 1981. While still at number two, "Queen of Hearts" was certified Gold for domestic sales of one million units.

"Queen of Hearts" also gave Newton her second huge international hit, with top 10 chart positions in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and Switzerland, and more moderate success in Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands. Her recording of the song earned Newton a 1982 Grammy nomination for Best Female Vocalist, Country and Western category, "Queen of Hearts" having been a number 14 country hit. In June 2014, Newton's version of the song was ranked number 92 by Rolling Stone on its list of the 100 greatest country songs of all time.

Newton re-recorded "Queen of Hearts" for her 1998 album The Trouble With Angels.

Juice Newton "Angel Of The Morning (Single & Video)"

"Angel of the Morning" is a popular song written by Chip Taylor, originally recorded by Evie Sands but which first charted with a version by Merrilee Rush. The song has been covered by many artists including Chrissie Hynde, Dusty Springfield, P. P. Arnold, Connie Eaton, Mary Mason, Guys 'n' Dolls, Melba Montgomery, Olivia Newton-John and Juice Newton, who reached the Billboard Hot 100 top ten with her version in 1981.

The song was composed in 1967 by Chip Taylor, who said of it: "I wrote 'Angel of the Morning' after hearing the Rolling Stones song 'Ruby Tuesday' on the car radio when I was driving into New York City. I wanted to capture that kind of passion."

"Angel of the Morning" was originally offered to Connie Francis, but she turned it down because she thought that the lyrical message was too risqué for her image.

Taylor produced the first recording of the song with Evie Sands, but the financial straits of Cameo-Parkway Records, which had Sands on their roster, led to a highly limited single release and no promotion.

The second recording was by UK vocalist Billie Davis, made in 1967 by Danny Michaels for Lee Hazlewood's LHI label. Davis' version was later included on her 1970 debut album Billie Davis. P. P. Arnold provided backup vocals for that version and later released a version herself on her 1968 album Kafunta.

The highest-charting and best-selling version in the United States was recorded and released in 1981 by country-rock singer Juice Newton for her album Juice. Newton re-interpreted the song at the suggestion of Steve Meyer, who promoted Capitol Records singles and albums to radio stations and felt that a version of the song by Newton would be a strong candidate for airplay. Newton stated that she would never have thought of recording "Angel of the Morning", even though she immediately recognized the song when Meyer played it for her: "I [had not been] really aware of that song because...when [it] was popular I was listening to folk music and R&B and not pop, and that was a very pop song."

Newton's version reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 22 on the Billboard country music chart, and spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart in April of that year. The recording also earned Newton a Grammy nomination, in the same category as Rush's 1968 hit, at the 24th Annual Grammy Awards. More than one million copies of Newton's single were sold in the United States, and it reached the Top 5 in a number of other countries, including Canada (number 1), Australia (number 2), South Africa (number 3), Switzerland (number 4) and New Zealand (number 5). Notably, Newton's video for "Angel of the Morning" was the first country music video aired on MTV, debuting the day the network launched, in 1981. In the UK, the recording reached No. 43 on the UK Singles Chart, marking the song's third appearance on that chart without becoming a major hit. Newton recorded the song again in 1998 for her album The Trouble with Angels.

Fleetwood Mac "Time [Germany, Warner Bros., 9362-45920-2]"

Time is the 16th studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 10 October 1995. This album features a unique line-up for the band, featuring the addition of country vocalist Bekka Bramlett (daughter of Delaney and Bonnie) and former Traffic guitarist Dave Mason. It was the second album released after the departure of Lindsey Buckingham in 1987 (although he makes an appearance as a backing vocalist on one track), and the only Fleetwood Mac album since 1974's Heroes Are Hard to Find to not feature any contribution from Stevie Nicks. Additionally, it is the final Fleetwood Mac studio album to feature Christine McVie as an official member.

The album received unfavorable reviews from critics and was a commercial disappointment, failing to chart in the US and peaking at number 47 in the UK. According to Soundscan, the album sold 32,000 copies by 1996.

Around the time of the Behind the Mask Tour, Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie announced that they would no longer partake in any Fleetwood Mac tours, although both indicated that they would still be willing to work with the band on studio albums. However, Nicks decided in 1991 that she would be leaving the band entirely after Fleetwood refused to let her include "Silver Springs" on her Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks compilation album. Rick Vito left around the same time and signed a solo recording deal with Nicks' Modern Records. In early 1993, guitarist Billy Burnette departed to continue his solo career.

Later that year, drummer Mick Fleetwood approached vocalist Bekka Bramlett, who had previously performed with Fleetwood for his spinoff project The Zoo, to join Fleetwood Mac as a full member. Around the same time, Fleetwood was listening to audition tapes submitted by other guitarists at his cottage in Malibu, California. Frustrated with his inability to find a suitable guitarist, Fleetwood contacted Mason and jokingly remarked that if his search continued to be unsuccessful, then Mason would have to join the band. Mason responded "Mick in all seriousness, I would love that".

The initial recording sessions began in September 1993, with intentions to complete the album in four months. However, a series of gigs and a tour with Crosby, Stills & Nash pushed the completion date further back than expected. Following the conclusion of their tour with Crosby, Stills & Nash, Fleetwood Mac returned to the studio and recorded a dozen songs in two weeks. By May 1995, the band had 19 songs to choose from, and intended to narrow the track list down to 12. However, a decision was made to add a thirteenth song, "These Strange Times", when Fleetwood expressed interest in recording one of his own compositions. With the exception of Bramlett, who fought for the song's inclusion on the record, the rest of the band was either unavailable or unwilling to play on it, so Fleetwood and Bramlett performed the song themselves with John Jones.

Midway through the making of the album, Burnette was asked by Fleetwood to rejoin the band. Given his relatively late arrival, he only contributed three songs for the album. Some of the guitars on Christine McVie's five songs were played by session musician Michael Thompson, and his parts were added to the existing guitar tracks played by Mason and Billy Burnette. McVie recalled in a 2017 interview with MOJO that she was both emotionally and physically absent during the recording sessions due to her poor working relationship with Dave Mason.

"Dave Mason and I did not get along, and I thought the music was suffering...Emotionally not there, physically not here. I just didn’t show up...I couldn’t bear watching it all fall apart. And I couldn’t keep peace with Dave Mason, I’m afraid. It was very acrimonious with him and I just bailed."

With the exception of a New Year's Eve performance, the band did not tour following the album's release in October 1995, but had (without Christine McVie) toured from July to December 1994, and again from April to September 1995. Christine McVie explained that "touring was never my favorite thing to do" and cited insomnia and her inability to sleep in "strange beds night after night" as some of her reasons for opting not to tour. Jeremy Spencer, one of the band's original guitarists, joined the group on stage for their Tokyo performance. The only songs from Time to be performed at these shows were "Blow by Blow" and "Dreamin' the Dream". "All Over Again" received its first live performances on the An Evening with Fleetwood Mac tour in 2018 as a live duet between Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks, with new guitarist Neil Finn playing keyboards.

Within a year this band line-up had split, with Mason, Bramlett and Burnette all leaving the band. Mick Fleetwood informed Bramlett of her dismissal on a fax following an altercation on the band's tour bus. Christine McVie, who had already retired from live performances, informed the band that it would also be her last album appearance. Bramlett and Burnette recorded the Bekka & Billy album together in 1997, the same year Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks rejoined Fleetwood Mac.

In his 2014 autobiography, Fleetwood expressed regret in assembling this lineup and stated that "this was the one time I should not have soldiered on". He explained that he should have known the "endeavor was flawed when it became clear that Dave Mason and Bekka Bramlett did not get along whatsoever...Bekka had no time for any kind of collective, connective, band-family stuff on the road at all, and like her mum, she did not mince words. Believe me, you don't want to have Bekka Bramlett unload on you, but that is what started happening to Mason regularly." Bramlett explained that she took umbrage with Mason for smoking cigars on the tour bus and sharing unsolicited secrets with her about his wife and girlfriends. She stated that their working relationship improved after a phone call with her father, who advised Bramlett to keep her temper in check when around Mason.

Another version of "Blow by Blow" had featured on the Gloryland World Cup USA 94 album for the 1994 World Cup the previous year. The five-piece lineup fronted by Billy Burnette, Mason and Bramlett performed it at the tournament's launch concert along with "Dreamin' the Dream", "The Chain" and "Oh Well".

"Talkin' to My Heart" was written in Nashville by Burnette prior to his second stint with Fleetwood Mac. "Nothing Without You" had originally been recorded by Delaney Bramlett, the father of Bekka, on his 1975 album Giving Birth to a Song which had featured writing contributions from Billy Burnette. An additional verse written by Bekka ensured she got a writing credit. Aside from this, her only writing contribution was "Dreamin' the Dream", although Bekka confessed that Burnette wrote about 80% of the song.

The album also featured a rare lead vocal from drummer/band leader Mick Fleetwood on the seven-minute spoken piece "These Strange Times", produced by Duran Duran producer John Jones and written with Beach Boys co-writer Ray Kennedy. The spoken-word piece paid tribute to Peter Green and openly alluded to his songs "Man of the World" and "The Green Manalishi". The third verse also alluded to Stevie Nicks' "Dreams" and Lindsey Buckingham's "Walk a Thin Line".

The album received negative reviews. AllMusic gave the album a two star review, considering it to be a drop in quality from their previous efforts. Billboard dismissed the work of all the band's songwriters and said that "Even the legendary Christine McVie's contributions lack the fire of her past work." Far Out said that the album "represents the absolute recorded and cultural nadir of the once-mighty Fleetwood Mac. Not helping matters was the fact that the band dove headfirst into toothless adult contemporary and twangy country-rock". Entertainment Weekly was slightly more positive, saying that "though hardly awful, Time is unimaginative and middle-of-the-road." It was voted number 10 in the All-Time Worst Albums Ever Made from Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.

Track listing

1. "Talkin' to My Heart" Billy Burnette, Deborah Allen, Rafe Van Hoy Burnette/B. Bramlett 4:54
2. "Hollywood (Some Other Kind of Town)" Christine McVie, Eddy Quintela C. McVie 5:45
3. "Blow by Blow" Dave Mason, John Cesario, Mark Holden Mason 4:24
4. "Winds of Change" Kit Hain B. Bramlett 4:26
5. "I Do" C. McVie, Quintela C. McVie 4:28
6. "Nothing Without You" Delaney Bramlett, Doug Gilmore, Bekka Bramlett B. Bramlett 3:06
7. "Dreamin' the Dream" B. Bramlett, Burnette B. Bramlett 3:43
8. "Sooner or Later" C. McVie, Quintela C. McVie 5:41
9. "I Wonder Why" Mason, Franke Previte, Tom Fuller Mason/B. Bramlett 4:28
10. "Nights in Estoril" C. McVie, Quintela C. McVie 4:47
11. "I Got It in for You" Burnette, Allen Burnette 4:08
12. "All Over Again" C. McVie, Quintela C. McVie 3:36
13. "These Strange Times" Mick Fleetwood, Ray Kennedy Fleetwood (spoken word) 7:07

Fleetwood Mac – producers (1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11)

Richard Dashut – producer (1, 2, 4–12)

Christine McVie – producer (2, 5, 8, 10, 12)

Dave Mason – producer (3)

Billy Burnette – producer (7)

John Jones – producer (13), recording (13), mixing (13)

Ray Kennedy – producer (13)

Ken Allardyce – recording (1–13), mixing (1–13)

Charlie Brocco – additional engineer (1–12)

Alan Sanderson – additional engineer (1–12), assistant engineer (1–12)

Allen Sides – additional engineer (1–12)

Jimmy Hotz – additional engineer (13)

David Eike – assistant engineer (1–12)

Richard Huredia – assistant engineer (1–12)

Tom Nellen – assistant engineer (1–12)

Dave Shiffman – assistant engineer (1–12)

Stephen Marcussen – mastering

Don Tyler – mastering assistant

Scott Pinkerton – production assistant

John Courage – production coordinator

Mick Fleetwood – cover concept

Gabrielle Raumberger – art direction

Frank Chi – design

Lance Staedler – band photography

Dale McRaven – cover photography

Bonnie Nelson – cover photography

Recorded and Mixed at Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, California).

Additional recording at Sunset Sound Recorders (Hollywood, California).

Mastered at Precision Mastering (Hollywood, California).

Eagles "Selected Works: 1972–1999 (Box Set)"

Selected Works: 1972–1999 is a compilation box set by the Eagles, released in 2000. The box set consists of four CDs featuring their greatest hits, album tracks, previously unreleased live performances recorded on 29–31 December 1999 in Las Vegas and Los Angeles and a 44-page booklet. This set chronicles their work from their debut 1972 self-titled album Eagles to the 1999 millennium concert performed at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, December 31, 1999.

Track listing

Disc one: The Early Days

1. "Take It Easy" Jackson Browne, Glenn Frey Eagles, 1972 3:31
2. "Hollywood Waltz" Bernie Leadon, Frey, Don Henley, Tom Leadon One of These Nights, 1975 4:01
3. "Already Gone" Jack Tempchin, Robb Strandlund On the Border, 1974 4:15
4. "Doolin-Dalton" Browne, Frey, Henley, J.D. Souther Desperado, 1973 3:26
5. "Midnight Flyer" Paul Craft On the Border 3:58
6. "Tequila Sunrise" Henley, Frey Desperado 2:52
7. "Witchy Woman" Henley, Leadon Eagles 4:11
8. "Train Leaves Here This Morning" Gene Clark, Leadon Eagles 4:07
9. "Outlaw Man" David Blue Desperado 3:29
10. "Peaceful Easy Feeling" Tempchin Eagles 4:16
11. "James Dean" Browne, Frey, Souther, Henley On the Border 3:36
12. "Saturday Night" Frey, Henley, Leadon, Randy Meisner Desperado 3:19
13. "On the Border" Henley, Leadon, Frey On the Border 4:28

Total length: 49:28

Disc two: The Ballads

1. "Wasted Time (Reprise)" Henley, Frey, Jim Ed Norman Hotel California, 1976 1:21
2. "Wasted Time" Henley, Frey Hotel California 4:55
3. "I Can't Tell You Why" Timothy B. Schmit, Henley, Frey The Long Run, 1979 4:53
4. "Lyin' Eyes" Henley, Frey One of These Nights 6:21
5. "Pretty Maids All in a Row" Joe Walsh, Joe Vitale Hotel California 3:58
6. "Desperado" Henley, Frey Desperado 3:33
7. "Try and Love Again" Meisner Hotel California 5:10
8. "The Best of My Love" Henley, Frey, Souther On the Border 4:34
9. "New Kid in Town" Souther, Henley, Frey Hotel California 5:03
10. "Love Will Keep Us Alive" Pete Vale, Jim Capaldi, Paul Carrack Hell Freezes Over, 1994 4:02
11. "The Sad Café" Henley, Frey, Walsh, Souther The Long Run 5:33
12. "Take It to the Limit" Meisner, Henley, Frey One of These Nights 4:47
13. "After the Thrill Is Gone" Henley, Frey One of These Nights 4:49

Total length: 58:59

Disc three: The Fast Lane

1. "One of These Nights (Intro)" Henley, Frey One of These Nights 1:59
2. "One of These Nights" Henley, Frey One of These Nights 4:49
3. "Disco Strangler" Don Felder, Frey, Henley The Long Run 2:45
4. "Heartache Tonight" Henley, Frey, Bob Seger, Souther The Long Run 4:25
5. "Hotel California" Felder, Henley, Frey Hotel California 6:29
6. "Born to Boogie" Hank Williams Jr. Previously unreleased outtake from The Long Run sessions 2:16
7. "In the City" Walsh, Barry De Vorzon The Long Run 3:44
8. "Get Over It" Henley, Frey Hell Freezes Over 3:29
9. "King of Hollywood" Frey, Henley The Long Run 6:25
10. "Too Many Hands" Felder, Meisner One of These Nights 4:40
11. "Life in the Fast Lane" Walsh, Henley, Frey Hotel California 4:44
12. "The Long Run" Henley, Frey The Long Run 3:41
13. "Long Run Leftovers" Walsh, Henley, Frey, Felder, Schmit Previously unreleased 3:02
14. "The Last Resort" Henley, Frey Hotel California 7:29
15. "Random Victims, Part 3" Walsh, Henley, Frey, Felder, Meisner, Schmit Previously unreleased 9:42

Total length: 1:09:39

Disc Four: The Millennium Concert (A Night to Remember)

1. "Hotel California" Felder, Frey, Henley Henley 6:57
2. "Victim of Love" Felder, Frey, Henley, Souther Henley 5:01
3. "Peaceful Easy Feeling" Tempchin Frey 5:23
4. "Please Come Home for Christmas" Charles Brown, Gene Redd Henley 3:52
5. "Ol' '55" Tom Waits Frey and Henley 5:20
6. "Take it to the Limit" Frey, Henley, Meisner Frey 4:02
7. "Those Shoes" Felder, Frey, Henley Henley 6:12
8. "Funky New Year" Frey, Henley Henley 3:45
9. "Dirty Laundry" Henley, Danny Kortchmar Henley 5:54
10. "Funk 49" Jim Fox, Dale Peters, Walsh Walsh 3:47
11. "All She Wants to Do Is Dance" Kortchmar Henley 5:20
12. "The Best of My Love" Frey, Henley, Souther Henley 5:06

Total length: 1:00:39

Creedence Clearwater Revival "Creedence Country"

Creedence Country is a compilation album by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR). It was released by Fantasy Records in October 1981 with the purpose of infiltrating the country market.

There was one single released from Creedence Country, "Cotton Fields" b/w "Lodi", in November. The single charted in Billboard magazine's Hot Country Singles chart, while the album did not chart.

The album has been re-released in multiple formats, including a 2004 remastered CD with three bonus tracks.

According to an article in Billboard magazine, the idea for Creedence Country came from Bob Saporiti after listening to CCR's albums and hearing a prominent country influence in the group's songs. In the article, Saporiti said that the (former) members of the band compiled the songs for the album; although, he did not specify which members were involved.

Of the 12 songs on the original album, none were from the group's self-titled debut album or Bayou Country, three were from Green River, two were from Willy and the Poor Boys, five were from Cosmo's Factory, and two were from Mardi Gras. Of the three reissue bonus tracks two were from Mardi Gras and one was from Pendulum.

Only two songs were previously mainstream charting singles on the Billboard Hot 100, "Lodi" (#52) and "Lookin' Out My Back Door" (#2). Early in 1982, "Cotton Fields" peaked at #50 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart.

Track listing

All songs written by John Fogerty, except where indicated.

Side one

1. "Lookin' for a Reason" – 3:27
2. "Don't Look Now (It Ain't You or Me)" – 2:11
3. "Lodi" – 3:11
4. "My Baby Left Me" (Arthur Crudup) – 2:19
5. "Hello Mary Lou" (Gene Pitney) – 2:13
6. "Ramble Tamble" – 7:11

Side two

1. "Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)" (Huddy Ledbetter) – 2:56
2. "Before You Accuse Me (Take a Look at Yourself)" (Ellas McDaniel) – 3:26
3. "Wrote a Song for Everyone" – 4:56
4. "Ooby Dooby" (Wade Moore, Dick Penner) - 2:08
5. "Cross-Tie Walker" – 3:18
6. "Lookin' Out My Back Door" – 2:31

Bonus tracks on 2004 CD release

1. "Need Someone to Hold" (Stu Cook) – 3:00
2. "Tearin' Up the Country" (Doug Clifford) – 2:15
3. "It's Just a Thought" – 3:55

Creedence Crealwater Revival "Cosmo's Factory"

Cosmo's Factory is the fifth studio album by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, released by Fantasy Records in July 1970, and released as Fantasy 8402 – the same month as the single release of "Lookin' Out My Back Door" with "Long As I Can See the Light" on the B-side. The album spent nine consecutive weeks in the number one position on the Billboard 200 chart.

With the release of Cosmo's Factory in July 1970, Creedence Clearwater Revival hit their commercial zenith. It was their fifth album in two years and became an international smash, topping the album charts in six countries. The band also toured Europe in 1970, playing the Royal Albert Hall to enthusiastic audiences, and had emerged as the most popular band in America by largely ignoring the trippy acid rock indulgences that were typical of the era. However, despite the band's infectious blend of rockabilly, folk, and R&B, some peers and rock critics dismissed them as a singles band with no substance. In a 2012 cover story, Uncut observed, "While San Francisco longhairs across the bridge scoffed at their commercialism, Creedence henceforth made a point of releasing double A-sides. And invariably both songs would have an uncanny knack of cutting through to all sections of the population." Singer and lead guitarist John Fogerty, who had seemingly arrived out of nowhere, but had actually struggled with his bandmates throughout most of the 1960s as the Blue Velvets and the Golliwogs, composed the group's songs and generally steered the band artistically, although his grip on the band – including his dubious role as manager – irritated the others, especially his older brother Tom Fogerty, who left the band by the end of 1970.

The name of the album comes from the warehouse in Berkeley where the band rehearsed early in their career. It was dubbed "The Factory" by drummer Doug "Cosmo" Clifford, because bandleader John Fogerty made them practice there almost every day.

The cover photo is by Bob Fogerty, brother of John and Tom. As David Cavanagh of Uncut wrote in 2012, "The album's front cover showed the four of them caught by a camera in an off-duty moment, a proudly uncool quartet who looked more like lumberjacks than rock stars." In 2013, Doug Clifford recalled to Goldmine, "John knew the press would be all over us for the album, so he said that he would name the album after me and that I would have to deal with it. He wanted the pressure off of him. It was our biggest album ever and I tell people that they named it after me, so it had to be a hit [laughter]. That's a joke!"

The handwritten “3RD GENERATION” sign affixed to the support post at the left of the photo is a reference to a liner note on the band's debut album by rock music critic Ralph Gleason. “Creedence Clearwater Revival is an excellent example of the Third Generation of San Francisco bands,” wrote Gleason, with the meaning being they weren't quite as good as the Grateful Dead or Quicksilver Messenger Service.

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Fogerty, except where noted.

Side one

1. "Ramble Tamble" 7:09
2. "Before You Accuse Me" Ellas McDaniel 3:24
3. "Travelin' Band" 2:07
4. "Ooby Dooby" Wade Moore, Dick Penner 2:05
5. "Lookin' Out My Back Door" 2:31
6. "Run Through the Jungle" 3:09

Side two

1. "Up Around the Bend" 2:40
2. "My Baby Left Me" Arthur Crudup 2:17
3. "Who'll Stop the Rain" 2:28
4. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong 11:05
5. "Long As I Can See the Light" 3:33