Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge
Release Date: 02 June 2017
Label: Real Gone Music
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 848064005582
Genres: Country
Description
It is mighty, mighty hard to believe, but this famed duets album—which went to #1 on the country charts and #26 on the pop charts—has never been issued on CD outside of Japan, and even there only in the late '80s on a limited run. This was a love album par excellence, as the two stars had just gotten married weeks prior to the record's release in 1973; interestingly, though Kris Kristofferson, fresh from recording his country chart-topper "Why Me," was the bigger star at the time, Full Moon really played to Rita Coolidge's strengths, as it was produced by her long-time producer David Anderle and set its songs in a higher key more suited to her dreamy vocals. The album scored a huge hit with Kristofferson's "A Song I'd Like to Sing," and followed that up with a smash version of Tom Jans' "Loving Arms.;" the duo's rendition of Kristofferson's "From the Bottle to the Bottom" also won a Grammy for Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group. In short, Full Moon is and was a stone-cold classic; and our Real Gone Expanded Edition even adds adds no less than six unreleased tracks from the A&M vaults including a Kris & Rita duet and five more Rita solo recordings from the period! Cornerstone '70s country.
Tracklisting
Johnny Mathis
Johnny Mathis
Johnny Mathis
Joe Simon
Joe Bataan
Jimmy Webb
Jefferson Airplane
James Horner
Jimmy Webb
Tompall & The Glaser Brothers
Tom Jans & Mimi Farina
The Browns
Rita Coolidge
Ralph Stanley & Clinch Mountain Boys Featuring Ricky Skaggs & Keith Whitley
Porter Wagoner
Mickey Gilley
