THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “This unprecedented, limited-edition two-LP set — endorsed by the Patsy Cline Estate — features 48 unissued tracks by the country music legend, 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 Owen 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 also died in the crash that took Cline’s life), Ferlin Husky, Red Foley, Bobby Lord, Ernest Tubb and Lonzo and Oscar.”
