Barbara Pittman /Rockabilly/

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Barbara Pittman - Getting Better All the Time

Release Date: Feb 18, 1998

1998 CD Charly
2005 CD Charly
2008 CD Complete Rock 'N' Roll

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160 MB


Barbara Pittman's claim to fame is that she was the only female artist signed to Sam Phillips' Sun Records -- other women recorded for the label, but only Pittman was given a contract. That alone would secure her place as a footnote in music history, but Pittman also cut one exalted rockabilly classic during her Sun years: "I Need a Man." Pittman was one of 12 children born to a family in Memphis, TN, in 1943. Her mother was acquainted with Gladys Presley, and Pittman attended the same school as Elvis. Pittman harbored musical ambitions from an early age, and approached Sun Records before she was even a teenager. When she was turned away because of her age, the dauntless Pittman found work with a local band (thanks to a recommendation by Elvis, Pittman says) before touring with western star Lash Larou in 1955. Returning to Memphis in 1956, Pittman began singing with Clyde Leoppard's Snearly Ranch Boys and found work as a demo singer for Stan Kesler, who hoped that her acquaintance with Presley would give a boost to a song he had earmarked for the popular rock & roller. The resulting demo of "Playing for Keeps" convinced Presley to record the song and brought Pittman to the attention of Sam Phillips. She cut the classic "I Need a Man" backed by members of Leoppard's band. The record was unsuccessful, but Pittman appeared on Sun package tours and continued to make recordings for Sun, many of which were not released. When other labels expressed an interest in Pittman in 1957, Phillips retaliated by offering her a contract, making her the only female artist to be honored thusly. Phillips let her choose whether she wanted to record for Sun or his new Phillips International subsidiary, and Pittman selected the latter because she thought it had a more attractive label design. She recorded several sessions with Sun players like Billy Lee Riley and Bill Justis, but her recordings ranged from teen-oriented pop to bluesy balladry, with little of the rockabilly and rock & roll for which she later would be celebrated. A one-off single with the vocal group the Sunrays also failed, and Pittman released her final Phillips single in 1960. Several radio stations deemed the flip-side, "Eleventh Commandment," blasphemous and banned it from airplay, further crippling an already doomed record. Pittman left Phillips International for Del-Fi, but no recordings were issued. Throughout the '60s she performed on cruise ships and military bases, and sang on the soundtracks of motorcycle movies such as Wild Wheels and Wild Angels. In the '70s she married, and with the rockabilly revival her reputation grew as her Sun recordings were reissued on compilation albums. In 1983 she formed a band in Houston, TX, and played at European rockabilly festivals. Pittman's legacy is built upon three or four essential tracks, but the squandered opportunities surrounding this husky-voiced singer are nearly as fascinating as the records she made.

Getting Better All the Time compiles most of Barbara Pittman's recordings for Sun and Phillips International, including her classic rockabilly cuts "I Need a Man," "Sentimental Fool," "Everlasting Love," and the title cut. Other tracks veer toward country ("Cold Cold Heart") or teen-oriented pop ("Two Young Fools in Love"), and the collection is rounded out with both sides of a single she recorded with a vocal group as the Sunrays and many alternate takes and demos. Pittman is revered by rockabilly cultists as a pioneering woman of rock & roll, but her legacy mostly boils down to the few aforementioned rockabilly cuts; the remaining material is largely disposable, particularly the inferior alternate takes. This 27-song CD offers good value for its low import price, but there is too much mediocre music here to make it worthwhile for any but the most avid rockabilly and Sun Records collectors.

Tracks:

01 - I Need A Man
02 - No Matter Who's To Blame
03 - Sentimental Fool [First Version]
04 - Voice Of A Fool
05 - Two Young Fools In Love
06 - I'm Getting Better All The Time
07 - Take My Sympathy [First Version]
08 - Cold, Cold Heart
09 - Everlasting Love
10 - Eleventh Commandment
11 - Handsome Man
12 - Just One Day
13 - Love Is A Stranger
14 - The Lonely Hours
15 - Sentimental Fool [Second Version]
16 - Cold, Cold Heart [Alternate Take]
17 - Everlasting Love [Alternate Take]
18 - No Matter Who's To Blame [Alternate Take]
19 - I'm Getting Better All The Time [First Version]
20 - Take My Sympathy [Alternate Take Demo Version]
21 - Two Young Fools In Love [Alternate Take Demo Version]
22 - I'm Getting Better All The Time [Demo Version]
23 - No Matter Who's To Blame [Alternate Take]
24 - I'm Getting Better All The Time [Alternate Take]
25 - Sentimental Fool [Third Version]
26 - I Forgot To Remember To Forget
27 - I'm Getting Better All The Time [Alternate Take]


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