"Tennessee Women's Prison" Released: December 1972
"Your Memory Comes and Gets Me" Released: May 1973
Country Keepsakes is a studio album by American recording artist Wanda Jackson. It was released in March 1973 via Capitol Records and contained ten tracks. The album was Jackson's twenty first studio recording and her final recording issued on the Capitol label. The record was a collection of country songs she made with Capitol to fulfill requirements in her contract before signing with Word Records.
Background
Wanda Jackson signed with Capitol Records in 1956, recording a series of Rockabilly selections before transitioning into country music in the 1960s. She had significant commercial success in the years that followed. In 1971, Jackson discovered Christianity and decided to record more religious material, beginning with 1972's Praise the Lord. Jackson signed with Word Records in 1973 so she could further pursue religious music.[2] To fulfill obligations in her Capitol recording contract, Jackson released one final country album in 1973, which would be Country Keepsakes.[3]
Content
The project was recorded between October 1972 and January 1973 at the Jack Clement Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Sessions were produced by Joe Allison, whom Jackson had not recorded with before.[4]Country Keepsakes was a collection of ten tracks.[1] The album consisted of country music selections, including covers of "You Took Him Off My Hands" and "A Wound Time Can't Erase". A gospel version of "There Goes My Everything" titled "He Is My Everything" is also featured. Several original recordings were also part of the project, such as "Tennessee Women's Prison".[4]
Country Keepsakes was originally released in March 1973 on Capitol Records. The project marked Jackson's twenty first studio album and her final to be released on Capitol. It was originally issued as a vinyl LP, containing five selections on either side of the record.[4] In later decades, it was re-released on Capitol Records Nashville to digital and streaming markets, such as Apple Music.[5]
The original LP spent three weeks charting on the BillboardTop Country Albums list, peaking at number 43 in May 1973. It was Jackson's last album to chart on the list until 2012.[6] Although a full review was not provided, AllMusic would later give the album a two-star rating.[1] Two singles were released from the project, beginning with "Tennessee Women's Prison" in December 1972.[7] It was then followed by "Your Memory Comes and Gets Me" in May 1973.[8]
^Bomar, Scott; Jackson, Wanda (2017). Every night is Saturday night : a country girl's journey to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. United States: BMG. ISBN9781947026070.
^ abcdefgJackson, Wanda (March 1973). "Country Keepsakes (LP Information and Liner Notes)". Capitol Records. ST-11161.
