Your Love Is So Doggone Good

Album: Love Country Style, ABC/Tangerine 707, June 1970.
Single (B): ABC 11308, July 1971, b/w Feel So Bad.

Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles in May 1970.

A remarkable, strings dominated arrangement by Sid Feller. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. The choir, and the rhythm section remained uncredited (Carol Kaye possibly on bass).

Ray added a few seduction routine phrases, in his lowest speaking voice.

Don't Change On Me

DJ promo single.

Album: Love Country Style, ABC/Tangerine 707, June 1970.
Single (A): ABC 11291, February 1971, b/w Sweet Memories.

Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles in May 1970.

The musicians and singers remained uncredited. But Carol Kaye played bass on this one. On her forum she wrote:

"I did follow the arrangement in the intro only; then Ray told me 'to go for it' as usual.... Was fun to record. Ray changed the horn parts right on the date, giving them their notes, and the rest of the fine arrangement by the great Sid Feller was left in-tact, strings etc. Sid was there conducting... Always loved working for Sid. 

And of course Ray was always the greatest! [...] Not sure who the drummer was, think we cut this about same time as Feel So Bad so it probably was his band drummer [Ernie Ellie, BS] at that time, he always had great musicians... I'm sure Grover Mitchell is on this date, I remember chatting with him, excellent trombonist who Ray always used on his dates!"

The original single is a mono fold of  the original 3'01 album version. The 3'23 version used a different vocal take and can be found on later anthologies.

3'01 version:


3'23 version:


Hee Haw, 1970:


Live:
'70 TV Hee Haw
'70 LC Paris
'71 LC San Carlos
'72 LC San Carlos
'73 LC Nassau
'73 LC Stockholm
'78 LC Antibes
'78 LC Boston
'82 LC Antibes
'82 LC Beacon
'84 LC Warsaw - Released
'85 LC Antibes
'85 TV Smokey
'86 LC Lugano
'88 LC Oklahoma
'88 LC Saratoga
'89 LC Osaka
'95 LC Greenville

Good Morning Dear

Album: Love Country Style, ABC/Tangerine 707, June 1970.

Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles in May 1970. Arranged by Sid Feller. With strings, a choir and a rhythm section. The musicians remained uncredited (Carol Kaye possibly on bass).

Who delivered that operatic backing vocal, and who the whispering speaking voice?

I Keep It Hid

Album: Love Country Style, ABC/Tangerine 707, June 1970.

Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles in May 1970.

Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles in May 1970. Arranged by Sid Feller. With strings, choir and rhythm section. The musicians remained uncredited (Carol Kaye possibly on bass).

If You Were Mine

Album: Love Country Style, ABC/Tangerine 707, June 1970.
Single (A): ABC 11271, August 1970, b/w Till I Can't Take it Anymore.

Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles.

With strings, rhythm section, and singers - all unnamed.



Live:
'70 LC Geneva
'71 TV Andy

Ring Of Fire

Album: Love Country Style, ABC/Tangerine 707, June 1970.
Single (B): ABC 11351, March 1973, b/w I Can Make It Thru the Days (But Oh Those Lonely Nights).

Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles in May 1970. Arranged by Sid Feller. With strings, woodwinds and rhythm section. The musicians remained uncredited (Carol Kaye possibly on bass). The bridge at 1'14 drives every musician crazy with joy.

The live renditions were even better.



Johnny Cash Show 1970:


Live:
'70 TV Cash
'73 TV Flip
'74 TV Opry

Show Me The Sunshine

Album: Love Country Style, ABC/Tangerine 707, June 1970.

Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles in May 1970. Arranged by Sid Feller. With organ, strings, (a 'black sounding') choir (Raelettes + Ray?) and a rhythm section. The musicians remained uncredited (Carol Kaye possibly on bass).



Live:
'70 LC Paris
'70 LC Geneva

Sweet Memories (With Clydie King)

Dutch release.

Album: Love Country Style, ABC/Tangerine 707, June 1970.
Single (B): ABC 11291, February 1971, b/w Don't Change On Me.

A nice duet with Sister Clydie. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles. The musicians and choir remained uncredited.

Till I Can't Take It Anymore

Album: Love Country Style, ABC/Tangerine 707, June 1970.
Single (B): ABC 11271, August 1970, b/w If You Were Mine.

Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles in May 1970. Arranged by Sid Feller. With strings, and a rhythm section. The musicians remained uncredited. Carol Kaye possibly on bass; David T. Walker and Steve Guillory contributed on guitar.

You've Still Got A Place In My Heart

Album: Love Country Style, ABC/Tangerine 707, 1970-06.

Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles.
The musicians remained uncredited (but David T. Walker and Steve Guillory contributed on guitar).

Love Country Style (1970)

1. If You Were Mine
2. Ring Of Fire
3. Your Love Is So Doggone Good
4. Don't Change On Me
5. Till I Can't Take It Anymore
6. You've Still Got A Place In My Heart
7. I Keep It Hid
8. Sweet Memories
9. Good Morning Dear
10. Show Me The Sunshine

With the new 8-track console at his command, Ray started recording the backing tracks first, then adding his vocals and piano days or weeks later, adding overdubs and mixing whenever he desired, pushing tracks through various stages. Don't Change On Me and If You Were Mine were small hits.

#2, #3, #4, #5, #7, #9, and #10 were arranged by Sid Feller and recorded in May 1970.

The musicians remained uncredited. But in #5 David T. Walker and Steve Guillory contributed on guitar; Carol Kaye played bass on #4, and possibly also on one or more other tunes of the May 1970 session(s).

ABC/Tangerine 707, June 1970.