Kristofferson (Album)
Me and Bobby McGee Kristofferson or is the debut album of country musician and songwriter Kris Kristofferson. It appeared in 1970 on Monument Records.
Genesis
Kris Kristofferson had made a name for his debut album already before the recordings. 1963 Dave Dudley had his song Viet Nam Blues added, 1969, Roger Miller Me and Bobby McGee on. In 1969 he was offered to Bob Beckham a contract with Monument Records. When Kristofferson was playing some of his new songs To Beat the Devil, Jody and the Kid, Best of All Possible Worlds and Duvalier 's Dream, confirmed that the agreement and urged a recording albums.
Kristofferson took 12 songs in Monument Recording Studio, Forster self-produced the album, worked as a sound engineer Tommy Strong with. All songs were written by Kristofferson, Me and Bobby McGee only ( Fred Forster) and Blame It on the Stones ( John Wilkin ) there were co- authorship. The album was released in April 1970 under the title Kristofferson. Kristofferson was promoting the album through a multi-week tour that distinguish it from Los Angeles on June 23, 1970 Isle of Wight Festival (July 26 ) to the UK and led to the conclusion New York.
Reprints
Despite a respect success the album was finally no longer pressed quite fast. The demand for the original versions of Kristofferson songs rose, however, particularly since other interpretations came into the charts. Meanwhile Monument had been purchased by CBS Records and was converted into a sub-label of Columbia. After Kristofferson The Silver Tongued Devil sophomore And I was published in July 1971, Columbia presented his debut album on new, but under the title Me and Bobby McGee and with different cover artwork, but identical tracklist. The CD release in 2001 was again under the original title Kristofferson. In addition, this edition will receive four bonus tracks that come from the same recording session as the other tracks on the album.
Success
Some of the songs has already been published earlier, another part was interpreted coincide with the publication of the album by other artists. So Johnny Cash's version of Sunday Mornin ' Comin ' Down was a hit and the song was honored at the 1970 Country Music Association Awards for Song of the Year ( Song of the Year ). Even Janis Joplin recorded shortly before her death version of Me and Bobby McGee became a hit. Other songs from the album were Ray Price (For the Good Times) and Sammi Smith ( Help Me Make It Through the Night ) interpreted. The album itself sold at the appearance about 32,000 times, the new version of Me and Bobby McGee reached number 10 on the Billboard country charts and number 43 on the Billboard 200 It was on December 18, 1974 by the Recording Industry Association of America with a Golden Disc Award.
The album is considered alongside the works of Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard and Johnny Cash as the initial ignition of the Outlaw movement.
Title list
Published in 2001, Columbia Records, a remastered version with the following bonus tracks: