There's Been A Change In Me 1951-1955 [LP]

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Personnel: Eddy Arnold (vocals, guitar); Douglas Kirkham, Dorothy Ann Dillard, Jack Brown, Betty McCormick, David Vogel, Keith Booth, Ralph Nyland, Merrill Ostrus, Marilyn Palmer, Sylvia Textor, Bettye McCormack, Robert Spiro, David A. Vogel, Jack Brown, Sylvia Textor, Ralph Nyland, William Guilford Wright, Jr., Lillian Clark, Marcia Neil, Anita Kerr, Lois Winter, Louis Dean Nunley, Millie Kirkham, Jimmy Leyden, Brock Speer (vocals); Chet Atkins (guitar, electric guitar); Al Chernet (guitar, banjo); Danny Perri, Jack Shook, Allan Hanlon, James Ulysis 'Guy' Willis, Louis Innes, Tony Gottuso, Allen Hanlon, James "Guy" Willis, Louise Innes (guitar); Walter L. Garland, Hank Garland (electric guitar, banjo); George Barnes, Harold Bradley (electric guitar); Ivan Leroy 'Little Roy' Wiggins, Ivan LeRoy Wiggins (steel guitar); Harry Glickman, Lillian Hunt, Howard Carpenter, Wilda Tinsley, Irving Finkstein, Ed Stover, Joyce McIlvaiin, Ovid Collins, Maurice Golodner, Seymour Miroff, Felix Orlewitz, Sylvan Shulman, Maurice Wilk, Maurice Hershaft, David Novales (violin); C. R. 'Skeeter' Willis (fiddle); Samuel Persoff, Jules Whiteman, John W. Kline, George "Funky" Brown, Howard Kay (viola); Milton Prinz, Thomas D. Thomas, Lucien Schmit, Martin Lake (cello); Vic Willis (accordion, piano); Henry Ross, Bernard Kaufman, Harold Feldman (saxophone); Arthur Berv, Walden Wilber, John Rossi (French horn); Marvin H. Hughes, Marty Gold (piano, celesta, organ); Cy Levitan, John Guarniori, J. Vic Willis, "Papa" John Gordy (piano); Eddie Litvin (organ); Jack Saunders, Phil Kraus (vibraphone, drums); James Burks (vibraphone); Bob L. Moore, Sam Hollingsworth, R. 'Chuck' Wright, Ernie Newton, George Duvivier, Frank Carroll, Charles Randolph Grean (bass instrument); Polk Moore, Walter Lenk, Terry Snyder, Clifford Leeman, Farris Coursey (drums). Liner Note Author: Michael Streissguth. Recording information: Brown Radio Productions, Nashville, TN (01/27/1951-12/01/1955); RCA Victor Studio, New York, NY (01/27/1951-12/01/1955); Thomas Productions, Nashville, TN (01/27/1951-12/01/1955); Webster Hall, New York, NY (01/27/1951-12/01/1955). Illustrators: R.A. Andreas; Packy Smith; E. Reinald Schumann. Photographers: R.A. Andreas; Packy Smith; E. Reinald Schumann. Arranger: Larry Wilcox. Eddy Arnold's approach to country and his rich, expressive baritone voice always seemed closer to pop singers like Bing Crosby and Perry Como than it did to more rustic country stars like Hank Snow and Ernest Tubb, and he worked with pop songwriters out of New York as much or more than he used Nashville ones. His approach reaped dividends, certainly, and he charted countless hits in an a truly astounding seven-decade career, and if he was never fully embraced by the public as a pop singer, he brought a kind of urbane dignity and grace to country music in the bargain, prefiguring the so-called Nashville countrypolitan sound as early as 1955. This expansive seven-disc, 166-track box charts Arnold's RCA Victor years from 1951 to 1955, and it reveals a fascinating transformation from Arnold's early tenure as a hillbilly singer to his later stance as the man who melted country and pop together into what was essentially a whole new musical form. The early stuff here, like the opening track "Tennessee Hillbilly Ghost," is surprisingly sturdy and energetic, and shows that Arnold could have easily made a successful career out of the rustic material that most country singers turned to, but he was really after something else, and possessing a near faultless ear for a good song, he went in an entirely different direction, and by the time he recorded songs like "I Walked Alone Last Night," with its beautiful string ensemble backing, he was just a sweater or two away from being Perry Como. Still, Arnold never completely turned his back on Nashville, keeping his home base there, and he continued to record songs like Floyd Tillman's "I Love You So Much It Hurts" and Merle Travis' lovely "Ba
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