Get While the Gettin's Good
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{{Infobox album
| name = Get While the Gettin's Good
| type = studio
| artist = Bill Anderson
| cover = Bill Anderson--Get While the Gettin's Good.jpg
| released = {{start date|1967|02}}
| recorded = November 1966
| venue =
| studio = Bradley's Barn, Mount Juliet, Tennessee
| genre = {{hlist|Country|Nashville Sound{{cite web |title=Get While the Gettin's Good – Bill Anderson – Songs, Reviews, Credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/get-while-the-gettins-good-mw0000871295 |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=April 13, 2020}}}}
| length =
| label = Decca
| producer = Owen Bradley
| prev_title = I Love You Drops
| prev_year = 1966
| next_title = I Can Do Nothing Alone
| next_year = 1967
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Get While the Gettin's Good
| type = studio
| single1 = Get While the Gettin's Good
| single1date = January 1967
}}
}}
Get While the Gettin's Good is a studio album by American country singer-songwriter Bill Anderson. It was released in February 1967 on Decca Records and was produced by Owen Bradley. The project was Anderson's sixth studio album and included one single issued. The album itself reached peak positions on the Billboard country albums chart.
Background and content
Get While the Gettin's Good was recorded in November 1966 at Bradley's Barn, a studio located in Mount Juliet, Tennessee and owned by the album's producer, Owen Bradley. Anderson had been recording with Bradley since his beginnings at the Decca label in the late 1950s. This would be their sixth studio album together.{{cite journal |last1=Anderson |first1=Bill |title=Get While the Gettin's Good (Liner Notes and Album Information) |journal=Decca Records |date=February 1967}} The album consisted of 12 tracks that were previously unrecorded.{{cite web |title=Bill Anderson – Get While the Gettin's Good (1967, Vinyl) |url=https://www.discogs.com/Bill-Anderson-Get-While-The-Gettins-Good/release/5141542 |publisher=discogs |accessdate=April 13, 2020}} Five of the album's tunes were composed by Anderson, including the title track. Among these songs was "Bad Seed", which had recently become a major country hit for Jan Howard. Other songs were cover versions of songs previously recorded by others. The third track, "A Satisfied Mind", had been previously recorded by Porter Wagoner and Jean Shepard respectively. "Ride, Ride, Ride" was first cut by Lynn Anderson. A third track, "Open Up Your Heart", had first been recorded by Buck Owens.
Release and reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}
}}
Get While the Gettin's Good was released in February 1967 on Decca Records. The album was released as a vinyl record, with six songs on both sides of the project. The record peaked at number eight on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart on April 15, 1967, becoming Anderson's fifth studio album to reach the top ten on that chart.{{cite web |title=Get While the Gettin's Good chart history |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/bill-anderson/chart-history/clp/ |website=Billboard |accessdate=April 13, 2020}}
The album included one single which was the title track. The title track was released a month prior to the album, January 1967.{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc.|year=2008|isbn=0-89820-177-2}} By March 1967, the single had peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, becoming Anderson's twelfth top ten hit on that chart.{{cite web |title="Get While the Gettin's Good" [single] chart history |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/bill-anderson/chart-history/csi/ |website=Billboard |accessdate=April 13, 2020}} Following its release, the album would be reviewed by Allmusic. They gave the project three out of five possible stars.
Track listing
{{track listing
| title1 = Get While the Gettin's Good
| writer1 = Bill Anderson
| length1 = 2:32
| title2 = The Wheel of Hurt
| writer2 = {{hlist|Charles Singleton|Eddie Snyder}}
| length2 = 2:32
| title3 = A Satisfied Mind
| writer3 = {{hlist|Red Hayes|Jack Rhodes}}
| length3 = 2:27
| title4 = The First Mrs. Jones
| writer4 = Anderson
| length4 = 2:43
| title5 = Bad Seed
| writer5 = Anderson
| length5 = 2:58
| title6 = Something to Believe In
| writer6 = Anderson
| length6 = 2:57
}}
{{track listing
| title1 = Ride, Ride, Ride
| writer1 = Liz Anderson
| length1 = 2:04
| title2 = Daddy and My Mama and Me
| writer2 = Jimmy Gateley
| length2 = 2:30
| title3 = Open Up Your Heart
| writer3 = Buck Owens
| length3 = 2:21
| title4 = Homesick
| writer4 = Billy Cole
| length4 = 2:30
| title5 = Born
| writer5 = Anderson
| length5 = 2:30
| title6 = Remember Me (When the Candlelights Are Gleaming)
| writer6 = Scotty Wiseman
| length6 = 2:29
}}
Personnel
All credits are adapted from the liner notes of I Love You Drops.
Musical personnel
- Bill Anderson – lead vocals
- Harold Bradley – guitar
- Ray Edenton – guitar
- Roy Huskey – bass
- The Jordanaires – background vocals
- Jimmy Lance – guitar
- Grady Martin – guitar
- Len Miller – drums
- Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
- Hal Rugg – steel guitar
- Jerry Shook – guitar
- Jerry Smith – piano
Technical personnel
- Owen Bradley – record producer
- Hal Buksbaum – photography
Chart performance
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1967)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|BillboardCountry|8|artist=Bill Anderson|rowheader=true|date=20200121|accessdate=April 13, 2020}} |
Release history
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col"| Region
!scope="col"| Date !scope="col"| Format !scope="col"| Label !scope="col"| Ref. |
|---|
| scope="row"| United States
| February 1967 | Vinyl | Decca |
References
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Category:Albums produced by Owen Bradley