This unprecedented, limited edition two-LP set, fully endorsed by the Patsy
Cline Estate, features 48 unissued tracks by the country music legend, all
released legitimately for the first time
They survey the full breadth of the singer's artistry, from her first days as a
professional musician with Bill Peer & the Melody Boys and Girls in the early '50s to
the apex of her popularity, just weeks before she tragically died at the age of 30 in a
plane crash on March 5, 1963.
The legacy of the late, legendary country vocalist Patsy Cline, whose celebrated
recordings of the 1950s and 1960s with producer Owen Bradley helped establish the
genre's pop-crossover "Nashville Sound," receives a new chapter on Record Store Day
(April 12) with Imagine That: The Lost Recordings (1954-1963), a revelatory collection
of previously unreleased recordings from Elemental Music/Deep Digs.
Drawn from radio broadcasts, TV shows, and private recordings, these meticulously
restored performances cast a fresh spotlight on Cline's luminous, powerful voice, and
eschew the opulent strings and vocal choruses of Bradley's productions in favor of an
intimate, unadorned, earthy sound. Affecting alternate versions of Cline's charttopping
crossover hits "Walking After Midnight," "I Fall to Pieces," "Crazy," and "She's
Got You" are included. She is heard duetting with such fellow country stars as Cowboy
Copas (who died in the crash that took Cline's life), Ferlin Husky, Red Foley, Bobby
Lord, Ernest Tubb, and Lonzo & Oscar.