Smith, Sammi
Best Of Sammi Smith
Rare & Collectible Vinyl Records

Sealed 1972 Stereo Compilation. Clean Cut Out Hole. "Sammi Smith Was A Difficult Singer To Categorize. Straddling The Line Between Lush Country-Pop And Idiosyncratic Outlaw Country, She Didn't Belong To Either World, Which Didn't Effect The Quality Of Her Music But At Times Could Mean That She Slipped Through The Cracks Between Critical Acclaim And Commercial Sales. She Didn't Want Either, But Neither Arrived At The Level She Deserved…As A Vocalist, She Was On Par With Anybody In The Outlaw Movement, But Her Music, As Exploratory As It Was, Was Closer To Country-Pop, Which Meant That Some Didn't Give Her The Credit She Deserved At The Time. This Collection Restores Her Reputation By Putting Those Mega Sides Back In Print (Along With A Couple Of Subpar Singles Cut For Cyclone In 1979) And Proving That Smith Was One Of The Most Interesting Female Country Voices Of The '70s." Thomas Erlewine, AMG.