''Good Times'' is a
studio album
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by American recording artist
Wanda Jackson. It was released in 1980 via Deep Sea Music and contained ten tracks. The album was Jackson's twenty sixth studio disc and her first to be released on a label outside the United States. It included a mixture of new tracks and re-recordings. The album's lead single was a cover of "
Don't Let the Good Times Fool You
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".
Background
Wanda Jackson had become known to audiences through a series of
Rockabilly,
Country and
gospel music audiences through hit singles like "
Let's Have a Party
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", "
In the Middle of a Heartache", and "
The Box It Came In
"The Box It Came In" is a song written by Vic McAlpin (1918-1980) that was recorded by American country, rock, and Christian artist, Wanda Jackson.
The song was recorded at the Columbia Recording Studio on September 24, 1965, in Nashville, Tennes ...
".
By the late 1970s, Jackson had temporarily retreated into domestic life but continued occasionally recording music.
Content
In 1980, businessman Mervyn Conn enlisted Jackson to record for his British-based Deep Sea Music label. Conn explained in the
liner notes that Jackson had become "a major artist in U.K. country music" and he felt it fitting to have her be his first artist on the label. A total of ten tracks were recorded for the album, which were cut on May 15, 1980, in
Nashville, Tennessee alongside producer
Gary S. Paxton
Gary Sanford Paxton (born Larry Wayne Stevens; May 18, 1939 – July 17, 2016) was an American record producer, recording artist, and Grammy and Dove Award winning songwriter. Paxton was a member of Skip & Flip and the Hollywood Argyles and wa ...
. For the project, Jackson re-recorded the songs "
Silver Threads and Golden Needles
"Silver Threads and Golden Needles" is a country song written by Dick Reynolds and Jack Rhodes. It was first recorded by Wanda Jackson in 1956. The original lyrics, as performed by Jackson, contain a verse not usually included in later versions, w ...
", "
Right or Wrong" and "Grandma Sang Off-Key". Original tracks were also featured, including her self-penned "My Umbrella".
Release and singles
''Good Times'' was released in 1980 on Deep Sea Music. It became Jackson's twenty sixth studio album and her first to be released outside of the United States. It was sold exclusively to markets in the United Kingdom. The project was originally issued as a
vinyl LP
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, containing five songs on both sides of the record.
In 1987, the album was released in Switzerland as a
compact disc via Montana Country.
The disc included one single release. In 1980, Jackson's cover of
Melba Montgomery's "Don't Let the Good Times Fool You" was released on the Deep Sea label, backed with "My Umbrella" on the
B-side
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.
Track listings
Vinyl version
CD version
Release history
References
{{Wanda Jackson
1980 albums
Wanda Jackson albums