KD LANG – SHADOWLAND LP – Nr MINT 1988 JAZZ POP COUNTRY

KD Lang – Shadowland
(Sire Records  1988  WX171)

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition

Sleeve in Nr MINT- condition
– a little wear to edges and light crease on left edge
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Kathryn Dawn Lang, OC (born November 2, 1961), known by her stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress.

Lang has won both Juno Awards and Grammy Awards for her musical performances; hits include “Constant Craving” and “Miss Chatelaine”. She has contributed songs to movie soundtracks and has collaborated with musicians such as Roy Orbison, Tony Bennett, Elton John, Anne Murray, Ann Wilson, and Jane Siberry.

Lang is also known for being an animal rights, gay rights, and Tibetan human rights activist. She is a tantric practitioner of the old school of Tibetan Buddhism.^[2] She performed Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” live at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. Previously, she had performed at the closing ceremony of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta. Lang possesses the vocal range of a mezzo-soprano.

Shadowland is the debut solo album by k.d. lang, released in 1988. The album included her collaboration with Kitty Wells, Loretta Lynn and Brenda Lee on “Honky Tonk Angels’ Medley” and was produced by Owen Bradley, who produced Patsy Cline’s best-known work.

Track listing

Side one

1. “Western Stars” (Chris Isaak) – 3:12
2. “Lock, Stock and Teardrops” (Roger Miller) – 3:28
3. “Sugar Moon” (Cindy Walker, Bob Wills) – 2:26
4. “I Wish I Didn’t Love You So” (Frank Loesser) – 3:07
5. “(Waltz Me) Once Again Around the Dance Floor” (Don Goodman, Sara Johns, Jack Rowland) – 2:35
6. “Black Coffee” (Sonny Burke, Paul Francis Webster) – 3:17

Side two

1. “Shadowland” (Dick Hyman, Charles Tobias) – 2:28
2. “Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes” (Slim Willet) – 2:20
3. “Tears Don’t Care Who Cries Them” (Fred Tobias, Charles Tobias) – 3:03
4. “I’m Down to My Last Cigarette” (Harlan Howard, Billy Walker) – 2:46
5. “Busy Being Blue” (Stewart MacDougall) – 3:40
6. “Honky Tonk Angels’ Medley” – 2:55
   • “In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)” (Leroy Carr, Don Raye)
   • “You Nearly Lose Your Mind” (Ernest Tubb)
   • “Blues Stay Away from Me” (Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore, Wayne Raney, Henry Glover)

Personnel

• k.d.lang – vocals
• Harold Bradley – banjo, bass, ukulele, gut string guitar
• Jimmy Capps – rhythm guitar
• Buddy Emmons – steel guitar
• Tony Migliore – piano, accordion
• Roger Morris – piano
• Hargus “Pig” Robbins – piano
• Hal Rugg – steel guitar
• Buddy Spicher – fiddle
• Henry Strzelecki – bass
• Pete Wade – electric guitar
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• Buddy Harman – drums
• Jim Horn – saxophone
• The Nashville String Machine
  • Bill McElhiney – arrangements
  • David Angell – violin
  • Roy Christensen – cello
  • Connie Ellisor – violin
  • Ted Madsen – violin
  • Bob Mason – cello
  • Pamela Sixfin – violin
  • Carl Gorodetzky – violin
  • Dennis Molchan – violin
  • George Binkley III – violin
  • John Borg – viola
  • Gary VanOsdale – viola
  • Anthony LaMarchina – cello
  • Lee Larrison – violin
• The Jordanaires – vocals on “Western Stars”, “I Wish I Didn’t Love You So” & “Tears Don’t Care Who Cries Them”
  • Gordon Stoker
  • Louis Dean Nunley
  • Neal Matthews, Jr.
  • Duane West
• Tennessee – vocals on “Lock, Stock and Teardrops”, “Sugar Moon”, “Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes” & “I’m Down to My Last Cigarette”
  • Hurshel Wiginton
  • Doug Clements
  • Louis Dean Nunley
  • Jim Ferguson
• The Honky Tonk Angels – vocals on “Honky Tonk Angels’ Medley”
  • Brenda Lee
  • Loretta Lynn
  • Kitty Wells

Production

• Producer: Owen Bradley
• Engineer: Bobby Bradley