CRYSTAL GAYLE
Guest Appearances and Special Recordings 1976-1998
1976 LP Texas Country
- Willie Nelson United Artists 574H2
(USA) vocals by Crystal Gayle
track(s) unknown
1977 LP Larry Butler & Friends Featuring
Billie Joe Spears & Crystal Gayle
Pickwick 3726
(Canadian pressing: SPC-3726)
It says “by arrangement
with United Artists Records” on both the case and
record label. It also
says “This recording has been previously released”,
so it was most likely
originally released on United Artists.
Crystal Gayle: ‘Somebody
Loves You’. Different version than the original
United Artists release
of 1975. It’s a different vocal track as well as arrangement.
There’s a lot more
piano and backing vocals. Crystal only sings one verse and
chorus of the song.
The beginning is all instrumental.
1980 2-LP Set Volunteer Jam VI
Epic (USA) Stereo KE2 36438
Hosted by the Charlie
Daniels Band with special guests and friends
Crystal Gayle (with
L.A. Reflection Section) : vocals on
‘Same Old Story (Same
Old Song)’
1980 LP San Antonio Rose - Willie
Nelson & Ray Price
Columbia JC 36476
(USA) / Columbia 7464-36476-1 (Holland)
also issued on CD
Columbia CK 36476
Crystal Gayle: background
vocals on ‘Faded Love’
1981 LP Sesame Country
CTW Sesame Street CTW 89003 (USA)
This record was produced
by Sesame Street Records in co-operation
with Children's Television
Workshop.
Also issued on CD 5685 in
1992 in the USA.
Crystal Gayle: vocals on
‘Songs’ (Crystal Gayle and Big Bird)
1981 LP Volunteer Jam VII
Epic (USA) Stereo FE 37178
also issued on CD
in the USA in 1997: Epic/Legacy EK 65225
Hosted by the Charlie
Daniels Band with special guests & friends
Recorded live Saturday
January 17, 1981 at Municipal Auditorium,
Nashville, Tennessee
Crystal Gayle: vocals
on ‘Falling In Love For The Night’ (with The
Charlie
Daniels Band)
also
issued on a single in 1981 on Epic 14-02185 with ‘Sweet Home Alabama’
on other side (no Crystal on that song)
1981 LP In Harmony 2
CBS 85451 and PC 37641 (USA)
Crystal Gayle: ‘Here
Comes The Rainbow’
1981 3-LP Set ABC Radio Networks The
Silver Eagle (Cross Country Music
Show) Canada
SE-CAN-004 For Radio Play Only Not
For Sale
Starring CRYSTAL GAYLE
At The Uptown Theatre, Kansas City, Missouri
D.I.R. Broadcasting
Corp. P & C 1981
There are 3 LPs with
5 sides A-E. Total running time is 49 minutes.
Issued in the USA
and in Canada.
It was a promo live
album.
The track listing
is basically the same as her concert video: Gone At Last -
Why Have You
Left The One You Left Me For – Aint No Love – What A Little
Moonlight Can
Do – Lover Man – I Still Miss Someone – Help Yourselves To
Each Other –
Ready For The Times To Get Better – Same Old Story (Same Old
Song) – Right
In The Palm Of Your Hand – Take It Easy – Don’t It Make My
Brown Eyes Blue
– Half The Way – When I Dream – Rocky Top
1982 LP Radio Romance - Eddie Rabbitt
USA: Elektra/Asylum
Records EL-60160 (about Nov.1982)
Holland: Mercury 6302
216
Crystal Gayle: ‘You
And I’ (duet with Eddie Rabbitt)
also issued on CD
in 1990 on Capitol (USA) CDP 7 94652 2
From the LP a single
was taken and released on 20 September 1982 in the USA:
‘You And I’/’All
My Life, All My Love’ Elektra/Asylum 7-69936 (B-side Eddie
Rabbitt only)
| 1982 LP One From The Heart
The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack of Francis Coppola's Movie Featuring Tom Waits and Crystal Gayle USA: Columbia FC 37703 (released October 1982) Holland: CBS 70215 (re-released in 1986 on CBS 70215(IMS) also issued on CD CBS 467609 2 and on CD Columbia CK 37703 Tracks (on underlined titles vocals by Crystal Gayle or Crystal Gayle + Tom Waits): Opening Montage: Tom's Piano Intro (TW) /Once Upon A Town (CG+TW)/The Wages Of Love (CG+TW) - Is There Any Way Out Of This Dream? (CG) - Picking Up After You (CG+TW) - Old Boyfriends (CG) - Broken Bicycles - I Beg Your Pardon - Little Boy Blue - Instrumental Montage: The Tango/Circus Girl - You Can't Unring A Bell - This One's From The Heart (CG+TW) - Take Me Home (CG) - Presents |
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1982 Crystal was heard singing (with Paul Williams)
the theme song for the ABC-
TV Series "It
Takes Two" (autumn of 1982)
unknown whether a
recording was issued on single or LP
1982 Crystal Gayle In Concert recorded at Hamilton Place, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1982
1983 Crystal sang the theme song for the USA TV
Series “Masquerade”
unknown whether a
recording was issued on single or LP
1983 single ‘I Still Hear The
Music Of Nashville’ (USA, Warner Bros.)
This was a limited
release single. It was a promotional item for tourism
in Nashville.
It was for a song
writers contest for the city of Nashville and the winner
presumably won a song
writer’s contract. Crystal sang the song at a big
city celebration.
1984 duet single with Danny Chan ‘Tell
Me What Can I Do" – WEA 7-259274
(Australia)
| 1985 LP Dallas/The Music Story
Warner Bros 925325-1 (German pressing, also issued in Holland) (USA) Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris: ‘Makin' Up For Lost Time’ (The Dallas Lovers' Song) also issued from this album the single ‘Makin' Up For Lost Time’ on Warner |
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1990 single ‘Don’t Smoke’
Recorded at Hillsboro
High School
| 1991 CD 50 Years of Makin' Music -
Charlie Louvin
Playback Records PBCD 4505 (USA) Manufactured and distributed by Laurie Records with ‘Just Beyond The Pain’ by Charlie Louvin & Crystal Gayle also issued from this album the single ‘Just Beyond The Pain’ (on the Playback label in the USA about September 1992 |
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| 1992? CD Le retour de la mélodie - Charles
Dumont
Disques Domino DOCD-1530 (Canada) Licence: Audio K-7 Charles Dumont & Crystal Gayle: ‘Walk With Me’ |
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1992 CD single ‘Walk With Me’
- Charles Dumont & Crystal Gayle
Humble Heart Music
AB 01582
other side is ‘Once
Upon A Time’ (no Crystal)
1993 CD Music From The Epic Mini-Series The Wild
West
Mogull Entertainment
73333 35828-2 (USA)
Soundtrack of TV mini-series
(10 parts)
Crystal
Gayle: ‘Barbara Allen’
1993 CD A Bluebird Café Christmas
The Bluebird Café
(USA)
Crystal Gayle: ‘The
Christmas Song’ (Live)
1993 CD A Country Christmas With The Stars Of Nashville
Ally Cat Productions
V20011 Regency Music, Nashville (USA)
Crystal Gayle: ‘Hallelujah’
and ‘What Child Is This’
1994 CD Grammy’s Greatest Moments
with a ‘live’ version
of ‘Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue’
that Crystal did on
the Grammy Awards around 1982
1994 CD It Had To Be You - Peter Nero & Friends
InterSound Entertainment
CDS-3505 (USA)
with ‘It
Had To Be You’ by Peter Nero & Crystal Gayle
| 1994 CD Impressions of Christmas - Jay Patten
Artifex Records NR 15101 (USA) Crystal Gayle: ‘Special Kind Of Christmas’ (duet with Jay Patten) (no label is mentioned on the CD and the CD box) |
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| 1995 CD Music From The Original Motion
Picture Soundtrack GORDY The little pig who hit it big!
Curb Records, Inc. D2-77771 (USA) with ‘I Made A Promise’ by Crystal Gayle & Eddie Rabbitt also a single was issued from this album in 1995: ‘I Made A Promise’ (duet with Eddie Rabbitt) VIDEO Crystal Gayle & Eddie Rabbitt: 'I made a promise' Soundtrack released in 1995 by Curb Records in the USA |
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1995 CD Big Country For One And All
Music for Little People 9 42574-2 (USA)
Crystal Gayle: ‘Angel
Kisses’
1995 3-CD Set Revolutions of Time, The Journey
1975-1993 - Willie Nelson
Columbia/Legacy
C3K 64796 (USA)
Crystal Gayle:
background vocals on ‘Faded Love’
(a recording from
1980 with Willie Nelson & Ray Price)
1995 2-CD Set The Statler Brothers Sing
the Classics
presented by Heartland
Music. Collectors item not available in stores.
Also issued on cassette.
Crystal Gayle: ‘Moments
To Remember’. Crystal just sings 2 lines as an intro,
then she talks in
the middle of the song.
| 1997 CD When I Dream featuring
Crystal Gayle - Fizz
GlassNote Records GN5002-2 (USA) Crystal Gayle: vocals on 7 mixes of ‘When I Dream’. There’s also an additional instrumental version of ‘When I Dream’ on this CD. |
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1998 CD Standard Blue - Jay Patten
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Crystal Gayle: ‘Memories
Are Made Of This’ (duet with Jay Patten)
| 19.. CD single ‘Make A Wish’ theme song for the Make A Wish Foundation |
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19.. Crystal also did a song for the Canadian Special Olympics
(to be confirmed)
| 1999
CD Benny Martin – The Big Tiger Roars Again Part 1 OMS-25010-2. Crystal sings one track Secret Of Your Heart |
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| Patsy Cline Duets volume 1.
Mercury 463 417 097 2. Crystal sings one track ‘I Can’t Forget You’ |
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1999 Johnny Russell 'Actin' Naturally'
Crystal sings on two tracks, 'In A Mansion Stands My Love' and
'Aint You Even
Gonna Cry'
1999 CD Here's To Country Music
- Don Walser
Sire Records 31074-2 (USA)
Crystal Gayle: 'We Could You And I' (duet with
Don Walser)
CD
Ryman Country Homecoming, Vol.1
Coming Home Music SHD 2254 (USA)
Crystal Gayle: 'Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue'
CD Ryman Country Homecoming, Vol.3
Coming Home Music SHD 2256 (USA)
Crystal Gayle: 'Ready For The Times To Get Better'and
'Talkin' In Your sleep'.
VIDEO Ryman Country Homecoming Vol.1 (USA, 1999)
Crystal Gayle: 'Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue'
VIDEO Ryman Country Homecoming Vol.3 (USA, 1999)
Crystal Gayle: 'Ready For The Times To Get Better'
and
'Talkin'
In Your Sleep'
MISCELLANEOUS
19.. cassette Stories of the West
(Narrated short stories)
Crystal Gayle: ‘The
Covering’ and ‘Homestead’
These were books on
cassette. ‘The Covering’ refers to hair. ‘Homestead’ is
about a woman who
loses her husband and will lose her land if she doesn’t get
married.
19.. Burns Media Consultants: A Radio Special (P)
| 1993 The Country
Mouse and The City Mouse: A Christmas Tale
Sony Video with original songs performed by Crystal Gayle. |
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P.S. Some sources indicate that Crystal did vocals on
Tom Waits' 1983 LP (also issued on CD)
Swordfishtrombones.
This is not so.
THE GUEST APPEARANCES AND SPECIAL RECORDINGS
1976 - 1998
1- Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City (Live) (on 3-LP Set
The Silver Eagle)
2- Aint You Even Gonna Cry (Johnny Russell)
3- Angel Kisses (CD Big Country For One and All)
4- Barbara Allen (Soundtrack ‘The Wild West’)
5- Christmas Song, The (Live) (on CD A Bluebird Café
Christmas)
6- Covering, The (on Stories of the West - Narrated short stories)
7- Danger Zone (Live) (on 3-LP Set The Silver Eagle)
8- Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue (Live) (on 3-LP Set The
Silver Eagle)
9- Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue (Live) (on CD Grammy’s Greatest
Moments)
10- Don’t Smoke (Recorded at Hillsboro High School)
11- Faded Love (with Willie Nelson & Ray Price)
12- Falling In Love For The Night (with The Charlie Daniels Band)
13- Gone At Last (Live) (on 3-LP Set The Silver Eagle)
14- Half The Way (Live) (on 3-LP Set The Silver Eagle)
15- Hallelujah (on CD A Country Christmas With The Stars of Nashville)
16- Help Yourselves To Each Other (Live) (on 3-LP Set The Silver
Eagle)
17- Here Comes The Rainbow (on LP In Harmony 2)
18- Homestead (on Stories of the West - Narrated short stories)
19- I Can't Forget You (Patsy Cline)
20- I Made A Promise (with Eddie Rabbitt: soundtrack ‘Gordy’)
21- In A Mansion Stands My Love (Johnny Russell)
22- In my arms (from the CD of the same name)
23- I Still Hear The Music Of Nashville (special recording issued
on single)
24- I Still Miss Someone (Live) (on 3-LP Set The Silver Eagle)
25- Is There Any Way Out Of This Dream? (soundtrack ‘One from
the heart’)
26- It Had To Be You (with Peter Nero)
27- It Takes Two (with Paul Williams) (From TV
Series has this song been recorded /released on a single/LP/CD?)
28- Just Beyond The Pain (with Charlie Louvin)
29- Lover Man (Live) (on 3-LP Set The Silver Eagle)
30- Make A Wish (CD single for Make A Wish Foundation)
31- Masquerade (From TV Series has this song been recorded/released
on a single/LP/CD?)
32- Memories Are Made Of This (with Jay Patten)
32- Moments To Remember (on 2-CD Set The Statler Brothers Sing
The Classics)
34- Old Boyfriends (soundtrack ‘One from the heart’)
36- Once Upon A Town ( with Tom Waits: soundtrack ‘One from the
heart’)
37- Picking Up After You (with Tom Waits: soundtrack ‘One from
the heart’)
38- Ready For The Times To Get Better (Live) (on 3-LP Set The
Silver Eagle)
39- Right In The Palm Of Your Hand (Live) (on 3-LP Set The Silver
Eagle)
40- Rocky Top (Live) (on 3-LP Set The Silver Eagle)
41- Same Old Story (Same Old Song) (with L.A. Reflection
Section: double LP Volunteer Jam VI Hosted by the Charlie Daniels Band)
42- Same Old Story (Same Old Song) (Live) (on 3-LP Set The Silver
Eagle)
43- Secret Of Your Heart (Benny Martin)
44- Somebody Loves You (LP Larry Butler & Friends)
45- Songs (with Big Bird: LP + CD Sesame Country)
46- Special Kind Of Christmas (with Jay Patten)
47- Still Want You Back In My Life (released on Japanese Warner
CD only)
48- Take It Easy (Live) (on 3-LP Set The Silver Eagle)
49- Take Me Home (soundtrack ‘One from the heart’)
50- Talking In Your Sleep (Live) (on 3-LP Set The Silver Eagle)
51- Tell Me What Can I Do – (duet single with Danny Chan)
52- This One’s From The Heart (with Tom Waits: soundtrack ‘One
from the heart’)
53- Wages Of Love, The (with Tom Waits: soundtrack ‘One from
the heart’)
54- Walk With Me (with Charles Dumont)
55- What A Little Moonlight Can Do (Live) (on 3-LP Set The Silver
Eagle)
56- What Child Is This (on CD A Country Christmas With The Stars
Of Nashville)
57- When I Dream (Live) (on 3-LP Set The Silver Eagle)
58- When I Dream (7 mixes on Fizz CD)
59- Why Have You Left The One You Left Me For (Live) (on 3-LP
Set The Silver Eagle)
60- You And I (with Eddie Rabbitt)