Local Gentry

Local Gentry
Studio album by Bobbie Gentry
Released	October 1968
Recorded	May 10 - July 20, 1968 Capitol Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA
Genre	Female vocal
Length	33:23
Label	Capitol
Producer	Kelly Gordon
Bobbie Gentry chronology
The Delta Sweete (1968) Local Gentry (1968) Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell (1968)

Local Gentry^[1] is the third album by Bobbie Gentry. The second of four albums she released in 1968, it was produced by Kelly Gordon. "Sweete Peony", "Sittin' Pretty" and "Ace Insurance Man".

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Track listing

Side one

1. "Sweete Peony" (Bobbie Gentry) - 2:26*
2. "Casket Vignette" (Bobbie Gentry) - 2:34*
3. "Come Away Melinda" (Fran Minkoff, Fred Hellerman) - 3:21
4. "The Fool on the Hill" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 3:44
5. "Papa's Medicine Show" (Jamie Horton) - 3:50
6. "Ace Insurance Man" (Bobbie Gentry) - 3:33

Side two

1. "Recollection" (Bobbie Gentry) - 2:10*
2. "Sittin' Pretty" (Bobbie Gentry, Kelly Gordon) - 3:19
3. "Eleanor Rigby" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 2:27
4. "Peaceful" (Kenny Rankin) - 2:51
5. "Here, There and Everywhere" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 2:28

• Arranged and conducted by Perry Botkin Jr. and Shorty Rogers.

Sittin' Pretty

In 1971 the album was reissued as Sittin' Pretty minus the track "Come Away Melinda".

Notes and references

1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r602953