Waylon Jennings RCA Victor LP Lot — Singer of Sad Songs, The Taker/Tulsa & Greatest Hits

Three Waylon Jennings vinyl LPs spanning his RCA Victor run from the late "Nashville Sound" period into the full Outlaw era. Singer of Sad Songs (LSP-4418, 1970) was produced by Lee Hazlewood at RCA Studios Hollywood in Spring 1970 — its back cover structured as a whimsical "Small Play" liner exchange between Waylon, Hazlewood, sound engineer Mickey Crofford, and a then-uncredited Jessi Colter (billed only as "a lady named Jessi"), capped with a telegram from Chet Atkins addressed to Waylon, Lee, and Mickey. The Taker/Tulsa (LSP-4487, 1971), produced by Danny Davis and Ronny Light, draws from the Kristofferson songbook and carries liner notes by Mike Hoyer of WHO Radio, Des Moines — written, as Hoyer explains in the text, at 7:30 a.m. after a 2 a.m. phone call from Ronny Light asking for them "yesterday." Greatest Hits (AHL1-3378, 1979) arrives in the full outlaw-era tooled-leather aesthetic, collecting the decade's defining singles including "Luckenbach, Texas," "Good Hearted Woman," and the Willie Nelson collaboration "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys."

A single-owner group. The earlier two jackets show the heaviest handling consistent with active use in the period; the Greatest Hits jacket presents the cleanest of the three. All three are playable as offered.

CONDITION

Good overall, playable, single-owner. Singer of Sad Songs shows the most jacket wear: edge and corner chipping, foxing and tide-line staining to the back, and a band of duct tape repair across the bottom spine area on both faces. The Taker/Tulsa has surface scuffing and ring wear to the black back panel with edge wear at the corners. Greatest Hits shows light surface scuffs and corner wear with a small mark to the front. No unpleasant odors.

DIMENSIONS / SPECIFICATIONS

Singer of Sad Songs — RCA Victor LSP-4418 (1970)
Produced by Lee Hazlewood · Recorded RCA Studios Hollywood, Spring 1970

• Side 1: Singer of Sad Songs (2:55) · Sick and Tired (1:54) · Time Between Bottles of Wine (2:18) · Must You Throw Dirt in My Face (2:16) · No Regrets (3:08) · Ragged But Right (2:12)
• Side 2: Honky Tonk Woman (2:58) · She Comes Running (2:09) · If I Were a Carpenter (2:21) · Donna on My Mind (2:11) · Rock, Salt and Nails (2:05)

The Taker/Tulsa — RCA Victor LSP-4487 (1971)
Produced by Danny Davis and Ronny Light · Recorded RCA "Nashville Sound" Studio, Nashville, TN and RCA's Music Center of the World, Hollywood, CA

• Side 1: The Taker (2:21) · You'll Look for Me (2:00) · Mississippi Woman (2:49) · Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) (3:02) · Six White Horses (2:37)
• Side 2: (Don't Let the Sun Set on You) Tulsa (3:05) · Casey's Last Ride (4:03) · (I'd Be) A Legend in My Time (2:15) · Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down (3:50) · Grey Eyes You Know (2:29)

Greatest Hits — RCA AHL1-3378 (1979)

• Tracks: Honky Tonk Heroes · Lonesome, On'ry and Mean · Amanda · Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line · Ladies Love Outlaws · Good Hearted Woman · I've Always Been Crazy · Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) · Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys (Waylon & Willie) · I'm a Ramblin' Man · Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way

• Format: 12" vinyl LP, stereo
• Count: 3 albums