Come Along and Walk with Me
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Come Along and Walk with Me is seventeenth solo
Background
Prior to the making of Come Along and Walk with Me, Connie Smith had nearly a decade of top ten and top 20 country singles. In 1968, she became a Christian which ultimately influenced her to record more gospel material.[2] Many of her regular country albums had featured one or two gospel selections.[3] Yet, Smith wanted to record a full-length gospel collection. In a 2012 interview with Barry Mazor, Smith explained that recording a gospel album was not in the interest of her record label. However, Smith also realized that she was "making them money at the time" and "there were some things they needed to appease".[4]
Recording content
Smith went into the recording studio to cut material for Come Along and Walk with Me over the course of three days in 1971: June 1, June 2 and June 3. The sessions were produced by her longtime producer at the RCA Victor label,
The album's title track came from one of two songs penned by
Release and reception
Come Along and Walk with Me was originally released in October 1971 on the RCA Victor label. It was the nineteenth studio release of Smith's career, her third studio album of 1971 and her third album of gospel material. RCA Victor originally distributed the disc as a
Track listings
Vinyl version
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4. | "Crumbs from the Table" | Barbara Miller | 3:06 |
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5. | "He Touched Me" | Bill Gaither | 2:54 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Come Along and Walk with Me" |
| 2:57 |
2. | "(In the Valley) He Restoreth My Soul" | Dottie Rambo | 2:30 |
3. | "Too Much to Gain to Lose" | Rambo | 2:47 |
4. | "Don't Let Me Walk Too Far from Calvary" | Rambo | 3:46 |
5. | "I'd Still Want to Serve Him Today" | Ray Lewis | 2:18 |
Digital version
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Plenty of Time" | McLean | 3:07 |
2. | "The Street Where the Lonely Walk" | Jennings | 3:11 |
3. | "The Bridge of Love" |
| 2:40 |
4. | "Crumbs from the Table" | Miller | 3:10 |
5. | "He Touched Me" | Gaither | 2:56 |
6. | "Come Along and Walk with Me" |
| 3:00 |
7. | "(In the Valley) He Restoreth My Soul" | Rambo | 2:32 |
8. | "Too Much to Gain to Lose" | Rambo | 2:49 |
9. | "Don't Let Me Walk Too Far from Calvary" | Rambo | 3:51 |
10. | "I'd Still Want to Serve Him Today" | Lewis | 2:21 |
Personnel
All credits are adapted from the liner notes of Come Along and Walk with Me[7] and the biography booklet by Barry Mazor titled Just for What I Am.[5]
Musical personnel
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Technical personnel
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Release history
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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North America | October 1971 | Vinyl | RCA Victor | [7] |
2010s |
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Sony Music Entertainment
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References
Footnotes
- ^ a b "Album Reviews". Billboard. Vol. 83, no. 47. November 20, 1971. p. 85. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ Bush, John. "Connie Smith Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ Mazor 2012, p. 7.
- ^ a b c d Mazor 2012, p. 42.
- ^ a b Mazor 2012, p. 65.
- ^ "Come Along and Walk with Me: Connie Smith: Songs, reviews, credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Smith, Connie (October 1971). "Come Along and Walk with Me (LP Liner Notes and Album Information)". RCA Victor. LSP-4598.
- ^ a b c "Come Along and Walk with Me by Connie Smith". Apple Music. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
Books
- Mazor, Barry (February 27, 2012). Just for What I Am (Box Set Biography). ISBN 978-3-89916-638-5.