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".

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