One of this year’s most exciting reissues was the double-CD (and/or double-vinyl) presentation of Bobbie Gentry’s second album, The Delta Sweete (originally Capitol, 1968). When you see the name Andrew Batt on a project, it’ll have been overseen by Universal’s A-team, and lavished with exceptional attention to detail and care. The story of the album, which did not do particularly well at the time of its release, forms the substance of my October 2020 Record Collector piece. Read a preview of the article, for which I spoke to Bobbie experts and two people who knew her, here…
