Summer Wine – Nancy Sinatra – 1966 (Stereo)

Описание: Well constructed ‘story song’, issued on a mono formatted 45 single in Australia (pictured) and initially marketed there as the flip side to ‘Sugar Town’.

This number, featuring singer/songwriter/producer, ‘Lee Hazlewood’ (who carries most of the vocal duties on the track), was later described as one of the greatest ‘B Sides’ of all time and it entered the Go-Set pop newspaper’s national top 40 chart (listed as ‘Summer Wine/Sugar Town’) on 11 January 1967, ultimately peaking at the #17 spot*.

The original stereo recording (with the duo’s vocals firmly located in the right channel) was included on the then 26 year old’s 1966 LP album, ‘Nancy In London’ and has been remixed a few times over the years. Of those re-issues, the (4.15) centred vocals, extended orchestral end fadeout version, first included on the 1986 ‘Rhino Records’ compilation CD, ‘The Hit Years’, seems to have picked up the majority of exposure on various music mediums, particularly ‘golden oldies’ radio.

This posted recording features Nancy & Lee’s centred vocals and reflects the (3.40) running time of the track found on the 1966 LP.

Australia release: Late 1966.
Highest local chart position (‘double A’ single): #2 Melbourne

In 1967, the ‘Go-Set’ chart was the only pop music survey compiled on an Australia wide basis but, many years later, after reviewing record retail sales, the ‘Kent Music Report’ confirmed its true national position was #14, achieved during a great run of 23 weeks.