Good Times (Wanda Jackson album)

Good Times is a studio album by American recording artist Wanda Jackson. It was released in 1980 via Deep Sea Music and contained ten tracks. The album was Jackson's twenty sixth studio disc and her first to be released on a label outside the United States. It included a mixture of new tracks and re-recordings. The album's lead single was a cover of "Don't Let the Good Times Fool You".

Good Times
Studio album by Wanda Jackson
Released	1980 (1980)
Recorded	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. May 15, 1980 (1980-05-15)
Genre	Country
Label	Deep Sea
Producer	Gary S. Paxton
Wanda Jackson chronology
Closer to Jesus (1977) Good Times (1980) Show Me the Way to Calvary (1981)
Singles from Good Times
"Don't Let the Good Times Fool You" Released: 1980

Background

Wanda Jackson had become known to audiences through a series of Rockabilly, Country and gospel music audiences through hit singles like "Let's Have a Party", "In the Middle of a Heartache", and "The Box It Came In". By the late 1970s, Jackson had temporarily retreated into domestic life but continued occasionally recording music.

Content

In 1980, businessman Mervyn Conn enlisted Jackson to record for his British-based Deep Sea Music label. Conn explained in the liner notes that Jackson had become "a major artist in U.K. country music" and he felt it fitting to have her be his first artist on the label. A total of ten tracks were recorded for the album, which were cut on May 15, 1980, in Nashville, Tennessee alongside producer Gary S. Paxton. For the project, Jackson re-recorded the songs "Silver Threads and Golden Needles", "Right or Wrong" and "Grandma Sang Off-Key". Original tracks were also featured, including her self-penned "My Umbrella".

Release and singles

Good Times was released in 1980 on Deep Sea Music. It became Jackson's twenty sixth studio album and her first to be released outside of the United States. It was sold exclusively to markets in the United Kingdom. The project was originally issued as a vinyl LP, containing five songs on both sides of the record. In 1987, the album was released in Switzerland as a compact disc via Montana Country. The disc included one single release. In 1980, Jackson's cover of Melba Montgomery's "Don't Let the Good Times Fool You" was released on the Deep Sea label, backed with "My Umbrella" on the B-side.

Track listings

Vinyl version

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Right or Wrong"	Wanda Jackson
2.	"Don't Let the Good Times Fool You"	Ronald Hellard Gary S. Paxton
3.	"My Umbrella"	Jackson
4.	"Before the Next Tear Drop Falls"	Vivian Keith Ben Peters
5.	"Love Isn't Love"	Bobby Fisher Ricci Mareno

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Silver Threads & Golden Needles"	Dick Reynolds Jack Rhodes
2.	"Grandma Sang Off Key"	Vera Lakey
3.	"The Other Woman"	Molly Siegele
4.	"I Can Feel Love"	Jim Hayner
5.	"Little Things Mean a Lot"	Edith Lindeman Carl Stutz

CD version

Good Times (Montana Country)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Right or Wrong"	Jackson	2:41
2.	"Don't Let the Good Times Fool You"	Hellard Paxton	3:00
3.	"My Umbrella"	Jackson	2:47
4.	"Before the Next Tear Drop Falls"	Keith Peters	2:31
5.	"Love Isn't Love"	Fisher Mareno	2:44
6.	"Silver Threads & Golden Needles"	Reynolds Rhodes	2:49
7.	"Grandma Sang Off Key"	Lakey	2:47
8.	"The Other Woman"	Siegele	2:14
9.	"I Can Feel Love"	Hayner	2:48
10.	"Little Things Mean a Lot"	Lindeman Stutz	3:43

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
United Kingdom	1980	Vinyl	Deep Sea Music Company
Switzerland	1987	Compact disc	Montana Country