Personally Signed and Autographed CDs, LPs from Bettye Lavette
“Autographs – some people give ’em, some people collect ’em, and some people refuse to give ’em… Bettye LaVette: I purchased this one from her website. She managed to use one of those liquid silver pens without smearing.” – David Kidney
Worthy: Bettye Lavette New CD
Track listing for Worthy:
1. Unbelievable (Bob Dylan)
2. When I Was A Young Girl (Chris Youlden)
3. Bless Us All (Mickey Newbury)
4. Stop (Joseph Lee Henry)
5. Undamned (Linford Detweiler)
6. Complicated (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards)
7. Where A Life Goes (Randall Bramblett)
8. Just Between You And Me And The Wall, You’re a Fool (JH Brown Jr)
9. Wait (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) 3:40
10. Step Away (Christine Santelli/Brian Mitchell)
11. Worthy (Beth Neilsen Chapman/Mary Gauthier)
Produced by Joe Henry & Bettye LaVette
Personally Signed by Bettye LaVette.
Buy in USA $20 (First Class postage paid)
Buy in USA $20 (First Class postage paid)
Worthy: Deluxe Limited Edition CD + Live DVD
Deluxe Limited Edition CD with DVD
This special limited edition includes a DVD of a wonderful set by Bettye and her superb band at The Jazz Café in Camden Town, London on July 15 2014, featuring the very best of Bettye’s classic interpretations.
Disc 1: Worthy CD (See above for track details.)
Disc 2: Jazz Cafe, London 2014 Live DVD
The Word
Everything Is Broken
Your Time To Cry
They Call It Love
Joy
Heart Of Gold
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
Either Way We Lose
Blackbird
My Man – He’s A Loving Man
Like A Rock
Heaven (The Closest I’ll Get)
Sleep To Dream
I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got
Personally Signed by Bettye LaVette
Buy in USA $30 (First Class postage paid)
Buy outside USA $42 (First Class International postage paid)
Thankful N' Thoughtful: CD or Double LP - with CD enclosed
“Thankful N’ Thoughtful” is Bettye LaVette’s 4th album of an 8-year collaboration with ANTI- Records – the label who helped change her from a cult figure back to mainstream and re-introduced her talent to a world audience hungry for authentic R&B and soul. It begs the question, “Why didn’t it happen earlier?” But it matters not now and, as Pete Townshend said, “Now she is here, an extraordinary discovery in a blues voice, we must hang on to her tightly”. Bettye, who’s talent has only deepened in those years, is Thankful N’ Thoughtful – as are the fans who followed her during the lean years in the belief that one day she would get the recognition she deserved.
Track listing for Thankful N’ Thoughtful:
1. Everything is Broken (Bob Dylan)
2. I’m Not the One (Daniel Auerbach/Patrick Carney)
3. Dirty Old Town (Ewan MacColl)
4. The More I Search (The More I Die) (Kim McLean)
5. I’m Tired (Chris Youlden)
6. Crazy (Brian Burton/Thomas Callaway/Gian Piero Reverberi/Gian Franco Reverberi )
7. Yesterday Is Here (Tom Waits)
8. Thankful N’ Thoughtful (Sly & The Family Stone)
9. Fair Enough (Beth Nielsen Chapman)
10. Time Will Do the Talking (Patty Griffin)
11. Everybody Knows This is Nowhere (Neil Young)
12. Dirty Old Town* (slow version)
Personally Signed by Bettye LaVette
Thankful N' Thoughtful CD
Buy in USA $20 (First Class postage paid)
Buy outside USA $32 (First Class International postage paid)
Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook
Her second Grammy nominated CD, produced by Bettye, Rob Mathes and Michael Stevens. “Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook” is a 12-song journey through compositions by the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Traffic and Pink Floyd, among others, before concluding right where the very idea for the new album started: Bettye’s visceral show-stopping rendition of The Who’s “Love Reign O’er Me” from the 2008 Kennedy Center Honors, which appears here as an extended bonus track.
Track listing for Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook:
01. The Word (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
02. No Time To Live (James Capaldi/Stephen Winwood)
03. Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood (Bennie Benjamin/Gloria Caldwell/Sol Marcus)
04. All My Love (John Baldwin/Robert Plant) (David Gilmour/Roger Waters)
05. Isn’t It A Pity (George Harrison)
06. Wish You Were Here (David Gilmour/Roger Waters)
07. It Don’t Come Easy (Richard Starkey)
08. Maybe I’m Amazed (Paul McCartney)
09. Salt Of The Earth (Michael Jagger/Keith Richards)
10. Nights In White Satin (David Hayward)
11. Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad (Eric Clapton/Bobby Whitlock)
12. Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me (Elton John/Bernard Taupin
13. Love Reign O’er Me (Peter Townshend)
(BONUS TRACK: Live from the Kennedy Center Honors)
Personally Signed by Bettye LaVette
Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook
Buy in USA $20 (First Class postage paid)
Buy outside USA $32 (First Class International postage paid)
The Scene Of The Crime
Critically acclaimed and Bettye’s first Grammy-nominated CD, with Drive-By Truckers and Spooner Oldham,
produced by Bettye LaVette, Patterson Hood and David Barbe. David Hood appears on 2 tracks.
Track listing for The Scene of The Crime:
01. Take Me Like I Am (I Still Want To Be Your Baby)
02. Choices
03. Jealousy
04. You Don’t Know Me At All
05. Somebody Pick Up My Pieces
06. They Call It Love
07. Last Time
08. Talking Old Soldiers
09. Before The Money Came (Battle Of Bettye LaVette)
10. I Guess We Shouldn’t Talk About That Now
Personally Signed by Bettye LaVette
The Scene Of The Crime
I've Got My Own Hell To Raise
Bettye’s first CD for ANTI- in 2005 was a critically acclaimed release and produced by Joe Henry.
Her “Buzzard Luck” struck again when the label failed to submit it to the Grammy committee.
Track Listing for I’ve Got My Own Hell To Raise:
01. I Do Not Want What I Have Not Got
02. Joy
03. Down To Zero
04. The High Road
05. On The Surface
06. Just Say So
07. Little Sparrow
08. How Am I Different?
09. Only Time Will Tell Me
10. Sleep To Dream
Personally Signed by Bettye LaVette
I've Got My Own Hell To Raise
A Women Like Me
Bettye’s first full length album of new material since her Motown album in 1982. It was produced
by Dennis Walker and received the WC Handy Award for “Best Comeback Album of 2004”.
Track Listing for A Woman Like Me:
01. Serves Him Right
02. Thru The Winter
03. Right Next Door
04. When The Blues Catch Up To You
05. Thinkin’ ’bout You
07. A Woman Like Me
08. It Ain’t Worth It
09. When a Woman’s Had Enough
10. Salt on My Wounds
11. The Forecast
12. Close as I’ll Get to Heaven
13. Hey, Hey Baby (Bettye’s Blues)
Buy outside USA $32 (First Class International postage paid)
A Women Like Me
"Bettye Lavette's New Book: Hmmm, Yeah It's Hot"
“A dizzying, careening, nonstop roller coaster ride of an autobiography… An unflinching and uncompromising look at a life lived across the tracks from fame, where the brass ring was always within view but never within her grasp.” – Ben Emonds, Detroit Free Press
“The life story of this soul singer – a real survivor, now 66 – is destined for the big screen… LaVette’s candid story is also a window into the early years of Motown and the Detroit music scene.” – Billy Heller, New York Post
"Powerful." The Village Voice
“LaVette’s autobiography reads like an R&B song only she could perform – soulful and honest… Her quest serves as one of the most authentic inside looks at the American music industry, and LaVette pulls no punches… LaVette’s tale is a treat.” – Publishers Weekly
“A tale of inspiration, frustration and promises deferred… studded with anecdotes about a life making music alongside some of the biggest names in Detroit.” – Tris McCall, The New Jersey Star-Ledger
Order a personally-signed copy of Bettye LaVette’s “A Woman Like Me”
