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50 Years Later: Loretta Lynn’s ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’ Album Get ready for the vinyl reissue of Lynn s classic, February 12. February 9, 2021 CIRCA 1972: Loretta Lynn poses for a portrait wearing a blue denim suit with cows in the background leaning up against a fence in circa 1972. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Loretta Lynn’s 1970 single “Coal Miner’s Daughter” showed a master storyteller at work. Through well-observed and finely detailed verses, Lynn told the story of her hardscrabble Kentucky childhood in a sincere, warmhearted manner that touched all listeners, regardless of their own personal upbringing. Lynn described how her father labored in the Kentucky coal mines, raising “eight kids on a miner’s pay,” while her mother worked tirelessly to keep the family washed and nourished, in all senses of that term. ‘ ....
Still Woman Enough, due in March, with a reissue on black vinyl of Coal Miner’s Daughter. MCA Nashville/UMe will release the new edition of the vintage 1971 set on February 12. “It feels like it was just yesterday,” Lynn mused on social media. “50 years since I released the Coal Miner’s Daughter album.” ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The original LP came out in the first week of 1971, following the appearance the previous October of its title song. The autobiographical song became the title of Lynn’s 1976 autobiography (also due for a new edition in February) and inspired the 1980 film about her life starring Sissy Spacek. She won an Oscar for her portrayal of the country star and her humble origins; the film went on to be the seventh highest-grossing picture of the year, and its soundtrack was certified gold. ....